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James Brolin, Rod Steiger, and Margot Kidder in The Amityville Horror (1979)

Parents guide

The Amityville Horror

Content rating

  • Sex & Nudity:
    Mild
  • Violence & Gore:
    Moderate
  • Profanity:
    Mild
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Mild
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Moderate

Sex & Nudity

Mild
43 of 90 found this mild
Woman stretches with loose robe and breast is visible. Then makes whoopie with husband.
George is in his jockey shorts while walking through the house after hearing things in the middle of the night.

Violence & Gore

Moderate
21 of 36 found this moderate
A dream sequence where a woman sees her husband holding an axe over a bloodied child. In this same moment, her husband raises the ax and stabs her in the top of the head in slow motion. The camera cuts away right after the stabbing, but it is still onscreen and some blood is shown.
A window unexpectedly closes hard on a boy's hand and gets stuck. Blood is shown for several seconds.
The movie opens with a sequence of murders in the house, shown as point of views of a shotgun killing sleeping family members including children.
Gallons of blood seep from the walls.
A dog bites a man.
A man slaps his wife in the face during an argument. Blood is seen coming out of her nose, but it is a very brief scene.

Profanity

Mild
25 of 33 found this mild
God's name paired with d*mn.
1 "bullshit", A few uses of "damn", 2 uses of "ass".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
20 of 29 found this mild
Cigar and cigarette smoking and minor alcohol usage.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
16 of 40 found this moderate
A man sees a black cat hissing at him from a window in a dark room with no forthcoming warning.
A man wakes up to the eerie sounds of marching band drumbeats in the middle of the night.
We see the closeups of flies. We see their faces extremely close to the camera; as if under a microscopic view. People who don't like insects may be disturbed by the images. In contrary to what was written here that I've edited, there are NO close-ups or images of spiders or of their faces, only close-ups of flies and their faces.
Very eerie and creepy music and sound effects are heard throughout.
Several eerie dark lighting, and scenes of shock and suspense. In addition to the above, a woman wakes up jolted from sleep with a loud scream that may frighten some viewers.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 18
  • Australia
    • M
  • Canada
    • 14A
    • PGCanadian Home Video rating
    • 13+Quebec
  • Finland
    • K-18
  • France
    • 12new rating
    • 13original rating
  • Germany
    • 16uncut, DVD rating
  • Iceland
    • 16
  • India
    • UAre-rating
    • A1989, original rating
  • Italy
    • VM18original rating
    • VM14re-rating
  • Mexico
    • B-15
  • Netherlands
    • 16
  • New Zealand
    • R16
  • Norway
    • 15VOD
    • 18cinema rating
    • 16video rating
  • Peru
    • 18
  • Poland
    • 16TV rating
  • Russia
    • 18+
  • Singapore
    • NC-16
  • South Africa
    • 16
  • South Korea
    • 12
    • 18VOD rating
  • Spain
    • 16original rating
    • 131983, re-rating
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • United Kingdom
    • 152004, video rating
    • X1979, original rating
  • United States
    • TV-MATV rating
    • Rcertificate #25653
  • West Germany
    • 16cut

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