click Title for details | Animal Violence | Immaculate Corpse | |
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Hagazussa: A Heathen's Curse | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Haiku Tunnel | Clean | The expansive middle | |
La Haine | Clean | The elusive top | |
The Hairdresser's Husband | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Hall of Lost Footsteps | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Hallelujah Handshake | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Hammer Horror: 8-Film Collection | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
The Hand (from Eros) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hände [Hands: The Life and Loves of the Gentler Sex] | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Handicapped Future | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Handmaiden | Clean | The elusive top | |
Hanfat Asar | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Hang Up | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hangs Upon Nothing | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hannah and Her Sisters | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hannibal | Minimal | The expansive middle | (yawn) |
Happily Ever After | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Happiness (Medvedkin) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Happiness of the Katakuris | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Happy Anniversary | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Happy End | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Happy Toy | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hard Candy | Clean | The expansive middle | |
A Hard Day’s Night | Clean | The elusive top | |
Hard Hunted | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hard Soap, Hard Soap | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hard Ticket to Hawaii | Minimal | The expansive middle | contaminated snake |
Hard To Be a God | Minimal | The elusive top | captivating |
Harlot | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Harold and Maude | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 | Substantial | The elusive top | |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 | Minimal | The elusive top | |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
The Hateful Eight | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Hatred | Minimal | The expansive middle | not watching movies |
The Haunted Castle | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Haunted Curiosity Shop | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Haunted Strangler | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Haunting in Connecticut | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend … Sartana Will Pay | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Have You Seen 'Drum' Recently? | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Hawks and the Sparrows | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Häxan | Minimal | The expansive middle | objet d'Spencer's |
Hazel Green & Company | Clean | The expansive middle | |
He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
The Headless Woman | Minimal | The elusive top | |
The Hearse | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Heart Beat Fresco | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Heart of Britain | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Heart of Glass | Clean | The elusive top | |
The Heartbreak Kid | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Heartless | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hearts and Arrows | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hearts of Age | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Heaven | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Heaven’s Gate | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Heavy Traffic | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Heisters | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hell (Tanovic) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hell Behind Bars | Clean | The smeary bottom | |
Hell High | Minimal | The smeary bottom | |
Hell on Earth | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hell Riders | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hellbent | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hellbound: Hellraiser II | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Hellboy | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hellish Flesh | Minimal | The smeary bottom | |
Hellraiser | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
Hellraiser: The Scarlet Box | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Help Wanted Female | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Henri-Goerge Clouzot’s Inferno | Clean | The elusive top | |
Henry | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Her | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Her Last Fling | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Her Name Was Lisa | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Her Odd Tastes | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Her Wicked Ways | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Here Comes the Bride | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Here I Am | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Here Is Your Life | Clean | The elusive top | |
Hereditary | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
The Hero | Clean | The elusive top | |
Hero on the Scaffolding | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Heroes of the East | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Heroic Purgatory | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Heroic Trio | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Heroic Trio 2: Executioners | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
The Herschell Gordon Lewis Feast | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Herzog: The Collection | Substantial | The elusive top | |
Hi, Mom! | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hidden (Caché) | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
The Hidden Fortress | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hideout in the Sun | Clean | The expansive middle | |
High and Dizzy | Clean | The expansive middle | |
High and Low | Clean | The expansive middle | |
High Art | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
High Life | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
High School Fantasies | Minimal | The smeary bottom | |
High Tension (Switchblade Romance) | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
The Highwater Trilogy | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Highway Racer | Clean | The expansive middle | |
A Hijacking | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
The Hills Have Eyes (Aja) | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
The Hills Have Eyes (Craven) | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
The Hills Have Eyes Part II (Craven) | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Hindle Wakes | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hip, Hot and 21 | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hippy Porn | Heavy | The smeary bottom | |
Hired to Kill | Clean | The smeary bottom | |
Hiroshima Death Match | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Hiroshima mon amour | Clean | The elusive top | |
His Girl Friday | Clean | The expansive middle | |
His Last Request | Clean | The expansive middle | |
His Royal Slyness | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
His Trust | Clean | The expansive middle | |
His Trust Fulfilled | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The History of the Arkanar Massacre | Clean | The expansive middle | |
History Is Made at Night | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hitch Hike to Hell | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hitch-Hike (Campanile) | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Hobgoblins | Clean | The smeary bottom | |
Hobson's Choice | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hoist | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hokusai | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hole in the Soul | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
A Holiday Pageant at Home | Clean | The expansive middle | |
A Hollis Frampton Odyssey | Substantial | The elusive top | |
