tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post1621720567072779237..comments2023-11-05T02:57:06.922-05:00Comments on The Vault of Horror: The Downside of PG-13 SlashersB-Solhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-76401120376248428762009-04-01T13:01:00.000-04:002009-04-01T13:01:00.000-04:00AwesomeAwesomeNike Air Force Onehttp://www.sneakeralley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-52749538640434488552008-04-24T09:58:00.000-04:002008-04-24T09:58:00.000-04:00As far as my own experience goes, they didn't make...As far as my own experience goes, they didn't make PG-13 rated slasher movies when I was a kid. All slasher movies were rated R, and I never went to see any of them as a kid, because I was too young to get in, and my parents wouldn't take me. The first slasher I saw in the theater was Nightmare on Elm Street IV. I was 14, and got in with an 18-year-old friend. The majority of the audience were adults. And that was a very rare occurence for me. Before that, my horror experience was pretty much confined to the far less violent horror movies of the '30s, '40s and '50s.<BR/>I did get to see more violent horror flicks thanks to home video, but not until my parents thought it was kosher. Of course young kids are gonna try to get their hands on that stuff as much as possible, that's normal--and that's why it's the job of parents to keep watch over it.B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-48612978635666699452008-04-24T09:05:00.000-04:002008-04-24T09:05:00.000-04:00Maybe I'm a bit confused... I thought this was a H...Maybe I'm a bit confused... I thought this was a HORROR blog... what were you guys watching when YOU were 10, 11, 12, 14? I was old enough to see Friday the 13th in a theater on its 1st release, so OK, I can't relate to the Slasher issue, but I assume you all, like me, were managing to see whatever gore and grue you could (for me that included staying up 'til midnight on Halloween when I was 8 to watch "Psycho" on TV - and the main difference between Psycho and a slasher is that Psycho is actually scary, and disturbing).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-88200521494045222722008-04-21T15:12:00.000-04:002008-04-21T15:12:00.000-04:00I agree, and I want to be clear about something. I...I agree, and I want to be clear about something. I let my kids watch horror movies too. They're much younger, so I keep it to the tamer ones like the Universal monsters. But by 14, it would pretty much be anything goes, as far as I'm concerned. The point I'm making though is that 1.) There are some kids at that age that still aren't really ready for it, and 2.) that even parents who let their kids watch horror movies should really be watching them with them, instead of leaving them to their own devices. Teenagers are an excitable bunch--that's why they have parents. We're there to guide them.B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-40783651727107230852008-04-21T12:53:00.000-04:002008-04-21T12:53:00.000-04:00Hey now...my son is 14 and LOVES horror movies. (a...Hey now...my son is 14 and LOVES horror movies. (and isnt a little punk either) Now while I understand you are talking about slasher flicks and that could be a different story...I'd let my son watch one. (and do, Friday the 13th etc, the old school ones) The only horror movie that has really scared him has been The Thing! Anyway, I do agree that they shouldnt 'kid-down' horror movies, it's just wrong. But look what Hollywood did with Grindhouse...releasing it seperately, w/ no trailers....<BR/>Anyway, just want to make the point that it's not wrong to let your pre-teen and young teens watch horror movies. It's a staple in my house, and something we all really enjoy doing as a family. (and at his age now, one of the only things he likes doing with mom and pops! ;)) It's fun, not something bad, and just dont want people to get on some high-horse of rapping parents across the knuckles for letting their kids have some good ol' American fun of horror movies.<BR/>Let's face it, some stuffy parents would be appaled, just appaled ;), that parents let their kids watch horror flicks, but they need to go take their valium and go break KISS records or something. bleahh..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-53257193292751747962008-04-21T11:10:00.000-04:002008-04-21T11:10:00.000-04:00Entertainment Weekly has an article on Prom Night ...Entertainment Weekly has an article on Prom Night ripping up the box office, and Screen Gems president Clint Culpepper is quoted as saying, "If you are going to make a movie for a bunch of kids, you have to make it PG-13. You try not to make the movie for an audience that is older than your protagonist."<BR/><BR/>That's really total crap, and you have a point. Why would we tone down the violence just to market the movie to an audience that's still not old enough to see it. That's like making a porn movie PG-13. Oh wait, we're getting closer and closer to that as well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350692916090777986noreply@blogger.com