There was a big horror boom in the '80s, and I liked its originality and what you could get away with.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I did love horror films from the '70s and '80s. That was my sweet spot.
I love '80s horror.
I was always a fan of horror films as a kid.
I was a huge horror fan, especially in my teenage years. Back then, there were a lot of Italian horror movies - some zombie, some just really strange movies that made no sense. I was really into shock and gore.
I feel like in the '90s, horror just lost its way and everything became so safe and watered-down.
'Fright Night' I can just about deal with. Because the original is such a 1980s extravaganza. Which is a good thing. Obviously. But something like 'The Others' or anything psychological: I'm no good with that. I don't like it when there's space for me to use my imagination.
There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy sound effects. They would come on at ten o'clock at night, and I just would scare myself to death.
I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
I don't know if the '80s were unique, but we certainly got original, groundbreaking stuff at the time with movies like 'Back to the Future' and 'Star Wars' - movies that became classics.
I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick and cliched as Hollywood movies.