I was 12 years old watching it alone in the dark at the neighbors house while babysitting late at night.
The part where HG Wells went into the underground tunnels with the Morlocks to save Weena freaked me out so bad I was literally shaking and a total basket case.
I guess I was a wuss but man oh man I was scared.
I bought the movie and showed it to my kids and they laughed their heads off at how fakey it was.
I was 12 years old watching it alone in the dark at the neighbors house while babysitting late at night.
Point out to your kids that the special effects in that movie were top of the line then and they would have been scared also. I still love that movie, one of my favorites and I have it in my instant play list on Netflix. The new version sucks compared to the original BTW:)