It is rare for good psychological horror films to have a 12A certificate due to the scares being mostly unsuitable for any under 12's accompanying an adult. Psychological threat must be kept to a moderate level and not be too frequent. Most horror film, particularly those from recent year, are a 15 certificate. At this age restriction there can be strong threat and menace as long as it does not show sadistic or sexual qualities.
Drug use plays a major role in the storyline of our 2 minute extract. This would be an issue if the film was aiming for a 12A certificate as according to BBFC guidelines, "discriminatory behaviour should not be endorsed by the film", meaning that the plot should not base itself around drug use. However in 15 films, drug taking may be shown but not to promote the use of drugs which our story does not.
We want our film to acquire a 15 certificate and there are other issues that contribute to the age rating:
• strong violence
• frequent strong language (eg '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
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