Frankenstein
Guillermo del Toro's gothic horror adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel is a visually sumptuous, emotionally heavy film rated R for bloody violence and grisly images. It is built around themes of creation, abuse, abandonment, and the cycle of trauma, with frequent and graphic body-horror content throughout.
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The Creature emerges from the Arctic and violently kills several sailors, setting an immediately brutal tone; bodies are flung across the screen with force.
Victor's father strikes him across the face and whips family members as punishment; scenes depict ongoing domestic cruelty framed as discipline.
Victor's father is shown as tyrannical, beating his wife and children; the scene establishes the abuse cycle that drives the film's central theme.