My 12 yr old autistic son who went to see the Star Trek beyond movie which is rated PG-13 saw this movie trailer and is now freaking the crap out. I want to sue the stupid company.
So are they doing this just to keep teenagers able to go to this movie? Such bs I mean why don't they show this movie trailer before other horror movies instead of the ones that don't have anything scary like Star Trek. Like wtf Hollywood??????
PG-13 horror has been a thing for years, for one. Secondly, since it is a PG-13 film, they are going to market it before other PG-13 films. It's unfortunate that your son was frightened by the trailer, but that's how marketing works. Maybe next time, get to the film's showing about 15 minutes after the time on the ticket to allow previews to finish. Otherwise, expect this to happen. There's nothing you can really do about it.
sharePeople really can't be expected to show up 15 min before every show. That's kind of silly.
Star Trek had a plot that heavily talked about war and a lot of the fan base are in the older range. That's likely why they felt the trailer was fine. Plus the original Ouija was made for teens/tweens. Not all teens/tweens as not everyone can handle a horror movie, but if you see the film it clearly was.
I'm not trying to make light of what happened. It really sucks, but this is MPAAs fault. If that was used as a warning system to let people know what content was in something better and not as a blasted marketing tool and a way to punish film makers for doing films the MPAA doesn't like, then a LOT of problems would be solved.
I do feel though there should be a couple of horror films for kids cause people need a starting point.
Killing must feel good to God too, he does it all the time, and are we not created in his image?
As for your last point I can think of one recent horror film for kids (Goosebumps) and some of the animated ones go somewhat down that path e.g. Paranorman, Coraline.
sharePg-13 horror has always been a thing. Also as long as it is a green band trailer it can appear before any movie. Technically an R rated movie can have a trailer before a G rated movie.
shareLike Sausage Party and Finding Dory?
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I notice that the green band trailer (for appropriate audiences) is a fair bit milder than the more scary trailer. But I do feel sorry for parents in the same situation as the OP. A sensitive child can get hurt this way.
Maybe you should teach your son there's more to life than storybooks
sharePG13 horror movies SUCK ass
shareBeing R doesn't fundamentally make a horror movie better. It's gonna need a whole lot more than that.
shareBeing R doesn't fundamentally make a horror movie better.
That's not what I mean though. He said PG-13 horror movies suck like R is automatically much better. There are so many really great PG-13 horror movies out there (this one being one of them) and there are also a whole lot of bad R rated horror movies. Being R doesn't automatically mean it's a better horror movie and saying "PG-13 horror sucks" clearly gives that implication".
shareHe said PG-13 horror movies suck like R is automatically much better.
They didn't actually say that though. You just assume it.
PG13 horror movies SUCK ass
PG13 horror movies SUCK ass
I'm pretty sure he simply meant 'PG13 horror movies SUCK ass in general'. I doubt he thinks every single PG13 horror movie in existence sucks and I doubt you think he really meant that either.
In some instances, mainly with something supernatural, a horror movie can probably get away with a PG13 rating but I think, in general, that an R rated horror movie has no confines or restrictions and has much more artistic freedom which will result in a better movie more often than a horror movie working within the confines of a PG13 rated horror movie will. Halloween would probably be rated PG13 now. How many horror movies since have the same minimalist approach that Halloween has? Very few. I myself would like to see more horror movies with the same sort of minimalist approach like Halloween. Unfortunately, modern audiences like disturbing more than scary. Scary is just funny to people now sadly. People want to be grossed out and disturbed.
Sorry if i say this but i dont think the people that make this stuff or the people that handle the marketing think about autistic people.
shareNot all horror movies are rated R? Star Trek Beyond was pretty intense in it's own way, so they probably just put the trailer with the movie because they're both skirting that edge of PG-13.
This is also not a reason to sue, this is what typically happens when kids see stuff that frightens them. And genre trailers don't exist. You can't place a trailer into the genre of a movie you're seeing, it's not like going to the Sci-Fi section of Barnes and Noble and there's a plethora of movies waiting, it's not like that.
Also, they put trailers for different genres into movies to get word out about the movie. For example: you go to see 2013's "Gravity" and you get a trailer for 2014's "A Haunted House 2". Gravity is PG-13, but since producers cut together a green band trailer for "A Haunted House 2" it can be shown to a PG-13 movie. That's just how it works.
Now, instead of getting all up in arms and sue-happy, why not sit down and explain to your son that not everything is sugar-coated niceness and there are things out there that are terrifying. Be a parent, not a lawyer.
I'd say, whatever insecurities you possess have been projected onto your son. Many parents do this. Stop playing the blame game. The trailer is just rapid edits and loud noises to give the impression of spooky and creepy.
Star Trek Beyond had plenty of intense action\sci-fi sequences that were all designed to give out maximum impact. How do you know it's not Star Trek that might have started to freak him out. The trailer should have been pretty much forgotten by films end.
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