...Or movies that gave off a "I probably shouldn't have seen that just yet" type sentiments. For me it was a one-two punch of seeing both Akira (Streamline dub) and The Shining around age 12. For the former I had recently started a friendship with a kid at school whose mom didn't really take that much of a close look at the anime she rented for him from the local mom n pop video rental place, so I got to reap the benefits of this oversight.
To put it mildly that first viewing fucked.me.UP. I was raised on the standard Saturday morning cartoon and Disney/Don Bluth fare of American animation so going from that to Akira was like getting thrown into the deep end of all the existential body horror madness and "life really is shit innit" themes of mass destruction and futility that was inherent to so many anime. Of course over time Akira became one of my favorites (yes I know its a mess vs the manga don't really care) but at the time scenes like Tetsuo hallucinating his guts falling out, the bedroom milk bear parade of insanity, and the infamous final transformation scene were a bit much for kid me's psyche to take in.
Then there's The Shining, which would later become my all time favorite horror film but that first viewing scared the tar out of me. Nicholson's descent into homicidal psychosis, the gradual ramping up of ghost activity in The Overlook, and of course the Room 237 scene in particular didn't really do much to dispel earlier childhood fears that spoopy ghosts are lurking about. Shit practically felt like a documentary with how it depicted the supernatural. Still the GOAT.
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To put it mildly that first viewing fucked.me.UP. I was raised on the standard Saturday morning cartoon and Disney/Don Bluth fare of American animation so going from that to Akira was like getting thrown into the deep end of all the existential body horror madness and "life really is shit innit" themes of mass destruction and futility that was inherent to so many anime. Of course over time Akira became one of my favorites (yes I know its a mess vs the manga don't really care) but at the time scenes like Tetsuo hallucinating his guts falling out, the bedroom milk bear parade of insanity, and the infamous final transformation scene were a bit much for kid me's psyche to take in.
Then there's The Shining, which would later become my all time favorite horror film but that first viewing scared the tar out of me. Nicholson's descent into homicidal psychosis, the gradual ramping up of ghost activity in The Overlook, and of course the Room 237 scene in particular didn't really do much to dispel earlier childhood fears that spoopy ghosts are lurking about. Shit practically felt like a documentary with how it depicted the supernatural. Still the GOAT.
What are your picks Era?