PG-13 Horrors

[Chainsaw Guy]

What the fuck happen to blood and guts just spewing everywhere. And theres these people who wouldn't be able to see a horror movie unless it's PG-13 saying "The Grudge was scary!". So i think stay with R

[ItsAlive75]

Originally posted by Chainsaw Guy
What the fuck happen to blood and guts just spewing everywhere. And theres these people who wouldn't be able to see a horror movie unless it's PG-13 saying "The Grudge was scary!". So i think stay with R

Sometimes the story itself can be spooky. You don't necessarily NEED tons of blood and guts for a movie to be scary.

Rosemary's Baby and The Omen did pretty good without it.

[crippler666]

To me rating doesn't matter

Having a good plot does

But I agree with you to a certain point, if a film needs / requires gore, put it in

I like From Hell, good story line / plot, but it's violence lets it down (lack of)

The story is of Jack the Ripper (probably the most vicious killer ever, working on the principle of violence per victim)

If any film could and should have used gore, this was it, but it didn't

If the gore would have been in it would have enhanced the movie as you would have seen the violence and felt more for the victims

[jenna26]

Blood and gore have very little to do with whether a movie works or not, in my opinion. There are far more important elements; writing, pacing, direction, atmosphere. Not that gore isn't sometimes an important part of a film. And not to say I don't love a good gory film as much as the next horror fan. But it just isn't the deciding factor in whether I like a movie or not. Many films that have no gore at all (think classic) far surpass many that do. And there are many exceptional films with lots of gore. It just depends on how well all the other elements come together.

[IDrinkYourBlood]

From Hell was a piece of shit. The whole plot was so borring and it dragged on and on. Thats not really what happend either. And 10 extra minutes in a movie is fairly lengthy. I dont have a big problem with 14A horror movies, But personally Ill allways make my movies R.

[The_Return]

I really dont care what it's rated.

[jay o2 waster]

PG-13 = Big Fucking Bucks

[alkytrio666]

Originally posted by Gnaghi
Poltergeist was pg nuff said. Ok i lied not nuff said. Theres always a chance in a good pg-13 horror movie. I really dont go by ratings but NR is the best.

Well that was during the PG = R era. Ever seen Airplane? It's got it's fair share of nudity, profane language, drug abuse, sexual content, etc. It's rated PG. Same with the second one. So...Poltergeist can't count, because if it was realeased today it might get an R rating.

I think some people get too caught up in ratings. It really doesn't need to be R to be a good movie, and I think the problem is that some people walk into PG-13 movies thinking "This is gonna suck" and never even give it a chance.

[urgeok]

if its a good PG13 movie - great ...there are some very effective PG13 thrillers - but not many ... everyone here is scrambling to find more than 3 decent titles.

of all the horrors in my collection .. very few are rated PG ...

[jay o2 waster]

Originally posted by urgeok
if its a good PG13 movie - great ...there are some very effective PG13 thrillers - but not many ... everyone here is scrambling to find more than 3 decent titles.

of all the horrors in my collection .. very few are rated PG ...

the only way a pg13 can be good is if before they start making it they dont care what the rating is their main concertration is making a good movie, not worring about not getting a rating so that it is accessable to more people. A larger accepted audiance is going to mean more money. Plain and simple. Thats why all these "teen horror films" are rated pg13. because if it was rated r, then half of the teens wouldn't be able to see it.