..the mpaa got more rules and guidelines than a beach got sand.i recall an article from "gorezone" titled the golden age of gore 1978 to 1984(or 83)highlighting the goodies in that magic window..prior to the mpaa's crackdown.it was'nt blood so much(pooled or splattered)as it was running or flowing...they had an "issue" with that.

Was the violence in Passion of the Christ really necessary? The MPAA sure thought so.

period blood

if it had been any body else up on that cross it would have been rated NC-17

As someone said before, it's the red that they have issue with. Notice how in Kill Bill Vol.1, when that huge fight took place, the movie went from color to black and white. That's so Tarantino could leave all of the violence and bloodshed in without getting an NC-17, or having to edit the shit out of it. After the gore was over, the movie flipped back to color.

I don't think I'd have a problem with zombies bleeding black in a dark setting.

The REAL point of the thread....and the MPAA's true motivation and source of biased ratings emerges.....