Thread:NerdWithAKeyboard/@comment-2059440-20180829092849

while it is not always rated as such on a whole please take it from someone who regularly binge-watched the show it has NEVER been for children and the only reason it is 14 plus is the wildly different standards we have now.. in its hey-hays (90s) it was definitely for Mature audiences and even today some episodes are absolutely beyond anything acceptable for kids..

for example Mister Chuckle Teeth has a kid ripped apart in a forest, graphically, it has his body mutilated ala Georgie's death in "IT" - the revival also had the Band-Aid Man graphically tear victims apart in his episode, on-screen.. limbs flying everywhere.. there's also an even more gruesome episode involving a cannibal cult that was full-on gore horror specifically made in revival (2018) series because they couldn't get away with such gore in original series.

for 90s they were restricted by TV standards but it didn't stop horrific concepts like inbreeding, infanticide, abortion etc being in the mix.. it was not for kids.. ever.. sorry if the regional ratings are telling otherwise but from a pure "common sense" stand-point it is squarely in Mature territory and always will be. 