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Of course, it's going to be different for everyone, but I got my love of horror from my dad. He would say, "Ohhh, we got a spooker!" A "spooker" being a scary movie, obviously.
I'll never forget, as a very little kid, telling my dad that I had discovered a new scary show. It was Scooby-Doo.
I think I still see horror movies as cartoons. As Yosemite Sam being shot out of a cannon. Not that they're funny, exactly, but I just like how unreal they are. The dark imagery and ideas appeal to me. Grown-up Scooby-Doo.