When The Bough Breaks
strong threat, violence, injury detail, child sexual abuse references
Director(s)Michael Cohn
Production year1994
Genre(s)Crime, Thriller
Approx. running minutes102m
CastAlly Walker, Martin Sheen, Ron Perlman
When The Bough Breaks
strong threat, violence, injury detail, child sexual abuse references
WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS is a 1994 thriller in which a gruesome discovery triggers a new investigation into a series of his ...
WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS is a 1994 thriller in which a gruesome discovery triggers a new investigation into a series of historical child abductions.
violence
Strong violence includes a shooting, accompanied by blood spurts, and a person set on fire. There are implications of a person suffering historical physical abuse in a domestic setting.
threat and horror
A child is lured into a situation which allows a man to violently abduct her, and unsettling references are made to a history of similar child kidnappings. An ominous atmosphere pervades scenes in which a woman moves through a dark basement and finds young people in captivity. There are also disturbing scenes centred on the traumatised mental state of a young person, which also contain a passing reference to self-harming.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references to a man's criminal history of predatory child sexual abuse.
injury detail
Serious burn injury is seen on a man's face, and there is sight of bone and tissue in a series of images of severed hands.
additional issues
Infrequent strong language ('f**k') features, as well as milder terms ('crap', 'shit', 'damn', 'goddam', 'hell'). Banter between a group of men about a woman carries sexist undertones and includes an oblique homophobic remark. Infrequent mild sex references and rude humour occurs. There are occasional scenes in which adults smoke.
strong threat, violence, injury detail, child sexual abuse references
Classified Date:
04/02/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Last Slate Video
violence
Strong violence includes a shooting, accompanied by blood spurts, and a person set on fire. There are implications of a person suffering historical physical abuse in a domestic setting.
threat and horror
A child is lured into a situation which allows a man to violently abduct her, and unsettling references are made to a history of similar child kidnappings. An ominous atmosphere pervades scenes in which a woman moves through a dark basement and finds young people in captivity. There are also disturbing scenes centred on the traumatised mental state of a young person, which also contain a passing reference to self-harming.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references to a man's criminal history of predatory child sexual abuse.
injury detail
Serious burn injury is seen on a man's face, and there is sight of bone and tissue in a series of images of severed hands.
additional issues
Infrequent strong language ('f**k') features, as well as milder terms ('crap', 'shit', 'damn', 'goddam', 'hell'). Banter between a group of men about a woman carries sexist undertones and includes an oblique homophobic remark. Infrequent mild sex references and rude humour occurs. There are occasional scenes in which adults smoke.
Classified Date:
11/08/1994
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Medusa Communications Ltd
Classified Date:
14/07/1994
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Medusa Communications Ltd
Classified date04/02/2026
LanguageEnglish
violence
Strong violence includes a shooting, accompanied by blood spurts, and a person set on fire. There are implications of a person suffering historical physical abuse in a domestic setting.
threat and horror
A child is lured into a situation which allows a man to violently abduct her, and unsettling references are made to a history of similar child kidnappings. An ominous atmosphere pervades scenes in which a woman moves through a dark basement and finds young people in captivity. There are also disturbing scenes centred on the traumatised mental state of a young person, which also contain a passing reference to self-harming.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references to a man's criminal history of predatory child sexual abuse.
injury detail
Serious burn injury is seen on a man's face, and there is sight of bone and tissue in a series of images of severed hands.
additional issues
Infrequent strong language ('f**k') features, as well as milder terms ('crap', 'shit', 'damn', 'goddam', 'hell'). Banter between a group of men about a woman carries sexist undertones and includes an oblique homophobic remark. Infrequent mild sex references and rude humour occurs. There are occasional scenes in which adults smoke.
Director(s)Michael Cohn
Production year1994
Genre(s)Crime, Thriller
Approx. running minutes102m
CastAlly Walker, Martin Sheen, Ron Perlman
strong threat, violence, injury detail, child sexual abuse references
Classified Date:
04/02/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Last Slate Video
violence
Strong violence includes a shooting, accompanied by blood spurts, and a person set on fire. There are implications of a person suffering historical physical abuse in a domestic setting.
threat and horror
A child is lured into a situation which allows a man to violently abduct her, and unsettling references are made to a history of similar child kidnappings. An ominous atmosphere pervades scenes in which a woman moves through a dark basement and finds young people in captivity. There are also disturbing scenes centred on the traumatised mental state of a young person, which also contain a passing reference to self-harming.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references to a man's criminal history of predatory child sexual abuse.
injury detail
Serious burn injury is seen on a man's face, and there is sight of bone and tissue in a series of images of severed hands.
additional issues
Infrequent strong language ('f**k') features, as well as milder terms ('crap', 'shit', 'damn', 'goddam', 'hell'). Banter between a group of men about a woman carries sexist undertones and includes an oblique homophobic remark. Infrequent mild sex references and rude humour occurs. There are occasional scenes in which adults smoke.
Classified Date:
11/08/1994
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Medusa Communications Ltd
Classified Date:
14/07/1994
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Medusa Communications Ltd
Classified date04/02/2026
LanguageEnglish
