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It's interesting to me to see how many say their seminal experiences were with Freddy & Jason... no wonder we get so many Freddy & Jason threads.

When I was a kid there were no DVD players or even VCRs... so, to watch a movie you either had to go see it at a theatre or see it on TV. Fortunately, there were such things as neighborhood theatres, and the one in my neighborhood had Saturday afternoon "kiddie matinees." Only- they didn't show crappy family movies. Mostly they played horror movies- the Hammer films and all the Corman & AIP stuff. On Saturday night there would be the local creature feature on TV with a horror host- and they showed all the classics, and by classics I mean the real classics- the Universal canon as well as RKO stuff and more.

That's the stuff that taught me what horror was.