In the late 1980’s, the Horror genre came under heavy fire
from detractors. Slasher and Splatter
films had become very popular with the teen demographic and seemed to be
skewing younger by the day. The home
video market had made such extreme fare more widely accessible to small
children than ever before. Buckling
under public pressure, the MPAA began cracking down on envelope pushing horror films. As is often the case with such crackdowns,
certain films were unfairly persecuted.
One in particular suffered the same fate at the hands of the MPAA as far
more grisly fare. This was despite the
fact that it was essentially a slapstick comedy.
