When I was 9 I was with my mom for the weekend, at her apartment she had only one t.v. and basically she decided early on that unless she was asleep we could keep the t.v. on G rated channels. But she was awake and I was waiting for my dad to get me. Low and behold she was watching Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. Also this was a one bedroom apartment and my new born brother was sleeping in the bedroom and I had such a curious mind so I watched it with her. Of course I was scared and still am even though Stephen King still wonders why we are scared of it (read the authors note at the end of Doctor Sleep and if you have Netflix look up Room 237). Anyways since then I was obsessed with the movie and was told it was based on a book by Stephen King and then I got older and mature enough to finally read one of his books after I got out of my Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary, and Babysitters Club series faze, and you could already guess what book I first got! Ever since then before when I was lazy with ready I usually saw the movies first. One other was Heart's In Atlantis which my mom loved a lot and Pet Semetary I just happened to be in the room when that was on, oh yeah and IT. Since I was 5 I was a horror maniac. First scary movies, for me, were Child's Play and The Leprechaun (THE FIRST ONES!!!!). Honestly I have more time to read ever since I got out of High School because I was involved and took honors classes so I've been reading like crazy and a Stephen King book is the way to my heart. One Easter my Easter basket had IT and Pet Semetary in it! Finished Pet Semetary in 2 months and IT in a year. Yeah that's my long story! Hopefully I didn't bore you guys!