Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

Some scenes may be scary for younger/more sensitive viewers, like dream sequence in which scary mask is pulled off "ghost" to reveal no face beneath. A creepy legend involves a double murder and suicide. Teen girls are chased, threatened, grabbed by adults. Eerie moments in a supposedly haunted house: lights float, furniture moves on its own, a dark shadow is seen. A character is kidnapped, said to be in danger; his kidnappers have guns and brandish them, but no one gets shot (one character does get stabbed in the hand and then dosed with a psychoactive compound). Characters are knocked out via blows to the head and by chloroform/similar. A teen talks about her dead mother. Nancy rides a skateboard around town, wearing a helmet while she does. Bess is cyberbullied; she and the other girls get revenge by doing something similar to the perpetrator (which an adult argues is assault). Arguing.

A slightly older male character gives Nancy loaded glances and special attention. Characters talk about girlfriends and boyfriends. An illicit affair is at the center of a creepy ghost story that ends in a murder-suicide. An older character is presented as sex-positive: She says she was formerly a burlesque dancer and is convinced to shimmy briefly. Later, a long list of people includes many of her "gentleman callers." ("Too many?" she asks Nancy. "Never too many," says Nancy, high-fiving her.) Teen boy shirtless at the gym/in the locker room; same boy ogles girls as they work out.

Expressions/words like "damning," "bejeesus," "baller," "oh my God," "oh my gosh," "dillweed," "troll," "loser," "pain in the butt," "stupid," "idiot," "tool," "lizard brain," "mental," "psycho," "dumb," "darned," and "freaking." Also a couple of unfinished "son of a!" exclamations and "cheese and rice" as a stand-in for something stronger.

A hallucinogenic substance found in nutmeg causes several characters to have strange visions -- and foils a villain. A character jokes that another, distraught character has been drinking "special Kool-Aid," who says back that "my choice of a cocktail in retirement is none of your business." A desk attendant has liquor in her coffee that Nancy smells; later, we see her sleeping on the job. Adults drink wine.