The filmmakers chose a 15 rating for their horror film because research showed that horror films make the most money with a 15 rating. A 15 rating allows for mild violence, language, sexual content and references compared to an 18 rating which permits very strong violent, sexual and graphic content. The filmmakers want to target teenagers who prefer horror films but not include content only appropriate for adult audiences.

1. Film Certificate Research
The film certificate we have chosen for our film is a 15
rating we have chosen this because in our institution research for
horrors it showed us that horror films make the most money, sell the
most tickets, if their rating is a 15. This is because teenagers are the
ones who most like to watch horror films. 15 rating films allow for a
certain amount of liquidity in the production but not as much as an
18 rating.
15 ratings can include a mild form of:
 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
However 18 ratings can include:
 Very strong violence
 Frequent strong language (e.g. 'f***') and / or very strong
language (e.g. ‘c***’)
 Strong portrayals of sexual activity
 Scenes of sexual violence
 Strong horror
 Strong blood and gore
 Real sex (in some circumstances)
 Discriminatory language and behaviour
18 ratings allow for stronger more mature content as they are aimed
at adults and not teenagers and they therefore will want to view
content available for their age range.
On the other hand, 12 ratings don’t allow for a lot of typical things
that horror films generally have in their movies. As they are aimed at
younger audiences, they may not enjoy the graphic nature of horror
films and may even get scared or disgusted by the content in the
films.