• Director(s)

    Various

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Mystery, Drama

  • Cast

    Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, Zaria

TV Show

Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin

PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: ORIGINAL SIN is a US drama series; in this episode, a group of teenage girls begin to receive messages from an unknown stranger.…

PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: ORIGINAL SIN is a US drama series; in this episode, a group of teenage girls begin to receive messages from an unknown stranger.

  • Director(s)

    Various

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Mystery, Drama

  • Cast

    Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, Zaria

very strong language, strong violence, bloody images, sex references
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man slits the throat of another with a boxcutter.
language
There is use of very strong language (‘c**t’) as well as other terms (‘c**ksucker’, ‘f**k’, ‘bitch’, ‘whore’, 'dick', 'shit', 'ass', 'God'). A character uses a middle finger gesture.
sex
It is implied that two characters engage in oral sex in public.
injury detail
There are strong bloody images, including sight of a woman in a bathtub full of bloody water, shots of a character lying in a pool of blood, and sight of a girl's foot which is blood covered after she is harmed by a razor blade.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
A character takes their own life. Characters discover the body of a woman who is implied to have killed herself. There are scenes of moderate horror, in which characters see a stranger in a mask watching them. References are made to a character being tested for drug use. There is brief male buttock nudity. A character speculates that another may have been chosen over her for a leading role in a ballet show because the girl is a person of colour. There are references to abortion.
strong language, sex references, bloody images, threat, bullying
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There is strong threat in a series of sequences in which photographs of young women are mutilated with a blade. There are also scenes of moderate threat.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'bitch', 'slut', 'piss', 'shit', 'ass', 'asshole', 'douchebag', 'butt', 'Jesus', 'God' and 'damn'.
sex
Strong sex references include comments about sex videos, losing one’s virginity, and a young man’s disappointing sexual performance and the size of his manhood. There is a brief establishment of sexual activity.
injury detail
Following an undetailed fall from a high gantry off which they are thrown deliberately, the victim’s dead body is seen in a pool of blood and with a heavily bloodied face.
theme
There are references to bullying between members of rival cliques at a high school, most notably when footage of an intoxicated young woman making unguarded comments about her sexuality is exhibited at a film screening to her peers in order to shame her. There are also references to racism and homophobia featuring in a character’s bullying nature.
additional issues
There is moderate violence. There is a brief, undetailed suggestion of a rat being killed nastily in its cage in the preparation of a cruel prank. There is occasional drug misuse as characters smoke and vape marijuana.
strong language
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'piss', 'crap', 'God', 'hell', 'damn').
additional issues
Characters suggest that a girl who has died may have taken her own life, and there are references to other individuals who have killed themselves. There are moderate bloody images, including sight of characters with blood on their faces and bodies after suffering injuries. Characters are threatened by the presence of an unknown stranger wearing a mask. There are undetailed references to drugs, which a character is accused of using, though she clarifies that she has never taken them.
strong language, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms including 'bitch', 'shit', 'ass', 'God' and 'hell'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A boy says that he ejaculated inside a girl without her consent.
additional issues
There are occasional moderate and crude sex references and innuendo. Sequences of moderate threat occur when a masked stalker terrorises teenage girls. A daughter accuses her mother of taking drugs again and finds prescription pills in her bag. A teenage girl describes the trauma of finding her mother dead in the bath in a suspected suicide. References to violence include discussion of murders within horror films. A girl's bloody feet are seen after she slashes them on razor blades deliberately planted in her shoes. Other issues include a teenager encouraging another to smoke and brief verbal references to discrimination.
very strong language, strong violence, threat, self-harm
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
In a brutal attack, a character’s head is slammed into a wall before he is strangled and then suffocated.
threat and horror
There is strong threat in a series of sequences in which photographs of young women are mutilated with a blade. There are also scenes of moderate threat.
language
There is infrequent very strong language (‘c**t’), as well as more frequent uses of strong language (‘motherf**ker’, ‘f**k’). Milder bad language includes uses of 'bitch', 'shit', ‘'asshole', 'dick’, ‘hell’, 'God' and 'damn'.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to a troubled young woman’s history of self-harming, the latest example of which is shown briefly and without unduly strong detail, and is not glamorised or presented as a solution to her problems.
additional issues
An unsympathetic character makes crass racial, homophobic and sexist remarks which are challenged by others and are not endorsed by the work as a whole. There are moderate sex references. It is implied that two people have smoked marijuana.
references to sexual violence
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
A teen girl recounts her experience of rape; she is shown lying on the floor as she talks in VO about being raped - there is no on screen sexual violence, and the scene as a whole is very discreet and sensitive. Other girls experience sexually abusive behaviour including being pinned down on a bed by a character assuming she "likes it rough', and a girl being made to feel uncomfortable when a boy locks her in a car after she refuses to kiss him. There are also other verbal references to sexual assault. Sexual violence is a theme of the series.
