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Blood soaked advert on Telegraph

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Goldfishjane · 07/04/2017 15:30

OMD I surf the web for general paper headlines and I was so not prepared for the scene shown from an 18 rated horror film.

Is it me or does everyone consider that fine now? FFS. I feel like throwing up.

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freeDeirdreRachid · 07/04/2017 15:31

Hard to say without seeing it for myself.

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Goldfishjane · 07/04/2017 15:34

well I don't suppose you can fish for a particular advert but it's a scene of people being drenched in blood.

just running in the background while I had a quick peek at the headlines.

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HallowedMimic · 07/04/2017 15:47

I don't mind horror film ads.

I use an ad blocker online though, so it isn't an issue.

AlexanderHamilton · 07/04/2017 15:50

I wonder if it's the same one that came up as a sponsored post on ds's Instagram feed. It was horrible.

Neverknowing · 07/04/2017 15:51

Yanbu what if you were a child? I think it's gross. Im super squeamish though so maybe I'm bu!

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Goldfishjane · 07/04/2017 15:53

Alex, was it a film called Raw?

I don't know what the point is of having a rating on a film if a newspaper website is allowed to run an advert from it that contains a gross scene. I can't be the only person that doesn't want a huge surge of blood while I'm just idly reading the news?!

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Goldfishjane · 07/04/2017 15:54

I've never need adblocker, I guess I'll have to look into installing it.

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7Days · 07/04/2017 15:55

That pretty much IS the newsSad

kali110 · 07/04/2017 15:55

Would a child be looking at the telegraph?

AlexanderHamilton · 07/04/2017 15:56

Yes it was. I reported it because under Instagram terms posts are supposed to be suitable for 13 plus age.

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Goldfishjane · 07/04/2017 15:58

Alex - I'm just thinking they couldn't run that on Twitter could they? I've been a user for years and never saw anything like this....yikes. Maybe some rule has been removed. ugh. ugh. ugh. What is WRONG with people?!

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AlexanderHamilton · 07/04/2017 15:58

My dd read online newspapers from about the age of 11/12 especially when researching current affairs type homework.

MongerTruffle · 07/04/2017 16:03

Would a child be looking at the telegraph?

DS certainly does.

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Goldfishjane · 08/04/2017 12:25

I complained to IPSO, be interesting to see what they say.

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kali110 · 08/04/2017 12:37

AlexanderHamilton i read theses a teenager, when a po said child i thought i they were referring to someone younger.

AlexanderHamilton · 08/04/2017 14:25

I'll be interested too. It really was a horrible advert, very gory.

NekoHime · 08/04/2017 16:23

I saw this advert on Facebook the other day and reported it. I'm not squeamish and love Walking Dead, Tarantino etc but I was shocked to see that graphic content in my news feed unsolicited on a site which accepts members from 13 years old. I hope it gets removed

AlexanderHamilton · 08/04/2017 16:24

That's exactly how I felt about it on Instagram Neko

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Goldfishjane · 08/04/2017 16:36

I hadn't thought of it from a kiddy perspective but if you were watching Walking Dead or a horror film you'd know to keep them out of the room

if you were just reading the news on your tablet, you wouldn't know because no one expects to see that!

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Goldfishjane · 08/04/2017 16:39

OMD I've just googled and it's one of those films that made people pass out
no idea how that advert got cleared.

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kali110 · 08/04/2017 17:58

Omg what film is this!

RockNRollNerd · 08/04/2017 18:40

Oh is it some French film about cannibalism - they were discussing on Front Row this week, sounded vvvvv grim. There was a lady on from the British Film Council raving about it but saying it was definitely not for the faint-hearted, apparently the director is a bit miffed that people are being sick in the cinema! Shock

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Goldfishjane · 08/04/2017 22:36

Yep, that's the one. I was wondering if it's worth alerting bbfc not much point giving it a rating with that advert doing the rounds.

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Sisinisawa · 08/04/2017 22:52

Have I read this thread before ? These replies are very familiar. I'm getting deja vue.

kali110 · 08/04/2017 23:04

Cheers RockNRollNerd

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