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I watched this at the age of 7 due to a rental mix-up..


Back in 1990 when I was only 7 years old, I was at a rental place with my parents and was trying to rent the movie "The Wizard" which was a G-Rated kids film starring Fred Savage, about kids entering a Nintendo tournament. The guy behind the counter gave me this movie instead, either by accident or maybe on purpose as a sick joke, and thus I watched it twice at the age of 7.. and I think it changed my life to some extent..it was the first exposure I had to ultraviolence and adult content at a very young age and the images in it (particularly of the war scenes & nazi themes) may have scarred my psyche a little at the time. Now i'm 25 and became a unique, intelligent and artistic person as an adult, but have a pretty sick mind and sick sense of humor and find some pleasure in the suffering of others.. and I think this movie might be partly the cause. I regret nothing though.

Just thought i'd share that, anyone have a similar experience? I never watched it again after that so my memory of it may be hazy.. maybe I should go download it now for nostalgia?

Prepare yourself for the LOLOCAUST!

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Haha! Yeah! A similar experience happened with me at the tender age of 5 when introduced to the George A. Romero/Stephen King classic "Creepshow..." was my favorite film as a child. Not only did it spark me a large interest in anything offbeat, I do believe that to some extent it has contributed to me being the very eccentric young lady that I have become with a twisted sense of humor and a lover for the dark.

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Note to self, don't show future kids PG movies until they're 8 or 9.

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Good idea.

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