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Sex & Nudity

  • In one scene Pv. Steel says biggest piece of meat in the cave.
  • The Men make several sexually charged comments to Sarah

Violence & Gore

  • A character is grabbed by zombies from all angles and torn apart, during this his larynx is ripped, causing a high pitched screech to come out as he dies
  • A zombie is seen lumbering through the streets during the opening credit sequence with the bottom portion of his face missing and the entirety of his tongue hanging from the bloody wound.
  • A zombie laying on its back turns onto its side, revealing its stomach cut open, it's organs then fall out and splat on the floor.
  • A man is shot In the forehead, blood sprays out of the bullet wound, pretty disgusting.
  • A zombie has its head cut open, so that only its brains are exposed.
  • Zombie's belly is cut open, its intestines fall from belly.
  • Zombie is drilled into forehead, a lot of blood.
  • A person is bitten in throat, skin is ripped and lots of blood pours from the wound. Later this same person is shot in the head, bloody.
  • A person is bitten in the arm, bloody.
  • Zombie is shot in the head, bloody.
  • A character chops person's arm off with machete, then they seals the wound burning it. Blood pours from limb.
  • A person's severed, living head can be seen on the table, little blood.
  • A person is shot in the head, no blood.
  • A man is beaten by another man, little blood can be seen on his face.
  • Zombie gets half of its head cut off by shovel, bloody.
  • Zombie gets beaten in the head with wooden bar, bloody.
  • Zombie is shot in the head, no blood.
  • A person gets bitten in throat and chest, skin is ripped and blood pours.
  • A person is shot repeatedly, bloody bullet wounds can be seen.
  • A person gets his head ripped off, and zombies tear out and devour his vocal cords.
  • A person gets his face ripped open, his fingers are bitten off. Very bloody.
  • A person is bitten in the throat, they later shoots themselves. Bloody.
  • A character is shot in the arm, then leg. Their belly is ripped open, intestines are ripped off and their legs are torn off from upper body, most graphic scene in the film. In detail.

Profanity

  • 51 uses of "fuck" (1 paired with "mother"), 30 uses of "shit", 15 uses of "ass" (6 paired with "hole"), 9 uses of "hell", 7 uses of "damn" (6 paired with "God"), 5 uses of "bitch", 4 uses of "dick", 3 uses of "bastard", 7 uses of "Jesus", 3 uses of "Christ", 2 uses of "Jesus Christ", and 3 uses of "piss".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A soldier is briefly shown tending to his marijuana plants.
  • One character is An alcoholic and in most of his scenes he is shown drinking from a flask.
  • A character is shown taking sleeping pills on several occasions.
  • Sedatives are used on a sleep-deprived soldier through the use of a syringe.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The long climax is pretty intense, and very bloody and graphic.
  • This film features vicious, frightening violence.
  • A man's severed head is discovered, may be disturbing.
  • There are some jump scares that are briefly intense.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • Rickles is ripped apart well manically laughing, we see his eye get ripped out.
  • A character accidentally shoots two people, a little blood can be seen.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A villainous character is forced to kill an infected friend and then commit suicide , can be disturbing for those who are triggered by or uncomfortable with suicide

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