Wes Craven Feared This Cult Classic Horror Film Was Destined To Get An NC-17 Rating

Wes Craven's cult horror film The People Under the Stairs nearly landed an NC-17 rating, but it got an R instead after Craven ...

Michael Rooker's Breakout Movie Helped Inspire The MPAA's NC-17 Rating

Michael Rooker might be known for his collaborations with James Gunn now, but the Marvel star's breakthrough role helped ...
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5 NC-17 Movies That Are Masterpieces

Movie ratings are strange, and every country has a different rating system and different things that the people behind that system take into account when it comes to deciding a movie’s rating. There ...
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Revisiting 'Showgirls', 30 Years Later

Showgirls stars Elizabeth Berkley as a Vegas dancer trying to move up from a seedy club to a glamorous hotel show. Paul Verhoeven's NC-17 movie was a notorious flop, but it is now considered a camp ...