BBFC and the Thriller genre
The BBFC is a film classification company, who run as a non-governmental body, categorising film using very particular criteria checks since 1912 in the theatres and DVDs since 1984. This criteria determines age ratings, which are:
The criteria determining age ratings are discrimination, gore, violence, sex, nudity (which can actually be shown to any age, even U if it is not sexualised), imitable behaviour and context primarily. They have the power to push forward for cuts in the movie if there are scenes they believe are inappropriate morally for any age, and can even reject movies or even further so, prosecute if that film contains illegal scenes. Examples of these are the Human Centipede, there was a cut of about 3 minutes due to illegal contents, so if a thriller movie contains too much immoral, insane and imitable behaviour, it may be rejected.
The BBFC gain income by charging the movie production companies based on the length of the film, just by being an individual company. They are only granted money to cover their costs being an individual non-governmental organisation. Their fees are only organised based on the income they gain from the films they charge; a film is charged by the BBFC.
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