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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for violence, bloody images, language and some sexuality
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A husband and wife make out briefly. The man is shirtless, and the woman has panties and a baggy shirt on.
  • In a very brief, darkly lit sex scene, the bare back of a woman appears before the camera, moving up and down as she gasps. It cuts to the face and bare chest of a man lying under her as he arches his upper back and gasps.
  • Sex scene. It's not graphic, you see a very small bit of the side of a woman's breast and no genitalia is shown. The scene lasts thirteen seconds.
  • A nude scene comes out of nowhere, where a women ( Natalie Portman) is shown riding a guy, both are sweating and moaning. The women can be seen completely naked.

Violence & Gore

  • Video footage is found of three men, one of them yelling that there is something inside him. The other two proceed to hold him, and cut open his stomach, revealing tentacle-like insides. It cuts between the character's disgusted faces and the tape itself. Although not as gory as it could be, it is very disturbing.
  • A woman is attacked by a bear-like monster. We see in silhouette the woman getting bitten, thrown into the air, and dragged away. Eventually, her corpse is found with her neck torn open, with multicolored organs and blood shown.
  • A woman starts to grow alien fungus on her body. She calmly accepts that she will die soon, and she walks into a forest, where she becomes a human-shaped tree.
  • A woman is attacked by a mutated alligator, and dragged underwater. She almost drowns, but she survives.
  • An alien punches a woman in the face. We later see her face with some blood on it.
  • A man has a seizure. He is seen being dragged into an ambulance as he coughs up blood. It is later revealed that he is in critical condition, due to organ failure and internal bleeding.
  • The corpse of a man is seen attached to a wall. It is ripped in half, with multicolored organs seen. Some parts of it are completely skeletal.
  • The mutant bear has a very gory appearance. It has the skin on its head torn off, showing its blood soaked skull. A human skull can be seen protruding out of its face. It is overall very horrific looking.
  • A character pricks her arm to get a blood sample.
  • One character has a self harm scars on her arms.
  • There are two scenes of gory, brutal violence, one which is long and drawn out & another which is very quick.
  • A woman has her jaw ripped off by a mutated bear.

Profanity

  • 18 uses of "fuck" and some milder language used infrequently throughout the film.
  • This film is definitely severe.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Adult women drink beers together while getting to know each other.
  • It is mentioned that a character is getting sober from alcohol.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The mutated bear scene is quite disturbing.
  • Flashing lights and colors are seen at the climax of the film. Epileptic viewers should proceed with caution.
  • There is always a sense of dread that is constantly carried throughout the film which can make it very stressful and depressing.
  • A girl is randomly pulled into a shed by something. When the people go to help her the creature reveals itself as a big mutant alligator.
  • The alien- like force displays itself as a weird spherical shape that repeatedly folds and twists. The image is very unsettling and odd.
  • Some of the scenes in the film are quite disturbing, especially for younger audiences. Viewers should proceed with caution when viewing this film, especially due to its disturbing atmosphere the film occupies. This is accompanied by the tense music and cinematography, which both plays an important role in the disturbing atmosphere the film sets.

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Violence & Gore

  • A woman is pinned against a wall by an alien.
  • In the film's most graphic scene, a woman is dragged down a staircase by a mutated bear. She fights with it for several seconds, before it bites into her neck, and rips her lower jaw off of her body. It is very intense and bloody.
  • A man accepts his fate, and commits suicide by blowing up a phosphorus grenade. We see the explosion, and his charred skeleton, but that's all.
  • A mutant bear is shot repeatedly in the head from close range. Blood and brain/skull fragments can be seen pouring out from the wounds.
  • The bear thing eats one of the women early on. It stalks the rest of them and when it comes to find them, it doesn't growl. It screams in the victim's voice over and over. Incredibly disturbing.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • One main character has cancer, driving her to reckless self destruction.
  • During the already mentioned scene of the mutated bear, a crew member has her lower jaw ripped off. Very graphic and gory, but only onscreen for a second or two. It should also be noted that this scene is by far the most distressing and disturbing part of the movie.
  • After entering the shimmer, the film's atmosphere becomes quite existential and touches into unusual cosmic horror.
  • The mutated bear makes the noises of a previous crew member it had killed, screaming for help and scream in pain. It is like the voice is coming from the bear, plus the bear is making growling noises over lapping with the screams, very very disturbing and unsettling.
  • A recovered recording from previous explorers shows a character's stomach cut open and the intestines inside his body twisting and moving in a very graphic and disturbing way.

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