....anything truly 'horror' would never get a 15 rating...I reckon the best idea is to avoid any 'horror' movies with a 15 rating as they're always rubbish.

Yes me too. I'm not fond of 15's either.

....anything truly 'horror' would never get a 15 rating...I reckon the best idea is to avoid any 'horror' movies with a 15 rating as they're always rubbish.

 

however its not too simple. as probably some horror in the 1970s that were x rated are probably just 15 now but still worth rating.

 

then again its not the bbfc ones that are important its the american ones MPAA as that determins the box office success in a lot of cases.

 

most film makers in big studios try not to get this slapped on their film

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/MPAARatingNC-17.gif

 

so thats why they try to go for the middle market, so lots of teens in middle american can go

I used to think the same thing about 15 horror films, but 15s can be pretty good sometimes, because the BBFC slackened the rules so that the horror films would be accesible to their target audience.

 

I thought Long Time Dead was a pretty good 15 horror, and the first two Final Destinations. But if you're out for all out shock, gore and tabboo breaking, yeah, it's gotta be an 18.

I started hating 15's when I saw films like Dead End and Identity. They were just so cheap, no decent plot, so predictable it was untrue.

 

I'm surprised Saw is an 18 though, it's not really that gory or scary.

I thought Long Time Dead was a pretty good 15 horror, and the first two Final Destinations. But if you're out for all out shock, gore and tabboo breaking, yeah, it's gotta be an 18.

 

maybe it depends how disturbing they are gonna be on the viewer. FD is frickin funny btw!!!