Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) - Parents Guide Movie Rating

MPA: R BBFC: 18 Maturity Rating 18+

MPAA Reason: Rated R for terror violence/gore and language.

BBFC Reason: Contains strong violence and horror

BBFC Ratings info: HALLOWEEN H20 - 20 YEARS LATER is the seventh instalment of the HALLOWEEN franchise in which Laurie Strode must battle the Shape one last time and now the life of her own son hangs in the balance. Violence: Scenes of strong violence include bloody stabbings, slashing's and shootings. In one scene, a teenage girl with a wounded tries to escape from the killer, but is then repeatedly stabbed in the back. There is use of strong language ('f**k'), a scene of moderate sex

Sex & Nudity

mild

A man in the school staff, kisses a woman's breast, she's fully clothed and he is too. They are lying on the couch, kissing. Some sexual dialogue. Kissing parts until the violence/action begins.

Violence & Gore

severe

Overall, this film is not extremely violent (as most of the deaths or stabbings are offscreen), though it has violent aftermath images that may shock or frighten viewers. Items that contain so much detail that they read like a shooting script have been deleted as 'poorly written'. A woman finds two teenage boys' corpses (one is bloody with two ice skates embedded in his face and the other has a knife in his back); a man grabs a kitchen knife and chases the woman; she beats him with a fireplace poker, sending him to the floor, and he grabs her ankle, nearly stabbing her, but hits the floor instead; she continues to beat him repeatedly with the poker and shatters a window; the man then grabs her and slits her throat with the knife (blood pours from the wound). In a dream sequence, a teenage girl hides in a closet as a man violently breaks through the door; we also see a knife stabbed into the picture of a teenage boy.

Profanity

moderate

At last 14 F-words, some sexual references, 24 scatological terms, 4 anatomical terms (1 mild), 3 mild obscenities, 1 religious profanity, 13 religious exclamations.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

mild

Functional alcoholism is implied A woman smokes a cigarette. A woman jugs down two glasses of wine in a restaurant. A woman drinks vodka in two scenes.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

moderate

The entire film is quite suspenseful and frightening. This movie contains a very creepy atmosphere. The most intense scene shows a teenage girl with a wounded leg trying to escape Michael by crawling backwards, but is then repeatedly stabbed in the back. Only the bloody knife is shown coming up and down. The same girl is then seen hung from the ceiling. The film's final scene when Laurie decapitates Michael is sudden and could make people jump.