Lisey's Story

Director(s)Pablo Larrain
Production year2021
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes50m
CastJulianne Moore, Clive Owen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dane DeHaan, Joan Allen

Lisey's Story

strong bloody images, self-harm
Classified Date:
19/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

LISEY’S STORY is a US drama series; in this episode, Lisey finds the first clue.

suicide and self-harm
A character’s poor mental health leads her to self-harm. There are visual and verbal references to other characters self-harming.
additional issues
There are scenes of strong horror, in which characters experience fantastical occurrences or are threatened in their dreams. There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) as well as milder terms (‘Jesus’, ‘God’). There are scenes of strong violence, including a woman hitting a man in the face with a spade, causing blood to spurt and a large gash to appear near his mouth, and a man being shot with a gun, resulting in a small spurt of blood, and a spot of blood to appear and expand on his clothes. In the aftermath of other acts of violence, characters are seen with blood on parts of their body and on their clothes.
strong bloody violence, gore, horror, language
Classified Date:
19/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

LISEY'S STORY is a US horror drama; in this episode, Lisey confronts Dooley in nightmarish circumstances and finally discovers Scott's deepest secret.

violence
A man grips a woman's injured hand to cause her pain, and then bites into it, causing her to scream. We see a man slap and headbutt a woman. A man is stabbed with a pick-axe; we do not see this blow land, but there is sight of blood spilling from the man's mouth and covering his shirt. A man forces his young son to eat a mouldy piece of bread, gripping his throat to make sure he swallows it; there are also verbal references to implied domestic abuse.
threat and horror
A giant monster made up of writhing human bodies picks up a man; the bodies forming the hand grab and tear at him, resulting in bloody injuries.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and milder terms like 'shit', 'God' and 'damn'.
injury detail
We see a severed human head with bloody slash wounds and gory injury detail, along with several clothed severed limbs.
additional issues
A man considers suicide. There are scenes of emotional upset as characters deal with bereavement. There are brief, undetailed references to mental health issues.
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Classified date19/05/2023
LanguageEnglish
suicide and self-harm
A character’s poor mental health leads her to self-harm. There are visual and verbal references to other characters self-harming.
additional issues
There are scenes of strong horror, in which characters experience fantastical occurrences or are threatened in their dreams. There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) as well as milder terms (‘Jesus’, ‘God’). There are scenes of strong violence, including a woman hitting a man in the face with a spade, causing blood to spurt and a large gash to appear near his mouth, and a man being shot with a gun, resulting in a small spurt of blood, and a spot of blood to appear and expand on his clothes. In the aftermath of other acts of violence, characters are seen with blood on parts of their body and on their clothes.
strong bloody violence, gore, horror, language
Classified Date:
19/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man grips a woman's injured hand to cause her pain, and then bites into it, causing her to scream. We see a man slap and headbutt a woman. A man is stabbed with a pick-axe; we do not see this blow land, but there is sight of blood spilling from the man's mouth and covering his shirt. A man forces his young son to eat a mouldy piece of bread, gripping his throat to make sure he swallows it; there are also verbal references to implied domestic abuse.
threat and horror
A giant monster made up of writhing human bodies picks up a man; the bodies forming the hand grab and tear at him, resulting in bloody injuries.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and milder terms like 'shit', 'God' and 'damn'.
injury detail
We see a severed human head with bloody slash wounds and gory injury detail, along with several clothed severed limbs.
additional issues
A man considers suicide. There are scenes of emotional upset as characters deal with bereavement. There are brief, undetailed references to mental health issues.
strong bloody images, self-harm
Classified Date:
19/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
A character’s poor mental health leads her to self-harm. There are visual and verbal references to other characters self-harming.
additional issues
There are scenes of strong horror, in which characters experience fantastical occurrences or are threatened in their dreams. There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) as well as milder terms (‘Jesus’, ‘God’). There are scenes of strong violence, including a woman hitting a man in the face with a spade, causing blood to spurt and a large gash to appear near his mouth, and a man being shot with a gun, resulting in a small spurt of blood, and a spot of blood to appear and expand on his clothes. In the aftermath of other acts of violence, characters are seen with blood on parts of their body and on their clothes.
Director(s)Pablo Larrain
Production year2021
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes50m
CastJulianne Moore, Clive Owen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dane DeHaan, Joan Allen
Classified date19/05/2023
LanguageEnglish