Because at the time of the movie's release, all horror movies were pretty much given a R rating honestly. This was before the days of the PG-13 horrors.

Fucking MPAA:mad: I´m glad our censorship isn´t really the same hard.

How can you atleast not give AoD PG rating? I mean, it´s not that violent, have I said before that I think it should be rated G?

It is 'horror by association'...

There's a short bit of nudity, shotgun battles, demons trying to kill people, sexual banter, disturbing images...

You honestly think any kid anywhere should be able to walk in unsupervised and watch it?

I think it does fit a bit better into the fantasy genre, which you can see with all the homages in the movie to Harryhausen Greek mythology films. As for the violence, it's not whether the violence is too intense for adults, it's whether it's too intense for children that earns something an R. With some of the obscenity, the intensity of a guy tossed into a well with a demon and the constant splatter, yes, an R might work for it. My 4 year old brother loved the tv cut, but the average kid might find it intense.

I'm to lazy to read all of the thread, but I hope I can help a little.
It's neither horror nor fantasy. It's in the 'dark comedy' genre. And Mordrid is right. At the time it was made, everything was considered rated R. If it had any cussing it was automatically rated R. Just how they rated it back then.

just a reply!!
 

i ask myself the same question, lol, like i mean really why tf?
Wen i first watched Army of Darkness, i saw it on VHS , and i actually thought it was a comedy movie, really, especially the scene in the woods, when he goes after the necromancer, lool, that was just crazy, or the scene in the castle at the end, lol, or the scene with the chainsaw, i gotta admit that i laughed at that movie like i had never laughed at an horror movie before!!

i think it's the system, the fu*king rules that make the system, the same as using the f word too many times, i mean one time it's ok, but use it twice or more and the small kid will go 'round the block, fu*king people around!! :)) lol

'R' = 17, but unlike in the UK you can get in are younger if accompanied by an adult.

'NC-17' seems to be box office suicide since many cinema chains don't show films with this rating, but even this is not as strict as a UK '18' cert, which show in multiplexes packed with adults day in, day out.

Yanks, eh?

And that´s supposed to come from you who haves the signature you have?! Hahahahahaha! Thanks for the entertainment:-D

I'm not against any of it, but I think ratings should be in place for parents who don't want to take the time to watch a movie before plopping their brood down in front of it. Same with this forum, parents should be watching what their kids are doing online. Besides... my sig is medical. ;)