OFFICIAL: CURSED IS PG-13
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dimension Films has, as we first reported here, re-edited Wes Cravens CURSED and received a PG-13 from the MPAA. The boards official explanation for the rating is ‘horror violence/terror, some sexual references, nudity, language and a brief drug reference.’ The Fango staff caught a screening this week of what was clearly the R version, and frankly, were curious about how coherently a few key scenes will play with their hard-gore contentincluding severed heads and bodieswatered down or deleted. (And calm down, Shannon Elizabeth fans; the ‘nudity’ is just a glimpse of Jesse Eisenbergs bare butt.) In the same ratings report, Dimensions THE BROTHERS GRIMM also nabbed a PG-13, for ‘violence, frightening sequences and brief suggestive material.’ Ironically, that same release states that Miramaxs long-on-the-shelf UNDERTAKING BETTY has been recut to boost it from a PG-13 to an R! Meanwhile, thank goodness, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR received an R this week for ‘violence and terror, sexuality, language and brief drug use.’ As for CURSED, you can check out the trailer here and read our exclusive interview with Craven in Fango #241, on sale February 15.
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