Love and Monsters: parents' guide

Giant toads, centipedes, crabs and other creatures attack, and three people are eaten without blood. A creature is blown into goopy chunks with a grenade, the hero is bitten by leeches, and humans fight each other once.

Plugged In counted about 15 s-words (Movieguide's tally of milder swear words, mostly s-words, was about 30), one 'goddamn,' several uses each of 'ass,' 'hell,' 'bitch' and 'bastard,' a couple of crude references to male genitals, and frequent 'oh my God.' No f-words.

The hero overhears a couple making love behind a curtain in the bunker and sees another pair's bare legs on a bed. A flashback make-out session nearly goes further, and there are a few passionate kisses. No nudity.

A colony member brews homemade beer; the hero turns it down, but others drink and some pass out drunk. The hero staggers after a leech's venomous bite until a plant revives him.

Creatures strike suddenly and some look truly scary, especially one that hunts from beneath the sand. The dog is in danger several times but comes through. The flashback of the parents' deaths is sad.