How many kids from the 80's were traumatized by return to oz?

[bowieee]

The heads screaming, The wheelies, Dorothy getting hooked up the the electro shock machine.... how many of you schmoes were scarred from life by this gem. Now I loved the Oz books because they were dark and I loved the movie return to oz but it really scared the poo out of me everytime I watched it. I was talking with a bunch of my friends at a summer camp last summer and at least 3 of them said return to oz was the scariest movie they layed eyes upon as a young child. Was that by chance? I don't think so i think a large number of children from the 80's have this movie buried in their psyche. So anyone out there remember their reaction to this movie as a wee one?

[Lady Summerisle]

That electro shock machine was damned scary, as was the wheelies, which scared me at 16. Oh man, Return to Oz had the queen who put different heads on. Now THAT is terror.

[Affinius]

Ha, I loved that movie, it didn't scare me at all. I loved the characters and the story. I first saw it when I borrowed it from my local library, I would often borrow that thing again and again. I loved how it was so different from the original and refused to "Bull Sh*t Me!" But if there's anything about it, anything at all, that scared me just the littlest bit would've had to have been that Scarecrow, who looked like a clown.

[Elgyn]

I LOVE this movie! To this day! I think it`s one of the most underrated movies ever, and it`s MUCH closer to the spirit of the books than the classic original "Wizard of Oz".
Plus it has a great music score.
This movie is on DVD, and lemme tell you, the visuals really hold up, the movie looks great in wide-screen.

As for being scary - I know lots of kids were scared by this movie, but I was never scared by it (even when I was little). But get this - the old "Wizard Of Oz" DID scare me!! I remember hating "Wizard Of Oz" and being really frightened by the Wicked Witch - yet I loved "Return To Oz" and it didn scare me at all!!

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And for the record, The Time sucked.

[thingsgoinon]

Actually Return was closer to the spirit of the books than the classic musical. The Oz books are DARK in many ways. It was long rumored Tim Burton was going to do a HBO series based on the original books, but I think it fell thru.

That Pumpkin headed guy freaked me out.

[stevereno]

this movie was fucked over

what was with the tin man?and every thing in stone

and nancy from the craft as dorothy?!

what is the land of OZ comming too?

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[PeskySocks]

The Oz movie that scared me was "The Wiz". Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

[Boogeyman]

one messed up movie man! but it was totally diferent from the first and i have to say that i liked the darker sequel

later

[ominous_oat]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by PeskySocks:
The Oz movie that scared me was "The Wiz". Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...</font>

I barely remember watching this movie as a kid, but I do recall cowering in fear during a scene in a subway station or something like that. Well it was an underground building anyway...

[stevereno]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by PeskySocks:
The Oz movie that scared me was "The Wiz". Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...</font>

michael jackson and diana ross and 1979, oh my!

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[Mr. Movie Man]

Thanks for posting about this movie. Yeah, it was messed up, and it did frighten me a little bit when I was a wee one. I liked the wheelers, and the opening scene in the hospital. Creepy. The lady with the heads was cool as well. I consider this to be an average movie, but it's a lot of fun to watch, just to see how weird it is. Faruza Balk is creepy.

[bowieee]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by stevereno:
this movie was fucked over

what was with the tin man?and every thing in stone

and nancy from the craft as dorothy?!

what is the land of OZ comming too?

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yeah its eery as hell when you see all her buddies from the series locked up in stone. Remember the part where all her friends kept choosing wrong at the end of the movie and were turned into crazy pieces of furniture by that claymation king?

[spacemonkey]

I found it really scary when the Queens head suddenly wakes up and screams: "Dorothy Gaaaaaaalleeeee!" oh that gave me the willies.

Now its one of my favorite fantasy movies.

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[stevereno]

everything looked different

her house was no in the woods insted of munchcin land and the lion looked like robotics and the tin man was tres aorexic

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[Bloodybitch13]

I wasn't scared by it.I was just relieved there wasn't any singing.

The munckins in the original REALLY scared me! Thoose high pitched voices!

MAN!!!!!!!!!

They gave me nightmares I tell you!

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[Psychocandy]

Dunno about Return to Oz. Never seen it. But the flying monkey familiars belonging to the Wicked Witch in the first movie gave me nightmares. Brrrrrr.

[John Q. Public]

I haven't seen the movie, but I was reading up on this at IMDB after looking at thia topic and I came across an interesting fact. Unless the sources got it wrong, (which is known to happen on the IMDB) Steven Norrington, the director of Blade and the upcoming League of Extraordinary Gentleman had an acting role in Return to Oz...not much else to say...

[bowieee]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Psychocandy:
Dunno about Return to Oz. Never seen it. But the flying monkey familiars belonging to the Wicked Witch in the first movie gave me nightmares. Brrrrrr.</font>

The Original Wizard of oz was scary too. Whats not scary about flying monkeys, witches melting, and a giant talking supernatural head.

