According to the BBFC our production would be rated as a 15. Below is a copy of what is written on the official BBFC website, stating the criteria of a 15 rated film.
What might I see in a 15 rated film or video?
Any of the following:
- strong violence
- frequent strong language (e.g. 'f***').
- portrayals of sexual activity
- strong verbal references to sex
- sexual nudity
- brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
- discriminatory language or behaviour
- drug taking
What about horror works?
At 15 there can be strong threat and horror as long as there is no sustained focus on sadistic or sexualised threat.
Our production fits into some of this criteria such as strong language and violence, also being a horror and potentially giving children under the given age nightmares.
According to the hypodermic needle theory, a significant reason for our production to be rated as a 15 is because children are passive users of media, and therefore more likely to re-enact anything they view. For example, it can be argued that the media may have been an influence on the Jamie Bulgur case, in which a young boy was brutally murdered by other young boys. Therefore by restricting people below the age stated from viewing the film, tragic problems as such can hopefully become avoided.
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