Helter Skelter
sexually abusive behaviour
Director(s) Mika Ninagawa
Production year2012
Genre(s)Horror
Approx. running minutes127m
CastErika Sawajiri, Nao Ômori, Shinobu Terajima
Helter Skelter
sexually abusive behaviour
An iconic and successful model resorts to extreme measures to prolong her career in this Japanese horror thriller.
An iconic and successful model resorts to extreme measures to prolong her career in this Japanese horror thriller.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman is sexually abusive and belittling to her female assistant, including coercing her into performing oral sex. She later makes her assistant watch as she has sex with her boyfriend; in another scene, she forces the couple to take drugs and tells them to have sex in front of her.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are scenes of strong sex that feature breast and buttock nudity. A scene takes place in a strip club, with sexualised dancing. There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') and moderate terms including 'pussy' and 'hooker'. There are sequences of drug misuse. Unsettling moments of threat occur. A character stabs themself in the eye, resulting in strong bloody injury detail and there is sight of photographs of a bloodied dead body. The film deals with distressing themes of body image, sexism, eating disorders, mental health and exploitative relationships.
sexually abusive behaviour
Classified Date:
02/02/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
88 Films Limited
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman is sexually abusive and belittling to her female assistant, including coercing her into performing oral sex. She later makes her assistant watch as she has sex with her boyfriend; in another scene, she forces the couple to take drugs and tells them to have sex in front of her.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are scenes of strong sex that feature breast and buttock nudity. A scene takes place in a strip club, with sexualised dancing. There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') and moderate terms including 'pussy' and 'hooker'. There are sequences of drug misuse. Unsettling moments of threat occur. A character stabs themself in the eye, resulting in strong bloody injury detail and there is sight of photographs of a bloodied dead body. The film deals with distressing themes of body image, sexism, eating disorders, mental health and exploitative relationships.
Classified date02/02/2026
LanguageJapanese
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman is sexually abusive and belittling to her female assistant, including coercing her into performing oral sex. She later makes her assistant watch as she has sex with her boyfriend; in another scene, she forces the couple to take drugs and tells them to have sex in front of her.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are scenes of strong sex that feature breast and buttock nudity. A scene takes place in a strip club, with sexualised dancing. There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') and moderate terms including 'pussy' and 'hooker'. There are sequences of drug misuse. Unsettling moments of threat occur. A character stabs themself in the eye, resulting in strong bloody injury detail and there is sight of photographs of a bloodied dead body. The film deals with distressing themes of body image, sexism, eating disorders, mental health and exploitative relationships.
Director(s) Mika Ninagawa
Production year2012
Genre(s)Horror
Approx. running minutes127m
CastErika Sawajiri, Nao Ômori, Shinobu Terajima
sexually abusive behaviour
Classified Date:
02/02/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
88 Films Limited
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman is sexually abusive and belittling to her female assistant, including coercing her into performing oral sex. She later makes her assistant watch as she has sex with her boyfriend; in another scene, she forces the couple to take drugs and tells them to have sex in front of her.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are scenes of strong sex that feature breast and buttock nudity. A scene takes place in a strip club, with sexualised dancing. There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') and moderate terms including 'pussy' and 'hooker'. There are sequences of drug misuse. Unsettling moments of threat occur. A character stabs themself in the eye, resulting in strong bloody injury detail and there is sight of photographs of a bloodied dead body. The film deals with distressing themes of body image, sexism, eating disorders, mental health and exploitative relationships.
Classified date02/02/2026
LanguageJapanese
