Shin Godzilla (2016)

Shin Godzilla parents guide

Of what we could confirm, nothing runs past a PG-13: a few tense moments and a jolt or two.

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

None flagged

It is a horror title, so treat our zero as unconfirmed.

Language

Mild

Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

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 Shin Godzilla scary?

Only a little. Shin Godzilla has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.

How gory is Shin Godzilla?

Light gore and strong violence.

What is Shin Godzilla rated, and is it OK for kids?

For teens, mostly: it is rated PG-13, with strong violence.

What is Shin Godzilla about?

When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.

Cast and crew

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Shin Godzilla is on our Horror, not scary; Japanese; Horror on Max; Sci-fi on Max; and Action on Max lists.

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

• “scary but not gory”
• “a horror movie that's actually scary”
• “a fun halloween movie, not too scary”

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