I must have been 14 years young. I was a little kid back then, who grew from 5 to 6 feet in the three following years. Let me explain to you why this matters... I always looked younger than my age. My parents liked to take advantage of that, by getting age discount on musea and all. That made me feel even smaller. It also lead to it being tougher for me to do things teenagers like to do. As I didn't look like 16 or 18 when I reached that age.
Horror Movies
Long story short, around the time that I got interested in movies - back in the days when we went to video rental stores (in the mid 90s) - I probably didn't look like I was 16. That made it difficult for me to rent 16(+) movies. All this took place at a moment in my life where I really started to get into the horror genre. And I'm sure you understand that I preferred to take it a step further than just reading horror books.
These bounty hunters rocked!
As did this song from the movie soundtrack. I loved it!
As I wrote in an earlier post on 80s horror movies, months ago:
I must have been around 14 years old and I managed to rent this for my birthday. I felt very proud as I probably looked 12. I was a small kid with kind of a baby face back then.
It's possible that I bragged a little about this victory to my friends when I showed them this movie. If I remember it well, I had seen Critters before, probably on TV. I liked it so much that I felt like showing it to my friends. The fact that I was able to rent it myself - taking the above background on my height and looks into account - made all this extra special. Besides that, it was quite a scary movie for kids our age. Because, believe me, this is no children horror. Critters make the Gremlins look like puppy dogs.
I remember this to be the movie that I lost my horror virginity on. It really made me fall in love with the horror genre. It can also be considered science fiction. A perfect combination in my opinion. Furthermore, it just oozes this 80s nostalgia that always manages to put a smile on my face.
There are three follow ups, that I forgot immediately after watching them. A very young Leonardo DiCaprio plays a role in part 3.
