Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • Women's naked breasts are seen often but usually in very quick cutting less than a second glimpses.
  • There is a strong sexual tone throughout the film; women are dressed very sexy, in ways that accentuate their bodies, especially their breasts. A nude woman dances openly among clothed people at a party. Several couples make love throughout the film, including one lesbian couple who have a love scene together as well as a bisexual male character sexually touching a man in bed (under the covers, hence nothing is actually shown, only suggested). Only breasts are shown and there is no other type of frontal nudity.
  • Two women are shown making love, one strokes the other's naked buttocks and their breasts are shown pressed together, as they engage in tribbing.
  • A woman is seen for about a quarter of a second running, in a prolonged sequence of many flashing images that includes other naked breasts, her breasts and buttocks visible through a see-through black negligee.

Violence & Gore

  • A man attempts suicide by leaping from a high place with his face then shown bloodied. There are several fist fights in the film, with bloody punches to the face. A woman threatens a man with a kitchen knife. A character under the influence of drugs kills several people; a man is beheaded with a sword (the act is offscreen but the severed head is seen rolling), another man is impaled with it in a bloody scene. A woman is killed when a man puts a gun in her mouth and fires causing blood to burst into his face. Another woman is shot in the head, with bloody results. Another woman is shot but only wounded. A man is killed with his own gun.

Profanity

  • The actual profanity is very mild in this film, but the conversations are very adult in nature, and frequently revolve around sex and other adult subjects.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • There is a high level of drug-taking in this film. Characters smoke marijuana, take prescription pills for recreation, and drink heavily. They also smoke cigarettes.
  • Strong references to hard drugs. A man says he is going to "take some downers and crash," and takes pills with Vodka.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • In a scene very much like a horror film, a man stalks and kills several people at a remote house. One woman is stalked and eventually killed.
  • A man is shown terrorizing another man, who is wearing only tiny bikini underwear, with a sword.

Spoilers

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Sex & Nudity

  • One of the characters who was previously thought to be male in the film is revealed to have female breasts. A woman wakes up to accuse a man of raping her while she was unconscious.

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