Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3048593-20190605150859/@comment-3048593-20200111052206

One thing I've found other people misunderstanding (not just with 'In the Multiverse of Madness', but also with the upcoming 'New Mutants'), is the idea that "if it is horror, it has to be R-rated in order to be effective." Ignoring the fact that two recent horror movies that were very well received, 'A Quiet Place' and 'Under the Shadow' (both of which I've seen), were rated PG-13. Neither of which relied much (if any) on gore or violence to be effective (which would've most likely earned them an R-rating).

And if one wants a classic example, 'Poltergeist' was PG (which is essentially PG-13 equivalent, since nowadays PG is used for kids movies), which is kinda what I can see a Doctor Strange movie doing, involving supernatural beings from other dimensions and such.