Brad Fuller of Platinum Dunes talks about The Unborn's PG-13 rating....

[T.ROSS]

As you know, I pay close attention to what people say online. I have learned a great deal about what the fans expect and how we can best make films that you, the fans respond to. I am fully aware that there is a severe prejudice against PG-13 horror films. And frankly, I totally get it. Believe me, nobody loves a good decapitation more than I do. But I am also freaked out by unsettling imagery and situations. Sometimes spilling tons of blood can be a crutch when you can't think of anything better. That is why in some ways a PG-13 horror film can be more challenging to make than an R-rated one. The closet shot in The Ring freaked me out and though The Shining was rated R the sound of the big wheel going down the hall in the Overbrook Hotel still gives me that uncomfortable feeling we all go to the movies for. A lack of blood doesn't always equate to a lack of scares.

This is why we decided to make The Unborn. Drew, Michael and I wanted to challenge ourselves and see if we can scare people without blood. For us, it was about making a film that delivered the same level of scare with imagery and situations as our other more violent films. And who better to come up with exciting imagery than David Goyer. Goyer sold us the movie by showing us a photograph of dog with the upside down head. And believe me, that shot was virtually impossible to perfect. Thankfully, Satan lent us one of his actually inverted headed dogs for the sequence. But Goyer made it his mission to come up with a number of freaky situations and are so unsettling you won't easily forget them. The Unborn is full of horrifying situations and terrifying imagery. I'm not a fool, and I know that it won't be popular (especially here at Bloody-Disgusting) to admit that The Unborn is a scary film, but it is. You can't dismiss the Goyer brain and all that it has come up, with and I urge you to go see the Unborn to see how scary a PG-13 can be.

In just a few days you will start to see the ads for Friday 13th. We did air one during a hockey game, but the campaign will really kick in next week. There are a few fan-made commercials out there so beware the imitators. We are planning to go to Comic-con in New York in February and are now trying to figure out what we will be showing.

Finally, thank you one and all for the all the great feedback on what is important for you in a Nightmare On Elm Street movie. I am learning from you and hope to make a film that includes any key elements that are discussed here.

2009 will be a great year for horror and during these challenging times we have support all the horror movies so the studios keep making them.


- Brad Fuller

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I was very disapointed when I first learned about The Unborn's PG-13's rating, but I full faith in PLatinum Dunes The Unborn and David Goyer that this wont effect the film's success!

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[David Hawk]

Unfortunately a films monetary success doesn't directly correlate with how good it actually is.

[T.ROSS]

Unfortunately a films monetary success doesn't directly correlate with how good it actually is.

Yes thats true, the film wasnt all that great, but I liked it better than their other film The Hitcher.