Return to Oz

My parents took me to see it in the theatre, under the impression that it would be appropriate for a seven-year-old. Princess Mombi’s macabre wardrobe of disembodied heads; the psychopathic laughter of the “wheelers”, with all four limbs ending in squeaky wheels; Nicol Williamson’s sinister, vicious Nome King – all are permanent fixtures in my unconscious hall of famous terrors. And Fairuza Balk’s Dorothy is eerie to match, a perfect uncanny heroine for a truly twisted “children’s” film. gradeoneirony

Jaws

I remember seeing it at the cinema with a gaggle of kids sitting on the seats in front of me. I think it was supposed to be some kind of birthday treat for them, but when the head came bobbing out of the sunken boat the screaming, wailing youngsters had to be ushered qui

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