Jurassic Park for me. I had an amazing JP jumper when I was like…maybe 6. It was far too big for me but I loved dinosaurs. Naturally this meant I wanted to watch the film because…well I’m 6 and it’s got dinosaurs.
Ultimately I ended up watching it with my Mum and Dad. We got as far as the iconic T-Rex chase scene and I told them to turn it off. Didn’t go near the film for another few years.
I’ve now got my own 6 year old. There’s no scenario I could envisage where I even consider letting her watch a film as gory, tense and frightening as JP.
My mum thought I was ready for The Thing way too soon. Fast forward like 30 years and it’s right up there in my all-time favourites now.
The Thing was actually the first movie my family owned on DVD. I was so desperate to watch it and couldn’t find it on VHS, so I convinced my dad to finally buy a DVD player. He held out as long as he did because he thought DVDs would be replaced by mini-disks aaaaaannnyyyy day now.