I remember seeing this for the first time around Halloween in my freshman dorm; a bunch of us piled into someone's room on my halls, cut out the lights, and put it on. I was nervous because I didn't think I liked horror films, having only been exposed to bloody slashers with jumpscares, but the peer pressure led me to watch anyway. I'm so glad I did; the spookiness, the discomfort, the true horror of the film doesn't need or rely on gore and easy scares, and it made me realize this is a genre I could actually appreciate at least some of.
I remember seeing this for the first time around Halloween in my freshman dorm; a bunch of us piled into someone's room on my halls, cut out the lights, and put it on. I was nervous because I didn't think I liked horror films, having only been exposed to bloody slashers with jumpscares, but the peer pressure led me to watch anyway. I'm so glad I did; the spookiness, the discomfort, the true horror of the film doesn't need or rely on gore and easy scares, and it made me realize this is a genre I could actually appreciate at least some of.