[Stingy Jack]

Hate to start another damn thread, but I almost veered off onto this topic in another thread and thought it would be best to keep the topics separated.

Been a fan of horror "for as long as you can remember?" How long, exactly? What's your first memory of encountering something that formed the catalyst for your interest horror?

For me, I remember when I was around 3 or 4, my mom bought me a jigsaw puzzle in a coffin-shaped box. It was a two-sided puzzle, with Dracula on one side and Frankenstein on the other. I loved that thing (and wish I still had it.) Since then, I have been drawn to all things grusome and macabre ... albeit reluctantly at times.

I remember browsing the magazine shelves of a local drugstore and being horrified by an issue of "Fangoria" (with a photo from "Creepshow" of the guy with bugs bursting out of his face on the cover). Horrified, and yet strangely unable to look away. Gave me nightmares forever.

Still had to look at the thing, though.