• Director(s)

    Beer Adriaanse

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    90m

  • Cast

    Thapelo Aphiri, Carla Classen, Jane de Wet

Film

Parable

strong gory violence, language, drug misuse, sexual violence references

PARABLE is a South African supernatural horror film in which a teenage girl is consigned to gay conversion therapy supervised by a sinister, self-styled holy man whose brutal methods unleash a vengeful demon.…

PARABLE is a South African supernatural horror film in which a teenage girl is consigned to gay conversion therapy supervised by a sinister, self-styled holy man whose brutal methods unleash a vengeful demon.

violence
Supernatural threat based on demonic possession escalates to scenes of strong violence, which include the biting of a man's ear, knife-slashings and stabbings, with extensive bloodshed and gory aftermath detail
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms such as 'bloody', 'shit', 'ass', 'dick', 'asshole', 'God' and 'damn'.
drugs
There is frequent drug misuse, including smoking from joints and bongs, as well as verbal drug references and scenes of drug dealing.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A teenage girl held against her will at a sinister gay conversion therapy camp claims that a counsellor showed her pornography and threatened to rape her to assert that the female sexual organ is ordained only for male pleasure and procreation. Another young woman implies that her reluctance to have sex with her boyfriend led to him behaving in a sexually threatening manner towards her, although the man denies her claim.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Characters demonstrate homophobic and sexist attitudes, which are clearly disapproved of by the film as a whole. There are moderate sex references.

  • Director(s)

    Beer Adriaanse

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    90m

  • Cast

    Thapelo Aphiri, Carla Classen, Jane de Wet

strong gory violence, language, drug misuse, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
30/06/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Trinity Creative Partnership Ltd
violence
Supernatural threat based on demonic possession escalates to scenes of strong violence, which include the biting of a man's ear, knife-slashings and stabbings, with extensive bloodshed and gory aftermath detail
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms such as 'bloody', 'shit', 'ass', 'dick', 'asshole', 'God' and 'damn'.
drugs
There is frequent drug misuse, including smoking from joints and bongs, as well as verbal drug references and scenes of drug dealing.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A teenage girl held against her will at a sinister gay conversion therapy camp claims that a counsellor showed her pornography and threatened to rape her to assert that the female sexual organ is ordained only for male pleasure and procreation. Another young woman implies that her reluctance to have sex with her boyfriend led to him behaving in a sexually threatening manner towards her, although the man denies her claim.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Characters demonstrate homophobic and sexist attitudes, which are clearly disapproved of by the film as a whole. There are moderate sex references.

  • Classified date

    30/06/2023

  • Language

    English