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I'm pretty sure the "real dead animals" point on level 8 refers to when the animals are dead in real life: the monkey in the film didn't die in real life


* ''Film/TheAndromedaStrain'' (1971) [[note]] A real life monkey gets exposed to Andromeda, twitches and dies; a corpse’s wrist is cut open, with powdery coagulated blood spilling out. An ''exceedingly'' rare example of a G-rated film at this level. [[/note]]

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* ''Film/TheAndromedaStrain'' (1971) [[note]] A real life monkey gets exposed to Andromeda, twitches and dies; a corpse’s wrist is cut open, with powdery coagulated blood spilling out. An ''exceedingly'' rare example of a G-rated film at this level. [[/note]]
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* ''Film/TheAndromedaStrain'' (1971) [[note]] A real life monkey gets exposed to Andromeda, twitches and dies; a corpse’s wrist is cut open, with powdery coagulated blood spilling out. An ''exceedingly'' rare example of a G-rated film at this level. [[/note]]
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* ''Film/DarkWaters'' (2019) [[note]] Several graphic images of real life animal corpses, most notably the autopsy of a cow that succumbed to the effects of the Teflon precursor C8 in its drinking water, and brief images of [=DuPont=] lab rats and dogs exposed to the chemical. Other lower level violence and gore including comparatively less graphic depictions of humans affected by C8 (skull deformities, black teeth, etc.) and a man shooting a cow charging at him with a bolt gun, with a small puff of blood. [[/note]]
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* ''Film/TheBatman2022'' (2022) [[note]] A light 8, but still fairly graphic for a PG-13, for [[spoiler:multiple scenes of the severed thumb from Mayor Mitchell’s corpse, used as a prominent plot point and the Riddler’s calling card; while dimly lit, the chopped bone and muscle are fairly visible.]] Much of the other violence harbors around a level 6 - some brutal beatings, less graphic images of crime scenes and corpses, bombings with innocents as victims, but all with liberal use of [[GoryDiscretionShot Gory Discretion Shots]].[[/note]]

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* ''Film/TheBatman2022'' (2022) [[note]] A light 8, but still fairly graphic for a PG-13, for [[spoiler:multiple scenes of the severed thumb from Mayor Mitchell’s corpse, used as a prominent plot point and the Riddler’s calling card; while dimly lit, the chopped bone and muscle are fairly visible.]] Much of the other violence harbors around a level 6 - some brutal beatings, less graphic images of crime scenes and corpses, bombings with innocents as victims, but all with liberal use of [[GoryDiscretionShot Gory Discretion Shots]].Shots]] and BloodlessCarnage.[[/note]]
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* ''Film/TheBatman2022'' (2022) [[note]] Here for [[spoiler:multiple scenes of the severed thumb from Mayor Mitchell’s corpse, used as a prominent plot point being the Riddler’s calling card; while dimly lit, the chopped bone and muscle are fairly visible.]] Much of the other violence harbors around a level 6 with liberal use of [[GoryDiscretionShot Gory Discretion Shots]].[[/note]]

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* ''Film/TheBatman2022'' (2022) [[note]] Here A light 8, but still fairly graphic for a PG-13, for [[spoiler:multiple scenes of the severed thumb from Mayor Mitchell’s corpse, used as a prominent plot point being and the Riddler’s calling card; while dimly lit, the chopped bone and muscle are fairly visible.]] Much of the other violence harbors around a level 6 - some brutal beatings, less graphic images of crime scenes and corpses, bombings with innocents as victims, but all with liberal use of [[GoryDiscretionShot Gory Discretion Shots]].[[/note]]
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* ''Film/TheBatman2022'' (2022) [[note]] Here for [[spoiler:multiple scenes of the severed thumb from Mayor Mitchell’s corpse, used as a prominent plot point being the Riddler’s calling card; while dimly lit, the chopped bone and muscle are fairly visible.]] Much of the other violence harbors around a level 6 with liberal use of [[GoryDiscretionShot Gory Discretion Shots]].[[/note]]
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Scene is graphic but there's no actual blood/gore in it, nothing worse than the Dead Heat scene at level 7


* ''Film/HorrorOfDracula'' (Uncut) (1958) [[note]] For Dracula's uncut disintegration sequence, with shots of his fingers disintegrating off the bone and his face graphically disintegrating. Otherwise a 6 with blood from neck wounds and implied sexual assault imagery. [[/note]]
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* ''Film/BeyondReAnimator'' (2003) [[note]] Even BloodierAndGorier than it's BloodierAndGorier predecessor.

