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You Can't Produce a Good PG-13 Zombie Horror Movie

posted 9 years ago by RforFilm
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Aside from how I felt about Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (I didn't like it), this movie only serves proof as in why a descent zombie movie can't be done well with a PG-13 rating.

Going back to George Romero's Night of the Living Dead franchise and The Walking Dead TV show, what makes watching the zombies entertaining is just how bloody they can get with both retaining R and TV-MA ratings. They're monster stories first before anything else, and a creature is the star of their story. Vampires lure and bite, werwolves main and eat, and with zombies, they don't just attack and eat, they go at it as bloody and disgusting as they can.

Zombies are a messy group and weather it's them eating or the hunters killing them, it's going to be dirty. While there are a few exceptions to the rules like ParaNorman (without spoiling it, it's more of a tragic redemption) and Warm Bodies (which was a comedy-romance in a zombie setting), the audiences that watch zombie stories are the ones that want to see as much action. That's going to mean lot's of splattering blood and limbs coming off.

Lions gate tried to pass off Pride and Prejudice and Zombies with a PG-13 in order to gain a wider window and take advantage of the teen audience, they've underestimated how much teenagers can handle (at least the ones that like Zombie action). With a PG-13, much of the blood splattering and heads flying cannot be as prominent as per the MPPA rules with violence. Had this been R rated, I think that more typical zombie fans would have gone out to see this.

What do you think? Are there any good PG-13 zombie movie's out there?

[–] bishop-69757 9 years ago

I thought the movie was worth a one time watch but the PG13 rating hurt the movie. I got sick of the cutaways and seeing a sword or knife stab a zombie with very little to no blood. 5/10 I saw it on a bad weather day and there is nothing else out that I care about right now.

[–] leonwatson79 9 years ago

In England it has the same rating as Deadpool a 15.

[–] Wombstar 9 years ago

But it's not a horror film, it's an action film.

[–] Julie-30 9 years ago

It's not a horror film. It's a comedy based on Pride and Prejudice. With some zombies thrown in for laughs.

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[–] BadNewsCrewse 9 years ago

World War Z

[–] TheHungryAndAngryShow 9 years ago

I would argue it's nearly impossible to make a very good to great PG-13 horror movie at all. The only one that comes to mind as being great is Poltergeist (the original) which actually was PG as there was no PG-13 back then. Krampus and Trick R Treat, both from the same director, were PG-13 and decent, but not amazing. Granted, I do not bother to see many of the PG-13 horror movies as they ultimately bore me, but the ones that I have seen have not impressed me at all.

[–] fastdontlie 9 years ago

You should try Lust of the Dead Trilogy.

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[–] !!!deleted!!! (6571724) 8 years ago

The Ring. Boom. You're instantly wrong. Back under your rock, trash.

[–] tlm557 8 years ago

Most movies aren't going to be very good if they are hacked up to get a PG-13 rating... PG-13 is for kids... we want movies made for adults! No, not porn... just good, entertaining movies that aren't censored for the immature.