Art the Clown is making an impact on the world…in a most hellacious way.

After a screening in the UK caused a total of 11 walkouts, France isn’t taking in any chances and has announced that for the first time in 18 years, they are not allowing anyone under the age of 18 to be allowed to see the film.

The last time this had happened was in 2006, when the country banned anyone under 18 from attending screenings of Saw III. The rating is similar to the U.S.’s NC-17 rating, but the country’s rating board felt it was necessary. The French distributors told Bloody Disgusting:

“We can only deplore this unexpected final decision, which will seriously hamper the release of the film, awaited by tens of thousands of French viewers and scheduled for October 9 (and of course maintained). Terrifier 3 is a film d’auteur in the purest tradition of the slasher genre, with perfectly “grand-guignolesque” and unrealistic violence. The film never takes itself too seriously, and we know that viewers will have the necessary distance and maturity to understand and appreciate this artistic approach.”

In the United States, the film will screen tonight at the Sitges Film Festival with the nationwide theatrical release set for one week away, on October 11.