The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • One death scene has parallels to sexual violence. The killer cuts open a woman's clothes with a knife and tears her panties off. Cleavage is shown, with implied full frontal nudity. This scene is more disturbing than sexual.
  • In one scene, a woman wears a see through negligee and her breasts are clearly visible through the fabric. Some passionate kissing in a couple of other scenes as well as a woman is naked in bed in multiple scenes, but the covers hide any nudity.

Violence & Gore

  • A woman gets in a scuffle with a person in a black raincoat and fedora. She gets stabbed in the stomach, with much blood seen, and she crawls to the main character. She survives, however. The scuffle is replayed multiple times in the film.
  • A woman has her shirt and panties torn open by a knife, but the actual killing is offscreen. The killer cut her between her breasts and some blood is seen on her chest. He stabs her off screen and blood squirts onto a pillow.
  • A man is run over by a car.
  • A woman is slashed to death in an elevator with a razor. It is also implied that the killer slashes her throat with it. Blood splashes all over the elevator's wall.
  • A man falls from a window and dies. His face and head are lightly covered in blood.
  • Black and white photos are seen of 3 separate dead women. Some blood seen. More disturbing if anything.
  • A man is found dead with a knife in his neck.
  • A man is chased and shot at repeatedly.

Profanity

  • Language is incredibly mild, with the occasional "hell" or "damn", but nothing else.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Alcohol consumption and cigarette and cigar smoking is present.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • In an extended sequence, the killer tries to break into an apartment, while a woman desperately tries to shield herself. Fairly unsettling.
  • The scenes mentioned in the Violence & Gore category are mildly intense.
  • The panty-ripping as well as the elevator scene are moderately disturbing.
  • There are a few chase scenes and scenes of the killer stalking his victims which are creepy as well as intense.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • The killer traps the main character under a big sculpture. The killer tries to stab him, but the police apprehend her before they could kill him.

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