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MPAA Rated PG-13 for macabre humor
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Sex & Nudity

  • Morticia and Gomez share a kiss after dancing at the restaurant.
  • Debbie wears revealing clothing throughout the film. Mostly to seduce Fester.
  • Debbie says ''I'm good with my hands'', after sucking 'Thing's finger.
  • Fester asks himself what was he thinking when he was with Debbie and Wednesday says "Physical pleasure." Gomez finds a girlie magazine next to Fester's bed, opens the fold-out section and they both say admiringly: "Mom!"
  • Wednesday tells a girl she is in a hospital waiting room with that her parents "had sex" (a reference to her mother delivering a baby.)
  • There is a subtle masturbation reference at 'Thing'.
  • In order to make Fester say that he doesn't want to see his family, Debbie acts sensual and sexy, showing some cleavage.
  • There are references to Fester being a virgin.
  • Debbie is clearly in disgust when she realizes she has to have sex with Fester, but she does (not seen) so that he'll he wrapped around her finger.
  • A teen boy and a teen girl kiss briefly.
  • Debbie kisses Fester as she straddles him on the bed, and moves her hands down his chest until they are not seen onscreen; Fester collapses onto the bed, clearly aroused.

Violence & Gore

  • Wednesday, Puglsey and the grandma bury a live cat.
  • Debbie attempts to kill Fester by electrocuting him in the bathtub.
  • Debbie again attempts to kill Fester by blowing up her house.
  • Wednesday and Pugsley try multiple times to kill Pubert in violent ways.
  • Wednesday and other kids ruin a stage play, by setting it on fire and burning people at the stake, though it is not shown.

Profanity

  • 1 use of Jesus, tramp, hell, damn, maggot, oh my god, dumb, darn and virgin 2 uses of brat 3 uses of sex 1 used as sexual
  • A girl says damn.
  • Two people utter 'God'/'Jesus'.
  • During a Thanksgiving pageant, a teenaged boy dressed as a turkey repeatedly urges the audience to "eat me" as part of the lyrics.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A girl is drinking whiskies.
  • Gomez smokes a cigar at Camp Chippewa, he also gives one to Pugsley and lights it. Pugsley is only seen putting his cigar towards his mouth.
  • An infant is fed a bottle of an adult hangover "cure," including vodka and a raw egg, the morning after a raucous party.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A radio explodes when it is thrown in the tub and all the lights go in and out (might disturb those who suffer from seizures).
  • Kids burn a girl at the stake (the burning itself is not shown, and the girl is shown afterwards fully intact) and set a playset on fire. During the same incident, they roast two adult authority figures (who have greatly abused their authority) over an open fire on a spit.
  • Two kids try to cut off a baby's head with a guillotine. At the last minute, the baby himself reaches up and stops the blade in mid-fall, establishing that this particular baby can fend quite well for himself.
  • A hand reaches out from the grave and grabs a boy by the wrist.
  • A woman is implied to be accidentily baked alive inside a cake. This isn't seen and is played for laughs.

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Violence & Gore

  • Debbie (the antagonist) pulls and electrical switch and it flows to the family until Pubert saves them and short circuits the wire sending it back to Debbie and she is repeatedly shocked into ashes, leaving only her high heels, credit cards and jewelry.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Debbie gets electrocuted, not too gory but her whole body just turns to ash.

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