Ice Cream Man (2026)

What earned the score

• Exposition Man Attacks Religion

  The Exposition Man sequence delivers an on-the-nose background explanation that includes a de facto attack on religion, with the film's satire treating faith dismissively.

• Priest Abuse and Church Protection

  The backstory reveals that the town's children were sexually abused by a well-respected priest, and the town protected the priest while falsely accusing the Ice Cream Man — framing a religious authority figure as protected and an innocent outsider as scapegoated.

Details

An idyllic summer town descends into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results.

Starring

Ari MillenCharlie ZeltzerShiloh O’ReillyKiori Mirza WaldmanSarah Abbott

Director

Eli Roth

Writer

Eli RothNoah Belson

Genre

Horror

Release Date

Aug 03, 2026

Parents Guide

• Sex Mild

  References to sexual abuse. Nothing shown.

  A woman talks about getting breast implants.

• Violence Severe

  Graphic, often over-the-top slapstick gory violence.

  A child chokes a man with his own intestines.

  Close up at a shot wound.

  A man's head gets smashed in with a mini fridge.

  A pair of garden shears is used to cut someone's Adams Apple out.

  A woman has her head cut off with a handsaw. Very graphic. Later we see the woman's head cut into two with a large knife.

  String is attached to a to a severed head's hair for a group to play tetherball with. Moments later we see the string tear off the scalp "ruining" their game.

  A body is split in half from the head down. Everything is shown but this scene is brief.

  A character uses a small dagger to stab someone 20 times.

  Two kids dissect a man. We see them take out his organs and heart.

• Profanity Moderate

  f**k is used.

  Some children chant "b**ch".

  There is a use of Jesus f#cking christ.

  A discriminatory term ('retard') is used as an insult.

• Drugs Moderate

  Characters smoke cannabis.

  People think children are drugged. Many drugs discussed.

• Frightening Scenes Severe

  A distressed mother is shown having just stabbed her child to death. She uses a gun to kill herself, only to have the zombie-like child sit up and walk away unfazed. Unlike the rest of the film, the scene is disturbing and not played for laughs.

  Rated NC-17/ strong explicit gore throughout.

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