I`m not going to pretend there`s `a fine line between kid`s movies and adult`s movies.` Typically, it`s an impenetrable wall. You`re not bringing your two-year-old to see Pulp Fiction, and I`m not going to watch The Wiggles Movie on my own--today. However, there are a few exceptions that float in this movieland purgatory.Primarily, the `80s is a good place to find examples of movies that were made for--or seemed like they were made for--kids that are either too dark or too scary for its audience in the 2010s. While I loved Fred Savage`s Little Monsters as a kid, Boy`s true face still haunts my nightmares as a man in my mid-30s.Additionally, there are more contemporary movies that--on the surface--have elements you`d only see in kids movies, like puppets, cartoon characters, or superheroes. The content, however, is not good for younger viewers.With The Happytime Murders--a movie about puppets murdering each other, doing drugs, having sexual relations, etc-- coming to theaters on August 24, we`re taking a look at movies from the past that were either marketed to children or contain kid`s movie elements that totally aren`t for younger viewers. Team America (2004)During an uber-patriotic time in the United States, South Park`s Matt Stone and Trey Parker made this satirical film about US military mixed with G.I. Joe, which featured only puppets. The movie had the look and feel of the classic children`s show The Thunderbirds, but the movie was obviously not for children. Aside from the violence and language, one thing that wouldn`t play well to younger viewers is the sex scene, which features the puppets in very positions of coitus. Cool World (1992)In 1988, Disney mixed live action and animation for the detective story Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Four years later, Cool World came out, which attempted the same mixture of mediums. However, unlike Roger Rabbit, this movie was not for kids. Sure, its predecessor had an overly-sexualized character named Jessica Rabb ...
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