DEL TORO PROUD OF DARK MOVIE’S SCARY AGE RATING
GUILLERMO DEL TORO is convinced his new movie DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK will terrify cinema-goers because the scary picture has been given a res trictive adults-only rating even though it doesn’t contain any "sex, gore or profanity".
The new film, a remake of a 1973 television feature, stars Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce and tells the story of a young woman who is stalked by mo nsters in the night.
Director Del Toro reveals he deliberately left out scenes of sex or vio lence in a bid to secure a wide-ranging age-rating, but officials at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) have still classified the pi cture R.
And the moviemaker admits the decision has validated his plan to make t he film as frightening as possible.
He tells Deadline.com, "By agreement, we shot a movie with no sex, no g ore or profanity, because we thought it was the way to avoid R. The MPAA came back and said, it didn’t matter, that it would be rated R anyway, fo r ‘pervasive scariness’, which in a way is fantastic to hear."
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