Regulatory Issues

2. TEXAS CHAINSAW (2013)
• THE BBFC HAD RATED THIS FILM AN 18, THIS MEANS THAT THE
CONTENT IN THE MOVIE IS ONLY SUITABLE FOR PEOPLE AGED 18 AND
OVER.
• A 20 SECOND TV-AD WAS CLEARED BY CLEARCAST WITH A POST-
9PM RESTRICTION, THIS IS BECAUSE YOUNG CHILDREN WOULD BE
IN BED AND SLEEPING SO WOULDN’T SEE IT.
• HOWEVER THE ASA RECEIVED 73 COMPLAINTS, WHICH INCLUDED;
COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE AD BEING DISTRESSING, HARMFUL,
OFFENSIVE AND INAPPROPRIATELY SCHEDULED, ONE COMPLAINT
WAS THAT THE POSTER AD WAS INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE PUBLIC.

3. TEXAS CHAINSAW (2013)
• THE ASA THEN REACTED ON THE COMPLAINTS.
• THEY GAVE THE AD A POST-11PM RESTRICTION IN ORDER TO REDUCE
THE LIKELIHOOD OF CAUSING OFFENCE OR DISTRESS TO SOME
ADULTS.

4. HOME ALONE (1990)
• THE BBFC HAD RATED HOME ALONE A PG, THIS MEANS THAT THE FILM
IS SUITABLE FOR GENERAL VIEWING, HOWEVER SOME SCENE MAY BE
UNSUITABLE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.
• A PG FILM SHOULDN’T UNSETTLE A CHILD AROUND THE AGE OF EIGHT
OR OLDER. THE REASON HOME ALONE IS A PGIS BECAUSE THE FILM
CONTAINS SOME SLAPSTICK VIOLENCE AND INFREQUENT MODERATE
LANGUAGE.

5. ABDUCTION (2011)
• THE BBFC HAD RATED ABDUCTION A 12A.
• THIS MEANS THAT THE FILM IS NOT GENERALLY SUITABLE FOR
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 12. NO CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 12 IS
ALLOWED TO SEE A 12A FILM UNLESS THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY AN
ADULT.
• ADULTS THAT TAKE A CHILD UNDER 12 TO SEE A 12A FILM NEED TO
CONSIDER IF THE FILM WILL BE SUITABLE FOR THEIR CHILD.
• THE REASON ABDUCTION IS RATED A 12A IS BECAUSE IT CONTAINS
FREQUENT MODERATE VIOLENCE AND THREATS AND THERE IS ONE
USE OF STRONG LANGUAGE.

6. ABDUCTION (2011)
• THE ASA RECEIVED A COMPLAINT AFTER THE TRAILER FOR ABDUCTION
WAS ADVERTISED BEFORE AN ANIMATED CLIP ON YOUTUBE CALLED ‘THE
DUCK SONG’.
• THE COMPLAINT CHALLENGED WHETHER THE AD WAS IRRESPONSIBLE
BECAUSE IT HAD APPEARED BEFORE A CHILDS CLIP.
• THE ASA SAID THAT THE SOUNDS OF SHOOTING, EXPLOSIONS AND
PUNCHING WERE UNSUITABLE FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN. THEY NOTED
THAT YOUTUBE USERS HAVE TO BE 13 TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT
HOWEVER CONTENT IS AVAILABLE TO WATCH FOR ALL INTERNET USERS.
• THE ASA GOT THE AD REMOVED OFF OF YOUTUBE AND TOLD LIONSGATE
THAT IT COULD BE REPLACED WITH A MORE SUITABLE AD.