Hollywood Ending | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hollywood Handicap | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hollywood Horror House | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Holmes & Watson | Minimal | The smeary bottom | |
The Holy Girl | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Holy Motors | Clean | The elusive top | |
The Holy Mountain (Franck) | Clean | The elusive top | |
The Holy Mountain (Jodorowsky) | Extreme | The expansive middle | Edward Hopper |
Home, James: James Maon Turns Again to Heddersfield | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Home-Made Car | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Homecoming | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Homer, the Late Comer | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Homework | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Homicide | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Honeymoon Killers | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Hoodlum | Minimal | The elusive top | |
The Hooked Generation | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hoop Dreams | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Horns | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Horror Express | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Horror Heaven | Clean | The expansive middle | mediation of failure |
Horror House on Highway 5 | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Horrors of Malformed Men | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Hospital (Kieslowski) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hospitals Don't Burn Down | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Host | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hostel | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hostel Part II | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hot Blooded Woman | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hot Flashes | Clean | The smeary bottom | |
Hot Fuzz | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hot Honey | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hot Legs | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hot Love | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hot Lunch | Clean | The expansive middle | |
A Hot Night at the Go Go Lounge! | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hot Pepper | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hot Thrills and Warm Chills | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hot & Saucy Pizza Girls | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hotel (Figgis) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hôtel des invalides | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hôtel du Nord | Minimal | The elusive top | |
Hotel Magnezit | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hôtel Monterey | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie | Clean | The expansive middle | |
H.O.T.S. | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hotter Than Hell | Clean | The smeary bottom | |
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Lanfield) | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Hour of the Wolf | Clean | The elusive top | |
The Hourglass Sanatorium | Clean | The elusive top | |
House (Borowczyk & Lenica) | Clean | The expansive middle | mush-mouthed |
House (Miner) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
House II: The Second Story | Clean | The smeary bottom | |
House Call | Clean | The expansive middle | |
House of 1000 Corpses | Clean | The expansive middle | nice guys |
House of Cruel Dolls | Clean | The expansive middle | |
House of De Sade | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The House of Fear | Clean | The expansive middle | |
House of Flying Daggers | Clean | The expansive middle | |
House of Games | Clean | The expansive middle | |
House of Mirth | Clean | The expansive middle | |
House of Pleasures | Clean | The expansive middle | |
House of the Dead (Alien Zone) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The House of the Devil | Clean | The expansive middle | |
House of the Living Dead | Heavy | The smeary bottom | |
The House on Tombstone Hill | Clean | The smeary bottom | |
The House That Jack Built | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
The House with Closed Shutters | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Houseboat Horror | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Housemaid (Im) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Housemaid (Kim) | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
How Much Do You Love Me? | Clean | The expansive middle | |
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck | Clean | The expansive middle | |
How To Be Loved | Clean | The expansive middle | |
How To Make a Doll | Clean | The expansive middle | |
How Wang-Fô Was Saved | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Howard's End | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Howl | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hua yand de nian hua | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hugh | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Hugo Pool | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Huie’s Sermon | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Humain, trop humain | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Human Centipede [First Sequence] | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Human Centipede 2 [Full Sequence] | Substantial | The smeary bottom | |
The Human Condition | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
The Human Tornado | Clean | The smeary bottom | |
Human Voice | Clean | The expansive middle | |
L'humanité | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Dieterle) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
The Hunger Games: Complete 4-Film Collection | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Hunger Games | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
The Hunger: Wetwork | Clean | The smeary bottom | |
The Hunt | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
The Hunt for Red October | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Husbands and Wives | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Hurricane | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Hurricane Kalatozov | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Heads Up, Ears Down
This blog accurately identifies depictions of violence and cruelty toward animals in films. The purpose is to provide viewers with a reliable guide so that such depictions do not come as unwelcome surprises. Films will be accurately notated, providing a time cue for each incident along with a concise description of the scene and perhaps relevant context surrounding the incident. In order to serve as a useful reference tool, films having no depictions of violence to animals will be included, with an indication that there are no such scenes. This is confirmation that the films have been watched with the stated purpose in mind.
Note that the word depictions figures prominently in the objective. It is a travesty that discussions about cruelty in film usually are derailed by the largely unrelated assertion that no animals really were hurt (true only in some films, dependent upon many factors), and that all this concern is just over a simulation. Not the point, whether true or false. We do not smugly dismiss depictions of five-year-olds being raped because those scenes are only simulations. No, we are appalled that such images are even staged, and we are appropriately horrified that the notion now has been planted into the minds of the weak and cruel.
Depictions of violence or harm to animals are assessed in keeping with our dominant culture, with physical abuse, harmful neglect, and similar mistreatment serving as a base line. This blog does not address extended issues of animal welfare, and as such does not identify scenes of people eating meat or mules pulling plows. The goal is to itemize images that might cause a disturbance in a compassionate household.
These notes provide a heads-up but do not necessarily discourage watching a film because of depicted cruelty. Consuming a piece of art does not make you a supporter of the ideas presented. Your ethical self is created by your public rhetoric and your private actions, not by your willingness to sit through a filmed act of violence.