Poltergeist 2. I must have been 6 or 7 the first time I watched it. The designs and special effects were amazing. This scene in particular fucked me up big time:
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (IMDb), a 1973 made-for-TV movie. I was single digits old and remember watching the living room TV hiding behind the legs of a kitchen chair.
Mars Attacks when I was 6. My parents had the brilliant idea to take me to see it at a drive-in, so larger than life screen, and it was the second film, so I think they probably figured I’d fall asleep and they could stay and watch. Nope. Pretty sure I didn’t sleep for weeks.
El Orfanato. Watched it as part of a foreign language film club at school when I was about 12/13. Over a few weeks we watched some Ghibli, some great Italian films and then this.
Nothing could have prepared me for this film, I’d never watched a horror movie before. I had nightmares for at least a month, and I’d actually be hesitant to watch it even now because it scared me so badl!
Has to be said though, was a great film and it had me choking up at the end.
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