• Director(s)

    John McPhail

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    95m

  • Cast

    Augustus Prew, Andrea Bang, Justin Long

Film

Dear David

strong horror, bloody violence, suicide references, language, sex

DEAR DAVID is a US horror thriller in which a social media illustrator becomes terrorised by an evil supernatural force after he leaves a violent online comment in response to an internet troll. …

DEAR DAVID is a US horror thriller in which a social media illustrator becomes terrorised by an evil supernatural force after he leaves a violent online comment in response to an internet troll.

violence
A man witnesses a possessed boy strangling his dad before his mother bashes the demonic child's skull using a computer. His head is shown misshapen and bloody in the aftermath. There is also a scene in which a supernatural force repeatedly hits a teenage girl's head against a desk, causing her face to bleed.
threat and horror
There are sustained scenes of horror and threat as a man is terrorised and haunted by a demonic entity who visits him as he sleeps.
language
The film features strong language ('f**k'). Other uses include 'bitch', 'dick', 'cock', 'bullshit', 'shit' and 'asshole'.
sex
Online pornography shows implied oral sex, but there is no strong nudity. A man attempts to masturbate to the porn by putting his hand down his trousers but is interrupted. There are also sex references, including to to 'cock sucking'.
suicide and self-harm
Strong suicide references include a man finding a dead woman hanging from rope. The man also receives an online article about the best ways to 'kill yourself'. In another scene a demonic entity forces a man to cut his own wrist.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
A man receives online homophobic messages which include homophobic language ('fairy' and 'homo') however the discriminatory behaviour is condemned by the narrative and the protagonist, who is gay.

  • Director(s)

    John McPhail

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    95m

  • Cast

    Augustus Prew, Andrea Bang, Justin Long

strong horror, bloody violence, suicide references, language, sex
Classified Date:
24/08/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Lionsgate UK Ltd / Lionsgate International (UK) Ltd - (HE)
violence
A man witnesses a possessed boy strangling his dad before his mother bashes the demonic child's skull using a computer. His head is shown misshapen and bloody in the aftermath. There is also a scene in which a supernatural force repeatedly hits a teenage girl's head against a desk, causing her face to bleed.
threat and horror
There are sustained scenes of horror and threat as a man is terrorised and haunted by a demonic entity who visits him as he sleeps.
language
The film features strong language ('f**k'). Other uses include 'bitch', 'dick', 'cock', 'bullshit', 'shit' and 'asshole'.
sex
Online pornography shows implied oral sex, but there is no strong nudity. A man attempts to masturbate to the porn by putting his hand down his trousers but is interrupted. There are also sex references, including to to 'cock sucking'.
suicide and self-harm
Strong suicide references include a man finding a dead woman hanging from rope. The man also receives an online article about the best ways to 'kill yourself'. In another scene a demonic entity forces a man to cut his own wrist.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
A man receives online homophobic messages which include homophobic language ('fairy' and 'homo') however the discriminatory behaviour is condemned by the narrative and the protagonist, who is gay.

  • Classified date

    24/08/2023

  • Language

    English