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Liam Neeson, Lili Taylor, and Catherine Zeta-Jones in The Haunting (1999)

Parents guide

The Haunting

Content rating

  • Motion Picture Rating (MPA)
    Rated PG-13 for intense horror sequences

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

Sex & Nudity

None
39 of 66 found this to have none
There are several statues briefly shown with bare breasts.
We see Theo cleavage in couple of scene.

Violence & Gore

Moderate
17 of 31 found this moderate
A piano wire slaps a woman's eye causing a bloody cut; blood fills a glass she holds to her eye.
A man has a very bloody, deep cut in his hand; embedded glass is extracted with squishy sounds and we see his bloody hand and a bloody bandage in later scenes.
A painting falls on a couple, leaving a bloody cut on one's arm.
A woman is yanked out of bed onto the floor, a woman is "skewered" into place by poles but is not hurt.
People are thrown against walls, a man is drawn toward a fireplace and chairs are sucked from people's hands (as they're trying to break some windows) by unseen forces.
A bird statue and a huge, skeletal ghost attack people (the people fight back in one scene).
Blood spurts out of a statue's mouth and into some water, staining the water and a man's face red.
A woman comically hit a metal eagle-like sculpture as it comes alive.

Profanity

Mild
19 of 33 found this mild
More than just a few cuss words.
Infrequent use of "shit".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

None
24 of 34 found this to have none
There is a scene at a dinner table where a character pours a glass of wine, but it is not highlighted and no one gets drunk.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
19 of 44 found this moderate
It's not too scary, but can frighten young audience.
The film's plot hinges on intensely frightful scenes involving supernatural attacks on a group of people who are staying overnight in a house to measure their reaction to fear.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 13
  • Australia
    • M
  • Belgium
    • KT/EA
  • Brazil
    • 14
  • Canada
    • 13+Quebec
    • 14Aself-applied
  • Denmark
    • 15
  • Finland
    • K-14
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Germany
    • 12w
  • Hong Kong
    • IIB
  • Iceland
    • 14
    • 16video rating
  • India
    • UAre-rating
    • A1999, original rating
  • Ireland
    • 15
  • Italy
    • T
  • Japan
    • G
    • 13+self-applied
  • Netherlands
    • 16
  • New Zealand
    • M
  • Norway
    • 15
  • Philippines
    • PG-13
  • Portugal
    • M/16
  • Russia
    • 16+
  • Singapore
    • PG
    • PG13re-rating
  • South Africa
    • 16
  • South Korea
    • 12
  • Spain
    • 13
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • Switzerland
    • 16canton of Geneva
    • 16canton of Vaud
  • Taiwan
    • 12+
  • United Kingdom
    • 12
  • United States
    • TV-14TV Rating
    • PG-13certificate #36806
  • United Arab Emirates
    • Not Rated

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