She said after the party had ended how they'd all watched the film The Hole. It was a party for only those in her house and she was with other people her own age, but because the form she's in is 'vertically stacked' (is that what they call it?) there are children from her age up to school leaving age (which is a great way of doing it I reckon).
I thought she'd said this film was a 12 rated, but it's on Film four in half an hour and it's rated a 15!
I'm a bit of a horror fan but haven't seen it before. She said it really freaked them out and some (who I know are only 11/12) couldn't watch and were turning away, but obviously didn't want to not watch because everyone else was).
She's been watching 12s for a while now, but only ones I've watched and know are OK, she's seen one or two 15s, but again, only one's I know won't give her sleepless nights.
AIBU to wonder WTF the school was thinking taking the decision away from me? It's a bit late to do anything now, but if they think a 15's OK, why not an 18 next? Maybe fuck their heads with The Ring, or 28 Days Later? Why not?
AIBU?
DD1 (11 YO) watched a 15 rated horror film at their Halloween party.
AgentZigzag · 25/11/2012 01:13
Sorry if it's ia boarding school I sound thick 
! School are needing to be the parent in that situation so shouldn't be letting 11 yr olds watch this shit. I'd be steaming angry.
The party was from 6 - 10pm, and yes, the party was in the school building, thrown by the teachers.
It was a school Halloween party.
(She went dressed as Jane from Twilight, and looked fantastic )
I think I'd react in much the same way as you. I suppose you mean her boarding house is stacked? At my DC's boarding school, years 7-9 were in junior boarding houses and the senior houses were years 10-13 so we never had this kind of problem. Why do some people not realise that films are given age ratings for a reason?! 
Is it the house thing which is making you think it's boarding? I went to the local comp and we had three houses we were assigned to in the first year.
The house I was in was the shittest of the lot - naturally
No, not at all. I went to a grammar school which didn't have boarding facilities and we had a house system too. I guess it was the party and film afterwards. We never had such things!
I take the ratings as just guidelines Joan, and don't mind a bit under the age. It's not always about the swearing or violence either, I just looked up The Others and was surprised to see it's a 12, there's no way I'd let her see that 
freaky, creepy dead people
Maybe it's because the forms/houses are mixed ages and they over catered for the older children?
As a school they should be sticking to the cert, end of. Ok, I take MY 10 yr old to a 12A but I'm his parent. Not the school's decision to override certificate ratings. Grrrrrrrr and you won't be the only pissed off parent so that'll teach em .
An familiar with the whole House thing in secondary, just got confused with 'laddering' , haven't heard that bit of terminology yet from ds in Y7 .
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You mean I might have got all frothy over nowt 3mily??
Ah well, fit in well to AIBU then
Tbh the both look like the storyline she told us, both of them being about holes like
I was gonna say there are 2 Hole films...make sure you have the right one before going into the school all judgy
(But if they did show the 15 rated one judge away!)
at Ikea Knightly as well, she's not my favourite wooden actor that'd be Keanu Reeves .
We watched Hellraiser the other night Vesta, still scary as shit, and still eww at him ripping his hand on that nail.
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