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Jeff Goldblum in The Fly (1986)

Parents guide

The Fly

Content rating

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

Sex & Nudity

Moderate
100 of 178 found this moderate
A woman wakes up from bed and is nude. Side of her breasts is visible before she wears a shirt.
A woman, wearing nothing but panties and an unzipped jacket, is yanked out of bed by a shirtless man and her bare breasts are briefly shown.
A man and woman kiss as she climbs on top of him with sex implied. No more is shown.
A man covered by a blanket kisses a woman. Sex is implied.
A man sits on a couch while a woman kisses him. She is wearing only a jacket but no nudity is shown.
The main character gets on top of a woman while she is sitting in a chair and has sex with her. We only see his bare backside. Some thrusting, but nothing too graphic is shown. His bare buttocks and side of her breasts are visible.
A man sits in a teleportation device naked. His partial nudity is shown.
There are some dialogues about sex.

Violence & Gore

Severe
130 of 143 found this severe
The overall violence is very occasional. It is more about the consequences of a science experiment more than the grotesque sequences.
R violence type: blood and gore.
During a sequence in the first half of the film where the main protagonists have just had sex, a computer chip becomes stuck on the man's back, making him jump in pain. The woman gently peels it off him and we see three small, bloody cuts on his skin. This is shown in a close up and lasts for a brief second.
A baboon's skin is turned inside-out. It can be seen squirming and screeching in a pool of blood.
A man arm-wrestles another man before breaking his arm so that the bone protrudes from the skin. Some blood shown.
A man peels off his fingernails. Blood is not shown, but a pus like substance is secreted.
A man's ear falls off. There is no blood.
A man vomits white milky enzymes over a donut.
A woman has a nightmare about aborting a giant maggot. It is covered in blood.
A man's teeth fall out. He then places them in a collection of other detatched body parts.

Profanity

Moderate
64 of 118 found this moderate
Some uses the word "Asshole'
A male character uses the word "cock"
2 uses of fuck, god and Jesus 1 use of oh my god, my god, damn, ass, cock and oh my goodness 3 uses of sex 8 uses of oh god
Modest amount of bad language.
2 uses of the "F"-word

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
87 of 110 found this mild
Characters drink and smoke casually.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Severe
122 of 141 found this severe
The ending is very depressing and heartbreaking.
There are almost no jumpscares in the film, and it instead has a slow, gradual build of tension making for a consistent sense of fear and dread throughout the entire movie.
Seth's decaying into a human-fly hybrid is utterly disgusting and extremely disturbing. The body horror practical effects used in the film still hold up to this day. These scenes are very hard to watch, even for those tolerant of gore.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 16
  • Australia
    • R18+
    • MA15+TV rating
  • Belgium
    • 16
  • Brazil
    • 14original rating, withdrawn
    • 182025, re-rating
  • Canada
    • 14AManitoba
    • RNova Scotia/Ontario
    • 13+Quebec
    • 18+tv rating
    • 14A2009, Alberta
  • Chile
    • 18
  • Colombia
    • 15
  • Denmark
    • 15Blu-ray rating
  • Finland
    • K-182006, uncut, DVD
    • K-161989, heavily cut, VHS
    • K-181986, cut, theatrical
  • France
    • 12new rating
    • 13original rating
  • Germany
    • 16re-rating
  • Hong Kong
    • III
  • Hungary
    • 18
  • Iceland
    • 16
  • India
    • A
    • Acut
  • Ireland
    • 18
  • Italy
    • VM14
  • Japan
    • R15+
  • Lithuania
    • N-16
  • Malaysia
    • 18PL
  • Malta
    • 15
  • Mexico
    • B15
  • Netherlands
    • 16
  • New Zealand
    • R16
  • Nigeria
    • 15
  • Norway
    • 15Blu-ray rating
    • 181986, cinema rating
  • Peru
    • 18
  • Philippines
    • R-16
  • Poland
    • 16self-applied
  • Portugal
    • M/16Qualidade
  • Russia
    • 16+
  • Saudi Arabia
    • R15
  • Singapore
    • M18
  • South Africa
    • 16
  • South Korea
    • 18VHS/DVD rating
    • 151988, theatrical rating
  • Spain
    • 13original rating
    • 122013, re-rating
  • Sweden
    • 15

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