My Problem with PG-13 Horror

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• ZA

  @zanesjoint · 1 month ago (edited) · pinned

  unrelated to the video – but death coming in 3’s rings true to me every day… <br><br>in the span of 10 days we lost:<br><br>1. hayden panettiere<br>2. dolly parton<br>3. tim curry<br><br>i’m so upset, man :( the wrong people are dying. <br>RIP to these icons.

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• KA

  @Karma_G_Pierce · 1 month ago

  I don&apos;t mind when a PG13 horror movie is made with that rating already in mind but I can&apos;t stand it when a rated R picture is cut back to a PG13 for the sake of money

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• KA

  @kathylennerds750 · 1 month ago

  For me personally, I think the difference with kid&apos;s horror (Coraline, Monster House) and PG13 is that it seems that PG13 is &quot;coming down&quot; from R whereas the kids films are comfortable where they are. These movies get creative within the limitations while PG13 is <i>just</i> limited. You know?

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• CR

  @CrusaderPrincess · 1 month ago

  Okay but we ain&apos;t gonna lie and say the toys coming after Sid wasn&apos;t peak kid horror

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• AU

  @Aureliano-Buendia01 · 1 month ago

  I haven’t watched it yet but my initial thought: The ability to create a scary PG 13 horror is what separates the good directors from the great ones. Can you terrify me by relying on dread and not on a bunch of gore? Let’s see what artist merit you really have.

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• SH

  @shadows-sweet-embrace · 1 month ago

  I think the fact that people attribute shock value and gore to being &quot;mature&quot; and &quot;adult&quot; is a little silly. I can think of quite a few gory, shocking, R-rated horror movies that feel like they were written by a middle school boy named Kyle.

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• DI

  @diaryofam0ré · 1 month ago

  Rip dolly and Tim curry😕 (love u Zane)

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• DA

  @Daemonfae9 · 1 month ago

  I sort of feel like a lot of the PG-13 horrors are done by people who would still make a shitty horror movie if it WERE rated R?

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• BU

  @bunnybartends · 1 month ago

  in defense of pg-13 movies- i find that in the grief of losing my dad, r-rated movies are often too heavy themed for the escapism i crave, and g-rated movies are too far removed from reality (everything is perfect and the good guy always wins!)<br>pg-13 lands in the area that acknowledges adults are in the audience without the gore that leads me to existentialism on my bad days.

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• ED

  @edwardasnjdnod · 1 month ago

  Bro.... Jurassic Park is right there, that&apos;s like THE standard for PG-13 horror imo. They just sold it as an adventure movie to get away with it.

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• DE

  @debbystragier2154 · 1 month ago

  Needed this after seeing the news about Tim Curry 😢

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• TI

  @tiapesi2738 · 1 month ago

  If I was in a horrormovie. My ass would curse even more than I do on a daily basis.

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