PG-13 Horror: What's the Point?
PG-13 horror movies are a joke. Case in point, PROM NIGHT, and OUIJA.
shareThese threads are absurd now. I'm from the UK, and whilst the MPAA and the BBFC are completely separate bodies with their own individual standards and approaches, the final product you end up with really isn't going to be that much different.
This is from the BBFC (UK classification):
In some cases a film distributor is content to accept a higher age rating in one country than in another country and the standards at the various age ratings differ between countries. For example, nineteen PG-13 films were passed 15 in the UK in 2014, rather than at 12A which is perceived as the UK equivalent of PG-13.
A film like this with horror elements is going to sway towards a 15 rating in the UK, that pretty much means no rape (good), a cut down on comedic levels of gore (even better) and no graphic sex scenes (there's porn for that).
I just had a look at my (very old) DVD collection and both Final Destination and Jason X have a 15 certificate, that was a good 16 years ago now. These days the rating system is far more lenient in the boundries those sorts of films can push.
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Why does a horror movie have to be rated R?
One little Indian boy left all alone;
He went out and hanged himself and then there were none
It doesn't, but the general consensus on this board seems to be the opposite.
I'd expect an R rating for a film that literally has no goal other than to be as graphically violent as possible (i.e Hostel, Saw, August Underground etc).
For a film like this absolutely not.