Dead Ringers
Production year2023
Genre(s)Drama, Thriller, Horror
Approx. running minutes49m
CastRachel Weisz, Britne Oldford, Poppy Liu
Dead Ringers
Classified Date:
17/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
very strong language, strong sex, bloody images, drugs, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
22/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
DEAD RINGERS is a US drama thriller series; in this episode, the twins have a harrowing day at the hospital and Ellie gets close to an actress patient.
language
Use of infrequent very strong language ('c**t') occurs and is accompanied by frequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms (for example, 'dick, 'shit', 'God', 'hell').
sex
There are scenes of strong sex including cunnilingus as well as strong, graphic verbal sex references. Whilst his wife is out of the room, a doctor implies that she wants to see her patient's husband's penis and he willingly obliges and there is brief sight of his penis as he exposes himself.
drugs
A character snorts cocaine.
injury detail
There are numerous scenes of childbirth, including graphic caesarean sections being undertaken, with accompanying very bloody detail.
theme
A woman who has suffered a large haemorrhage following childbirth is upsettingly seen lying dead in a hospital bed covered with blood soaked sheets. A woman has a miscarriage and there is sight of blood clots in the toilet and on her hand. Following childbirth, a woman cries hysterically as she holds her still-born child.
additional issues
A woman's suicide is briefly mentioned.
very strong language, strong sex, nudity
Classified Date:
21/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
DEAD RINGERS is a drama series concerning twin female gynaecologists; in this episode, the twins try to secure funding for a birthing clinic.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t'), strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), and milder terms (for example, 'bitch', 'shit', 'God', 'hell').
sex
A man penetrates a woman from behind whilst another man with an erection under his trousers watches the couple; however, there is limited detail.
nudity
There are scenes which include close-up sight of a detailed painting of a vagina.
additional issues
There are some unsettling and disturbing scenes relating to menstruation and abortion, as well as scenes including bloodstained sanitary products and one in which a woman's menstrual blood stains her trousers.
There are also scenes of moderate threat, brief sight of healed wounds, and drug references, some of which relate to opioid addiction.
very strong language, strong sex, drug misuse, bloody images
Classified Date:
21/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
DEAD RINGERS is a drama series concerning twin female gynaecologists; in this episode, one of the twins starts to spiral out of control.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t'), frequent strong language ('f**k'), milder terms (for example, 'bitch', 'dick', 'shit', 'asshole', 'God', 'Jesus', 'Christ'), and discriminatory language ('fucktard').
sex
There is a prolonged sex scene in which a woman rides a man; however, she is clothed and there is no strong detail. There are also strong verbal sex references, including to fornication.
drugs
There are scenes in which adults snort cocaine; a woman subsequently becomes mentally unstable following drug misuse.
injury detail
During a medical procedure, a surgeon cuts into a woman's stomach with a scalpel and there is subsequent sight of blood flowing from the incision. A woman throws a bucket of animal guts over another woman. A childbirth scene includes brief close-up sight of a baby crowning.
additional issues
In one scene, a person is pushed off a rooftop; however, there is no subsequent sight of death or injury detail.
There are also scenes of emotional upset, as well as scenes in which a pregnant woman experiences prolonged pain.
very strong language, strong violence, drugs, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
21/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
DEAD RINGERS is a drama series concerning twin female gynaecologists; in this episode, the twins' parents arrive for the twins' birthday celebrations.
violence
In one scene, people watch a film in which a man beats a woman before she recovers and beats the man to death with a frying pan.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t'), frequent strong language ('f**k'), and milder terms ('twat', 'asshole', 'shit', 'bloody', 'hell', 'Jesus', 'God').
drugs
There is a brief scene in which a woman snorts cocaine.
sexual violence and sexual threat
In one scene, it is verbally implied that the twins switched places before having sex with an unsuspecting woman.
additional issues
There is an undetailed internal medical examination of a woman, followed by withdrawal of a bloodstained medical device.
There are also some crude verbal references, as well as references to abortion and miscarriage.
strong language, drug misuse, racism, sex references
Classified Date:
22/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
DEAD RINGERS is a US drama thriller series; in this episode the twins visit Birthing Centre Number 2 and spend the evening with Susan Parker's eerie family.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') and midler terms ('shit', 'God').
sex
There are figurative references to spitting on an erection before penetration.
discrimination
There are references to a white doctor practicing his skills on a black slave.
drugs
A woman with a history of addiction crushes prescription pills on a table and snorts them.
additional issues
The episode has an unsettling tone. There are repeated close ups of an adult hand holding that of a premature baby's.
A doctor loses concentration during a c-section delivery and blood spurts on her face.
There are references to a woman's mother being a verbally abusive alcoholic and an undetailed scene of a woman being pushed off a building.
strong bloody images, language, sex, drugs, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
22/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
DEAD RINGERS is a US drama thriller series; in this episode the Centre publically cuts ties with Ellie, and Beverly makes a disturbing discovery.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') and midler terms ('ass', 'dick' 'shit', 'screw' 'God').
sex
A woman has sex with a stranger in a bathroom stall he performs oral sex on her.
drugs
A woman with a history of addiction snorts prescription pills off a table.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references to a doctor requesting the husbands of her patients flash her their genitals whilst their pregnant partners are on the operating table.
suicide and self-harm
A man talks about his wife's history of self-harm and that she was taken to hospital. The new mother says she doesn't want the baby and that wishes she never got pregnant.
injury detail
A woman slices her own stomach with a scalpel and begins to sew the wound closed. She then takes a scalpel to a pregnant woman's belly and removes two babies, callously letting the woman bleed out on the operating table and abducting the infants. There are repeated unsettling images of miscarriage and c-sections.
additional issues
There are references to gross malpractice and a pregnant woman dying during a c-section. There are themes of bereavement.
