R violence type: blood and graphic. There is a part where autopsy on a human is shown mostly offscreen. Nothing graphic. The monster attacks and kills a person, pulling out the victim's heart with bare fists. The very bloody corpse is shown.

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Apr 1, 2015 · Frankenstein - Rated R for bloody violence and gore, language and some sexual content. http://www.filmratings.com/downloads/cara_rating_bulletin.pdf

Frankenstein: Directed by Kenneth Branagh. With Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter. When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.

Based Mary Shelley's novel and released in 1931, FRANKENSTEIN follows the experimental exploits of Dr. Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) and his hunchbacked assistant, Fritz, who steal corpses from graves for Henry's experiments on creating human life. Despite pleas from his friends, families, and colleagues, Henry persists and finally succeeds ...

Nov 4, 1994 · "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). It includes graphic gore, a brief sexual episode and many medicine-minded scenes that may...

Nov 8, 1994 · "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" is rated R for considerable violence and gore, with nudity, brief sex and mild profanity.

MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN is a strong morality play, surprising in an age when most horror movies have lost their soul and become merely vehicles for gore, sex and violence. Set before the turn of the Nineteenth Century, the movie opens with a dogmatic British captain sailing his ship into the Arctic to find the Northwest Passage.

As of March 2020, the film held a 38% approval rating ("Rotten") on Rotten Tomatoes based on 45 reviews with the consensus: "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is ambitious and visually striking, but the overwrought tone and lack of scares make for a tonally inconsistent experience".