What is Signs about?
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
Mysterious crop circles portend a chilling, atmospheric dread that slowly consumes a farming family.
Suspenseful and melancholy. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Hulu.
Signs parents guide
Of what we could confirm, nothing runs past a PG-13: real scares and several jump scares.
- Scare
- Properly scary
- Frightening, not just tense.
- Jump scares
- Several
- More than a couple of sudden jolts.
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- 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.
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Three questions
- Is Signs scary?
- Yes, properly. Signs is the real thing without being an endurance test.
- How gory is Signs?
- No gore and some violence. Squeamish viewers are fine here.
- What is Signs rated, and is it OK for kids?
- For teens, mostly: it is rated PG-13, with real scares and several jump scares.
Cast and crew
Directed byM. Night Shyamalan
StarringMel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin, Cherry Jones, M. Night Shyamalan
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