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Phase IV (1974)

Parents guide

Phase IV

Content rating

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

Sex & Nudity

None
10 of 14 found this to have none
Brief closeup shots of a woman's bellybutton and torso under her shirt as ants crawl over her skin. A nipple is briefly visible in extreme closeup.

Violence & Gore

Mild
4 of 7 found this mild
A dead man's hand is opened and we see three holes in the middle and ants crawl out of one of the holes.
Three people run into a field being sprayed with poison, are covered, and fall to the ground. The next morning they are seen lying on the ground dead (bloodless).
A horse is swarmed with ants (not visible) and has a panic attack and is shot offscreen by it's owner.
A man is bitten by an ant on his hand and grows an infected, inflamed wound as the film goes on.
We see closeup time lapses of ant's eating a rodent.
A praying mantis eats an ant's head and then is attacked by another ant, pushed into a half-bitten electrical wire, and is electrocuted.
A man is overtaken by ants on his head while driving a truck and swerves into a wooden structure and he and the passengers run away from the vehicle.
Shots of ant's crawling on people's skin and feet.
Other close up shot's of ants dying, being squished in slow-motion, carrying dead ants, and walking through a line of dead ants.

Profanity

Mild
4 of 8 found this mild
One use of sons-of-bitches.
Three uses of goddamn.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
2 of 5 found this mild
A man is seen smoking throughout the film.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Mild
4 of 7 found this mild
Though bloodless, the film still has a creepy, unsettling, and trippy vibe to it.

Certifications

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  • Australia
    • PG
    • NRCoriginal rating
  • Canada
    • 13+Quebec
  • Denmark
    • 15
  • Finland
    • K-161989
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Hungary
    • 14
  • Iceland
    • 12
  • India
    • A
  • Italy
    • T
  • Mexico
    • B
  • Netherlands
    • 18
  • New Zealand
    • PG
  • Norway
    • 15
  • Spain
    • A
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • United Kingdom
    • Aoriginal rating
    • 122020, re-rating
    • PG1985, re-rating
  • United States
    • PGcertificate #23586
  • West Germany
    • 12

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