What's an R-rated film you saw that you were too young to see? - General Discussion Discussion

[–] beantown23 (1438) 3 years ago

I never could remember the name but it gave me nightmares for awhile. I can picture a dark backyard and there was a guest house with long wooden stairs that a chopped head came rolling down. It was in the sixties and I think Bette Davis might have been in it.

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[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 3 years ago

That sounds like Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964). There's a "making of" episode about this movie on AMC's Backstory series. They mention how the severed hand and head scenes were filmed. See the 14:58 mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOkHuazAPL0

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[–] beantown23 (1438) 3 years ago

That's it, thanks for the link.

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[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 3 years ago

Glad to help.

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[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte, 1964

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (21718) 3 years ago

Has to be it.

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[–] TandyMan (11349) 3 years ago

I had pretty typical headcase parents. I could watch the most messed up movies imaginable as long as a nipple never made an appearance.

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[–] samoanjoes (58601) 3 years ago

Ha ha. Me too.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78598) 3 years ago

Porky's
Funny movie though👍

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (21718) 3 years ago

That was legendary when I was a kid!

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78598) 3 years ago

Yes, the 80s was the golden age of teen sex comedies but I was a bit to young to get a lot of the jokes😆

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (21718) 3 years ago

Way too many to list but the Emanuelle films with Laura Gemser really stand out and I still love them to this day.

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[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Nightmare on Elm Street. I was only 11. Gave me nightmares.

RoboCop. Also around 11. At a kids birthday party the parents put it on. I couldn't believe it. This wasn't an M rated movie (which I wasn't allowed to watch), this was an R rated movie! Things like seeing a man's hand being blown off is pretty graphic.

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[–] samoanjoes (58601) 3 years ago

I wasn't a fan of Freddy when I was younger. I wasn't scared of falling asleep, but his face was terrifying.

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[–] M1sterDoct0r (4560) 3 years ago

Looking back I watched A LOT of R-rated stuff that I was too young to see. Not just cause I was mostly unsupervised but also cause parents back then, at least ours, didn't make a big fuss over ratings & stuff.

The furthest back I can remember right now is, The Rambo trilogy & Jaws. Especially Jaws. The film messed me up when I was a kid. And the sequels as well. Which I genuinely don't remember. The original one is the only one that stuck with me

I still blame it for being the reason why I never learned how to swim. 😆

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[–] samoanjoes (58601) 3 years ago

I don't think those are too bad for kids though. I can actually see how a kid can find Jaws intriguing.

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[–] M1sterDoct0r (4560) 3 years ago

I think kids today are desensitized to these kind of things or just most horrific things in general but as someone who grew up before the age of social media & before the internet was for everyone (instead of just chat & business), it was pretty easy to scare me

Like my friends & I hadn't even started playing video games yet. Violent or not. So, we were pretty innocent at that age.

Plus, I should add that I was like 8 at the time. My introduction to horror & violence was through these films. I literally grew up with "grownup movies"

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[–] FentonMeiks (1349) 3 years ago

my older sister took my younger sister and i to see Jaws in a drive-in theater. we liked it. but going on toilet was scary afterwards.

Race with the Devil which is PG is the movie that scarred me for years. dark ending. wasnt ready as a kid.

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[–] samoanjoes (58601) 3 years ago

The PG movie that scared me was The Witches. I saw that in the theatre when I was 7 or 8.

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[–] bobbydallas (8682) 3 years ago

^ same here..
i kinda regret it though

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