The Guardian (1990) - Parents Guide Movie Rating

MPA: R BBFC: 18 Maturity Rating 18+

BBFC Reason: strong gory violence, horror, sex

BBFC Ratings info: The Guardian is a US horror film, from 1990, in which a malevolent 'tree spirit' intends on stealing the child of a young couple. Violence: A woman's is threatened by a group of men who cut her stomach with bloody detail. There are scenes of bloody violence which include details such as limbs being torn off, heads exploding and stabbings. Sex: A woman rides a man with vigorous thrusting detail and sight of breast nudity. There is sexualised nudity, sexual threat and uses of strong language ('f**k').

Sex & Nudity

moderate

A man walks in on a woman who is not his wife taking a shower her back is facing him but we see her left side of her breast for a little bit. The same woman gets out of the shower and we see her completly nude back side as she dries off, the man watches her. A couple are laying down in bed, the woman turns over and touches her husbands belly as he sleeps she moves lower and we see her take off his boxers (We see his pubic hair breifly and his bare thighs, they have sex there is thrusting and moaning. bare breasts and butt are seen A woman takes her clothes off and is seen laying nude from a distance, bare breasts and pubic region are seen. A man tries to rape a woman, there are a few sexual remarks and he unbuttons his pants and gets on top of her but they're interupted.

Violence & Gore

severe

A woman crashes off her bike and down a mountainside, her bloodied presumably dead body is seen afterwards A woman is punched in the face and threatened with a knife before being graphically sliced in the stomach Three men are gruesomely slaughtered by a living tree, tree branches are seen ripping off limbs such as one man's leg and one man is devoured whole A man is graphically impaled through the chest by a tree root before bursting into flames A man is attacked by a pack of wolves and has his throat torn out A large branch hits a man in the face which causes his head to burst to pieces. An Wolf is Run Over By a Jeep and You Can See it Head being Crushed by the Wheel A man uses a chainsaw to destroy a living tree, the tree bleeds copious amounts of blood A woman pushes the tree nymph nanny out of a window to her death

Profanity

moderate

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

none

A man is seen drinking from a bottle of alcohol after being chased by a pack of wolves

Frightening & Intense Scenes

severe

In the beginning of the movie a baby is sacrificed to a tree, the baby disappears before anything is seen and is shown inside the tree as a tree carving, disturbing but not graphic