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What happened to the 18 rating?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Over the past years, I've noticed some movies for adult audiences today are always rated 15. In horror movies today for example, they could have loads of swearing and gore but not enough to be given an 18 rating.

It makes me ask the question, is the 18 rating dying out?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

15 rated films tend to be better, especially in the horror department. They can’t just rely on gore then.

18 rated horror films tend to focus on the gore and violence rather than actual plot.

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By *entish79Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

It’s basically because they would rather cut stuff out to make them a 15 to get bigger audiences and maximise profit.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think its because 15 rated films tend to do better at the box office. So I'd say yea the 18 rated movie is dying out x

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"15 rated films tend to be better, especially in the horror department. They can’t just rely on gore then.

18 rated horror films tend to focus on the gore and violence rather than actual plot. "

Sometimes 15 rated horror movies focus more on pointless jump scares than the plot as well

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"It’s basically because they would rather cut stuff out to make them a 15 to get bigger audiences and maximise profit."

That is true. Sometimes they can cram in as much violence, swearing and nudity and it still would a 15.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"It’s basically because they would rather cut stuff out to make them a 15 to get bigger audiences and maximise profit."

I have a special edition DVD of Hostel 1.

In the extras there's a piece about how the studio insisted that Roth made an extra scene for the "unrated" edition.

Point being that nothing was cut for the general release, but the studio made Roth add a bit just so they could sell an unrated edition.

It's about 20 seconds of eye goo, if anyone was wondering

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"It’s basically because they would rather cut stuff out to make them a 15 to get bigger audiences and maximise profit.

I have a special edition DVD of Hostel 1.

In the extras there's a piece about how the studio insisted that Roth made an extra scene for the "unrated" edition.

Point being that nothing was cut for the general release, but the studio made Roth add a bit just so they could sell an unrated edition.

It's about 20 seconds of eye goo, if anyone was wondering "

So basically the unrated edition is no different from the original making it completely pointless to do an unrated edition in the first place.

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By *imjohnCouple
over a year ago

Clacton on sea, Essex

The BBFC take over our internet sometime this year & will censor what we can & can't see so they are about still but overstretched on a much bigger project.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"It’s basically because they would rather cut stuff out to make them a 15 to get bigger audiences and maximise profit.

I have a special edition DVD of Hostel 1.

In the extras there's a piece about how the studio insisted that Roth made an extra scene for the "unrated" edition.

Point being that nothing was cut for the general release, but the studio made Roth add a bit just so they could sell an unrated edition.

It's about 20 seconds of eye goo, if anyone was wondering

So basically the unrated edition is no different from the original making it completely pointless to do an unrated edition in the first place."

Exactly. It was all about selling another edition to make more money.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"It’s basically because they would rather cut stuff out to make them a 15 to get bigger audiences and maximise profit.

I have a special edition DVD of Hostel 1.

In the extras there's a piece about how the studio insisted that Roth made an extra scene for the "unrated" edition.

Point being that nothing was cut for the general release, but the studio made Roth add a bit just so they could sell an unrated edition.

It's about 20 seconds of eye goo, if anyone was wondering

So basically the unrated edition is no different from the original making it completely pointless to do an unrated edition in the first place.

Exactly. It was all about selling another edition to make more money. "

Thought so. The film boards don't seem to care about what the audience wants as long as they are making plenty of money.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

I reckon the BBFC give movies a 15 rating out of belief that kids these days are exposed to so much violence, language and nudity on television to a point where they're completely desensitised by them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mobile phones

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They tend to stick with 15 and get away with what they can with the censors,for financial reasons,if it's an 18cert you are loosing 3 years of revenue

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Standards have definitely changed as well though. I mean films that would have been 18+ when I was younger easily make 15+ now. Same on TV, loads of stuff goes out 24/7 now, which thirty years ago would have been shown after 11pm on Channel4.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

*with a red triangle Anybody else remember that?

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Studios chase the money, so adult films are infantilised, so that under 18s can see them and audiences are bigger. Films are all the poorer for it.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…


"Studios chase the money, so adult films are infantilised, so that under 18s can see them and audiences are bigger. Films are all the poorer for it. "

Amen to this.

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