Examples of Film Ratings

The Panic Room is a 2002 Thriller film rated 15 by the BBFC.

It was rated 15 as it was seen to have exteme suspense, strong language and violence; It involves the use of drinking and drugs, mild sex scenes- the events are very graphic and so would not be acceptable to be seen within a 12 bracket. There is a lot of events which put the film into a 15 bracket but the scenes do not provide enough to be put into the 18 bracket as it is still acceptable.


Warm Bodies - 2013 - 12A

BBFC said that Warm bodies contains:

• Weapons
• Horror
• Violence/Threat
• Themes

They said that even though it is a horror film about a zombie who falls in love the company placed it at 12A because there isnt enough detail for it to come into the 15 bracket. There is more emphasis on the emotions of the two characters falling in love and trying to become human again rather than the gory zombie killing type films; similarly the zombies are not seen as scary like they are in the walking dead as they just look like 'slow moving people'. You only see a small amount of blood on the characters face , minimal jumpy scenes but the main graphic scenes that is seen are boneys chasing people, a fight and zombies being ran over.



The Awakening - 2011 - 12A
BBFC said that the awakening has:

• Horror
• Violence/Threat
• Themes

This film borderlines the 12A/ 15 bracket however the film is rated 15 but the trailer is rated a 12A. This is because the trailer is a littler scary as it shows the main character ghost hunting and shows some of the more jumpy scenes. It has a creepy atmosphere which focus' on the ghosts and the story behind it - it shows the face of the ghost, panicked people, a woman in shock and a ghost watching her in the shower. There is a shower scene however you only see bare back and nothing more therefore this fits into the 12A bracket. There is a brief gory scene with blood on the characters mouth, clevage and stomach although she is fully clothed this would come under the 15 bracket as it is too gory for a 12A.