Classified Date:
17/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified date21/04/2023
LanguageEnglish
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t'), strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), and milder terms (for example, 'bitch', 'shit', 'God', 'hell').
sex
A man penetrates a woman from behind whilst another man with an erection under his trousers watches the couple; however, there is limited detail.
nudity
There are scenes which include close-up sight of a detailed painting of a vagina.
additional issues
There are some unsettling and disturbing scenes relating to menstruation and abortion, as well as scenes including bloodstained sanitary products and one in which a woman's menstrual blood stains her trousers.
There are also scenes of moderate threat, brief sight of healed wounds, and drug references, some of which relate to opioid addiction.
very strong language, strong sex, bloody images, drugs, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
22/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Use of infrequent very strong language ('c**t') occurs and is accompanied by frequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms (for example, 'dick, 'shit', 'God', 'hell').
sex
There are scenes of strong sex including cunnilingus as well as strong, graphic verbal sex references. Whilst his wife is out of the room, a doctor implies that she wants to see her patient's husband's penis and he willingly obliges and there is brief sight of his penis as he exposes himself.
drugs
A character snorts cocaine.
injury detail
There are numerous scenes of childbirth, including graphic caesarean sections being undertaken, with accompanying very bloody detail.
theme
A woman who has suffered a large haemorrhage following childbirth is upsettingly seen lying dead in a hospital bed covered with blood soaked sheets. A woman has a miscarriage and there is sight of blood clots in the toilet and on her hand. Following childbirth, a woman cries hysterically as she holds her still-born child.
additional issues
A woman's suicide is briefly mentioned.
strong bloody images, language, sex, drugs, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
22/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') and midler terms ('ass', 'dick' 'shit', 'screw' 'God').
sex
A woman has sex with a stranger in a bathroom stall he performs oral sex on her.
drugs
A woman with a history of addiction snorts prescription pills off a table.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references to a doctor requesting the husbands of her patients flash her their genitals whilst their pregnant partners are on the operating table.
suicide and self-harm
A man talks about his wife's history of self-harm and that she was taken to hospital. The new mother says she doesn't want the baby and that wishes she never got pregnant.
injury detail
A woman slices her own stomach with a scalpel and begins to sew the wound closed. She then takes a scalpel to a pregnant woman's belly and removes two babies, callously letting the woman bleed out on the operating table and abducting the infants. There are repeated unsettling images of miscarriage and c-sections.
additional issues
There are references to gross malpractice and a pregnant woman dying during a c-section. There are themes of bereavement.
strong language, drug misuse, racism, sex references
Classified Date:
22/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') and midler terms ('shit', 'God').
sex
There are figurative references to spitting on an erection before penetration.
discrimination
There are references to a white doctor practicing his skills on a black slave.
drugs
A woman with a history of addiction crushes prescription pills on a table and snorts them.
additional issues
The episode has an unsettling tone. There are repeated close ups of an adult hand holding that of a premature baby's.
A doctor loses concentration during a c-section delivery and blood spurts on her face.
There are references to a woman's mother being a verbally abusive alcoholic and an undetailed scene of a woman being pushed off a building.
very strong language, strong violence, drugs, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
21/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
In one scene, people watch a film in which a man beats a woman before she recovers and beats the man to death with a frying pan.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t'), frequent strong language ('f**k'), and milder terms ('twat', 'asshole', 'shit', 'bloody', 'hell', 'Jesus', 'God').
drugs
There is a brief scene in which a woman snorts cocaine.
sexual violence and sexual threat
In one scene, it is verbally implied that the twins switched places before having sex with an unsuspecting woman.
additional issues
There is an undetailed internal medical examination of a woman, followed by withdrawal of a bloodstained medical device.
There are also some crude verbal references, as well as references to abortion and miscarriage.
very strong language, strong sex, drug misuse, bloody images
Classified Date:
21/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t'), frequent strong language ('f**k'), milder terms (for example, 'bitch', 'dick', 'shit', 'asshole', 'God', 'Jesus', 'Christ'), and discriminatory language ('fucktard').
sex
There is a prolonged sex scene in which a woman rides a man; however, she is clothed and there is no strong detail. There are also strong verbal sex references, including to fornication.
drugs
There are scenes in which adults snort cocaine; a woman subsequently becomes mentally unstable following drug misuse.
injury detail
During a medical procedure, a surgeon cuts into a woman's stomach with a scalpel and there is subsequent sight of blood flowing from the incision. A woman throws a bucket of animal guts over another woman. A childbirth scene includes brief close-up sight of a baby crowning.
additional issues
In one scene, a person is pushed off a rooftop; however, there is no subsequent sight of death or injury detail.
There are also scenes of emotional upset, as well as scenes in which a pregnant woman experiences prolonged pain.
very strong language, strong sex, nudity
Classified Date:
21/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t'), strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), and milder terms (for example, 'bitch', 'shit', 'God', 'hell').
sex
A man penetrates a woman from behind whilst another man with an erection under his trousers watches the couple; however, there is limited detail.
nudity
There are scenes which include close-up sight of a detailed painting of a vagina.
additional issues
There are some unsettling and disturbing scenes relating to menstruation and abortion, as well as scenes including bloodstained sanitary products and one in which a woman's menstrual blood stains her trousers.
There are also scenes of moderate threat, brief sight of healed wounds, and drug references, some of which relate to opioid addiction.
Production year2023
Genre(s)Drama, Thriller, Horror
Approx. running minutes49m
CastRachel Weisz, Britne Oldford, Poppy Liu
Classified Date:
17/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
17/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified date21/04/2023
LanguageEnglish
