• Director(s)

    Craig Johnson

  • Production Year

    2025

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    90m

  • Cast

    Nik Dodani, Brandon Flynn, Brian Cox

Film

The Parenting

strong language, horror, violence, drug misuse, discrimination

When a couple spend a weekend getting to know each other's parents, a centuries-old demon lurking in their countryside retreat sends their plans spiralling in a disturbing direction in this US horror comedy.…

When a couple spend a weekend getting to know each other's parents, a centuries-old demon lurking in their countryside retreat sends their plans spiralling in a disturbing direction in this US horror comedy.

violence
A man covers a demonically possessed dog with a sheet and repeatedly smashes it with a mallet. There are knife slashings, stranglings and physical scuffles.
threat and horror
Characters are demonically possessed and behave in aggressive and unsettling ways. A woman contorts her body and scuttles across the floor. Characters are pursued, grabbed and attacked by supernaturally influenced people, animals and demons.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and implied very strong language ('c**t'), as well as milder terms which include 'bitch', 'whore', 'pussy', 'dick', 'shit', 'ass', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'. There is also use of the middle finger gesture.
discrimination
A demonically possessed character makes aggressive homophobic remarks; these occur within a comic context. A character refers to her teenage self using the discriminatory term 'spaz'.
drugs
A man takes a number of cannabis gummies to help him cope with an awkward social situation, trying to get others to join him. There are other verbal references to drug misuse.
additional issues
Moments of innuendo and references to sex include comic conversations in which a mysterious banging is mistaken for the sound of a couple having sex. References are also made to 'feeling horny', erections and penis size, but these lack detail and have a comic context. Blood is briefly seen after a man's arm is slashed. Writing appears on a man's back in the form of livid red scarring. There is occasional brief toilet humour. Characters drink alcohol.

  • Director(s)

    Craig Johnson

  • Production Year

    2025

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    90m

  • Cast

    Nik Dodani, Brandon Flynn, Brian Cox

strong language, horror, violence, drug misuse, discrimination
Classified Date:
04/03/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd
violence
A man covers a demonically possessed dog with a sheet and repeatedly smashes it with a mallet. There are knife slashings, stranglings and physical scuffles.
threat and horror
Characters are demonically possessed and behave in aggressive and unsettling ways. A woman contorts her body and scuttles across the floor. Characters are pursued, grabbed and attacked by supernaturally influenced people, animals and demons.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and implied very strong language ('c**t'), as well as milder terms which include 'bitch', 'whore', 'pussy', 'dick', 'shit', 'ass', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'. There is also use of the middle finger gesture.
discrimination
A demonically possessed character makes aggressive homophobic remarks; these occur within a comic context. A character refers to her teenage self using the discriminatory term 'spaz'.
drugs
A man takes a number of cannabis gummies to help him cope with an awkward social situation, trying to get others to join him. There are other verbal references to drug misuse.
additional issues
Moments of innuendo and references to sex include comic conversations in which a mysterious banging is mistaken for the sound of a couple having sex. References are also made to 'feeling horny', erections and penis size, but these lack detail and have a comic context. Blood is briefly seen after a man's arm is slashed. Writing appears on a man's back in the form of livid red scarring. There is occasional brief toilet humour. Characters drink alcohol.

  • Classified date

    04/03/2025

  • Language

    English