

The year was 2002 – just a few months after the release of Grand Theft Auto III. I vividly remember a friend's father renting a Freddy Kruger film for us when we were 12 years old. It was inevitable that their children would eventually discover them. When I was growing up, most parents seemed to accept (if not condone) the viewing of these kinds of movies and television shows. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.īy the time the average American teenager has reached the ninth grade, chances are they've been exposed to one or two (or 20) graphically violent films. This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247.
