What Age Rating Is Beetlejuice 2 – And Is It Really Scary?

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” is sort of prepared to come back out, and with the film incomes raves, audiences could be questioning what they’re in for after they head out to see it. Per Rotten Tomatoes, the film has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA. The rating is derived from what the governing physique calls “Macabre and Bloody Photographs, Temporary Drug Use, Some Suggestive Materials, Robust Language and Violent Content material.” That makes it barely too mature for youthful children, and an fascinating switch-up since “Beetlejuice” was rated a PG. In England, the movie has garnered a 12A, which implies nobody beneath 12 might be admitted to screenings.

Anybody who’s already seen any of the film’s quite a few trailers can testify to the way it has most of these parts even in its promotional materials. We’ve already seen a second the place Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton) yanks open his shirt and a complete bunch of worms spill out of his wide-open guts in entrance of Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) and her boyfriend Rory (Justin Theroux). A preview clip explaining Beetlejuice’s origin story, together with how he died options him rolling round on a mattress together with his spouse Delores (Monica Bellucci), adopted by her poisoning him and Beetlejuice taking an axe to her physique — although this act is especially implied. One other trailer hinted at Beetlejuice’s doable future loss of life by displaying Delores sucking the soul out of an unlucky ghost. And that’s after the hinted-at animal sacrifice that goes down throughout their ceremony.

From there, it’s simple sufficient to think about the movie getting off a couple of curse phrases, displaying some drug use, getting in some additional violence, and a few ribald materials. In spite of everything, the unique “Beetlejuice” wasn’t precisely a kiddie-friendly fright fest both.

Whereas it could be rated PG, the unique “Beetlejuice” has a surprisingly great amount of grownup content material in it. The entire premise facilities on younger newlyweds Adam and Barbara Maitland (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) dying quickly after their wedding ceremony. Additional scenes characteristic ghosts ripping their very own faces off, faces shape-shifting into birdlike loss of life masks, spirits quickly getting old and their physique components disintegrating, and different grotesqueries. And don’t suppose too onerous about an underaged Lydia being compelled to just about marry Beetlejuice.

The movie additionally didn’t maintain again with the grownup content material  –  Beetlejuice is seen coming into a brothel on the opposite facet, declaring “Right here I come, child.” He additionally grabs his groin and honks it, declaring, “Good f***ing mannequin!” It’s not all “Banana Boat Track” sing-alongs and large striped snakes on reflection. Whereas these are probably issues that went over children’ heads, adults probably observed them — and now they’ll search for much more naughtiness when “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” hits theaters on September 6.