What is Halo about?
Depicting an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant, the series weaves deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure and a richly imagined vision of the future.
Humanity battles an alien threat in the 26th century, weaving gritty personal stories with epic action and adventure.
A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Paramount+.
Halo parents guide
Moderate sex and nudity, which is more than most TV-14 titles carry. Beyond that, some strong language and strong violence.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-14 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Three questions
- Is Halo scary?
- Only a little. Halo has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Halo?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is Halo rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Better for teens than younger kids: it is rated TV-14, with moderate sex and nudity, some strong language, and strong violence.
Cast and crew
Created byKyle Killen, Steven Kane
StarringPablo Schreiber, Natascha McElhone, Joseph Morgan, Shabana Azmi, Christina Bennington, Natasha Culzac
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