The Haunting of Julia (1977) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • A man is seen naked in a bathtub.
  • A man recalls about his childhood friend, "we learned all about sex from her... in one way or another".
  • A woman gets into bed. Her breasts are seen, although the lighting is very dark.
  • Verbal references to sexual activity

Violence & Gore

  • A woman is shown wearing a blood stained dress
  • A child chokes violently on an apple
  • Graphic verbal references to the murder of children
  • A man is shown with a lacerated neck, a blood trickle can be seen
  • Two character fall down the stairs violently
  • A man is electrocuted in his bathtub
  • A man implies a girl mutilating a young boy's genitalia and recalls killing a cat with a stick

Profanity

  • A realtor makes racist statements.
  • Multiple uses of phrase "piss off"
  • Multiple uses of bitch and derivatives
  • The phrase "Bloody old witch" is used
  • "Jesus Christ" is used as a cuss
  • At least two uses of bastard, one use of shit

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A man is implied to be an alcoholic and is seen with a bottle of booze.
  • A woman denies the offer of coffee because "caffeine is a drug".
  • Possibly some cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The scenes and mentioning of animal cruelty may offend some viewers.
  • The tone of the film is disturbing
  • The references to child murder and plot can be considered frighting to some people

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • Very vivid conversations regarding children committing a hate crime against a German boy, eventually smothering him to death and using a penknife to cut off his penis; during these conversations the now fully-grown children who participated in this also discuss the ritualistic killing of animals.
  • A little girl is seen mutilating and torturing a live tortoise; a woman attempts to stop her and pick up the animal, but is mistaken by another person as the one who did it and chased off the playground.
  • A woman is implied to have cut her child's neck open to remove an item she was choking on; when paramedics arrive she is depicted shivering with blood on her clothes, holding a knife in her hand.
  • A woman's throat is cut by the ghost of a child

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The seance scene is quite creepy and may frighten some viewers.
  • Julia is shown in a mental hospital; there is later implications that her husband is trying to gaslight her so she will return to him and he can have access to her money. He shows very little grief or sadness regarding his daughter's death and his callous attitude can be very disturbing throughout the film.

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