Movies rated X/NC-17 or "No One Under 17 Admitted" thread!

[retrorussell]

New game!
And I know there can be grey areas like a movie was initially given an X rating until it was re-submitted to the MPAA with cuts to get to an R rating.. or maybe it had the X-rated footage restored for home video or something.. I would rather just go with what we KNOW was X, NC-17 or NOU17A in the trailer or ads/posters.  Now, it could have been later cut or re-rated "R" after its release and still count.  If you aren't sure and doing the research feels too tiresome (and I would completely understand if it did), check the Internet Movie Database for clarification.

Just something about those "forbidden fruits" piques my interest.  I remember ZOMBIE and NIGHT OF THE ZOMBIES being in the papers and having the blurb "There is no explicit sex in this picture.  However, there are scenes of violence which may be considered shocking.  No One Under 17 Will Be Admitted.".  How cool!

Also, if it can be helped, I'm looking for this rating criteria to be AMERICAN in nature.  Movies rated as such in other countries, but just R or unrated in the US, should not count.  Again, consult the IMDB for clarification.

If you want to provide clarification of its release and if it was re-rated R later, or released unrated after its initial release as X/NC-17, or any of the above things or whatever, that's up to you.  I may do that myself as I find it to be a fascinating subject.  Some movies rated/labeled as such back then would not bat an eyelid today (like the dull TROPIC OF CANCER).

I'll start:

1. ZOMBIE aka ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS or ZOMBI II (1979)
As mentioned, this got the "No One Under 17 Admitted" label in the US.  There are definitely scenes that can be considered shocking, and hold up today!  Probably Lucio Fulci's best film.

[RCMerchant]

2. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)

[retrorussell]

3. PIECES (1982)
Daft but gory horror flick with a British, American, and Spanish cast.  Nutso with a troubled past and roaring chainsaw thins the coed populace at a "Boston" college.  Ian Sera ("It Stinks!" from Pod People), Christopher George and wife Lynda Day star.  NO ONE UNDER 17 ADMITTED.
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[Rev. Powell]

4 Henry & June (1990), the first movie officially released as NC-17. It is not as sexy as its rating suggests, it really should have been an "R."

[bob]

5 A Clockwork Orange (1971)

[retrorussell]

Also, if it can be helped, I'm looking for this rating criteria to be AMERICAN in nature.  Movies rated as such in other countries, but just R or unrated in the US, should not count.  Again, consult the IMDB for clarification.

6. Full Metal Jacket was rated "no persons between the two and twenty one years of age admitted" so that is technically an X rating.

I had a feeling this might be tough for our foreign badmovies friends that have different ratings in their native theaters/ads, but yeah-- I'm looking for films that were X/NC-17/No One Under 17 Admitted in the US.  Full Metal Jacket only got an R rating in the US.  If you aren't sure, just ask.  I'll be happy to help.  Thanks though!

[chainsaw midget]

Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer was released with an X-rating.

It also got two Thumbs up from Siskel and Ebert. 

[retrorussell]

Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer was released with an X-rating.

It also got two Thumbs up from Siskel and Ebert. 

I've seen it with the "No One Under.." label.  Man, what a good flick!

#7.
BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (1970)
Not really related to VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.  Crazy, sex-drugs-n-rock-and-roll multi-genred movie!  A group of musician friends share lovers, drugs, and one nutso manager.  By turns, it's comedy, musical, drama, erotica and horror!  Rated X for drugs/sex/nudity/violence, and nowadays is rated NC-17.  Russ Meyer directed, and Roger Ebert co-wrote it!

[bob]

8 If.... (1968)



at the time of its release If.... received an X rating for its depictions of violence

[retrorussell]

9. MARDI GRAS MASSACRE (1978)
Really bad horror flick involving a N'awlins nutso who carves out the hearts of women in a pagan ritual.  Sort of a remake of BLOOD FEAST.  Trailers/posters gave it the "No One Under 17 Admitted" blurb.
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[Rev. Powell]

10. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989). Grossout art-house. Offered an X rating in the U.S., released unrated "Adults Only."

[retrorussell]

11. NIGHTMARE/NIGHTMARES IN A DAMAGED BRAIN (1981)
Definitely not wall-to-wall gore, but some scenes (one in particular) were nasty enough to earn the "No One Under 17 Admitted" blurb.  Kid who kills his mom/stepdad with an axe (the movie's most notorious scene) grows to be an unhinged wackadoo who offs various (mostly) women in-between visiting New York's seedy strip clubs/porn theaters/etc.  Not very good and it takes way too long to get to the good stuff, but a solid performance by Baird Stafford as the killer.  SFX legend Tom Savini was only a consultant on set and didn't do any of the effects, unlike what the trailer claims.
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[retrorussell]

12. BLOOD DINER (1987)
Originally intended to be another sort of remake of BLOOD FEAST but got turned into a horror comedy with a bit of a different plotline.  2 cannibalistic brothers running a diner need to chop up patrons' body parts to revive an ancient Egyptian goddess.  The talking disembodied brain of their late uncle assists them.  More silly than scary, and more comedy than horror-- though there's tons of gore and some nudity.  Carried the NO ONE UNDER 17 ADMITTED label.  Very limited theatrical release, then went to video.

[RCMerchant]

13. LAST TANGO IN PARIS (1972)

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14. EVIL DEAD (1981)
The first in the long running franchise!  College mates vacation at a cabin in the woods and are beset by evil spirits which turn them against each other.  Kick started the careers of Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell.  Initially released with the blurb NO ONE UNDER 17 ADMITTED (or something quite similar), for its heavy gore.  It is now rated NC-17.