additional issues
Infrequent strong language occurs ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'bitch', 'shit', 'ass', 'asshole', 'balls', 'God' and 'hell'. Verbal and visual drug references occur throughout, including a darkly lit sequence in which a woman struggling with drug addiction pays for a small bag of unidentified drugs. There is a brief scene of underage drinking at a party, however, the experience is presented negatively overall. Drug misuse is not condoned by the work as a whole and presented as part of a cautionary tale. The opening credits include a small pool of blood beneath a tiara, however, the sight is brief. Moderate scenes of threat include a sequence of knife threat in which a masked figure chases a girl through an auditorium, however, the girl remains unharmed throughout. There are undetailed references to suicide and mental health.
strong language, bloody violence, threat, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A character stabs a teenage boy in his hand, resulting in large blood spurts. Bloody aftermath detail includes sight of blood splatter on objects and on faces. However, this is quickly revealed to be an imagined scenario.
threat and horror
There is a sustained scene of strong threat in which a masked assailant chases after a teenage girl in a house of mirrors.
language
Strong language occurs ('f**k'), as well as milder terms including 'pussy', 'dickhead', 'shit', 'pissed', 'ass' and 'God'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Verbal references to sexual violence occur throughout. This includes a brief reference to an older man receiving oral sex from a teenage boy doing community service. Sexual violence is strongly condemned by the work as a whole.
additional issues
An unsympathetic character expresses a homophobic attitude when she discovers two teenage girls kissing. The sequence occurs within a flashback and is infrequent. Discriminatory attitudes are not condoned by the work as a whole.
strong horror, threat, gory images, language, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
The opening title sequence shows a faceless figure aggressively defacing photos of young women and sewing together what appear to be pieces of skin. The sequence also features brief bloody images, including a plastic crown in a small pool of blood. In another scene a teen investigates a dilapidated abandoned building and finds a human-sized cage and mask made of human skin. A teenage girl is chased by a knife-wielding man.
language
There is use of strong language (‘motherf**ker’, ‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shit’, ‘bullshit’, 'bastard' and ‘crap’.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Throughout the episode there are non-graphic references to off-screen sexual violence. In another scene a woman expresses outrage after finding hidden-camera footage of a boys’ locker room on her teenage daughter’s laptop; we see a still from the footage featuring buttock nudity. It is implied that the footage was taken for investigative purposes, without sexual motive.
injury detail
Occasional gory images include a decomposed corpse lying on a bed. Another scene features moderate images of a dead body in the aftermath of an off-screen suicide. A blood donation montage features mild bloody medical detail.
additional issues
The episode contains infrequent moderate violence and sex references. There are brief visual and verbal references to steroid abuse by teenage athletes, which is not condoned. There is also an undetailed reference to a teenager having taken her own life.
strong horror, bloody images, language, references to suicide and self-harm
Classified Date:
08/12/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There are occasional scenes of strong threat and horror, such as a dream sequence in which a teenager finds a dead body in a bathtub full of bloody water and is then chased by a killer wearing a mask made of human skin and brandishing a bloody straight razor.
language
There is use of strong language (‘motherf**ker’, ‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘bitch’, ‘dick’, ‘ass’ and ‘shit’, in addition to use of the ‘middle finger’ gesture.
suicide and self-harm
There is brief bloody detail after a teenager cuts herself off screen. Another teen notices the wound and encourages her to seek help.
suicide and self-harm
There are occasional suicide references throughout the episode, including a dream image of a body in a bloody bathtub in the aftermath of an apparent off-screen suicide.
additional issues
There are non-graphic verbal references to sexual violence, including brief undetailed allusions to child sex abuse. Other scenes feature references to a man verbally and emotionally abusing his daughter, and in one sequence we see him tell her that he wishes she had died instead of her sister. There are also moderate references to bullying, discrimination and drug abuse, none of which are condoned. Other issues include infrequent moderate sex references.
sexual violence references, strong language, bloody violence, threat
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Moments of strong violence occur including stabbings with bloody detail. In one sequence, various implements are seen laid out in preparation for torture including syringes and pliers. There are frequent verbal references to murders.
threat and horror
There is strong, sustained threat throughout from a masked, violent assailant targeting teenage girls. A heavily pregnant teenager is chased through the streets with a large knife.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms such as 'shit', 'ass', 'bitch, 'hell', 'God' and 'Jesus'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Scenes include frequent references to the rape of multiple teenage girls. One moment sees a perpetrator telling his victims how and why he did it.
additional issues
There are references to suicide and brief sight of a girl's dead body after taking her own life. Other issues include emotional upset from bereavement and bullying.
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11/07/2023
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  • Classified date

    06/12/2022

  • Distributor

    Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd

  • Language

    English