As our film is aimed at an audience of people as young as 15, we need to make sure that the content is suitable for the audience and is what they would expect to see. Below are the ratings and the content that would usually be expected of them. The British Board of Film Classification sets these rules, and creates the rating for the film after it has been made.
Only recommended for viewers aged 12 and older, when going to see 12 rated films at the cinema under 12's must be accompanied by an adult and under 12's are also not allowed to buy dvds or videos with this rating. These films may include very mild swearing and violence and very mild sex references if any. There are rarely any slasher films rated 12.
Films rated 15 these films may contain violence and scenes of a sexual nature, swearing and offensive langauge can be used and "emotionally harrowing" scenes are also permitted. This rating would be most suitable for our film opening. Examples of films within this classification are
Final Destination and
Halloween III.
Films rated 18 have very little restrictions, a lot of slasher films have this rating as they may contain a lot of very extreme violence and gorey scenes as well as sexually explicit content. As our target audience begins at 15, this rating may be too high for the content it can include. Examples of films within this genre of classification are
Saw VI and
A Nightmare On Elm Street.
Our Rating
Our horror/slasher film opening will have a rating of
15, this is because slashers all contain violence but not all contain extreme gore. Scenes of the killer stalking the victim may also be harrowing for younger audiences therefore a rating of 12 would be misleading.
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