After months and months of torture from the MPAA, Rob Zombie has finally been able to submit a cut of his new horror film to the organization that received an R rating.

According to JoBlo, the film has finally been given the rating that Zombie has been after for quite some time now. It may not seem like that big of a deal to fans of the horror genre, but for producers and investors like Zombie, it could make or break the movie.

In the director's first two tries submitting to the MPAA, the film came back with an NC-17 rating, which basically means that no one under 17 could be admitted to see the film in theaters. Most theater chains will not carry a movie like this because there is no chance of making much money off of it.

Zombie realized this from the beginning, and he had the same trouble when he first submitted his debut feature film, "House of 1,000 Corpses." Just as he did with that film, Zombie took "31" back to the editing room and started chopping it to pieces so that he could get the rating he wanted.

The film has a very basic concept and comes right out of a Zombie playbook for the types of films that he likes to champion.

The basic premise follows five people who are friends. They are kidnapped the day before Halloween and taken to an amusement park filled with sadistic clown murderers. They are forced to participate in a game called 31, which is basically a game of survival. The only goal is for them to survive the next 12 hours of the game, at which point they will be released.

The film earned its "R" rating with the warning: "Strong bloody horror violence, pervasive language, sexual content and drug use." All of those warnings are inherent to nearly everything that Zombie has ever produced for the big screen.

The film will be making its debut later this month at the Sundance Film Festival. There has been no news on a wide release date yet.

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