Servant (2019)

Servant parents guide

No surprises for a TV-MA: real scares and a jolt or two.

Scare

Properly scary

Frightening, not just tense.

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

Moderate

Some strong profanity, a few f-words.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

Three questions

Is Servant scary?

Yes, properly. Servant is the real thing without being an endurance test.

How gory is Servant?

Light gore and some violence.

What is Servant rated, and is it OK for kids?

It is a TV-MA, with real scares, moderate sex and nudity, and some strong language. Keep it for adults.

What is Servant about?

A Philadelphia couple are in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home.

Cast and crew

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Servant is on our Slow burns, Apple TV+ and Drama on Apple TV+ lists.

More like this feeling

Prompts we typed into CouchRot, and the lists that share its tags.

• “a thriller with a twist, no spoilers”
• “a movie that will make me cry”
• “funny but not stupid, under two hours”

Lists with the same feel: Tearjerkers; and Scary, not gory.