Parents Guide for
Dawn of the Dead (1978) More at IMDbPro »

No sexual activity is shown on screen. There are no notable dialog references to sex. In one brief shot a woman's breast is visible, partially obscured in shadow.

We see zombies throughout the movie, most are missing skin and/or limbs, look dead and bloody, may have internal organs hanging out or seen.

Multiple people are shot. One gets shot in the forehead, we see blood, another gets shot in the back, we see blood. One gets shot and falls off a roof.

A man gets shot in the back, we see the bullet come out his chest followed by blood squirting out.

We see a dead mutilated man.

A zombies entire head explodes from a shotgun blast. (2-3 seconds)

Zombies get shot, blood squirts out. Some zombies are kids.

A zombie takes a bite out of a woman's shoulder blade, we see the bite torn from her shoulder.

A man shoots himself offscreen.

Zombies are shown eating human limbs.

A man hits a zombie in the head with a mallet. We see the zombie's head crack open.

A zombie has the top of his head cut off by helicopter propellers.

A man shoves a screwdriver into a zombie's ear, we see blood.

A zombie's face gets shot off.

Zombies are shown being ran over by semi trucks.

A man gets bitten by zombies on his arm and leg. A zombie later grabs his leg and the wound starts bleeding again.

A zombie's hand gets cut off in a doorway.

A man stabs a zombie in the head with a machete. He then decapitates another.

A man gets shot in the arm, we see blood shoot out.

A zombie gets stabbed in the neck, blood shoots out.

A man gets shot and falls off a balcony.

A couple of people get shot off motorcycles.

A man's arm gets ripped off.

Zombies start ripping bites off of people.

Zombies rip open a man's stomach and leg and pull his internal organs out. They eat the organs.

A man's leg gets ripped open and eaten by zombies.

Strong uses of "Fuck", "Shit", and other language.

Racial terms such as "Chocolate man" and "Nigger" are used as well as negative references to Puerto Ricans.

Terms such as "Jesus Christ" are used.

Characters are seen smoking and drinking throughout. A minor character is shown desperately looking for a cigarette. A man drinks alcohol to numb the pain of an injury, and is later given morphine to cope with the agony. A character drinks to a dead friend.

The theme might feel intense but as the advantage of the zombies being stupid and slow, it's not visually too frightening.