16 is too early - the bodies and minds of both girls and boys are not ready yet.
18 to watch, 21 to have
Do they actually make 18 rated films anymore?
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16 is too early - the bodies and minds of both girls and boys are not ready yet.
18 to watch, 21 to have
That scene still haunts me. YeeshYou obviously haven't seen Bone Tomahawk
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That scene still haunts me. Yeesh
Haha, you know the one I mean then
Me and the Mrs were hiding behind sofa cushions it was that bad
You can filter on 18s here. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/reviews/age/18/category/movie
I dont always agree with it, but commonsensemedia gives you a better idea of a film then age rating does sometimes.
Salems lot was 18's I think at the time. I'd be surprised if its a 12 these days.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/salems_lot_the_movie/
You can find a lot of decisions here... http://feeds.feedburner.com/bbfc/filmfeed
I dont always agree with it, but commonsensemedia gives you a better idea of a film then age rating does sometimes.
Salems lot was 18's I think at the time. I'd be surprised if its a 12 these days.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/salems_lot_the_movie/
You can find a lot of decisions here... http://feeds.feedburner.com/bbfc/filmfeed
You can do a search on the BBFC website by ratings or film and get a lot of information
I think they also do an app for tablets and phones now.
One of my favourite example of how things have changed over the years is Mad Max which started as a cut 18 (or X in those days) for the cinema, to a more heavily cut 18 for home video, and is now an uncut 15.
I think they also do an app for tablets and phones now.
One of my favourite example of how things have changed over the years is Mad Max which started as a cut 18 (or X in those days) for the cinema, to a more heavily cut 18 for home video, and is now an uncut 15.
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Growing up if a film had an 18 certificate it automatically become cool and a must see - Predator, Terminator (pretty much any Arnie movie), RoboCop and Nightmare on Elm street etc were all looked upon with an aura of fascination.
Something that some distributors took into account
IIRC Manga UK used to liberally add swearing to their translations because they knew that the 18 cert on an animate title would get some people to buy it just out of curiosity
16 is too early - the bodies and minds of both girls and boys are not ready yet.
18 to watch, 21 to have
Your son/daughter (if you have one) will almost certainly be having sex at 16...
Would you prefer they did it illegally in the woods/in the back of a car/behind the bike shed, afraid to talk to you about any concerns/questions they have because it's illegal and potentially end up with a statutory rape charge
or
Safely and legally at home, comfortable to ask you for advice/come to you with concerns if they need it?
Arnie in his hey day, was synonymous with 18 rated films. I would add Se7en & The Crow. The Exorcist, was another, no one owned a copy.
18 rated films as a youngster were very cool. To be fair ignoring the obvious shock fest films, films such as Freddie mentions - awesome. I watched Robocop (1987) the Directors cut when it was released on Blu-Ray, quite brutal. Whereas Die Hard at release was rated an 18 and now a 15 when compared to films nowadays?
I watch some films or online services nowadays which are rated 15 and think, blimey, a few years back these would have been 18 easily.
i recall searching for a copy of Evil Dead, it was the total poster child for the fall of civilization according to the BBFC. banned then released cut etc. a few weeks ago i wateched Ash vs Evil Dead ~ freely available on DVD and the levels of gore and violence are magnitudes above the original film, lol.
The thing with Evil Dead that is always overlooked is that it's virtually slapstick violence so doesn't have much impact. BBFC back then never really took context into account that much
That is very true
To be fair, much of that 'cool' is that they used to market a pretty sweet toy line for all those movies. You don't tend to get kids toys sold off the back of age rated movies any more.