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(2014–2016)

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Sex & Nudity

  • Naked corpses, both male and female are seen lying on morgue tables being dissected. Full frontal female nudity is displayed.
  • In a laboratory, a nude male cadaver's genitals are visible.
  • Three nude female witches often appear displaying explicit full frontal nudity.
  • An explicit threesome shows graphic full female nudity of the two women. Male nudity is discreet.
  • During sex, a woman becomes possessed and attacks the man she is with, tearing at his skin with her bare hands. He is later seen covered in deep cuts.
  • A woman becomes possessed and is raped by a supernatural being. She is seen writhing in the air under an invisible force, but this is not sexual and more scary.
  • A man dips his hands into the water and caresses a dead woman's body. He circles his fingers around her nipples as he lowers his hand to the lower body parts, he is interrupted.
  • A supposed female prostitute disrobes revealing her to be transgender. Full frontal nudity is seen.

Violence & Gore

  • The show has graphic violence and gore. This can be seen in almost every episode.
  • It is implied a main character tore apart a woman and her young daughter. We later see their dismembered bodies. Very graphic.
  • During a hallucination, a woman believes that it is raining blood, despite being indoors. We see blood pouring over the guests at the ball, who are unaware what is happening. Very graphic and disturbing.
  • The main character becomes possessed and cuts her self, then writes in blood on the floor, she realizes this and begins to scream but cannot gain control. Disturbing scene.
  • A woman slits her throat and bleeds to death.
  • Two characters go to dog fight. A dog is seen biting the heads off of multiple rats.
  • A woman chokes a man to death during sex. He is seen struggling under her.
  • The main character is placed in a mental institution. Graphic sequences involving multiple inhumane surgeries to 'cure' her are shown.
  • A young girl slits a man's throat. He is seen choking on blood as he dies. She then begins to stab him repeatedly in the back. Extremely graphic.
  • A man drills into a woman's brain, she is seen struggling on the surgical table. Very graphic, squishing and grinding sounds are heard.
  • Three characters cover themselves in a dead man's blood during sex. Very gory.
  • A man chews part of another man's face off.
  • Two adults convince a young girl to kill a man for their entertainment.
  • A woman undergoes shock treatment.
  • A man poisons a woman. She collapses and dies instantly.
  • A woman's head is smashed against a wall. We see her blood splatter across the wall. Very gory.

Profanity

  • Multiple uses of 'fuck'.
  • 'Cunt' is used on multiple occasions in graphic descriptive manner for sexual organs.
  • A man refers to a woman as 'not retarded.'
  • One use of offensive terms in description of Indians, 'Wogs'

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Scenes of smoking and alcohol consumption
  • A man is seen overdosing on heroin.
  • A main character becomes a drug addict.
  • Two men consume absinthe. One begins to hallucinate.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Multiple jump scares.
  • A woman becomes possessed during a seance and graphic describes a man raping multiple woman then killing them.
  • A man is forced to kill his daughter. Can be upsetting to some viewers.
  • A man believes he sees three other characters who he wronged. They attempt to convince him to kill himself. The characters turn out to be figments created by another character who wants to kill him. The man survives, but becomes disturbed. Very emotional.
  • The vampires can be scary. They often move inhumanly (ie. on all fours, often backwards).
  • A woman is given a puppet of herself that is possessed. The puppet attempts to talk the woman into killing herself by drinking poison, this does not happen.
  • A woman becomes possessed and bends completely backwards while covered in spiders. Can be disturbing.
  • The vampires may scare some viewers. The character design changes from season to season, increasingly getting creepier/grosser.

Spoilers

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Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A woman gives over to Dracula and becomes possessed. This places all other characters in extreme peril. Intense and emotional episode.

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