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Dante'sInferno 06-17-2007 09:22 AM

I think it's a Dark Comedy.With horror elemements and gore.Also a pinch of fantasy.

massacre man 06-18-2007 06:29 AM

Because, the ratings board knew it would make you mad.

Elvis_Christ 06-19-2007 04:46 PM

It was released over here as a R13 when it came out.

Despare 06-19-2007 06:08 PM

Because if it was rated PG-13 people would have bitched and said it would have ruined the series. ;)

Rob Bottin 11-04-2007 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Elvis_Christ (Post 611528)
It was released over here as a R13 when it came out.

:S Where are you from?

X¤MurderDoll¤X 11-04-2007 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Dante'sInferno (Post 611095)
I think it's a Dark Comedy.With horror elemements and gore.Also a pinch of fantasy.


dark comedy? I think it's most definitey slapstick comedy

The Vault of Horror 11-05-2007 08:23 AM

I agree. I think the only reason is cause its connected to the Evil Dead movies. But its so completely different, its a total comedy/fantasy. Not horror at all.

Despare 11-05-2007 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by The Vault of Horror (Post 644634)
Not horror at all.

There's some horror in the movie.

Marching skeletons, flesh eating books, the little Ashes, evil Ash, demons... it may not be "scary" but the movie has at least a foot inside the boundries that define "horror".

Psycom5k 11-06-2007 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Despare (Post 644704)
There's some horror in the movie.

Marching skeletons, flesh eating books, the little Ashes, evil Ash, demons... it may not be "scary" but the movie has at least a foot inside the boundries that define "horror".

So then by you saying that, that would mean that anything with horror themes would be filed under the horror genre. Which would mean, something with ghosts in it would be defined as horror. So, with that said, would you say that all the "A Christmas Carol" movies would be horror then? Because last time I checked it wasn't. Just because there are horror themes in a movie, does not make the movie horror. Therefor IMO Army of Darkness = Fantasy/comedy.

Despare 11-06-2007 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Psycom5k (Post 644972)
So then by you saying that, that would mean that anything with horror themes would be filed under the horror genre. Which would mean, something with ghosts in it would be defined as horror. So, with that said, would you say that all the "A Christmas Carol" movies would be horror then? Because last time I checked it wasn't. Just because there are horror themes in a movie, does not make the movie horror. Therefor IMO Army of Darkness = Fantasy/comedy.

There are plenty of horror elements in Army of Darkness; blood, guts, chainsaws, shotguns, skeletons, a posessed girlfriend, demons, etc... Not just "ghosts".

If you can't see it, too bad for you, because it's a great comedy/horror film.

"Duh, so demons mean ghosts and ghosts are in a Christmas Carol..."

Have you ever read the original Christmas Carol? It's a lot darker than that holiday dreck you watch on TBS on Christmas Eve before you put on your footie PJs and hit the sack to wait for Santa.

Don't be an idiot.


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