Witchboard
strong bloody violence, gore, horror, drug misuse, sex, nudity, language
Director(s)Chuck Russell
Production year2025
Genre(s)Horror
Approx. running minutes113m
CastMadison Iseman, Aaron Dominguez, Melanie Jarnson
Witchboard
strong bloody violence, gore, horror, drug misuse, sex, nudity, language
Horror film in which the discovery of a cursed object threatens the lives of young couple who find it when they are purs ...
Horror film in which the discovery of a cursed object threatens the lives of young couple who find it when they are pursued by an ancient witch and an occult expert.
violence
threat and horror
language
sex
drugs
sexual violence and sexual threat
injury detail
nudity
strong bloody violence, gore, horror, drug misuse, sex, nudity, language
Classified Date:
02/12/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Vertigo Releasing Ltd
violence
Strong violence includes people being shot, stabbed, choked and hit with other objects, including axes and metal chains. Many impacts result in blood spurts. Throats are cut using blades, including in an occult ritual context. People are seen on fire, including in a historical sequence in which a witch is burned at the stake. A man's hand is severed by a supernatural force.
threat and horror
Scenes feature supernatural threats and horror jump scares, including a woman being grabbed by disembodied hands. Characters are restrained in threatening situations. Individuals are threatened with knives and guns, including sequences in which blades are held to people's throats and guns to their heads.
language
Strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') is used, as well as moderate terms ('whore', 'son-of-a-bitch') and milder terms including 'shit', 'ass', 'bullshit', 'crap', 'damn', 'hell', 'frig', 'Jesus Christ' and 'God'.
sex
Sex scenes include thrusting movements but no strong detail There are verbal sex references and innuendo.
drugs
There is brief background sight of cocaine snorting as well as a sequence in which a drug dealer prepares to inject a woman with heroin, although he is interrupted before he can do so. In another sequence, diners in a restaurant are deliberately fed hallucinogenic mushrooms, in order to make them turn on each other. There are verbal references to drug dealing and addiction.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman who has been tricked into consuming hallucinogenic mushrooms makes unwanted advances on a man, including grabbing at his clothed buttocks.
injury detail
There is sight of severed hands and empty eye sockets after implied eye gouging. Corpses are seen with visible wounds, including intestines protruding. Burns and cuts are depicted on victims' bodies. Characters are shown with blood on their bodies and faces after violent encounters. There are several aftermath scenes showing pooled blood. In one scene, a woman hallucinates that a man is peeling off his own skin.
nudity
There is brief sexualised breast nudity when a woman writhes in a ritual context. A character's buttocks are briefly visible when she showers.
dangerous behaviour
Characters forage for mushrooms in the woods, to use in a restaurant. This later results in people being poisoned by hallucinogenic mushrooms.
theme
Funeral scenes depict people grieving. A character appears ill. There are references to substance addiction and its effects.
alcohol and smoking
Adults are shown drinking alcohol. Brief scenes include smoking.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy
Classified date02/12/2025
LanguageEnglish
violence
threat and horror
language
sex
drugs
sexual violence and sexual threat
injury detail
nudity
Director(s)Chuck Russell
Production year2025
Genre(s)Horror
Approx. running minutes113m
CastMadison Iseman, Aaron Dominguez, Melanie Jarnson
strong bloody violence, gore, horror, drug misuse, sex, nudity, language
Classified Date:
02/12/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Vertigo Releasing Ltd
violence
Strong violence includes people being shot, stabbed, choked and hit with other objects, including axes and metal chains. Many impacts result in blood spurts. Throats are cut using blades, including in an occult ritual context. People are seen on fire, including in a historical sequence in which a witch is burned at the stake. A man's hand is severed by a supernatural force.
threat and horror
Scenes feature supernatural threats and horror jump scares, including a woman being grabbed by disembodied hands. Characters are restrained in threatening situations. Individuals are threatened with knives and guns, including sequences in which blades are held to people's throats and guns to their heads.
language
Strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') is used, as well as moderate terms ('whore', 'son-of-a-bitch') and milder terms including 'shit', 'ass', 'bullshit', 'crap', 'damn', 'hell', 'frig', 'Jesus Christ' and 'God'.
sex
Sex scenes include thrusting movements but no strong detail There are verbal sex references and innuendo.
drugs
There is brief background sight of cocaine snorting as well as a sequence in which a drug dealer prepares to inject a woman with heroin, although he is interrupted before he can do so. In another sequence, diners in a restaurant are deliberately fed hallucinogenic mushrooms, in order to make them turn on each other. There are verbal references to drug dealing and addiction.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman who has been tricked into consuming hallucinogenic mushrooms makes unwanted advances on a man, including grabbing at his clothed buttocks.
injury detail
There is sight of severed hands and empty eye sockets after implied eye gouging. Corpses are seen with visible wounds, including intestines protruding. Burns and cuts are depicted on victims' bodies. Characters are shown with blood on their bodies and faces after violent encounters. There are several aftermath scenes showing pooled blood. In one scene, a woman hallucinates that a man is peeling off his own skin.
nudity
There is brief sexualised breast nudity when a woman writhes in a ritual context. A character's buttocks are briefly visible when she showers.
dangerous behaviour
Characters forage for mushrooms in the woods, to use in a restaurant. This later results in people being poisoned by hallucinogenic mushrooms.
theme
Funeral scenes depict people grieving. A character appears ill. There are references to substance addiction and its effects.
alcohol and smoking
Adults are shown drinking alcohol. Brief scenes include smoking.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy
Classified date02/12/2025
LanguageEnglish