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Enda80
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
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 Posted - 02/28/2009 : 09:09:08 AM
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Many people stereotype adventure films of the 1970's and 1980's as R-rated. They think that the only adventure films that went PG or PG-13 were comic book or comic strip based. This ignores Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and numerous others.
However, it would appear that most horror films of the 1970's and 1980's were R-rated. Can anyone think of PG-13 horror films from that era? |
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Neville
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Spain
1590 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2009 : 11:37:56 AM
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I can't say. I would have mentioned the Nightmare on Elm Street series, but a quick look at IMDB tells me they were R-rated.
Doesn't that sound as a bit excessive? I don't remember them being that nasty. |
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Danitsu
Minister of the Sacraments of Jabootu
40 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2009 : 9:38:02 PM
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The Critters movies were PG-13.
The 1970s Dunwich Horror starring Dean Stockwell was pretty wild for PG.
"If you get served and serve them back...Then IT'S ON!!!" |
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hentai_wolf
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
139 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2009 : 10:30:41 PM
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| Nevermind. I should read before I post. |
Edited by - hentai_wolf on 02/28/2009 10:31:32 PM |
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hbrennan
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Philippines
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Posted - 03/01/2009 : 02:56:13 AM
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I saw "Nightmare on Elm Street" when it first came out. I wouldn't put it in the category of "Hellraiser" - but it was pretty nasty (at least for the times). "Dunwich Horror" (although poorly done) was pretty wild - but not in a bloody, gruesome sense - it was definitely PG fare.
"...yet it hadn't destroyed his brain."
re: Charles "The Butcher" Benton (1956)
http://www.henrybrennan.com/
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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 03/01/2009 : 11:07:17 AM
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Philip Kaufman's version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers might be considered horror (though it's officially sci-fi), and it had a PG rating.
There was a little movie called The Other (NOT the Nicole Kidman movie, though I liked that, too), that had a PG rating, and it creeped me out. You can guess the big twist in The Other five minutes in, but it's what happens AFTER the big reveal that's truly disturbing.
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dconner
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
USA
104 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2009 : 1:43:33 PM
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| As I mentioned in the thread on ratings in general, the creation of the PG-13 is a real watershed. Before that, PG didn't necessarily mean "completely watered-down." Now, PG-13 is pretty much the "default setting." |
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SFfilmfan
Diocesan Ecclesiarch of the Sacred Order of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 03/18/2009 : 1:43:42 PM
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| Goodness knows, most of Amicus' movies were PG-rated, including TALES FROM THE CRYPT. Hammer only started making R-rated movies in the '70s. However, the idea of a family friendly horror movie pretty much disappeared, though POLTERGEIST was PG as I recall. |
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dconner
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 03/19/2009 : 09:29:57 AM
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| IIRC, Poltergeist was one of the "poster child" movies used to argue that the new PG-13 rating was necessary. |
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