[identity profile] r-a-l-i-g-h.livejournal.com 2007-08-27 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
...I just realized that probably what scared me so much about that opening scene was it's resemblance to the scene where Sikes kills Nancy in Oliver Twist. I read that book when I was only 6.5-7, which would have been right before the movie came out.

And I can STILL recall exactly how I felt reading that scene. One of the scariest things of my early childhood. Especially since they don't really tell you what's going on. They leave it up to your imagination...and I had a very active imagination.