What is MINDHUNTER about?
An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
FBI agents delve into the minds of notorious killers, pioneering criminal profiling in a bleak, suspenseful world.
Cerebral. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix.
MINDHUNTER parents guide
Moderate sex and nudity, and some violence, about what a TV-MA should carry.
- 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
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- 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
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
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Three questions
- Is MINDHUNTER scary?
- Only a little. MINDHUNTER has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is MINDHUNTER?
- Light gore and some violence.
- What is MINDHUNTER rated, and is it OK for kids?
- No. It is rated TV-MA, with moderate sex and nudity, and frequent strong language.
Cast and crew
Created byJoe Penhall
StarringJonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Stacey Roca
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