[fatale_femme]

Oh hell yeah it scared me.

I hadnt even seen it- we had the picture book and I wouldnt even look t it. Then when I finally saw it I could never watch the Wizard of Oz in the same way again!

[Elgyn]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by stevereno:

everything looked different

her house was no in the woods insted of munchcin land and the lion looked like robotics and the tin man was tres aorexic

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Well remember dude, this movie was based on the L. Frank Baum book series, it wasn`t even neccesarily a sequel to the movie "Wizard Of Oz". Though Disney promoted it that way.
That`s why Dorothy`s freinds etc. look different - they look more like the illustrations from the original books.

[stevereno]

yes they do Elgyn but the movie is called "RETURN TO OZ" as most sequels have RETURN in the title

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[Elgyn]

I could be wrong but I think "Return To Oz" was the title of one of the old books.
Anyways dude I`m not trying to start an argument with you or anything - Disney definetly DID promote it as a sequel to the classic "Wizard...", which was the movie`s downfall IMO.

[stevereno]

im not trying to agravate you Elgyn

STEVERENO = SMARTASS

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[Cyclonus]

I remember I was only 8 or 9 when I first rented it! Man, it sure gave me the creeps. I remember I was genuinely scared in parts. My mom hated it for obvious reasons, but looking back on it, I find it to be one of the most overlooked fantasy films ever.

[Elgyn]

No prob stevereno, I`ve been known for being quite the smartass myself sometimes!

[ominous_oat]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Elgyn:
I could be wrong but I think "Return To Oz" was the title of one of the old books.
Anyways dude I`m not trying to start an argument with you or anything - Disney definetly DID promote it as a sequel to the classic "Wizard...", which was the movie`s downfall IMO.</font>

Yes, the second book was called Return to Oz, and the movie is sort-of based on it. Like the book had the pumpkin head dude in it, and I think there was a plot about a queen who could replace her head. It's been a while though, so I could be wrong about that.

Although almost all of these books are disturbing, not for those really impressionable wee ones....

[Elgyn]

Thanks for clearing that up dude.

[bowieee]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ominous_oat:
Yes, the second book was called Return to Oz, and the movie is sort-of based on it. Like the book had the pumpkin head dude in it, and I think there was a plot about a queen who could replace her head. It's been a while though, so I could be wrong about that.

Although almost all of these books are disturbing, not for those really impressionable wee ones....</font>


They were my favorite books as a kid. Which might explain how I turned out.

[Cyclonus]

No, it's a combo of the second and third books, entitled The Land of Oz and Ozma of Oz. L. Frank Baum wrote 14 in all. http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif

[bowieee]

I just watched this again tonight and I was actually scared. Edge of my seat creeped out spooked. That rarelty happens to me in movies lately. God damn shock machine scares me everytime.

[ScaryFreak1827]

I haven't seen this movie in sooooooo long but I just remembered it scared the crap outta me. I can only remember a few scenes though. Didn't Dorothy get to Oz by a river or something, and weren't there sandwhiches in the trees? Pretty weird...

[Elgyn]

ScaryFreak - there were lunchpails growing in the trees.

[ScaryFreak1827]

That's right, thanks Elgyn. I can also remember a shooting star in the beginning and a strange mirror.

[Dr.Gonzo]

This movie scared me a lot when I was a kid, the whole thing is so dark & has a nasty feel to it.

I watched it again a couple of weeks ago & I still think it has a creepier feel to it than most of the recently released horrors I've seen.

[Jason]

One hell of a scary movie. I thought it was for kids, however.

[DevNhalloween]

The wizard of ox itself, the wiz and return to Oz are ALL SCARY. the original is a horror movie in disguise, so creepy--the witches and all the urban legends behind the movie itself. seriously terrifying

[Corpse Candle]

RETURN TO OZ....
I am just glad it was darker than THE WIZARD OF OZ.
Even when I was young THE WIZARD OF OZ was just to light for me I needed something stronger something more sureal.
RETURN TO OZ was an introduction into the winding path that led to old nicks basment and I have been walking down it ever since trying to find the shadows and chasing the spectres.
Still in my fear hungry mind at least I know one of the films that started it.
Also the film NEVER ENDING STORY had some darkend moments what do you think.

[stevereno]

faaruza bulk as dorothy = scary

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[Evil Spike]

ill agree with all of you. man thatt rock dude was fucking creepy and those wheelers were as scary as hannibal lecter. and dmn i have to say that damn queen changing her head was scary as shit!

[Re-animator]

MEE!! omg

i was born in 1982 and i was scared shitless of those damn wheelies!!!!! something out of a nightmare!! that movie was twisted...!