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10 R-Rated Movies That Should Have Been PG-13

Adult life sucks. Children have it so much easier, with zero responsibility and a serious amount of free time. Despite this, most children fantasize about being older, moaning that they're too young to do anything. To be fair though, one thing that's particularly aggravating for adolescents everywhere is being unable to see all the movies they want due to ridiculous ratings.

6) The Frighteners (1996)

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Long before hobbits became cool (sort of), Peter Jackson made his name directing a number of extremely gory and violent horror movies, but his style became less extreme as the years went by. By the time Jackson began work on a comedic ghost story for Universal, the Kiwi filmmaker aimed for a PG-13 rating, but The Frighteners still ended up receiving a R rating for its scare factor.

There may be some blood and images of Hell, but the film is actually surprisingly tame compared to the majority of other R rated horrors, aside from the exploding head of course, but Jackson only added that in to justify the rating once it was confirmed.

You know what they say: If you can’t beat them…

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