Gremlins Has the Most Violent PG Rating Ever Given

Following numerous complaints about the intensity of summer blockbusters like Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Ghostbusters, and Gremlins (released in June), the MPAA began consistently using the PG-13 rating in July 1984. This marked a clear boundary for films with potentially mature content and fundamentally altered the film rating system. It effectively ended the practice of overly violent movies being rated PG, with Gremlins becoming the final and most intense film to receive that rating.







