The adolescent Salva was very interested in horror and sci-fi his favorite monster movie was Creature from the Black Lagoon and, in 1975, the local newspaper reported that Salva had sat through Jaws 55 times.
His biological father abandoned the family and Salva stated that his stepfather was an alcoholic and physically abusive. 3 Child sexual abuse and child pornographyīorn in Martinez, California, Salva was raised as a Roman Catholic.
