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Certification
Sex & Nudity
Violence & Gore
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- Contains mild to moderate violence, as well as some blood.
- There is a very graphic description of a woman's injuries after being hit by a truck and pinned against a tree.
- A man tries to see what is in a barricaded pantry by using the blade of a butcher knife; a sharp-nailed "hand" reaches out from under the door and the man chops some of its fingers off. Extremely brief and no blood is visible
- A boy nearly dies from a severe asthma attack.
- We see a dead dog with a grilling fork in his neck -- a young boy cries over the dog; he apparently killed him after the dog tried to attack his sister. A woman later pulls the bloody fork out.
- We hear a dog being killed by something; the dog starts by barking, then whines and whimpers, then becomes silent.
- The alien-like fingers grab the neck of a boy through a coal shaft, and extraterrestrial fingers reach under a door.
- People are trapped inside a house and we see shadows of something passing by the windows and hear creaking as they walk along the porch; then they begin to pound on the doors and windows trying to get in the house.
- A man walks into a dark cornfield, hears noises, drops his flashlight and when he picks it up again it illuminates the leg of a strange creature, and the man runs in terror.
- Two men chase something around a house yelling obscenities and threats.
- Two men wake up in a start, hear children screaming from a distance, and tear through cornfields to find a little girl and boy standing amidst newly created crop circles.
- A dog suddenly snarls and barks at two children, and a dog barks frantically, snarls and jumps at a man.
- A man talks about having fallen asleep while driving and hitting and killing a woman walking along the road.
- We see an illustration of a house being hit by energy rays from a space ship and three bodies lying in the front yard.
- There are continuous reports on TV news about crop circles in fields across the world, sightings of UFOs, the potential for an extraterrestrial invasion, many people having been killed by extraterrestrials using a poison gas, and mass-hysteria.
- A video broadcast on TV shows a humanoid creature (a biped) walking in a street as children watch and scream in fear.
- A man yells at his children, and a man has a spot of blood on his shirt.
Profanity
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- 3 uses of shit 1 paired with bull, 3 uses of ass, 3 uses of crap, 1 use of bitch, 1 use of damn, 1 use of piss, 2 uses of "douchebag".
- A girl claims to have said the f-word (the word is never actually said).
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- Contains very mild references to alcohol and smoking
- One woman makes reference to another woman getting upset because she is unable to get her favourite cigarettes
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- The kids dog gets aggressive when they move a bowl of water towards him (he's poorly so was taken outside when he pee'd on the floor). The boy tells his sister not to move (in case it spurs the dog to attack). Makes you jump a bit when this happens. This only happens for about 15-20 seconds before it moves to the next scene.
- The scariest part of "Signs" is that the aliens are rarely seen onscreen. The audience usually only sees hints of the presence of the extraterrestrial invaders - for instance, a shadow or a faint sound. This is by far the most terrifying part of the film.
- There was actually an alternative version of the movie, featuring different noises for the monsters, noises more demonic than the noises that ended up being the monsters' voices in the movie. Given the demonic nature, that alone could have given the movie an R on the basis of "terror". Likely this was either before the movie made it to theatres or could have been in the original theater runs at first (which explains why the TV spots had different noises for them).
- The whole movie is creepy (but it's what you can't see that makes it more frightening)
- Talk about aliens invading earth and reaching your own home is quite concerning and frightening.
- A person watches a frightening news broadcast that shows an extraterrestrial at close range.
- A person nervously explores in the middle of a cornfield at night, where he suspects an alien is lurking. This scene will give you a shiver down your spine.
- A man cuts off a few of a humanoid's fingers when it reaches for him under a door. The alien screams in pain, which is startling.
- The first appearance of the humanoids can be a bit shocking and frightening, intensified by the music that plays.
- A mother is shown slowly dying when nobody can help her after a car accident. Her death and details about it are referred to several times in the plot.
- A young person suffers from life-threatening asthma and is shown desperately gasping for air.
Spoilers
Violence & Gore
- Another thing which makes it graphic somewhat (and hence why this movie could have TV-MA airings): the graphic aftermath of Morgan killing one the dogs, Whodini (in self-defense), as well as the other, Isabelle, being attacked at the end (not as graphic, but disturbing - an off-screen murder given how evil the aliens are).
- In one scene Graham is attacked by an oncoming alien (via its hand going through the undercut of the boarded and closed door). In self-defense he grabs the knife and stabs the aliens' hand cutting the fingers off. Fairly graphic. The aliens cries loudly in excruciating pain. This alone could have also gotten the movie an R. The most directly violent scene in the movie. The alien holding Morgan hostage doesn't really commit violence aside from trying to poison him once.
- A man hits an alien being repeatedly with a baseball bat.
- An alien's skin bubbles and disintegrates when touched by tap water and we see some "burned" tissue on a dead body.
- An alien holds a boy in his arms threatening to kill him with poison gas, and then sprays the gas in the boy's nose. The boy struggles to breathe but eventually survives.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
- The Brazilian Video that Merrill Hess watches on TV is generally renowned as one of the most frightening jump scares in cinematic history, due to the sudden appearance of an alien along with extremely intense music.
- The aliens are rather demonic. Their intentions are somewhat different from typical alien movies. They're bent on harvesting humans. A good amount of disturbing alien imagery. They're extremely ugly in a creepy way. They enjoy terrorizing people and animals (include many people's pets), even if not engaging in actual violence until the end.
- After a person brings in a TV, he sees the reflection of an alien on the screen. The extraterrestrial holds hostage a shocked, defenseless youngster.
