• Director(s)

    Jay Cheel

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary, Horror

  • Cast

    n/a

TV Show

Cursed Films

CURSED FILMS is a US documentary series; in this episode, Roman Polanski's horror film, Rosemary's Baby is examined in relation to the social and cultural events of the 1960s.…

CURSED FILMS is a US documentary series; in this episode, Roman Polanski's horror film, Rosemary's Baby is examined in relation to the social and cultural events of the 1960s.

  • Director(s)

    Jay Cheel

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary, Horror

  • Cast

    n/a

references to suicide and sex
Classified Date:
16/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are verbal references to sex orgies, but these are not graphic in detail.
suicide and self-harm
There are multiple references to the supposed suicide of a little person on the set of THE WIZARD OF OZ, which is said to be discernible on certain copies of the film.
additional issues
References to discrimination include the derision of little people acting in THE WIZARD OF OZ among other titles, who were subject to exaggerated stories about their conduct. A director apologises for his part in perpetuating these discriminatory stereotypes, along with racist and elitist ones, which are clearly not condoned by the work as a whole. Drug references include the addictions of Judy Garland and her daughter; however, drug misuse is not glamourised or condoned. Upsetting references are made to abortion and Garland's suffering mental health. Dramatic reconstructions include injuries featuring blood and burns, as well as a scene of violence in which a director slaps a young Garland across the face. There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('hell').
sexual violence, strong bloody images, nudity
Classified Date:
14/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are scenes from ROSEMARY'S BABY which imply a woman is raped by a demonic creature.
injury detail
Real crime scene photographs show blood-drenched carpet in the aftermath of the murder of Sharon Tate and her companions by members of the Manson family. There is also the bloody aftermath of a woman's suicide taken from ROSEMARY'S BABY.
nudity
There are scenes of sexualised breast nudity, as well as full frontal male nudity.
additional issues
There are recollections to domestic violence involving a near-fatal shooting. There are also moderate references to sex and to drug misuse.
infrequent strong language, moderate violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
14/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are brief scenes of moderate violence, featuring crunchy hand-to-hand combat, and scenes of gunfire.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('hell').
injury detail
There are scenes featuring animated blood spurts as part of a film poster, burns from the Chernobyl accident, and people with bloody facial injuries.
additional issues
There are also references to illness and death.
strong violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
16/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes from a number of horror films, particularly by director Wes Craven, featuring strong violence, such as a woman's head exploding in bloody fashion, and a woman having her chest carved into with a knife.
injury detail
There are scenes of blood during scenes of violence, as well as still images from films depicting people with injuries, burns, and zombie-fied flesh.
additional issues
The documentary unpacks the racist stereotypes and connotations that have been used to depict 'voodoo' practices and Black people in Hollywood films. Archive footage shows segregation in Haiti in the 1920s and features racist terms, such as 'colored'. There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('shit', 'God' and 'damn'). Photographs depict people smoking. There are also references to the struggles with mental health many crew members experienced during the making of THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW in Haiti in the 1980s.
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  • Classified date

    14/08/2023

  • Distributor

    RLJE International Ltd

  • Language

    English