Who saw this in theaters?

came out the year i was born so sadly i was unable to do so.

I saw this film at a cinema in San Francisco. There were three film being played. It impressed me, and has remained a favorite ever since.

Wow, that was back when people minded their own parenting. I tried to buy a DVD awhile back and the cashier tried to card me! There's no way I would've gotten into a horror movie when I was a kid.

As both a Sociological and Psychological interest, what kind of person did you turn out to be?

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I was not alive when the film came out, but my mom has vivid memories of seeing it in the theater with her best friend when she was around 21-22 years old. She hates horror movies and I'm surprised she would have even agreed to see it, but she told me it gave her nightmares. I've watched it several times and am desensitized to horror films in general so it's not all that shocking to me, but it is a really good movie. Very bizarre though. I can't even imagine what her reaction to it was back then.

I was 9 when it came out and even though I'd already seen several horror movies (including a couple in theaters) my mom wouldn't let me see this at first. It had a reputation at the time of being one of the scariest/grossest movies ever, and so my mom wouldn't let me watch it until she did first. Of course I ended up watching it anyway when it was out on video.

Saw it in downtown San Diego on first release and had no idea what to expect. The theater was packed with a predominately black audience. People were talking and yelling at the screen like nobody's business and freaking out all over the place. At times it was a veritable pandemonium in there. Best movie-going experience I've ever had in my life by a long shot. Just hysterical.

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