I first watched this on a golden oldie channel in a cabin in the middle of the night, in the middle of the woods, by myself because my parents were away for the weekend, when I was 12.

Im now 40 (I think), and for all these years this movie has stuck with me as one of the most terrifying things I've ever seen.

But now I'm watching this again (though many scenes are missing the version I watched was at least 20 minutes longer) and I feel for the people they exploited for this movie. All these years I held on to the believe this was some must watch shocker. But I was wrong. I've grown a lot since I was 12. I don't get that same feeling. There are some genuine good messages here but I feel they're overshadowed by just showing off "freaks".

I don't know how to feel after rewatching this. Apart from I'm ashamed of the way I was as a child.

Ive been after this movie since I started collecting and now that I own the bluray, I feel like Ahab caught Moby Dick. What's the point.

Also, I'm not gonna give this a score. This seriously got me thinking.