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What a bunch of wallabies!...

The BBFC decide that The Howling III: The Marsupials should be 18 rated, whilst the MPAA think that PG-13 is closer to the mark


Link Here21st September 2019
Howling III: The Marsupials is a 1987 Australia comedy horror by Philippe Mora.
Starring William Yang, Deby Wightman and Christopher Pate. BBFC link IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release. There is a little bit of discrepancy in age ratings though. The BBFC claim that it should be 18 rated, whilst the MPAA have decided on a PG-13 rating.

The 2019 Blu-ray release was passed 18 uncut by the BBFC for strong gory images for:
  • 2019 Screenbound Pictures (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 7th October 2019

The 1987 rating from the MPAA pre-dates rating reasons, but PG-13 has the generic warning: Parents Strongly Cautioned - Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

And by way of a tie break, IMDb's parental guidance seems to side with the MPAA's opinion:

Violence & Gore Edit

Mild. Lots of werewolves attacks are obscured and off camera, but some blood and bite marks are shown.

Frightening & Intense Scenes Edit

Mild. Some werewolf transformations may appear frightening to young children.

I've never heard of any alternative versions of the film that would explain this apparent discrepancy.

Promotional Material

Barry Otto (Strictly Ballroom) is maverick Professor Harry Beckmeyer who learns to understand the torment of a freak species when he experiments on a captured "Werewolf" in his lab. When the goverments wants the experiments stopped and all traces of the species wiped out Harry (who's now fallen in love with the marsupial girl, Jerboa - Imogen Annesley) is determined to protect her no matter what.

 

 

Symbolic changes for a new era of small screens...

BBFC reveals new rating symbols


Link Here12th September 2019
New age rating symbols come into effect for theatrical and VOD services on 31 October 2019.

For packaged media, introducing the new symbols requires changes to the relevant piece of secondary legislation, the Video Recordings Act (Labelling) Regulations 2012. It is expected that the necessary changes to legislation will be made in time for the new symbols to be used on packaged media starting from 6 April 2020.

Presumably the change is basically to simplify the background so that the symbols can display better on small screens. There is also two distinct colour changes:

  • The video 12 rating changes from red to orange to match the orange 12A symbol for theatrical releases.
  • The 15 certificate changes from red to pink. This matches the Irish theatrical !5A symbol, so perhaps there is some future unification there. Many films have a joint video distribution in the UK and Ireland but for the moment the IFCO video symbols are very different.
IFCO Theatrical symbols ifco 1215A !FCO 18 cinema

 

 

Comment: Batman: Hush...

Flummoxed by a 15 rating for the Batman cartoon Hush.


Link Here13th August 2019
Batman: Hush is a 2019 film by Justin Copeland.
Starring Jason O'Mara, Jennifer Morrison and Stuart Allan. BBFC link IMDb
A mysterious villain puppeteering Gotham's most dangerous forces leads the Dark Knight into uncharted waters in Batman: Hush, the next entry in the popular series of DC Universe Movies. An adaptation of the seminal DC classic tale, Batman: Hush centres on a shadowy new villain known only as Hush, who uses Gotham's Rogues Gallery to destroy Batman's crime-fighting career, as well as Bruce Wayne's personal life--which has already been complicated by a relationship with Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman.

UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence, bloody images:

US: Rated MPAA PG-13 for violence and action, suggestive material, and language.

Offsite Comment: Batman: Hush is Rated 15 by the BBFC -- How Come??

See article from bleedingcool.com by Rich Johnston

Flummoxed by a 15 rating for the Batman cartoon Hush.

Could it be that the batarang was interpreted as a ninja throwing star?

...Read the full article from bleedingcool.com

 

 

Offsite Article: IPVanish pitches to keep porn users safe from age verification...


Link Here 2nd August 2019
Full story: BBFC Internet Porn Censors...BBFC: Age Verification We Don't Trust
How would the UK adult content block harm digital rights?

See article from ipvanish.com


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