Tikoy Aguiluz’s upcoming horror film “Tragic Theater” was given an X-rating twice by the Movie Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB). Aguiluz however thinks that the movie producer Viva Films will submit a new edit of the trailer for MTRCB’s approval..
Set to open in January 2015, this latest horror film produced by Viva Films stars Andi Eigenmann, Christopher de Leon, and John Estrada.
According to the MTRCB’s Implementing Rules and Regulations of 2004, a film is afforded an X-rating if it is deemed “not suitable for public exhibition,” and appeals to and satisfies “craving for gratuitous sex and/or violence.” A film could also be tagged with an X-rating if it is “patently lewd, offensive, or demeaning” ; it attacks any race, creed, or religion; condones or encourages the use of illegal drugs and substances; undermines the faith and confidence of the people in their government and/or duly-constituted authorities; glorifies criminals or condones crimes; libelous or defamatory to the good name and reputation of any living or dead person; and if it “may constitute contempt of court or of a quasi-judicial tribunal, or may pertain to matters which are sub-judicial in nature.”
“Tragic Theater” is based on the novel of the same by G.M. Coronel about a group of spirit communicators who in 1999 attempted to exorcise the ghosts of laborers who had been reportedly buried alive in the bowels of the Manila Film Center during its construction in 1981.
Watch the uncut trailer below of the banned movie which premiered in Youtube on December 12:
