• Director(s)

    Michael J Murphy

  • Production Year

    1981

  • Genre(s)

    Thriller, Mystery

  • Approx. running minutes

    54m

  • Cast

    Debbie Caroline Aylward, Oliver Russell Hall, Shirley Carol Aston

Film

Death In The Family

strong violence, incest theme

DEATH IN THE FAMILY is a UK mystery thriller, from 1981, in which a pair of siblings travel to Greece to meet their father's new wife five years after the death of their mother.…

DEATH IN THE FAMILY is a UK mystery thriller, from 1981, in which a pair of siblings travel to Greece to meet their father's new wife five years after the death of their mother.

violence
A character is battered in a shower with an iron poker, but the blows are obscured by the shower curtain. A man is stabbed in undetailed fashion. In both cases, there are brief aftermath bloody images. Moderate violence includes a man striking a woman.
theme
A brother and sister are involved in an incestuous relationship, but sexual activity between the pair is discreetly implied only. There are mild sex references.
additional issues
There is moderate threat, which includes the hatching of a plan to murder a person and to make it look like suicide. There are brief images of a panicking woman's face behind the window of a car which is on fire. There is infrequent moderate bad language ('bitch').

  • Director(s)

    Michael J Murphy

  • Production Year

    1981

  • Genre(s)

    Thriller, Mystery

  • Approx. running minutes

    54m

  • Cast

    Debbie Caroline Aylward, Oliver Russell Hall, Shirley Carol Aston

strong violence, incest theme
Classified Date:
05/12/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Powerhouse Films UK
violence
A character is battered in a shower with an iron poker, but the blows are obscured by the shower curtain. A man is stabbed in undetailed fashion. In both cases, there are brief aftermath bloody images. Moderate violence includes a man striking a woman.
theme
A brother and sister are involved in an incestuous relationship, but sexual activity between the pair is discreetly implied only. There are mild sex references.
additional issues
There is moderate threat, which includes the hatching of a plan to murder a person and to make it look like suicide. There are brief images of a panicking woman's face behind the window of a car which is on fire. There is infrequent moderate bad language ('bitch').

  • Classified date

    05/12/2022

  • Language

    English