‘Friday The 13th’ Eyes R Rating
If you were worried that a remake of "Friday The 13th" would fail to live up to the gore-factor of the original franchise, you have nothing to worry about because the film is aiming for an R rating.
If you were worried that a remake of "Friday The 13th" would fail to live up to the gore-factor of the original franchise, you have nothing to worry about because the film is aiming for an R rating.
"What is 'F13' without sex, drugs and really, really long sharp machete?" Brad Fuller said in the official Platnum Dunes blog. "And why would we, horror fans ourselves, produce a movie devoid of the things that made the title so appealing in the first place. So let me say for the record, that the 'F13' that we start shooting this Thursday is a full bodied, rated R film.
"It has insane kills that will be shown in all their glory- it has a group of college students who drink and even have sex. We are betting that if we don’t hold back that the audience will reward us for being bold in a time when some horror movies are playng the ratings game. So we embrace the R rating Friday the 13th will have, and hope you will too."
The main worry with horror remakes these days isn't just in sticking with the original, but in many projects the gore is toned down in order to achieve a younger teenage audience.
To read more from the Platinum Dunes blog, please click here.
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Rabid Doll staff writer Alan Stanley Blair is the news editor for Airlock Alpha and assistant news editor for Inside Blip. Contributing from his home in Scotland, he is currently studying for a diploma in freelance journalism and feature writing.
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