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18A(18A) Gory Brutal Violence, Sexual Content

Synopsis

Horror. In 1976, the members of a travelling carnival are waylaid on a deserted highway and forced to participate in a brutal game of survival.

Content elements

  • Frequent use of the sexual expletive, some in a sexual or aggressive context; frequent use of scatological slang, vulgar expressions, and profanity
  • Frequent use of crude and aggressive sexual references
  • Frequent portrayals of weapons and hand-to-hand violence in a horror context - blood, dismemberment, gruesome corpses, and detailed wounds
  • Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity - breast and buttock nudity, some detail
  • Infrequent female frontal nudity in a non-sexual context

Thematic elements

  • The will to survive
  • Group dynamics under pressure
  • Violence and pleasure

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for brutal violence and crude and aggressive sexual language in a horror context

Classification date

August 31, 2016

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