Psycho

14+Common Sense Media calls it age 14+ for sex, suspense, blood; NJ.com suggests audience appeal 12 and up; Screenwise notes it's not a family movie night pick.[1][2][3]

• Sex & nudity: A woman showers, her body obscured by a translucent shower curtain. She's seen nude but no explicit nudity except brief glimpse of side breast. Woman shown wearing a bra multiple times.[1][2]
• Violence: Murders focus on before-and-after shots (a knife raised; blood puddling, dripping). A woman is violently stabbed to death in the shower. Quite bloody. A man is cut across the face with a knife.[1][2]
• Language: "Shut up." A character is described as a "transvestite."[1]
• Drugs & alcohol: Adults drink but never appear drunk. A character holds up a bottle of aspirin and says she is taking them to kill herself.[1]
• Frightening & intense: Iconic shower scene with screeching score. Bernard Herrmann's score can be scary and suspenseful. Several sequences of strong and sustained threat.[1][2]

Representation: The cast is all White. Women have main roles, and Lila is particularly confident.[1]

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