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Old 03-06-2008, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Doc Faustus View Post
I think It is one of the greatest horror novels of all time, and he doesn't back off when it comes to scares and squirms. I think the movie adaptations of his work lead people to think of him as PG-13, but he really isn't. His hard R is a masterful one. Clive Barker and a lot of others are of course more hardcore than a hard R, but we shouldn't dismiss a book for being less than X rated any more than we should dismiss a film for its rating.
Very true Doc, often times I see people skip a movie that may look good because it's PG-13.
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