The War Of The Worlds
Contains mild language, violence and horror
Director(s)Byron Haskin
Production year1953
Genre(s)Drama, Science Fiction
Approx. running minutes82m
CastGene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Bob Cornthwaite, Henry Brandon, Cedri Hardwicke (narrator)
The War Of The Worlds
Contains mild language, violence and horror
violence
Occasional scenes of violence occur during the alien attack, in which humans fire guns and canons at the alien machines. The aliens use a heat ray which causes human characters to disappear, sometimes leaving the outline of their bodies in ash on the ground, or in one scene two soldiers are very briefly seen on fire.
threat and horror
There are occasional scenes of mild threat in which characters run or hide from the aliens.
language
There is infrequent use of mild bad language.
Classified Date:
09/03/1953
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Paramount Film Service Ltd
Contains mild language, violence and horror
Classified Date:
19/09/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
violence
Occasional scenes of violence occur during the alien attack, in which humans fire guns and canons at the alien machines. The aliens use a heat ray which causes human characters to disappear, sometimes leaving the outline of their bodies in ash on the ground, or in one scene two soldiers are very briefly seen on fire.
threat and horror
There are occasional scenes of mild threat in which characters run or hide from the aliens.
language
There is infrequent use of mild bad language.
Classified Date:
30/09/1986
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
CIC Video
violence
Occasional scenes of violence occur during the alien attack, in which humans fire guns and canons at the alien machines. The aliens use a heat ray which causes human characters to disappear, sometimes leaving the outline of their bodies in ash on the ground, or in one scene two soldiers are very briefly seen on fire.
threat and horror
There are occasional scenes of mild threat in which characters run or hide from the aliens.
language
There is infrequent use of mild bad language.
Classified Date:
26/08/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
Classified Date:
14/09/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
Paperwork Remarks:
DVD additional material
1953
Classified Date:
07/09/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
Paperwork Remarks:
DVD audio commentary by Joe Dante
Bill Warren and Bob Burns
Classified date19/09/2005
LanguageEnglish
violence
Occasional scenes of violence occur during the alien attack, in which humans fire guns and canons at the alien machines. The aliens use a heat ray which causes human characters to disappear, sometimes leaving the outline of their bodies in ash on the ground, or in one scene two soldiers are very briefly seen on fire.
threat and horror
There are occasional scenes of mild threat in which characters run or hide from the aliens.
language
There is infrequent use of mild bad language.
Director(s)Byron Haskin
Production year1953
Genre(s)Drama, Science Fiction
Approx. running minutes82m
CastGene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Bob Cornthwaite, Henry Brandon, Cedri Hardwicke (narrator)
Classified Date:
09/03/1953
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Paramount Film Service Ltd
Contains mild language, violence and horror
Classified Date:
19/09/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
violence
Occasional scenes of violence occur during the alien attack, in which humans fire guns and canons at the alien machines. The aliens use a heat ray which causes human characters to disappear, sometimes leaving the outline of their bodies in ash on the ground, or in one scene two soldiers are very briefly seen on fire.
threat and horror
There are occasional scenes of mild threat in which characters run or hide from the aliens.
language
There is infrequent use of mild bad language.
Classified Date:
30/09/1986
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
CIC Video
violence
Occasional scenes of violence occur during the alien attack, in which humans fire guns and canons at the alien machines. The aliens use a heat ray which causes human characters to disappear, sometimes leaving the outline of their bodies in ash on the ground, or in one scene two soldiers are very briefly seen on fire.
threat and horror
There are occasional scenes of mild threat in which characters run or hide from the aliens.
language
There is infrequent use of mild bad language.
Classified Date:
26/08/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
Classified Date:
14/09/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
Paperwork Remarks:
DVD additional material
1953
Classified Date:
07/09/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
Paperwork Remarks:
DVD audio commentary by Joe Dante
Bill Warren and Bob Burns
Classified date19/09/2005
LanguageEnglish
