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Oh, yes, 20 years ago films were MUCH more violent, even with a PG-13 or a PG.

Agreed. Especially Sam Peckinpah. "Straw Dogs" is one of my faves.

Tell you what, very few people younger than me believe me when I tell them how truly violent and sexual (sometimes simultaneously) the films of the late '70s and early '80s actually were. Movies voted the most violent of all time were made then.

Furthermore, the ratings system was all but ignored. I was seeing R-rated films at the tender age of ten, and UN-rated films like "Dawn Of The Dead" and "Cannibal Ferox" were widely available, no questions asked, at the local video store.

Sam Peckinpah? How about George Romero, Lucio Fulci, or Ruggero Deodato? Talk about gorefests.