It still haunted me...
... until I saw it the second time.
It was my first horror movie, seen at about 9 years old (1990), and I lived with its goulish memory until a year ago when I watched it the second time. It was less scary than before but I finally understood the plot.
Still, in a way I'm a bit sad that the magic is all gone now. No other horror flick made me feel like that.