Just Before Dawn (1981) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • There is an extended scene where the main characters are swimming in a lake. A female character is topless for a good amount of that time with various moments where her breasts are easily seen and visible for long periods.

Violence & Gore

  • The gore is very light in this movie. the goriest death is the first, it shows little blood, but all deaths are very disturbing. the death scenes include:
  • male stabbed through the crotch with a machete
  • male pushed off a cliff and drowns
  • male stabbed in the stomach with a machete
  • female killed (method not seen)
  • male shot
  • male chokes on a girl's fist

Profanity

  • 3 uses of shit, 1 use of son of a bitch, damn and hell, are said infrequently, and 1 use of asshole. And 1 use of s*l*. EDITOR'S NOTE: I have changed this asterisk-laden post to put in real words, but even I am at a loss to work out what "s*l*" could mean. This illustrates the pointlessness of trying to disguise what words are in the script: parents cannot make decisions about children's viewing without access to real information.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • one guy stuck in the forest, is shown drinking Jack Daniel's and smoking

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Just Before Dawn has a lot of suspense, and the death scenes are extremly disturbing, and alot of jumps. most of the movie (after about 30 min.) is when it gets intense.

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