BBFC Ratings for our film opening

BBFC Ratings:

Below are the Certificate pictures for age ratings in Britain.

	Universal	Suitable for all
	Parental Guidance	General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children
	12 Accompanied/Advisory	Suitable for those aged 12 and older (cinema only); under 12s admitted, but only if accompanied by an adult
	12	Suitable for those aged 12 and older (VHS and DVD only)
	15	Suitable for those aged 15 and older
	18	Suitable for those aged 18 and older
	Restricted 18	Restricted to those aged 18 and older and only available at licensed cinemas and sex shops. The latter will not require a licence to sell R18 films

The BBFC guidelines for a 15 classification allows the following to appear in films:

• strong violence
• frequent strong language
• portrayals of sexual activity
• strong verbal references to sex
• sexual nudity
• brief scenees of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
• discriminatory language or behaviour
• drug taking

Here are a few examples of recent slasher films with the 15 rating:

Detention (Joseph Khan, 2011) 

Detention DVD cover

Scream 4 (Wes Craven, 2011)

Scream 4 DVD cover

Prom Night (Nelson McCormick, 2008)

Prom Night DVD cover

We have rated our film as a 15 due to the fact that our film doesn't contain any explicit nudity, however it does contain sexual references and violence form the outset and throughout. Taking into consideration our full film we feel that it will stick to the guidelines for a 15 classification.