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Every since them American remakes of those Japanese horror flicks were created in 1999
When did PG-13 Horror flicks start to become popular?
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Saysumthinfunnymike
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I was thinking around the time The Ring and The Grudge dropped but I liked those. I like The Ring a lot. For being PG-13 I thought it was a creepy movie bruh 
Yeah there are cases when it works and cases when it doesn't. A PG 13 ghost movie is fine in my book. Ratings themselves are pretty arbitrary because they're given out by the MPAA, who seemingly picks and chooses with no rhyme or reason when something is an R or something is PG 13. The Conjuring has little blood and practically no gore but they gave it an R rating due to "terror"; essentially saying the movie is so scary it has to be rated R
On the flip side, if Terminator 2 came out today, it would be PG 13 easily. It's no more violent than the dark knight
I've heard a few filmmakers talk about the ratings board and ratings in general and how they really make no sense.
even Boyhood and Eighth grade got R ratings 
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Technically "PG13" Horror movies been around since the early days of Hollywood.
KalKal
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"Gremilins" (horror comedy) is one of the movies that directly led to the creation of the PG-13 rating system, along with "Temple of Doom".
Also:
It's not a horror movie, but Planet of the Apes was rated G when it was first released.
If you did a shot for shot remake of it now with the same script ("God damn you all to Hell!") It would be automatically PG-13
CreepyMcCreeperson
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Keep in mind, parents drop teens off at the movies, and that adds to ticket sales. You're getting a bigger audience from PG13 films, because people of all ages are going.
A good PG13 horror film is Mama with Jessica Chastain.
A good PG13 horror film is Mama with Jessica Chastain.
Are they treating "R" like "NC-17"?
That's why Netflix are winning. Hollywood needs to say fukk it. Let these kids watch "R" Horror Flicks cut the dumb rule BS.
Kids are watching Netflix, Kids are buying "R" video games, kids are watching "Youtube" with cussing, booty shaking, on some "R" shyt. It's social media era now.
That's why Netflix are winning. Hollywood needs to say fukk it. Let these kids watch "R" Horror Flicks cut the dumb rule BS.
Kids are watching Netflix, Kids are buying "R" video games, kids are watching "Youtube" with cussing, booty shaking, on some "R" shyt. It's social media era now.
MenacingMonk
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KalKal
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Something else about Gremlins:
It led to a LOT of knockoff movies trying to cash in on it.
A Comprehensive List of "Gremlins" Ripoffs
What I had forgotten was that many of these were rated PG-13, e.g.
So, to be honest there was already a wave of PG-13 horror movies right there on day 1.
Pit Bull
GATOR
Some bullshyt from the early 00s
Saysumthinfunnymike
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Those Critters posters used to scare the fukk outta me at the old video store. A kid shouldn't be subjected to that 
KalKal
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Those Critters posters used to scare the fukk outta me at the old video store. A kid shouldn't be subjected to that
Seeing this scene on TV as a kid messed me up
I'm actually surprised this was PG-13.
