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- Sex & Nudity (2)
- Violence & Gore (5)
- Profanity (1)
- Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (6)
- Frightening & Intense Scenes (3)
- Spoilers (5)
Certification
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Sex & Nudity
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- A man and woman, who are dating, kiss and embrace in two separate scenes.
- A woman wears a dress revealing minor clevage.
Violence & Gore
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- A man gets a small cut on his hand with some blood shown.
- A man punches a police officer.
- A man tackled two men and injects them with syringes. A woman then injects another man. The victims are immobile.
- A large crowd chases a man and woman.
- A body is stabbed (offscreen) with a pitchfork.
Profanity
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- None
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- Drugs: None
- A man smokes a pipe.
- The main character smokes a cigarette.
- A man and woman order drinks at a restaurant bar.
- A few people stand in a bar in a home and talk.
- Some characters are seen smoking.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- The film uses noir-style lighting, creepy music, and moody atmosphere to create rising levels of tension and suspense. The feeling that something is "not quite right" is persistent almost from the start of the film.
- The themes of a quiet invasion and paranoia in the film can be frightening.
- The themes of the body Snatchers can be frightening for younger audiences
Spoilers
Frightening & Intense Scenes
- Miles finds a body in a neighbor's basement. The scene is played for suspense, with dark lighting and a creepy atmosphere. He returns later and the body is gone.
- Jack discovers a half-formed clone of himself in his home. The pursuant scenes with the body are eerie and unsettling. At one point, the double opens its eyes, startling the characters.
- Miles, Becky, Jack and Teddy discover pods in Jack's greenhouse. The pods begin to burst, producing shapeless organisms that gradually take on the physical properties of the characters. The characters flee and Miles stays behind to destroy the doppelgängers. The scene uses stylized lighting, abstract camera angles, grotesque sound effects and menacing music to disorienting and frightening effect.
- Miles and Becky are chased by many pod people. The scene has the feel of a nightmare, with the characters being relentlessly pursued by the mob of anonymous clones.
- Becky awakening as a pod is quite creepy.
