Australian video ratings advice ad 90's

[@silas1414]

Wow. Powerful time machine. This blew my brain back to the 90's

[@dibbo9264]

This ad takes me back

[@MrPillowStudios]

Fun Fact: In Australia, the ratings are by the government so it can and IS legally enforced.

[@stupendous1068]

I thought film classifications were given by an independent organization, MPAA, BBFC, etc.

[@MrPillowStudios]

@@stupendous1068 Outside of Australia yes

[@Xeridanus]

Fun Fact: It's only enforced at point of sale. R18+ you had to show some ID if you looked too young. MA15+ was mostly enforced at cinemas but not video rentals. But if your parent was with you and gave permission, there's nothing they could do unless it was R18+.

[@NWR1991]

I remember this ad and hardly I had no idea what movies they were showing back then :P

[@Iggywiggywoo]

I miss the 90s

[@stupendous1068]

I had a huge crush on the goth girl in this ad. It's sad to think that all 3 kids in this commercial would now be in their 40s.

[@CousinJesse1]

Same lmaooo goth girls are the best

[@TheSolidMidgetOfficial]

Sheeeit. I would have been only a kid when I saw this ad back then. And same.

[@judee.caulfield6386]

Where are they now??

[@Elitist20]

I preferred the mum.

[@shanic4125]

Some goth she is, covering her eyes at the horror films! 😂

[@ItsKapow]

"What do you think Frank?"

[@IMP72357]

Umm... sexy time?

[@brisgeek]

After all these years, did we ever find out what Frank thought?

[@TheSlamSociety]

Pretty sure Frank would have been pretty stoked with the situation

[@Me-qp8vz]

Frank Threw up and the next take said ok.

[@Salesiable]

I’ve seen countless times back in the days of Watching all my favourite movies on Video back in the Mid and Late 90s and Early 2000s

[@AustinDickerson2001Tiger]

G: General PG: Parental guidance recommended M: Recommended for mature audiences MA15+: Restricted to persons 15 and older unless accompanied by a parent or adult guardian R18+: Restricted ONLY to adults 18 and older X18+: Restricted ONLY to adults 18 and older

[@cradica]

G=TV-G PG=TV-PG M=TV-14 MA15 and R18=TV-MA X-18=18+

[@andrewattenboroughtwothumb4697]

Now just r18

[@cradica]

@@andrewattenboroughtwothumb4697 no, X-18 is still on the Australian site.

[@tapesalvage]

i'm pretty certain its 'Body Of Evidence' from 1993 starring Madonna whom you see in the clip here

[@ymd2516]

Yup that’s Madonna in Body of Evidence all right

[@stupendous1068]

Co-starring Willem Dafoe.

[@flatcapman]

yes one of the many thrillers in the 0's but it didnt do Madonna any favours at the time. Most adults found the sex scenes more uncomtable then sexy

[@dane21dc]

@@stupendous1068The human tripod

[@Me-qp8vz]

Oh yeah this is the 93 version of this add. They kept using this add and edited it depending which movies were coming out. Hence back to the future 3 in 89 being the first part. Because as you know a movie in 89 did not take 4 years to come to VHS. They always left in the BTTF2 bit and changed the last bit. Can't remember what horror movie they are reacting too, I'll think of it eventually.

[@cmndrGIGGLES]

still have my copy of power rangers the movie on video cassette, always played this did

[@HOTD108_]

Does anyone know what each of these films are? I recognise Back to the Future Part III for PG and I recognise Terminator 2 for M, but I'm completely lost as to what films are being used for G, MA, and R18+ here. If anyone could help me identify these films you'd be helping me solve a personal 20 year+ mystery. Edit: I recognise that the first part of the G clip is a Looney Tune short, but then it transitions to something live-action which I can't yet indentify.

[@isaaharel3395]

The Daffy duck one is from the Ducksters Ep he saying truth or ahhh

[@GorillaBiscuits89]

Far out this takes me back

[@jackbollingmoore7554]

I saw this on rental VHS tapes

[@deckofcards87]

VHS ads and bumpers were always entertaining

[@clangaman2810]

00:13 Terminator 2, the best sequal ever.

[@flatcapman]

I found part 1 to be better with the love story between Sara and Reece. Part 2 was better with the effects but made the Batman 1960's curse of making the T-1000 more exciting then the heroes in the film. It was stupidly uneven with that

[@shannon3888]

What were the last two films ? MA and R?

[@quizmaster85]

"Night Terrors" and "Body of Evidence".

[@KingValas]

ma movie is called Night Terrors

[@vent1847]

Thank you so much! I 've been waiting several years to find that out. FUCKING HELL!!. How did you find that out? you just blew mind.

[@Lunchbox37]

​@@vent1847 i've been dying to know what that movie was since the fucking 90s!

[@lulairenoroub3869]

I watched Back to the Future 3 the other day. And the thought struck me that I never did find out what Frank thought. I genuinely want to watch that movie just to answer that question, but I have no idea what it is. I also want to watch that horror flick, whatever it is. I would also like to see a non white person renting a movie, but I guess the window is closed on that one.

[@mdmalabel]

thank you!!

[@georgerabahi7647]

What did the actors say in Night Terror?

[@twilightpacificpeace]

That is Robert 'Freddy Krueger' Englund playing Marquis De Sade in Tobe Hooper's Night Terrors (1993). The clip is from a scene approx. 47 minutes into the film. The dialogue is slightly cut-off with him saying "-render you as criminal as I". The bad-french-accent is causing him to roll his R's a bit which is why 'render' sounds like 'rendery'. The full line is "I will render you as criminal as I - as debauched - as depraved - together - we will make the roses bloom in Sodom."

