Do You Think The Movie WIZARD OF OZ Is A HORROR MOVIE?

[Static_In_The_Attic]

The Evil Bitch & Her (Stolen) Red Devil Shoes.

Murder

The Mob Boss Himself (OZ) Putting A Hit Out.

What A Wonderful Lady! My Hero.

Killer Tornado!

Dorothy You Are A Serial Killer!

As a kid life was good & everything was lollipops & candy drops as they say until I watch my first horror movie & that movie was the WIZARD OF OZ.

It all started where everything was fine & after that all hell broke loose.

1. A big scary tornado comes & blows everything away.

2. Dorothy’s house murders the Wicked Witch Of The East.

3. Dorothy Steals The Wicked Witch Of The East’s SHOES.

4. Dorothy’s Gang talks to the MOB Boss himself (OZ) & he puts a hit out on the Wicked Witch Of The West.

5. The Haunted Forest

6. Dorothy Picks Up The Murder Weapon (Bucket Of Water) & Throws it at a wonderful lady & murders her & after that Dorothy STEALS the WWOTW’s broom.

(Yes) Absolutely!

(NO) It’s Not.

(Maybe)

[NamerOfStars]

No- but the book is a LOT creepier. Not only does it reveal that the "Tin Man" is a cyborg who replaced more and more of his body until there was nothing left, but has him slaughter a pack of tiger-bears, and eventually (in a later book) track down his former lover only to discover she's married a guy made of his own discarded limbs, which is TOTAL horror movie territory.

[Static_In_The_Attic]

Surprisingly I haven’t read the book however from what you are telling me I think I’ll have read it.

[NamerOfStars]

It's public domain now, so you can find it (and the first bunch of sequels) on Gutenberg; there are Librivox recordings too, if you prefer to listen.

[AndrésC64]

Yes! Especially the flying monkeys!

https://youtu.be/D_FFRK7-PdY

[Static_In_The_Attic]

I bet a lot of kids had nightmares after that & probably some adults as well. Did you the Wicked Witch Of The West was on Mr. Rogers? https://youtu.be/Oglo3iUYFPY

[AndrésC64]

Interesting! Thanks. I used to watch Mr Rogers all the time, but I don't remember that episode.

[ManOnFire]

Wow. Wish I had've seen this post a lot sooner, but you have an interesting point, yeah. To answer, you have to look at L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wizard of Oz, who was part of the Theosophical Society. Which was about occultism. And there is much of it in the story.

https://medium.com/@Sothis/the-occult-roots-of-the-wizard-of-oz-2ab5dc5706dd

[Static_In_The_Attic]

My brother from another mother thank you so much for sharing the link & giving me more food for thought as they say. The Wizard of Oz is a story in a story & it tells a lot of things.

[ManOnFire]

Yeah. I was like many who liked it as a kid too, but have not seen it again since. You bring to light some interesting things about it that could only point to esoteric concepts with a dash of alchemy. When you really think about it, the story is very similar to Walt Disney's old movies. Full of spells, witches, and the like. And of course, he was a Freemason too...

[Static_In_The_Attic]

Symbols & signs are all around us & the Freemason are amongst us. The Eye of Providence is everywhere & every time you spend a dollar you pass the word.

[Emiliamazing]

It's all perspective and what you're looking for in the movie :-). You forgot about the creepy little monkeys!

[Static_In_The_Attic]

I totally forgot about the creepy little monkeys & animal rights would have a field day on that one. Also the vertically challenged little people as well.

[Emiliamazing]

@bigpauly-were you in the Wizard of Oz?

[Static_In_The_Attic]

Oh Shit!

[Emiliamazing]

This ought to get him fired up!

[Static_In_The_Attic]

Is Big P Vertically Challenged? I’m a skyscraper by the way 6’1”.

[Emiliamazing]

I have no idea. We just tease him about being short🤣.

[nolabels]

When I used to watch it as kid, I'd be terrified.

I'd cry, shake and turn away from the TV.

Terr-i-fied.

My siblings and cousins, not so much.

[Static_In_The_Attic]

My nephew according to my sister when they watched it my nephew was afraid of the haunted forrest, he’s 6.

[ArtemisSilver]

You should read up on all the fucked up shit that happened on set. The silver face paint killed the actor for tin man and a stage hand hung himself which wasn't noticed and made it into the film.

There's more too

[Static_In_The_Attic]

Just like the Wicked Witch Of West got burned bad when she went up in flames in munchkin land & the network feed Dorothy pills all the time to keep her up & keep her thin for the part.

[admles]

the person who hung himself is a long-disproven urban myth, and the face paint didn't kill the tin man actor, it made him sick, and he was replaced by Buddy Ebsen.

[ArtemisSilver]

What's your angle here bub?

[Valso]

I don't know, I've never seen it. One, because it's too old and two, because the title doesn't catch my attention.

But all children's fairy tales are definitely horror stories. What kind of a sick parent would tell their small child a story where an old lady eats kids?

[Bethany22]

No, I never thought it was scary. Not even the flying monkeys

[Static_In_The_Attic]

How about the haunted forest?

[Bethany22]

nope not horror

[Sevenpointfive]

midgets, monkeys and witches oh my! to a child it was scary

[Static_In_The_Attic]

Especially the haunted forrest.

[douride2]

I watched that movie when I was a young child. I didn't think it was a horror movie. I still don't think it is.

[Static_In_The_Attic]

When I was little it seemed like a long movie with a happy ending & now I say WTF did I just watch & Dorothy is really the witch.

[XXblack88]

Not really. It reminds me of someone on drugs. There a lot of imagination that goes into this movie.

[Static_In_The_Attic]

A lot of imagination did go into it & it seems like it tells a few other stories a well.

[slatyb]

I think it's an atheist parable. The Wizard is God, or the God they believe in, but in the end they find that there is no God, and they can manage perfectly well by themselves.

[888theGreat]

Yes, I hid when witch came out when I was a kid

[Static_In_The_Attic]

The haunted forrest got me & also when the lion came running out.

[AviatorTom]

Nope. No blood. And no dead bodies. Just dead feet and a witch that melts into the ground.

[Avatar74]

No it's not a Horror movie, its in the same sort of vein. as Alice in Wonderland, it's surreal and dreamlike in its content.

[misfittoy]

fantasy, but the wicked witch is a legend

[Static_In_The_Attic]

She’s in a class of her own & everyday I see the movie I’m rooting for her.

[misfittoy]

i always cheer on the villians! after all they are the true underdogs!

[Static_In_The_Attic]

Like the tortoise & the hare everyone thought the hare would win the race & the tortoise surprised us all.

[Likes2drive]

Well I never had nightmares from it

[BJP21]

Fantasy movie in my perspective.

[cloud9vortex1234]

No, I never thought of it like that.

[Aiko_E_Lara]

I dont think so. It never horrified most people

[dustybiker]

Sure.

[MountAverage]

It is pretty creepy, in a trippy kinda way.