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Vincent Price and Diana Rigg in Theater of Blood (1973)

Parents guide

Theater of Blood

Content rating

  • Sex & Nudity:
    None
  • Violence & Gore:
    Moderate
  • Profanity:
    Mild
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Mild
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Moderate

Sex & Nudity

None
13 of 20 found this to have none
The outlines of Edwina's nipples, among other women, can be be seen in their sweaters in a couple scenes.
A woman gets a massage and her husband is listening outside the door thinking she's having sex because of the noises that she's making.
Trevor Dickman is clearly a womanizer and puts his hand on Edwina's thigh, rubbing it, and later, his hand almost on her rear end.
Although not sexual a woman is injected with a sedative in her buttocks.

Violence & Gore

Moderate
12 of 20 found this moderate
A group of people murder George Maxwell with broken bottles, knives, etc. and he is seen later all cut up and bloody.
Hector Snipe has a spear shoved through his chest and his body is tied to the back of a horse and dragged along a road (quite bloody).
Horace Sprout's head is cut off with a saw (We see blood spurting from his neck and later see him decapitated).
Trevor Dickman's chest is cut open and his heart ripped out (his bloody heart is later shown in a present box when Devlin opens it).
Meredith Merridew has a funnel inserted down his throat and Lionheart stuffs food down the funnel causing Merridew to die.
Oliver Larding is drowned in a vat of wine.
Chloe Moon is electrocuted and we see the brutal electrical burns afterwards.
A man is clubbed over the head and kidnapped.
Solomon Psaltery suffocates Maisie Psaltery with a pillow.
A police officer is murdered when the car he is hiding in is parked on train tracks (Happens offscreen but we hear it over a radio).

Profanity

Mild
9 of 15 found this mild
'Damned' is said twice.
'Hell' is said once.
'Bitch' is said once.
'Faggot' is said once in a Shakespearean speech, referring to a bundle of sticks. Since it is said while Vincent Price is disguised as a gay hairdresser it could have a double meaning.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
13 of 15 found this mild
Member of a group of homeless people are shown drinking alcohol several times.
The camera focuses on a cigarette being put out in an ashtray. Moments later another person is smoking a cigarette while talking to several other people.
A man suggests to a group that they drink some wine, but is interrupted.
Several people drink champagne.
A man visits a wine tasting and drinks several glasses of wine.
Adults drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes thoughout the film.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
12 of 16 found this moderate
Some viewers may be disturbed by the death of two dogs.
The several deaths throughout may be difficult for some viewers.
The murder scenes mentioned are all pretty intense.
There are a few other frightening scenes throughout the film.

Certifications

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  • Australia
    • MDVD rating
    • PGoriginal rating
  • Canada
    • 14AManitoba
    • RNova Scotia
    • PGOntario
    • 13+Quebec
  • Denmark
    • 15
  • Finland
    • K-16
  • France
    • 12new rating
    • 18original rating
  • Iceland
    • 16
  • India
    • A
  • Ireland
    • 18
  • Italy
    • VM18
  • Mexico
    • C
  • Netherlands
    • 18
  • New Zealand
    • R16
  • Norway
    • 15recommended rating
    • (Banned)cinema release, 1973-2003
  • Russia
    • 18+
  • Singapore
    • NC-16
  • Spain
    • 18
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • United Kingdom
    • 15Blu-ray rating
    • 15DVD rating
    • Xoriginal rating, cut
    • 152002
    • 181987, video rating
  • United States
    • Rcertificate #23502
  • West Germany
    • 16

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