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Certification
| MPAA | Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material including comic horror violence, substance abuse, language and sex references |
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Sex & Nudity
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- Audrey wears low cut dresses revealing cleavage.
- Some kissing
Violence & Gore
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- It's implied Orin is a sadist and into S&M. No acts are shown but implied through actions and dialogue. Such as Audrey's arm in a cast from being "handcuffed"
- A man-eating plant eats several cast members. Songs involving the plant often make references to blood and killing.
- In each of Orin's scenes, his sadistic nature is played comically, but can be disturbing to some viewers. Orin commits many comically violent acts during the song "Dentist!". In it, he makes references to injuring animals including bashing a cat's head, he hits a nurse in the face twice, knees a teenage patient in the groin, and jams dental instruments into patients' mouths to cause pain.
- Seymour holds Orin at gunpoint in one scene.
- Seymour chops up a body in an alley and feeds it to the plant who eats it eagerly.
Profanity
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- Godd*mn is used 4 times 3 are in one scene
- In the Director's Cut, an army man is clearly seen mouthing "What the fuck?!" at the very end of the movie.
- One use of slut.
- 3 uses of the word "shit", 4 uses of "goddamn" , 2 uses of "ass", Some uses of "damn" and "hell."
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- The film is set in a rough part of NYC and several extras play street-drinkers (especially in the "Skid Row" sequence). In several shots, these characters are lying prone on the sidewalk, and it's not clear (nor do other characters appear to care) whether they're unconscious or dead.
- A man inhales laughing gas as a drug and dies from an overdose in full view.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- Audrey II chomps down on a man and eats him alive whilst Seymour covers his eyes in horror. His shouts of protest whilst being eaten are comedic and make what could have been a more intense scene a bit lighter.
- Orin the dentist's character is driven by a need to cause intense pain and torment to people. In fact, he sings in a song ("Dentist!") that he became a dentist so that "people will pay him for causing them pain". Though it is portrayed comically through Steve Martin's funnyman antics.
- Audrey II grows from a tiny cute little plant into a trash-talking, life-threatening "mean green mother" with sharp pointed teeth who fills the entire flower shop. The plant's appetite for human blood and the subsequent killings can be disturbing.
- Younger kids might find Audrey 2 frightening as he forces Seymore to kill people to make him grow.
Spoilers
Frightening & Intense Scenes
- The film's original ending (included on the directors cut) is much darker and more sinister than the theatrical ending. It ends with Audrey dying from Audrey II's wounds, then Seymour being eaten by the plant and the plant goes on to take over New York and the rest of the world in an epic finale. While it is somewhat upbeat and humorous due to the upbeat musical number and the campy acting from the extras, it is still a frightening and disturbing sequence leaving no hope for the future.
