The Hearse (1980) Poster

(1980)

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Sex & Nudity

  • Two young men catcall a woman running in shorts. She waves them away.
  • A local sheriff asks a woman in shorts if she needs any help. She answers, " No, I can handle it myself." Staring at her legs, he replies, "yes, I can see that myself."
  • Some suggestive talk about "getting some" among teenage boys.
  • A man and woman undress to make love. No nudity is seen. Later she awakens in bed alone.

Violence & Gore

  • A woman is run off the road twice by an old hearse chasing her.
  • An old hearse drives up to a house at night. The woman comes out, shouting at the driver. The rear door of the hearse opens and the woman approaches slowly. Next the door closes and she is inside. The hearse drives away.
  • A woman finds two dead men in her house.
  • A woman crashes into a man's car, causing it to go over a cliff and burst into flames.
  • Two young boys throw something through a window of a house to scare off the woman inside. As she comes out to confront them, they cry "Witch! Witch!"

Profanity

  • 1 use of shit and several uses of damn, hell, and bitch

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • The sheriff and an attorney are seen drinking from a bottle of whiskey poured into two glasses.
  • A woman is seen swallowing prescription drugs.
  • A woman is seen smoking.
  • A drunken man breaks windows in a house to scare a woman.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • There are several jump scenes where a woman looks and sees someone or something strange that scares her. In a moment they are gone.
  • Someone is seen climbing the stairs in a woman's house (feet only are seen). Hearing this, she rises and locks the door, crying out for him to leave. Next she hears footsteps running away followed by the sound of breaking glass (a window).
  • POV camera suggests someone climbing the steps and walking in on a woman taking a shower. The opaque shower curtain reveals nothing specific about the body, only the sense of nudity. No one is seen and nothing happens.
  • A woman gets into bed with a book to read. Looking over, she screams as a man is seen in bed with her.
  • A grim man attacks a woman in various places in her house. When she drives off and stops at a roadside cafe, the sheriff refuses to help her. She returns to her car and the man reaches inside to grab her. As she pulls away, his shadow is seen ten or more feet long.

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Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • In a dream a woman is taken away in a hearse and deposited on the steps of a country chapel. Inside they are having her own funeral. The corpse sits up and smiles, then makes an ugly face. She screams and runs out into the woods. She runs into the hearse driver, then suddenly awakens in her bed.

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