The Sadness
sexual violence, strong bloody violence, gore, sex
Director(s)Rob Jabbaz
Production year2021
Genre(s)Horror
Approx. running minutes100m
CastBerant Zhu, Regina Lei, Ying-Ru Chen
The Sadness
sexual violence, strong bloody violence, gore, sex
THE SADNESS is a Taiwanese horror film in which a young couple must fight to survive following the outbreak of a virus t ...
THE SADNESS is a Taiwanese horror film in which a young couple must fight to survive following the outbreak of a virus that turns people into violent maniacs.
violence
Civilians are attacked by infected people, resulting in scenes of bloody carnage. These include stabbings, beatings, cannibalism, eye gouging, genital mutilation, an exploding head and more.
sex
A group of infected people are seen having sex while drenched in blood. The film also features crude verbal sex references.
sexual violence and sexual threat
People infected by the virus are driven to commit acts of sexual and sadistic violence. Men and women are raped, and it is implied that an infected man penetrates a woman's eye socket with his penis. There are also sequences of sustained sexual threat.
injury detail
There are strong gory images in the aftermath of violence, including sight of eviscerated bodies and a man's head after it is crushed with a fire extinguisher.
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 threat and horror throughout. Very strong language ('c**t') features alongside other terms including 'f**k', 'motherf**ker', 'slut', 'whore' 'bitch' and 'dick'.
sexual violence, strong bloody violence, gore, sex
Classified Date:
27/10/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Arrow Film Distributors Ltd
violence
Civilians are attacked by infected people, resulting in scenes of bloody carnage. These include stabbings, beatings, cannibalism, eye gouging, genital mutilation, an exploding head and more.
sex
A group of infected people are seen having sex while drenched in blood. The film also features crude verbal sex references.
sexual violence and sexual threat
People infected by the virus are driven to commit acts of sexual and sadistic violence. Men and women are raped, and it is implied that an infected man penetrates a woman's eye socket with his penis. There are also sequences of sustained sexual threat.
injury detail
There are strong gory images in the aftermath of violence, including sight of eviscerated bodies and a man's head after it is crushed with a fire extinguisher.
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 threat and horror throughout. Very strong language ('c**t') features alongside other terms including 'f**k', 'motherf**ker', 'slut', 'whore' 'bitch' and 'dick'.
Classified date27/10/2025
LanguageTaiwanese
violence
Civilians are attacked by infected people, resulting in scenes of bloody carnage. These include stabbings, beatings, cannibalism, eye gouging, genital mutilation, an exploding head and more.
sex
A group of infected people are seen having sex while drenched in blood. The film also features crude verbal sex references.
sexual violence and sexual threat
People infected by the virus are driven to commit acts of sexual and sadistic violence. Men and women are raped, and it is implied that an infected man penetrates a woman's eye socket with his penis. There are also sequences of sustained sexual threat.
injury detail
There are strong gory images in the aftermath of violence, including sight of eviscerated bodies and a man's head after it is crushed with a fire extinguisher.
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 threat and horror throughout. Very strong language ('c**t') features alongside other terms including 'f**k', 'motherf**ker', 'slut', 'whore' 'bitch' and 'dick'.
Director(s)Rob Jabbaz
Production year2021
Genre(s)Horror
Approx. running minutes100m
CastBerant Zhu, Regina Lei, Ying-Ru Chen
sexual violence, strong bloody violence, gore, sex
Classified Date:
27/10/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Arrow Film Distributors Ltd
violence
Civilians are attacked by infected people, resulting in scenes of bloody carnage. These include stabbings, beatings, cannibalism, eye gouging, genital mutilation, an exploding head and more.
sex
A group of infected people are seen having sex while drenched in blood. The film also features crude verbal sex references.
sexual violence and sexual threat
People infected by the virus are driven to commit acts of sexual and sadistic violence. Men and women are raped, and it is implied that an infected man penetrates a woman's eye socket with his penis. There are also sequences of sustained sexual threat.
injury detail
There are strong gory images in the aftermath of violence, including sight of eviscerated bodies and a man's head after it is crushed with a fire extinguisher.
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 threat and horror throughout. Very strong language ('c**t') features alongside other terms including 'f**k', 'motherf**ker', 'slut', 'whore' 'bitch' and 'dick'.
Classified date27/10/2025
LanguageTaiwanese
