Kane grins maniacally in a cave in "Poltergeist II: The Other Side" (1986) - MGM Entertainment Co. For Gen-X kids and Xennials who grew up in the '80s, childhood looked a lot different than it does ...

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I’ve always loved horror. My parents were fine with me watching just about anything growing up, but they didn’t want me anywhere near horror, which made it the most important thing in my young life.