This is news for the simple fact that some have speculated and rumored that the SAW franchises debut into 3D would for some reason eke by with a PG-13 rating...

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How do you make a torture movie for pre-teens besides "TWILIGHT"? If we live to see a "SAW" film that is PG-13 please place a bullet in our skull. Th MPAA made it official the next and possibly last entry into the "SAW" franchise will indeed have it's usual hard R rating. What does that mean?

It received it's hard R rating for "sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, and language."

There you have it Bidites. No dumbing down the violence for the gimmick. That means body parts flying at ya in glorious 3D. Look for "SAW 3D" to go head to head with "PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2" at the box office this October 22nd.

Source: STYD