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Did your parents let you see this?

posted 5 months ago by EleazarHisSon (750)
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Mine sure didn't until I was old enough. It's traditionally rated 15 in my country, but now 7+ on Amazon Prime and 12 on the other streaming service. When I was little, my mum told me it was one of the scariest movies she had ever seen and compared it to The Exorcist. She said she had nightmares from the opening sequence.

Since it's PG in the U.S., then technically any child would be allowed to see it.

[–] david80848688 (290) 5 months ago

Mine did. I saw it countless times as a kid.

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7699) 5 months ago

Yeah and when I was too young. I was scared to go into any body of water.

[–] jk90us (7191) 5 months ago

I still am. 😄

We don’t know what’s skulking under the surface. 😳

[–] jk90us (7191) 5 months ago

Saw it with my parents.

I was 15 though. 😊

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7699) 5 months ago

I was 3 years old.

[–] jk90us (7191) 5 months ago

When did you first see it?

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7699) 5 months ago

1989 I think. I wasn't born til 1986.

[–] hyperjet (723) 5 months ago

I was five when it came out. My mom asked if I wanted to go see it with her and my brother. I declined because I thought it would be too scary. I wish I would have gone now. It was such a cultural milestone.

[–] PaladinNJ (21510) 5 months ago

Yes. Oddly enough it was my mom who was afraid to go to the beach for a while.

[–] pjl69 (2647) 5 months ago

No, I was 5 or 6 years old when it came out. They thought it would be too scary. I think I saw Jaws 2 before I saw the first movie.