Severe
51 of 98 found this severe
There is a scene where a young woman is topless and moving around in bed- breasts seen for several minutes
Female full frontal nudity throughout the movie. Nuns are seen baring their clothes on more than one occasion.
Many nude women are seen running around in extended scene for about 5-10 minutes whilst also doing sexual acts. Very graphic. There is also brief male frontal nudity in this scene. These nude women are seen in later scenes while also nude.
A woman with the plague is seen naked.
In a dream sequence, a nun makes love to Grandier; brief nudity.
Severe
33 of 57 found this severe
Victims of the plague are seen in closeup, several victims of the plague are seen being dumped into a large pit containing hundreds more plague victims.
Wasps are placed in jars and then stuck onto a sick naked woman's body as a "cure."
There are shots of mouldy skeletons including a close-up of a skull containing lots of maggots.
A man dressed as a crow is let free from a cage and then shot dead as sport by the King.
There are various scenes of women whipping themselves.
A woman self mutilates by digging her crucifix into the palm of her hand.
There are brief shots of Christ's crucifixion as large nails are hammered into his palms.
There are shots of Christ crucified with various wounds and a crown of thorns on his head.
There are shots of a woman after she has hanged herself.
There are scenes of nuns forcibly recieving enemas.
Mild
17 of 41 found this mild
a few uses of "bitch" and "whore" between others
Infrequent use of strong profanity.
Characters are heard to discuss torture, religious, and sexual acts in graphic detail.
None
29 of 36 found this to have none
Severe
32 of 49 found this severe
There is an exorcism where nuns, stripped or fully nude, are injected with a serum using a long medieval style syringe in between the legs. A riotous act of nude women having sexual acts with a large crucifix inside a chapel.
There are several graphic sequences involving the medieval torture of characters and someone is burned at the stake.
While the film is disturbing and intense it's not scary or frightening in a traditional sense.