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| Age Suitability |
Restricted to persons 18 years of age or over. |
| Language | No restriction. |
| Violence (see Note 3) |
Visually explicit portrayals of violence, which may be characterized by extreme brutality, extreme bloodletting and extreme tissue damage. May include torture, horror, sexual violence. |
| Nudity | Full frontal nudity in a sexual situation. |
| Sexual Activity |
Simulated sexual activity; limited instances of brief, non-violent explicit sexual activity. |
| Horror | Horrific themes, incidents and images will have a more prolonged or graphic focus and greater frequency. |
| Psychological Impact (see Note 2) |
Scenes and situations may cause extreme adverse psychological impact. Could involve intense and compelling terror, acts of degradation, threats of violence, and continuous acts of non-extreme violence. Such situations could be accompanied by coarse, abusive, and degrading dialogue. |
| Note 1: | From time to time, guidelines may be set aside at the Panel's discretion (where social and documentary significance warrants). |
| Note 2: | Psychological impact may be a state of mind, mood or feeling and/or other effects on the viewer, resulting from the treatment of scenes and situations within the film. Treatment may include intensity, degree, pace, atmosphere, tone, visual effects, and dialogue. |
| Note 3: | Portrayals of violence may include armed combat, natural disasters, accidents, hand-to-hand combat, weapons violence, and violent sports. The degree frequency, and intensity of the acts of violence will be factors in the classification decision. |
This information is provided as a public service, but we cannot guarantee that the information is current or accurate. Readers should verify the information before acting on it. (Ontario Film Review Board)
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