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Sex & Nudity

  • Child Gelfling is seen being bathed in a river. Above the waist only.
  • An elderly creature wears a thin dress that outlines her elderly saggy breasts, and marks of her nipples can be seen in some scenes.
  • Kira makes the remark "Of course not, you're a boy," after Jen realises she has wings and asks why he doesn't.
  • A gelfling is pleasantly seen nude bathing at a river. Nothing is shown.

Violence & Gore

  • The Skeksis scientist is attacked by small animals, during the struggle he falls to his death in a pit of fire.
  • The chamberlain Skeksis gets his hand cut, a small amount of blood can be seen.
  • An innocent creature is forcefully strapped to a machine and has its life essence stolen, essentially killing the creature. The creature is then turned into a zombie slave. This is the most violent and disturbing scene in the movie.
  • In one scene, the Skeksis are eating at a feast. They bite heads and parts off of their food, some of seem to still be moving. Lots of gross sounds.
  • Two Skeksis duel, trying to bash each other and a stone with weapons. The loser's robes are ripped off violently, and he is banished.
  • The Garthim are seen fighting with and killing Landstriders (no blood, but it can be upsetting to some). One pair falls over a cliffside.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • There are scenes of torture against a podling and a gelfling by the Skeksis. The Skeksis are scary-looking creatures that seem to be a mix of a dinosaur and a vulture.
  • The Garthim are very creepy and menacing over-sized bugs.
  • The king of the Skeksis is seen resting, deathly ill. His skin is unpleasant looking including voice. He then dies of natural causes after which his face is shown to crumble and collapse in on itself like rubble.
  • Some goodhearted people may feel sorry for the cute little puppets are attacked and then later become the Skeksis' slaves, or the Skeksis take the youth from them and then they get old.

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Violence & Gore

  • A girl is stabbed but she is later seen to be alive

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