A pretty nice movie but not a movie you want your child to see. If you do want to show your 13 or 14 year old child show them the theatrical version of the movie no the directors cut. The directors cut is extremely gory, has very strong language ( F word repeated many times over 30), and a nude scene were it show a womens behind, and a quick glimpse of her breasts. Not a teen movie.
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Stay Alive
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Not age appropriate for kids under 16, age appropriate for kids over 18; suggested age 15. -
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Common Sense says
Ridiculous slasher flick. Teens, go elsewhere.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 15 and Under
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What Parents Need to Know
About Stay Alive
Parents need to know that film includes frequent references to killing and images of murder. Though most of the violent acts (stabbing, shooting, neck-slicing) are intimated rather than graphic, the bloody effects are very visible. The video game at the film's center is based on a real-life legend (a 17th-century Hungarian Countess who supposedly killed hundreds of children), and her young, white-gowned victim-ghosts appear as bloody, ravaged and broken (digitized) forms. After first murders (including a hanging), characters attend a funeral. One character lies about her family background (pretending to be of a higher social class). One early sex scene features two naked young people, one in a pig mask; the primary couple kisses near the end (typically, just when you think they should be running away!). Two characters smoke cigarettes; one smokes marijuana via a bong.
Read our full review by Cynthia Fuchs
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the relationships between friends and, in one case, sister and brother. How do these bonds lead them to investigate the murders and then get in trouble? How can video games or other media affect your sense of reality and responsibility, or your social life?
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- I rate this title off for age 13 and give it
Not A Movie You Want Your Child to see.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
scary but awsome
it was a good teen scream. a kid would not sleep at night. good for 15+
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
if u r looking 4 a bloody movie, watch STAY ALIVE: direcrors Cut.
i watched the unrated version. it was VERY bloody... a character gets hanged in the game, then in real life; another person is stabbed in game, then real life; a character gets run over by a horse drawn carriage; someone's head explodes; someone's neck is slashed; somebody is killed by a wierd blade/scissors type thing; and the antagonist has nails go through her heart, neck, and head and then is set on fire. this movie contains TONS of swearing in cluding at least 8-10 f-words, several "S#!+" s and many other words. there is one sex scene but nothing is shown. and 1 character says things while playing the game like "i can feel it in my pants". i however did like the movie, but most parents would find it extremely violent and gross.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
It was good
I have the PG-13 version on DVD because I hadn't seen it in the movies and i bought it the first day it came out, so i didnt know if the directors cut had the orginal version so i just got the Pg-13 one and now i regret it. I really want the unrated because the pg-13 version is pretty tame. The only violence and gore for it is mostly in the game and the death scenes they flash away
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
an awesome movie.......
Stay Alive is an awesome movie-in my and my friends oppinion anyway. if u r thinkin of watchin the Directors Cut version of this moviehere r some things to consider.Sure its and awesome movie but it uses the swears f--k, b--ch, ba---rd, a--, motherf---er, damn, d-ck and s--t,alot of times. there is also one scene around the beginning where there r 2 people havein sex, and u can c the dude's butt.(lol).later u can also briefly c boobs. So personally, i think it should b 'R'.theres my opinion, and it is A MUST C MOVIE!(sorry for bad spelling and grammer im used 2 MSN, oops, i did it again lol.)
- I rate this title iffy for age 17 and give it
not horrible, not great
It's an average horror movie. The language is much too bad for children to watch it, however. As for scary images, it's simply not that scary. I jumped maybe once the entire time.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
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Honestly..I Thought It Could Have Been Better...I Got Kinda Bored... it Could Have Been more...Gorey... but yeah...thats just me... but still...it was pretty good...
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Not Scary at All
Pathetically stupid, with a somewhat unique plot, and unscary jump scenes, its easier to consider a comedy than a horror film. Worth it on a boring night, but dont expect anything great.
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
Cute Horror Flick
To answer the above review, it got a PG 13 because there was very little actual violence in the movie and even the virtual violence was pretty tame. This is significantly less gruesome than most action-adventure movies and *way* less gory than most of the video games it emulated. There were depictions of violent death but for the most part the camera just flashed to and away from it, preventing viewers from seeing anything but a bunch of red. When my friends and I saw it, the theater was packed with kids in the 10-15 range and they spent most of the movie screaming and laughing and generally seeming to have fun. The premise is clever and it's fairly well executed. With things like Hostel and Saw II and The Hills Have Eyes out on the market, this is pretty much the only option for kids who want to see a horror flick. Luckily for them, it's not half bad.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
great horror flick
this is one of the best horror movies ive ever seen csm should have given this a pause
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Horror's Next Big Hit
I loved this movie! I am a big horror fan myself, and have seen almost every recent one, but this is best by far! If you like super-thrilling movies with that horror-gory touch (only a bit!), then SEE THIS MOVIE NOW!
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
How did this slasher get a PG13 rating??!!
I read everything on the website about this movie. I haven't even seen it but I want to know how it could possibly have received a PG-13 rating??!!
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Cool.
I liked this movie. I mean the first scene is a 3-second flash of a screaming zombie! How more PG-13 could you get? This shouldn't've been rated PG-13; it had a lot of action. I liked this movie though, they all die in the most creative ways. I mean, isn't it awesome to go flipping off a balcony, landing on a chandelier, breaking your neck, and hang on the chandelier like you're on a noose? Yeah, sounds real PG-13 to me. But anyways, I liked it.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Interesting plot!
This movie was pretty interesting. It was a different pg-13 horror flick and it gave you some good scares and jumping out of your seat moments. In my opinion this might have been a little bit to much for a pg-13 film(with the way the characters were killed off,)but it kept you awake and wondering what would happen next. I really liked the backround(settings)of where the movie took place.(the creepy house,the torture chamber,and the scary graveyard.)
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