Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: Musical Hell Review #12
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- Original Air Date: March 2, 2013
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I cannot believe that you didn’t make the music box scene. a “saving grace.” It’s an amazing scene of choreographed precision. Apparently she did this in one take, as well. And the entire crew gave her a standing ovation when she completed it.
I heard about that watching the HD upscale did Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on TCM, when host Ben Miencywitz was giving out after credits trivia on the movie, and talking about it’s initial box office disappointment (MGM was hoping it would do gangbusters at the BO, but it was only a modest hit on release, overshadowed by other bigger and better films, and made it’s audience on theatrical reshowings, cable reruns, and later home video).
I agree. Amazing
Potts has an American accent because they realized he absolutely cannot give a good Cockney accent. i.e. Mary Poppins.
+Livie Chance Lucas True, but you do have to wonder why they kept casting him as a British character...
Because he was a good box office draw for kids movies.
He’s also the only American in this movie ,every actor or actress is from Great Britain, England,Wales etc. there’s also an actor from Australia.
They could've explained it away with a coupla sentences about how Potts came over from America and decided to stay.
It’s not his fault. The fools at Disney gave the man an Irish voice coach. The guy had no idea how to do a cockney accent either.
I actually quite enjoy Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
I enjoy the film
Mr Toonmore I like your reviews but man you crazy
Me too. it has some terrific songs, my favorite being Me Ole Bamboo
I've loved it since I was at least 3 years old.
I enjoyed the film too.
"what sort of sick mind comes up with this guy anyways?" would you believe the same person that brought us such horrific villains like the wormwoods, the Trunchabull, the BFG's older brothers, Verruca salt, and how could anyone forget his most scariest villain who looks better with a mask on then without, the grand high witch
Yeah, that pretty much covers it. Don't even get me started on his short stories, either.
@Dio Brando Don't read Royal Jelly if you want to sleep.
Exactly my thought. "Roald Dahl. Duh."
The horrifying experiences kids can go through in children's books if you make them "whimsical" enough are _incredible._
I'd say the kind of positions he puts kids into, even his protagonists, kinda shows that...Roald Dahl is NOT the kind of person to write up well-thought children.
They're either utterly horrible and intolerable
Goody-goody two-shoes far as I'm aware, if at least in comparison to the utterly-horrible ones
Or in this case...uncanny valley.
Oh yeah, don't forget horrible endangerment. :P (The Witches and Chocolate Factory, Anyone?)
Normally I can agree with most of your criticisms on musicals but not with this one. The entire purpose of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is that it's whimsical, nonsensical, a bit like a Seuss book. You're supposed to suspend your disbelief and realize it's just a fantastical tale for a child to get lost in, with things to excite them. It's silly because it's MEANT to be silly.
Plus, most of it is just imagination.
That, and the story that Pots told the children was exactly that--a story. None of that actually happened - I don't think it did, anyway.
I understand where you are coming from, but they should have gone all out. Rather than the "It was all a dream/story" copout, they should have owned that and made it true in the narrative
Bad on purpose is still bad.
Completely agree with the critique. This movie was grating and sooo long! The children were annoying to say the least. All in all, it was neither whimsical nor a bit like a Seuss book. You can only suspend you disbelief for so long before you realize what a mess of a movie this truly is. It's silly and not in a good way.
13:57- In hindsight, the inclusion of the Child Snatcher is very much a Roald Dahl element- a nightmarish entity that embodies parents' fears of creepy men luring children away for nefarious purposes with promises of sweets and what they want. Considering he did the Witches, which also has nightmarish, child-threatening monsters among his other works, this makes a great deal of sense.
Exactly. Roald Dahl. When you absolutely, positively need a nightmarish child hating villain but want to keep it PG, accept no substitutes
And like the Witches, the Child Snatcher has an unusually large nose. Another Roald Dahl inclusion.
Wait. The kids are punished by being sent to a boarding school, and the father is being punished by spending more time with his kids.
...Is Mr. Potts going to boarding school, too?
I would read that as a fanfic. Not even going to lie, I'm here for this.
