Certificates are put on films for protect children and young people from things that can be harmful to them. When an age rating is put on something it mans that people who are under that age shouldn't access it.  The age rating also gives viewers a chance to see what sort of contact many be in the film so they can decide themselves if they would like to watch it. 

The U symbol stands for Universal. A U film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over. This isn't appropriate for our film due to the fact that it has content that may be distressing for young audiences. 

 PG stands for Parental Guidance. This means that the film in general is suitable for younger viewers however parents should be aware some things This means some scenes may be unsuitable for young children.

Films classified 12 contain material that is not generally suitable for children aged under 12. No one younger than 12 may see a film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult. Adults planning to take a child under 12 to view a film with that certificate should consider whether the film is suitable for that child.

No-one under 15 is allowed to see a 15 film at the cinema or buy a 15 rated video. 15 rated works are not suitable for children under 15 years of age due to the fact that they may contain things such as;

•   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

Films rated 18 are for adults. No-one under 18 is allowed to see an 18 film at the cinema or buy / rent an 18 rated video. No 18 rated works are suitable for children. Films with an 18 certificate offten contain;

•   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

Our film-
We believe that our film in suitable for a 15 certificate. This is due to the fact that later on there are refrences to sex and some violance due to the fact that it is a horror/psycholoigcal thriller. This means that it isn't really suitable for anyone under the age pf 15.