Film Certificate and Target Audience Research

In doing some research we found that an 18 certificate will permit nearly everything as it's the highest rating in the UK. The certificate that is below 18 is 15, so we did some research into what qualifies as a 15 certificate film to see whether our film would be a 15 or an 18 certificate, and the table below shows what is permitted in 15 rated films.

	15
Language	There may be frequent use of strong language; the strongest terms are only rarely acceptable. Continued aggressive use of strong language and sexual abuse is unacceptable.
Violence	Violence may be strong but may not dwell on the infliction of pain, and of injuries. Scenes of sexual violence must be discreet and brief.
Horror	Sustained or detailed infliction of pain or injury is unacceptable.
Drugs	Drug taking may be shown but clear instructive detail is unacceptable. The film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug use.
Sex	Sexual activity and nudity may be portrayed but without strong detail. The depiction of casual sex should be handled responsibly. There may be occasional strong verbal references to sexual behaviour.
Imitable techniques	Dangerous combat techniques such as ear claps, head-butts and blows to the neck are unlikely to be acceptable. There may be no emphasis on the use of easily accessible lethal weapons (in particular, knives).

The main qualities we feel our film touches on are violence, horror and drugs. All of which we feel our film would fit the guidelines for a 15 certificate.

To be sure our film would be of a 15 certificate we looked at some other popular horrors that are rated 15:

(Carrie, Warm bodies, Scream 4, Insidious, Dark Skies, The Cabin in the Woods, The Purge, Mama)