Black Christmasremake screenwriter defends PG-13 rating: 'Doesn't make it any less vicious!'

Screenwriter April Wolfe has defended the PG-13 rating of the upcoming remake of the horror filmBlack Christmas.

Heres the deal: We wrote it with an R in mind,Wolfe stated on Twitter today.

Also I want to indoctrinate girls into horror.

Doesnt make it any less vicious!

Several of the websites commenters decried the news.

A horror movie rated PG-13 is not a horror movie, wrote TheMan.

(EW has confirmed that the Blumhouse-produced film is rated PG-13.)

The PG-13 rating has also been defended by Phil Nobile Jr. editor-in-chief of the recently relaunched horror magazineFangoria.

The movie is directed bySophia Takal(Always Shine).

And eventually, once they figure out who the bad guy is, they have to fight for survival.

The originalBlack Christmasfeels so contemporary and modern for the time.

I wanted to make something that reflected our time right now.

For me, it was about, What does it feel like to be a woman in 2019?

Black Christmasis released via Universal, Dec. 13.