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* ''Film/BeyondReAnimator'' (2003) [[note]] Even BloodierAndGorier than it's BloodierAndGorier predecessor. [[/note]]
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level 9


* ''Film/{{Persona}}'' (1966) [[note]] (All black and white) For some partially obfusicated and sometimes brief images of a real live sheep getting bled, skinned, and gutted; and graphic archive footage of a self immolating vietnamese protester (borderline 10). [[/note]]

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* ''Film/{{Persona}}'' (1966) [[note]] (All black and white) For some partially obfusicated and sometimes brief images of a real live sheep getting bled, skinned, and gutted; and graphic archive footage of a self immolating vietnamese Vietnamese protester (borderline 10). [[/note]]
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level 9


* ''Film/{{Persona}}'' (1966) [[note]] For some brief/partially obfusicated black and white images of a real live sheep getting bled, skinned, and gutted; and graphic archive footage of a self immolating vietnamese protester (borderline 10). [[/note]]

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* ''Film/{{Persona}}'' (1966) [[note]] (All black and white) For some brief/partially partially obfusicated black and white sometimes brief images of a real live sheep getting bled, skinned, and gutted; and graphic archive footage of a self immolating vietnamese protester (borderline 10). [[/note]]
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* ''Film/{{Persona}}'' (1966) [[note]] For some brief/partially obfusicated black and white images of a real live sheep getting bled, skinned, and gutted; and graphic archive footage of a self immolating vietnamese protester (borderline 10). [[/note]]
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* ''Film/TheLovelyBones'' (2009)[[note]] Very brutal for a PG-13 rated movie. A serial killer mops up an extremely bloody mess from his floor, leaves out a straight razor covered in blood, and soaks in a nearby bathtub with even more blood; brief graphic images of corpses; [[spoiler:a serial killer carrying his latest victim in a body bag and hiding the body in a safe; an icicle makes a man slip and fall, breaking his neck, and we see the contorted body.]] The fact that most of the serial killer’s victims are children does not help matters.[[/note]]
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* ''Film/NightmareAlley2021'' (2021) [[note]] For the [[spoiler: deaths of Grindel (an exceptionally brutal beating that leaves Grindel’s tooth in Stan’s hand, borderline 9) and Anderson (Stan runs him over with his car multiple times, and the gore is briefly seen), and Ritter shooting Stan in the ear, with lots of bloody detail.]] Other level 7 violence including a sudden gunshot with a minor blood spurt, a man biting a chicken’s head off with some bloody detail, a couple of brutal carnival tricks. For the record, the 1947 film adaptation is a '''3.'''[[/note]]
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* ''{{Film/Byzantium}}'' (2013)

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* ''{{Film/Byzantium}}'' (2013)(2013) [[note]] Graphic decapitations and burned bodies. [[/note]]
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* ''Film/AndreiRublev'' (1966) [[note]] It gets rated at least a level 8 for its animal cruelty. [[/note]]

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* ''Film/AndreiRublev'' (1966) [[note]] It gets rated at least Limited gore but cruel and brutal violence including torture by pouring molten metal into a level 8 for its battered man's mouth and then dragging him away by horse, peasants slaughtered by Tartars, innocents having both their eyes stabbed out, as well as some brief images of actual animal cruelty.cruelty including a rotting goose and horses being injured. The unreleased "The Passion" cut would've been a 10 with much more graphic and drawn out sequences of brutality, sexual violence, and gore. [[/note]]
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* ''Film/{{Taxi Driver}}'' (1975) [[note]] For the violent climax. Including a hand graphically blown apart and jugular spray.[[/note]]
* ''Film/TheTerminator'' (1984) [[note]] The terminator kills a man by tearing his heart out: Shown graphically, but briefly; the heart is briefly shown in the terminator's blood-covered hand. The terminator removes his damaged human eyelid, revealing a robot eye underneath: Mostly offscreen, but we do see one graphic shot of the process and the removed eyelid afterwards. A soft 8. [[/note]]

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* ''Film/{{Taxi Driver}}'' (1975) (1976) [[note]] For the violent climax. Including a hand graphically blown apart and jugular spray.[[/note]]
* ''Film/TheTerminator'' (1984) [[note]] The terminator Terminator kills a man by tearing his heart out: Shown graphically, but briefly; the heart is briefly shown in the terminator's Terminator's blood-covered hand. The terminator Terminator removes his damaged human eyelid, revealing a robot eye underneath: Mostly offscreen, but we do see one graphic shot of the process and the removed eyelid afterwards. A soft 8. [[/note]]
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* ''Film/{{Leatherface}}'' (2017) [[note]] Very bloody chainsawing, shooting with tons of goopy blood and brain matter. [[/note]]

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* ''Film/{{Leatherface}}'' (2017) [[note]] Very bloody chainsawing, shooting with tons characters hide in a gutted cow, lots of goopy blood bloody and brain matter.brutal level 8 violence to civilians. [[/note]]
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* ''Film/TexasChainsawMassacre2022'' [[note]] For the guy who has his leg twisted, his jugular stabbed, and his head bashed to paste completely onscreen; and the party bus massacre. Other level 8-9 violence. [[/note]]
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* ''Film/{{Headless}}'' (2015) [[note]] Very gory mutilation, torture and violation of victims. [[/note]]

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* ''Film/{{Headless}}'' (2015) [[note]] Very gory mutilation, torture torture, and violation of victims.victims in sequences more drawn out and graphic than it's [[Film/{{Found}} parent film]]. [[/note]]

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moved DS 1 to 1p


* ''Film/DeadSnow'' (2009) [[note]] Heads and bodies of humans and zombies messily torn apart. [[/note]]


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* ''Film/DeadSnow'' (2009) [[note]] Very messy tearing apart of humans and zombies with practical effects. [[DenserAndWackier Unlike]] [[BlackComedy it's]] sequel, most of the violence is played straight. [[/note]]
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* ''Film/{{Found}}'' (2012) [[note]] A [[ShowWithinAShow film-within-the-film]] depicts a slasher villain very graphically gouging the eyes out of a decapitated head before eating them; the insides of the eyeballs drip out of his mouth as he chews on them. Later he has sex with the decapitated head (onscreen, but not graphic). After that, the killer very graphically decapitates a tied-up woman before bathing himself in the blood squirting out of the neck and then having sex with the head (again, onscreen but not graphic) while laughing maniacally (borderline 10). A couple of decapitated, scalped and eyeless heads are seen, one of a young boy (also borderline 10). Additionally, two mutilated bodies are briefly seen. [[/note]]

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* ''Film/CannibalTheMusical'' [[note]] A light 9 for some comedic, not too realistic cannibal gore, and one character's somewhat graphic TraumaCongaLine death. [[/note]]



* ''Film/{{Backcountry}}'' (2014) [[note]] For [[spoiler: Alex's death]]. [[/note]]

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* ''Film/{{Backcountry}}'' (2014) [[note]] For [[spoiler: Alex's death]].Probably the nastiest bear mauling put on film. [[/note]]



* ''Film/BeyondReAnimator'' (2003)

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* ''Film/BeyondReAnimator'' (2003)(2003) [[note]] Even BloodierAndGorier than it's BloodierAndGorier predecessor.



* ''Film/BloodRayne'' (2005) [[note]] Unrated Director's Cut version.[[/note]]

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* ''Film/BloodRayne'' (2005) [[note]] Unrated Director's Cut version.For the gory massacre of villagers in the unrated version. Otherwise a hard 8-9 for gushing practical blood from swordplay, head smashing, and more. [[/note]]



* ''Film/CannibalTheMusical'' (1993)
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* ''Literature/TheKiteRunner'' (2007) [[note]] For the infamous rape of a young boy onscreen by another boy. We see alternating shots of the assailant thrusting and the victims pained face, and blood on the victims pants afterward. A shockingly rare example of a PG-13 movie here and even morso for said reasons. [[/note]]
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* ''[[Literature/TheGirlNextDoor Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door]]'' (2007) [[note]] Continuous grotesque torture and sexual violence towards a young teen by an adult and other children (some of whom are forced to perform perverse acts). [[/note]]
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* ''Film/EdgeOfDarkness2010'' (2010) [[note]] Graphic hole in head, graphic shot to the eye. Civilian woman graphically blasted with shotgun. [[/note]]

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* ''Film/EdgeOfDarkness2010'' (2010) [[note]] Graphic hole in head, graphic shot to the eye. Civilian woman graphically blasted with shotgun. [[/note]]
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* ''Film/PointBreak'' (1992) [[note]] A light 8, with squibs just graphic enough for it.[[/note]]

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* ''Film/PointBreak'' (1992) ''Film/PointBreak1991'' [[note]] A light 8, with squibs just graphic enough for it.[[/note]]
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* ''Film/ASerbianFilm'' (2010) [[note]] Sadistic, sexualized gory violence. [[/note]]

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* ''Film/ASerbianFilm'' (2010) [[note]] Sadistic, sexualized gory violence.violence; including to very small children. [[/note]]
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* ''Film/TheTaxCollector'' (2020) [[note]] [[spoiler: For Creeper's death by stomping while badly burnt and naked]]. The gunshots are on level 8. [[/note]]

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* ''Film/TheTaxCollector'' (2020) [[note]] [[spoiler: For Creeper's torture by hammer to the legs, and subsequent death by stomping while badly burnt and naked]].naked]] (this borders on 10); and a thug who is tortured by gruesomely dragging his face on pavement from a moving vehicle fully onscreen before being executed by headshot. The gunshots are on level 8. [[/note]]
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* ''Film/TheCaptain'' (2018) [[note]] Borderline 9; some graphic details are partly obscured by B&W cinematography. Prisoners en masse are obliterated by a flak cannon. A soldier is gorily blown apart. A fleeing bound prisoner is shot many times in the back with graphic blood splattering. [[/note]]

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