Help me gage my reaction to this situation

[Doordowny]

DD is first year of comprehensive school, aged 11. Yesterday her class was made to watch The Woman in Black. DD is quiet and shy and is generally of a nervous disposition. She came home from school upset, had nightmares last night and again tonight.

I vaguely remember watching the film few years ago and I remember it being quite frightening.

Am I over reacting or is this bit of a piss take on the schools behalf?

My ds watched it at school at 11, I am 47 and can't watch it! I would be telling the school it was inappropriate tbh.

It’s a 12A and the teacher was present. I actually think it does kids good to be frightened in a safe environment, everything is a bit soft these days.

I am a total wimp and I won’t watch it because I think it looks too scary. Quick google got me to the BBFC website which says it was a 15! So surely the school should have got permission before showing it?

Ah apparently they cut parts from it to achieve a 12A rating.

Context? Are they studying the book?

What are they watching films at school?

Yes, I feel even at a 12 rating the high majority of the class were under age and no parental consent was requested.

Even more so if it's a 15 rating!

Why not what.

No link to the class work. They were winding down for imminent half term so the teacher put a film on.

My dd was 13.5 when she saw it in the cinema when it came out - she hated it and said it was horrible. DH went with her, and I don't think they realised it was a 15 cert until it was too late. Some of her year group studied the book, but her class did something else - she was quite relieved.

For age 11 I think it would have still been a bit much, even if some bits were edited.

It scared the hell out of me and I was in my late 40s.

Yes, Daniel Radcliffe’s acting in that is pretty bloody terrifying.

Terrifyingly bad that is