Around 1987, I remember one of my older brothers talking about this movie that had a scene where some kids walk into a ditch and get leeches all over them. I can't remember if he had actually seen it at that point or a friend told him about it.
shareI heard about it from the TV spots, and my sister going on and on about how hot River Phoenix was. I really wanted to see it because it was about four kids following the train tracks for miles. Growing up I lived right by the tracks and my friends and I use to walk them all of the time. Back in those days the cops didn't fine you for doing that. Actually, most of them never said a word to us. I never got to see the film in the theater. I "saw" it for the first time on PPV. This was the early days of PPV when they scrambled the picture, but you could still hear the audio. So, I sat in my bed room and listened. I remember my dad walking in and saying "What are you doing? Watching porn?" (an interesting note is that on the old cable boxes if you pressed down 2 and 10 the playboy channel came in in almost perfect black and white) So that's how I "saw" it for the first time. Soon after when it was released on VHS my mom rented it from the local video store (Video Showcase in East Northport NY)and I watched it with my mom and dad.
shareI went to a friend's sleepover birthday party in either 1987 or 1988 and his mom rented it for us to watch that night. I believe it was still a new release at the time. I was only about eight or nine years old then and my mom thought it was inappropriate that my friend's mom rented a bunch of young kids this rated 'R' movie. But every time I watch it now, I remember that sleepover!
shareOn TV back in the late 1980's, I remember the train scene and thought that scene was a classic.
shareSuch an overrated movie, too boring.
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