Before going in, I thought it would terrify me. The music was haunting, the atmosphere was creepy and foreboding, the undead enemies and invisible traps I knew awaited me inside gave me chills. I decided to finish the Spirit Temple before even going near the graveyard.
Then I actually went in, and after a while the place really grew on me. I liked the dark atmosphere, and I really started to like the music. The blood and torture devices were actually really cool in my opinion; part of the reason I liked it so much was that the evidence of torture everywhere made the theorist part of my brain start whirling about and I liked that, especially the boat, that was awesome. The enemies did still freak me out though, I can't stand redeads and gibdos and the like. Bongo Bongo was one of my favorite bosses though, he was just plain fun to fight. In general, the Shadow Temple actually became one of my favorites in the game.