Horror Film Certificates 15 18

15
Paranormal Activity- 'Contains strong language and threat'
Paranormal Activity is about a family that is haunted by a ghost that hurts and scares them in unnatural ways. A young couple named Katie and Mika start experiencing strange happenings in their house. Katie wants to leave it alone but Mika is convinced to find out what it is. We later find out that these happenings are part of Katie's past and since professionals wont help them its down to Katie and Mika to get rid.
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Cabin in the woods- 'Contains strong gore, bloody violence, language and soft drug use'
This film seems, at first, to be your typical horror film but the twist changes this film in a way that no one could have suspected. There are 5 typical characters that are chosen to go stay in a cabin, in the woods. The characters are killed one by one in awful graphic ways and their deaths are controlled by a group of people that have to, every year, sacrifice blood to the devil for something bad they have done in the past. This film takes the horror stereotypes to a whole new level.
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Orphan- 'Contains strong sex, language and bloody violence'
Orphan is about a young girl who has a terrible past. The film seems slightly scary and thrilling until the unexpected twist at the end of the film. The main character, Esther, is adopted by a loving family who have just lost a child. Esther seems sweet and innocent but actually has a dark and scary past that puts the family in great danger. There is a lot of blood in this film and quite a few sexual scenes.
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Sinister- 'Contains strong violence and horror'
Sinister is about a family who move house to find they have walked into a demon curse. The curse involves children going missing and family members dying due to an unknown drug. The father of the family is a crime writer and it is his job to uncover the curse before it is too late but he isn't fast enough and the film ends on a tragic cliff hanger which leaves the audience baffled.
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Creepshow- 'Contains strong language and bloody horror'
The creepshow is based on some tragic comic books by George A. Romero. There are five short films on this one set that basically have similar stories. They all consist of people dying, people killing or people being avenged. This film was made in 1982 and although at the time, would have been terrifying, isn't very scary at all. If his film was released now it probably wouldn't be as popular. as it almost seems comical.
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18
Nightmare on Elm Street- 'Contains strong sadistic horror and bloody violence' (1985)

Nightmare on elm street is about a child killer that goes back to his childhood street and tries to kill each and every child by evading their dreams. The trick to not dying is by staying awake but the teens find they can only do that for so long.
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Texas Chainsaw 3D- 'Contains strong bloody violence and gory images'

This film is a re-make of the classic 1974 edition.This film is basically about a woman who travels to Texas to collect an inheritance. She takes her friends along to join the party. The house she inherits belongs to the grandmother she never knew and the story consists of the hidden horrors beneath the basement. Its frightening and costs her her life- aswell as her friends.
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Saw- 'Contains strong bloody violence'
Saw is a film about a crazy serial killer who nicknames himself 'Jigsaw'. Two men find themselves in a dirty, disused bathroom and their ankles are chained to a pipe. They are placed opposite of each other in this room and a dead man's body placed between them. The dead man is loosely holding a tape player and a hand held gun. Both of the men have a tape in their back pockets and they play the tapes. One tape tells a man that if he doesn't kill the other male then his wife and daughter will die
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The Human Centipede- 'Contains strong bloody violence, threat and horror'
This film is about a doctor that turns to the dark side. He specialises in separating conjoined twins but has a mental breakdown and decides that he would like to put poeple together. His first victims are two best friends who's car break down so they arrive at his house for safety. He medically conjoins them, including a chinese man, and makes their lives a living hell. They're conjoined  in the most graphic way and it is truly awful.
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The last house on the left- 'Contains strong bloody violence and strong sexual violence'

This film is about the tragic story of one girl who sustains terrible injurys due to a crew of men who have just got away from the police by killing the two officers who arrested them. The girl, who was with her best friend, survives the attack. Her best friend sadly doesn't. She escapes by swimming away and the men believe she is dead because they shoot her in the back. As she arrives back to the home where her family are staying she realises that the men who attacked her are there, in her family home, speaking to her parents. She survives.
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