With only a few weeks to go before Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness arrives in theaters, the upcoming MCU film has received its official MPA rating. What's more telling is the description that teases horror elements.
The Doctor Strange sequel is not the first Marvel Cinematic Universe movie to get a PG-13 rating. In fact, all MCU films are rated PG-13 because of sexual content as well as violence and language that is unsuitable for younger audiences.
What makes Sam Raimi's MCU debut so interesting is what's said in its MPA rating, hinting that Doctor Strange 2 will have "intense sequence sequences of violence and action, frightening images and some language.
Before Raimi took over, Scott Derrickson always intended to make the follow-up to the first Doctor Strange film as MCU's first truly scary movie. Subsequent reports suggest that this vision from the Sinister director led to creative differences resulting in Marvel Studios going in a different direction.
After reading the PG-13 description, it appears that Multiverse of Madness will use horror elements to tell an effective tale. Ironically, Raimi is also known for horror films. Before becoming the guy behind the seminal Spider-Man movies from the 2000s, Raimi made a name for himself with the Evil Dead franchise.