WHY the hell is Army of Darkness classed as horror and rated R???

[massacre man]

Originally Posted by Despare

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.

That would be awesome coming out of Bill Moseley's mouth.

[Phalanx]

Primarily Adventure/Comedy with an overall horror theme -
Which the whole series can really be put into, perhaps in different order per movie, eg:
1 Horror, Adventure, Comedy
2 Comedy, horror, Adventure
3 Adventure, comedy, horror.
...None of them were exclusively horror, all had comedy when you look at it.
That's why they probably just stuck with "horror", which is the dominant theme factor in all of them.
Throw army of darkness back 20 years from the time of it's release and it'd be considered "up there" with the real scary stuff back in the day, no?
Seems to me that's like what they were going for, more an homage to the "old" stuff that we might find laughable nowadays? Maybe, I dunno...the film was definately a bit of a piss take.
It's overall a story about evil forces that want to demonically possess the human race over time - that's a horror tale, regardless of how they choose to tell it.
Unless you want genres listed that cover up most of the case "horror/comedy/adventure/romance"...etc, just deal with it. If 1 (and especially) 2 deserve the "horror" mantle, 3 is there too.

...In any event, I think your argument regarding what the rating "should" be is a little more than 10 years too late.

[Psycom5k]

Originally Posted by Despare

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.

Actually yes I have. I was just using the MOVIES that were made of it as an example NOT the book itself. All I said was that if every movie was classified as horror just because it has a ghost or something in it,(Like the aptly named movie Ghost, which was more of a romance than anything) then that would be stupid. But hey thats just my opinion.




Oh yeah, and leave my jammies out of this.

Edit: On a side note.... who can guess where this quote came from -----> "I'm going off the rails on a Swayze train." First person to guess gets a cookie.

[Roderick Usher]

Originally Posted by Psycom5k

Edit: On a side note.... who can guess where this quote came from -----> "I'm going off the rails on a Swayze train." First person to guess gets a cookie.

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[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally Posted by Psycom5k

Actually yes I have. I was just using the MOVIES that were made of it as an example NOT the book itself. All I said was that if every movie was classified as horror just because it has a ghost or something in it,(Like the aptly named movie Ghost, which was more of a romance than anything) then that would be stupid. But hey thats just my opinion.

What you're saying is understood. The point is, do you really have to strain the comparison that much. Seriously, Army of Darkness 'n Christmas Carol, not to mention that you decided to throw Ghost into it. It's not the elements of horror but the theme..there's an army of skeletons and demons coming to destroy a town, that's a horror theme...not christmas or romance, horror.

[Psycom5k]

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

Trailer Park Boys

Correct rod, but your on a diet so instead you get...

:)

Originally Posted by AUSTIN316426808

What you're saying is understood. The point is, do you really have to strain the comparison that much. Seriously, Army of Darkness 'n Christmas Carol, not to mention that you decided to throw Ghost into it. It's not the elements of horror but the theme..there's an army of skeletons and demons coming to destroy a town, that's a horror theme...not christmas or romance, horror.

Thats fully understood, but the only reason I tried to strain that comparison(With a Patrick Swayze reference) is because someone decided to bash me( and my jammies) for trying to make a relevant point to this discussion.

[Despare]

Originally Posted by Psycom5k

Thats fully understood, but the only reason I tried to strain that comparison(With a Patrick Swayze reference) is because someone decided to bash me( and my jammies) for trying to make a relevant point to this discussion.

Actually chico, your point wasn't relevant unless you've seen some version of Dickens' classic in which ole' Ebenezer takes out Marley and the three ghosts of time with a shotgun and a chainsaw. I understood your point, I just didn't think it was very valid. I don't know why you can't see the horror elements in Army of Darkness but I know I won't be the one to lift the veil.

[Psycom5k]

Originally Posted by Despare

Actually chico, your point wasn't relevant unless you've seen some version of Dickens' classic in which ole' Ebenezer takes out Marley and the three ghosts of time with a shotgun and a chainsaw. I understood your point, I just didn't think it was very valid. I don't know why you can't see the horror elements in Army of Darkness but I know I won't be the one to lift the veil.

Who the hell said I can't see the horror elements in Army of Darkness? I never said that Army of darkness wasn't a horror movie. I never said that those elements aren't in the movie. All I was saying was that just because a movie has horror elements in it, doesn't necessarily mean that it is horror movie. And I was NOT saying that AoD isn't a horror movie, because thats what your trying to twist what I am saying into.

But ya know what? I'm done. There is no point in arguing with somebody like you. God forbid I try to get into a discussion. So drop it. I am.

[_____V_____]

Originally Posted by Psycom5k

Who the hell said I can't see the horror elements in Army of Darkness? I never said that Army of darkness wasn't a horror movie. I never said that those elements aren't in the movie. All I was saying was that just because a movie has horror elements in it, doesn't necessarily mean that it is horror movie. And I was NOT saying that AoD isn't a horror movie, because thats what your trying to twist what I am saying into.

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Originally Posted by Psycom5k

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.

Contradicting yourself, eh?;)

I love this film.
And it is an horror film. Besides some LOL and some ROFL here and there, some scenes are scarier than the most part of horror films from Hollywood nowadays. For example can be a bit shocking the scene in which he see something is growing inside him, with the eyes emerging from his shoulder... or when he mutilates himself with the chainsaw in the prologue.

But I'm sure it's rated R because of the "sex scene" :D