The dark side of the rainbow
I saw for the first time when I was about 8 years old but didn't remember much about it. The BBC showed it just before christmas and as I watched all my memories came flooding back.
Return to Oz was the first horror film I ever saw. That's right... HORROR film. This film is so damn dark and, at times, almost unbearably scary!
Anyone expecting Judy Garland to come dancing across the screenwith Toto at her heel is in for a real shock with Return to Oz. Munchkins, living trees and Emerald City folk have been replaced with men made out of stone (Nomes), a witch who can swap heads (Mombi) and freakish things with wheels for hands and feet (Wheelers).
As you can tell, Oz has changed. The Nome King has conquered the kingdom and imprisioned the Scarecrow King and, you've guessed it, it's up to Dorothy to save the day.
Many of the characters are similar to the characters in the original film and book. There's Bulina the talking hen (toto), Jack Pumpkinhead (The Scarecrow), Tik Tok (The Tin Woodsman) and some sort of Mooses head attached to a sofa(The Cowardly Lion, and you really have to see the film to understand).
Overall, Return to Oz is a fantastic film. It pretends to be a kids film but I wouldn't reccomend it to anyone under the age of 10. In fact there are many scenes which I'm suprised got past the censors at all. Watch it to find out what I'm talking about.
Return to Oz was the first horror film I ever saw. That's right... HORROR film. This film is so damn dark and, at times, almost unbearably scary!
Anyone expecting Judy Garland to come dancing across the screenwith Toto at her heel is in for a real shock with Return to Oz. Munchkins, living trees and Emerald City folk have been replaced with men made out of stone (Nomes), a witch who can swap heads (Mombi) and freakish things with wheels for hands and feet (Wheelers).
As you can tell, Oz has changed. The Nome King has conquered the kingdom and imprisioned the Scarecrow King and, you've guessed it, it's up to Dorothy to save the day.
Many of the characters are similar to the characters in the original film and book. There's Bulina the talking hen (toto), Jack Pumpkinhead (The Scarecrow), Tik Tok (The Tin Woodsman) and some sort of Mooses head attached to a sofa(The Cowardly Lion, and you really have to see the film to understand).
Overall, Return to Oz is a fantastic film. It pretends to be a kids film but I wouldn't reccomend it to anyone under the age of 10. In fact there are many scenes which I'm suprised got past the censors at all. Watch it to find out what I'm talking about.
- themightymartin
- Dec 27, 2003