• Director(s)

    Julius Avery

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Horror, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    99m

  • Cast

    Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe

Film

The Pope's Exorcist

horror, violence, bloody images, sex references, sexual threat, language

A Vatican exorcist defends a family from a demon in set piece action scenes in this horror thriller, but the themes touch on abuse, suicide and trauma. Children are targets of the horror, leading to some disturbing moments.…

A Vatican exorcist defends a family from a demon in set piece action scenes in this horror thriller, but the themes touch on abuse, suicide and trauma. Children are targets of the horror, leading to some disturbing moments.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

sexual violence and sexual threat

suicide and self-harm

injury detail

nudity

  • Director(s)

    Julius Avery

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Horror, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    99m

  • Cast

    Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe

horror, violence, bloody images, sex references, sexual threat, language
Classified Date:
23/03/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd.
violence
Scenes of violence include people being thrown into walls and furniture, choked and bitten by demonically-possessed people. In a flashback to wartime, a number of people are shot, resulting in bloody impact wounds. A person explodes when touched by a sacred object, and there are verbal references to torture and religious persecution.
threat and horror
There are prolonged scenes of supernatural threat in which people are possessed by demons, speaking in voices not their own, showing body deformities caused by the possession, and affecting objects and the mental states of people around them. There are regular jump scares.
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t') and occasional strong language ('f**k'), including sexualised uses. Milder terms include 'shit', 'whore', 'bitch', 'God', and use of middle finger gestures.
sex
A child, possessed by a demon, taunts people with strong, crude sex references, including about their sex lives and improprieties.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are verbal references to a young woman having been subjected to abuse. A demonically possessed child threatens to rape an adult man. In one sequence, the possessed child grabs his mother's breast and admonishes her for not breast feeding him as a baby.
suicide and self-harm
A woman who has been the victim of abuse and has perceived mental health issues takes her own life. A man attempts to take his own life to banish a demon, but is stopped due to supernatural sources.
injury detail
There are images of injuries and dead bodies, some of which are bloody. There are also scenes in which animals are killed, but no real animals appear to have been harmed in making these scenes.
nudity
There is breast nudity in a sexual context.
theme
There are references to bereavement and ensuing mental health effects on children, as well as sequences involving supposed possessions that are subsequently explained as mental health issues.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
horror, violence, bloody images, sex references, sexual threat, language
Classified Date:
03/07/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
violence
Scenes of violence include people being thrown into walls and furniture, choked and bitten by demonically-possessed people. In a flashback to wartime, a number of people are shot, resulting in bloody impact wounds. A person explodes when touched by a sacred object, and there are verbal references to torture and religious persecution.
threat and horror
There are prolonged scenes of supernatural threat in which people are possessed by demons, speaking in voices not their own, showing body deformities caused by the possession, and affecting objects and the mental states of people around them. There are regular jump scares.
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t') and occasional strong language ('f**k'), including sexualised uses. Milder terms include 'shit', 'whore', 'bitch', 'God', and use of middle finger gestures.
sex
A child, possessed by a demon, taunts people with strong, crude sex references, including about their sex lives and improprieties.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are verbal references to a young woman having been subjected to abuse. A demonically possessed child threatens to rape an adult man. In one sequence, the possessed child grabs his mother's breast and admonishes her for not breast feeding him as a baby.
suicide and self-harm
A woman who has been the victim of abuse and has perceived mental health issues takes her own life. A man attempts to take his own life to banish a demon, but is stopped due to supernatural sources.
injury detail
There are images of injuries and dead bodies, some of which are bloody. There are also scenes in which animals are killed, but no real animals appear to have been harmed in making these scenes.
nudity
There is breast nudity in a sexual context.
theme
There are references to bereavement and ensuing mental health effects on children, as well as sequences involving supposed possessions that are subsequently explained as mental health issues.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified Date:
03/07/2023
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

  • Classified date

    03/07/2023

  • Language

    English