Media Task

• The Dark Knight
• Released 2008
• In 2005, the BBFC rated The Dark Knight
• The rating of The Dark Knight has never changed
• The BBFC came up with this rating because of the implied threat of the Joker and Batman even though no extensive blood or gore is actively displayed. A key example of this is when the Joker performs a “magic trick” by driving a pencil into the eye of a man. Though the pencil is never seen entering the eye nor is any blood shown, this is the prime example of the film’s threat
• It’s rating has never changed throughout its cinema runtime and DVD release 

• The Evil Dead
• Released 1981 
• It was originally an X rating 
• It was changed to an 18 rating 
• The BBFC decided on this rating because of the strong, bloody violence within the film, specifically in the scene when a woman is held down by a haunted tree and it's branches penetrate her vagina, effectively raping her
• The rating was changed 13 years later after its film release