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I PMed you with it Niamh.

I was around 15 or 16, and went to the cinema with a couple of friends to see the late night screening of it. It was one of those 'shock fest' type things, where they showed a load of old movies. It's the only horror I've seen on the big screen, so I dunno if it was my age, or the fact that it was in the cinema, but it's really affected me.

The reason I brought it up this evening was because I was reading someone's tumblr blog and scrolling down through funny pics and one of them contained a still from this film and my heart sped up and I immediately scrolled down past it. Then I realised how ridiculous this is, and wondered how I can cure it.

I spent the first 23 years of my life being utterly terrified from spiders, until the day there was one in my baby's crib and I had no choice but to pick it up and put it out. Now I can let them crawl on me.. I actually like them now.. they fascinate me.

So I know the 'face your fear' thing does work with certain fears, but I'm worried that if I re-watch this movie, I'll heighten the fear instead of curing it.