Lisa Frankenstein is one of the first upcoming horror movies of 2024, one might wonder just how far down a bloody path the new release will take fans of the genre. As one of the early viewers of Lisa Frankenstein, I can attest Diablo Cody’s return to horror is not at all afraid to go there. When CinemaBlend spoke to the filmmakers about this unique spin on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, they discussed the movie’s MPAA rating.
As I told writer Diablo Cody and director Zelda Williams during our interview, I actually had to look up the rating of Lisa Frankenstein after its release because it walked a really nice line between PG-13 and R-rated horror film to me. Here’s what Cody shared about how they decided upon PG-13.
As I told writer Diablo Cody and director Zelda Williams during our interview, I actually had to look up the rating of Lisa Frankenstein after its release because it walked a really nice line between PG-13 and R-rated horror film to me. Here’s what Cody shared about how they decided upon PG-13.
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00:00I was curious about the PG-13 rating because I felt like I actually had to look up after I was
00:05like was it R or was it PG-13 because I felt like it really like kind of like walked that line in a
00:09really cool way. I was curious what the kind of conversations were. Did you want it to be PG-13
00:14or was there ever like a time when it was going to be R? Yes there were extensive conversations
00:20on this topic actually and I'm ultimately I'm very glad that it's PG-13 because I don't think
00:25we sacrificed any of the core components of the movie and now a lot more people are going to be
00:30able to see it especially young people so. On the page it was definitely R and it was a very
00:35tricky needle to thread particularly because these violent deaths are so integral to the movie and I
00:40was like oh no now they wait hold on how do I fix this. Thankfully in this circumstance I was a bit
00:48prepared in advance for that outcome. I have friends and peers that have walked me through
00:53that that is a sometimes expected thing so we had enough wiggle room that I could still keep it
01:00tonally very much the movie we set out to make but remove some of the stuff that would have made it
01:05R and it was tricky and it took a while but we figured it out and now it is PG-13.