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Why was this film rated R?

posted 20 years ago by crooow
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Like most of the people here at the IMDB, I've only seen Hobgoblins on "Mystery Science Theater 3000". I could not sit through this film without Mike and the bots, but I know several here have. My question to those unfortunate souls is this: what was edited out of the film so it could run with a TVPG rating? Thank you.

[–] ColinLR 20 years ago

I'm guessing it was rated R for nudity. An entry in the Goofs section refers to Amy's breasts during the scene in Club Scum...we obviously never see her breasts exposed in the MST version. I guess the striptease goes a bit farther in the "uncut" version. Probably some profanity as well, I would venture to guess.

[–] Rebochan 19 years ago

The tattoo is visible in the MST3K version - that's what the goof is referring to. It's pretty far up her chest, so it's just barely part of her breast.

[–] ad_12379 19 years ago

It was rated R because it can cause you permanent brain damage ...