How Violent & Scary Is Fantastic Beasts 3?
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is full of magic and wonder, but how violent and scary is it? The third in a potential five-film franchise, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore sees the return of magizoologist Newt Scamander and Albus Dumbledore, who team up once more against Gellert Grindelwald, the dark wizard who is plotting his rise to power in the Wizarding World.
Following the events of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, the gang is (mostly) back together as they hunt for the dark wizard. Since Dumbledore cannot duel Grindelwald himself, he’s come up with a plan for Newt, his older brother Theseus, Jacob Kowalski, and a few others to stop Grindelwald in his rise to power. Thanks to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the end of Grindelwald’s story is already known, but the Fantastic Beasts franchise is filling in the blanks of his past and his relationship with Dumbledore, which was hinted at in the final Harry Potter book and film.
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The Fantastic Beasts franchise started off lighthearted enough, but has grown darker over the course of the last two films. This is similar to the Harry Potter films, which got increasingly more despondent and grim the longer the franchise went on. The Secrets of Dumbledore does have some violence, with Grindelwald shown killing magical creatures and torturing people — muggles and magic folk alike — with the Cruciatus Curse throughout the film. The torture doesn’t last for very long, but it is there and it’s a testament to how brutal Grindelwald really is, as well as to how far he is willing to go to get his way as he works to amass more power. Additionally, the film depicts a wizarding jail that sees
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