Stephen King On Screen

violence

There are clips of violence from a variety of films. A woman is seen hanging from a cross with knives sticking out of her. A man is executed in an electric chair and another man's ankle is seen being broken with a hammer. A clip from a film includes a scene of domestic abuse in which a man hits his wife with a plank of wood and there are further references to spousal abuse.

threat and horror

Scenes include clips of strong, often macabre horror and threat from famous films such as IT, CARRIE, CREEP SHOW, THE SHINING and SALEM'S LOT. The sequences of horror and threat are often directed at children.

injury detail

Sequences include strong and disturbing bloody images from films such a CARRIE as well as sight of severe injuries, mutilated corpses and bloody wounds. A bloody child's shoe is seen lying in the road after he is hit by a car offscreen.

additional issues: There is a verbal reference to a child being sexually abused by her father. Infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'bitch', 'bastard', 'crap', 'piss', 'shit' and 'hell'. References are made to historical racism.

strong gory images, violence

Classified Date:

26/05/2023

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Signature Entertainment

violence

There are clips of violence from a variety of films. A woman is seen hanging from a cross with knives sticking out of her. A man is executed in an electric chair and another man's ankle is seen being broken with a hammer. A clip from a film includes a scene of domestic abuse in which a man hits his wife with a plank of wood and there are further references to spousal abuse.

threat and horror

Scenes include clips of strong, often macabre horror and threat from famous films such as IT, CARRIE, CREEP SHOW, THE SHINING and SALEM'S LOT. The sequences of horror and threat are often directed at children.

injury detail

Sequences include strong and disturbing bloody images from films such a CARRIE as well as sight of severe injuries, mutilated corpses and bloody wounds. A bloody child's shoe is seen lying in the road after he is hit by a car offscreen.

additional issues: There is a verbal reference to a child being sexually abused by her father. Infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'bitch', 'bastard', 'crap', 'piss', 'shit' and 'hell'. References are made to historical racism.

strong gory images, violence

Classified Date:

15/03/2023

Version:

2D

Use:

VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Signature Entertainment

violence

A scene of violence is shown from the film MISERY, in which a woman breaks a man's feet using a sledge hammer. A scene from THE GREEN MILE in which a man catches fire during an electric chair execution scene is also briefly shown as the filmmakers discuss its special effects. There is also a brief scene of domestic abuse.

injury detail

There are frequent scenes from various horror films which briefly emphasise bloody and gory images. For example, a hallway fills with blood in THE SHINING and the protagonist in CARRIE is shown covered in blood. Gory images include close ups on faces of dead men being eaten by maggots, and talking decomposing skulls.

additional issues: Scenes of threat from various horror films are not sustained within the documentary. The film features infrequent strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'bitch', 'piss', 'shit', 'ass', 'fricking', 'bollocks' and 'God'. There are undetailed verbal references to child sex abuse. There are also brief scenes of racism; however discrimination is clearly condemned by the film.

Classified date

26/05/2023
Language

English

Director(s)

Daphné Baiwir

Production Year

2022

Genre(s)

Documentary

Approx. running minutes

105m