[@james6028]

@@twilightpacificpeace thanks!

[@juice-n3p]

Holy shit I’ve been trying to find out what movie this is for past 26 years 😂 thank you

[@Inaworldoflove]

They leave the store with about 20 videos. That's the next week taken up.

[@GamingForTheRecentlyDeceased]

Whats the horror movie called?

[@eliplasse]

0:30 MEW!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@josephthetech04]

Eli Plasse 0:30

[@Magpie_Mark92]

What movie is that g rated film where the guys laughing

[@justinanthony0890]

The African Queen. The guy laughing is Humphrey Bogart. The woman he is embracing is Lauren Bacall.

[@stupendous1068]

Great film, African Queen.

[@slimyish]

I feel old

[@Iggywiggywoo]

What movies is each rating classification from?

[@jorgeemiliogomezrodriguez6664]

0:18 what movie it is?

[@juice-n3p]

That’s what I’ve been trying to find out for the past 26 years…

[@sagenecro]

@@juice-n3p Night Terrors (1993)

[@4draks]

What is the movie on R?

[@EDP2000]

Body Of Evidence with Madonna.

[@stupendous1068]

Basic Instinct would have been a better choice for R.

[@Iggywiggywoo]

@@EDP2000the singer Madonna?

[@legacylionheart]

Where is the "GIVE ME BACK MY SON!!"

[@michaelbolcato192]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHWboqWcnMiHoNU

[@1990Justo]

What's Daffy Duck saying?

[@isaaharel3395]

Truth or ahh

[@Gdjshsx]

0:03 Same Actor?

[@SamtheAngelFox]

I remember this too XD This was at the begining of ALL the original Thunderbirds videos before they remastered them in like 2004 or something XP

[@coolbrett]

Can someone tell me what the MA and R rated movies were ?

[@flatcapman]

the R18+ film was Body of evidence and the MA15+ one was a marcis desade horror film Night Terrors

[@jorgeemiliogomezrodriguez6664]

0:23 what it is the 18+ stuff???

[@sturmtheguitarist]

Body Of Evidence (or if you're a 12th Man fan, Body Full Of Evidence)

[@jglg7238]

Madonna in the garage scene

[@dannymateo335]

0:24

[@graceysladea7950]

I like the other parts of the video where the boy says in a voice that sounds smug "15 years and older"😀

[@5h4emp]

What was the MA movie?

[@darrenl]

Tobe Hooper's Night Terrors

[@VisceraBand]

What is the MA movie

[@darrenl]

Tobe Hooper's Night Terrors

[@TechNoirJapan]

X never was shown to be an official rating lol

[@cradica]

In the US X is an unofficial rating.

[@flatcapman]

@@cradica It used to be then they changed it to NC-17

[@cradica]

@@flatcapman I know, but the adult industry took over the rating. They did the same to the TV-MA rating

[@farronfox]

​@@flatcapmanThis is about the Australian ratings system. Australia has never had NC-17. That's a US rating.

[@lulairenoroub3869]

I love how these things always acted like R basically just meant "Marital Aid Cinema". Very few R rated films are porn these days, since we have, you know, porn And even then, I really doubt many people watched these films with someone else in the room. Or at least not their wives. In the longer form video of this, they even acted like it was supposed to be the "Keep your straight white marriage spicy" section of the video store, but then they cut to clips of American Psycho for the example. That is a very weird pairing of ideas

[@EsteemedReptile]

You've gotta remember, this was the 90's. Porn wasn't as easy to get your hands on as it is today.

[@lulairenoroub3869]

@@EsteemedReptile More that it wasn't as easy to talk about. So they couldn't just be straight forward, like, "R means it's for adults, so it's got like, sex and violence and drugs and stuff." Instead they have to be all teehee tiddlywinks about it, which makes it super weird when they cut to clips of Patrick Bateman

[@EsteemedReptile]

@@lulairenoroub3869 Tee-hee, this movie has a boob in it

[@lulairenoroub3869]

@@EsteemedReptile And a weird amount of man butt

[@ssestakhch]

I'd like to know more about Truth Or AAAAAAA!!!.

[@unknownmrbacon]

0:10

[@jglg7238]

0:09 I always thought he said the F word?

[@Me-qp8vz]

This an 89 add.

[@adrianfrederick3987]

He were screaming

[@melissawall1195]

Own

[@gabrielmorales5185]

Pirating

[@melissawall1195]

Monsters Inc vhs

[@jonathanlee2995]

okay please list all the rated movies here G PG M MA R

[@doomdemon1205]

G - Looney Tunes Episode: The Ducksters and 2 other movies I don’t know. PG - Back to the Future Part III M - Terminator 2: Judgment Day MA - Tobe Hooper's Night Terrors R - Body of Evidence starring Madonna.

[@aspilurch]

@@doomdemon1205 The second G film is 'The Marx Brothers At the Circus'

[@doomdemon1205]

aspilurch okay.

[@justinanthony0890]

The third G film is The African Queen.

[@cradica]

@@doomdemon1205 G-G PG-PG M-PG-13 MA-R R-NC-17

[@ooloogooloo]

what's the name of the MA movie?

[@katherinepierce9824]

ooloogooloo Night Terrors

[@mikecaputi2615]

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