@@morganqorishchi8181 A surprising number of Diva's punishments work well as fanfic. One idea I've been kicking around is the Princess and the Pea villains getting remedial villain training from Xykon. (He's not exactly the mentor type...) I'd probably set it during the big timeskip after Xykon attacks Azure City, since he has free time (and O-Chul).
I’m more baffled by the fact Diva thinks Jeremy and Jeremiah don’t deserve the Child Catcher but think it’s acceptable to trap them in a boarding school run by _murderers, fascists and torturers._ I know she’s a demon, but c’mon.
The spies also reminded me a bit of Professor Fate from The Great Race, which is one of my top favorite movies.
Though I gotta admit, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is near and dear to my heart from my childhood and is a guilty pleasure of mine as an adult.
Heather I Read that In Joeys Voice
used to b it but on a whole its kind of dull basically if your young than you can appreciate it more. adults dont really care about this type of film.
Oh my god, I love The Great Race more than you could ever imagine. It has a kickass soundtrack too. Ugh, maybe that's soundtrack review material...
Professor Fate is one of the best antagonist ever created. Jack Lemon is a genious, and Peter Falk was good too.
Yoosung Kim
Same!
This was better suited to being a musical than a screenplay. In fact, the musical version is better with the spies introduced earlier and the Vulgarian story being real and not some elaborate daydream. Bonus point for the rendition of the musical where the Child Catcher is executed at the end.
...why wouldn't Potts make a fortune in flipping cars? He obviously has more of a talent for it than inventing.
At least his descendent Pepper decided to leave the inventing to her superhero boyfriend.
i can imagine the whistling candy being popular with kids and the exact opposite effect with any adults in a 100 meter radius. also i can imagine inventing a television and vacuum cleaner to be quite lucrative
"What sort of sick mind comes up with this guy anyway?" Roald Dahl?
janeyrevanescence12 Yep. Dahl was the RL Stine of his day, and many never really stop to think about that.It's like those who say 'Disney is just for little kids.' To which I say, "...oh really? When was the last time you watched Pinocchio?"
Or Sleeping Beauty?... Or The Great Mouse Detective?... Or The Black Cauldron (Dagon help you)?
@@80MWH Jack Black should play Roald Dahl since he already played Stein
Yeah, you'd expect any different from the guy who created The Trunchbull?
You betcha! He was the Frank Zappa of children's books.
The best part is how everyone in the family has a different accent.
IKR!
In the Italian dubbing, Truly gets the name Stella. Much better, I dare say.
Lady R Of Rage
When you said Stella, I first thought of that storyteller from Barney the Dinosaur.
But yes. It is a much better name than Truly by a long shot.
Personally, I still love Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; it’s too nostalgic for me to hate. But then again, it’s always good to acknowledge the faults. Even as a kid I always felt empty when it turns out the whole adventure was just a story and wondered how Chitty could fly at the end. Apart from that, I loved the songs (the title song never leaves!!!!!), the characters, the humor, and the "messy plot”.
Also, am I really the only one in the entire world who was never scared of the child catcher, even as a kid?
No. Every kid in the world suffered PTSD from the Child Catcher.
Child hating bad guys are a Roald Dahl staple.
Child Catcher is NOT Scary and this movie is one big ugly ol' unfortunate mess. FACTS AND TRUTH.
I have to admit a love for it as well, as well as the other odd musical "Doctor Dolittle".
as someone who watched chitty chitty bang bang as a child the child catcher did not give me PTSD but i did wonder about how good treacle tarts must be to make all stranger danger lessons null and void
Funny thing is, the pond Truly crashes into (as well as the mill the family lives in) is actually quite close to my home, and I pass it sometimes taking the dog for a walk. That particular pond is called Russels water and is deep in the heart of Oxfordshire, a landlocked county. So, when I see the Chitty crew then suddenly arrive at the beach, I ponder how Truly felt waiting for 5 hours to get to the beach itself, spend a day or so there, and then Drive 5 hours back again.
I always assumed that Potts was from America, but moved to England where he married the twins mother, and the old man was his father-in-law.
that would only work if he changed his name to his wife's name, which didn't happen, because that's not how it worked back in those days.
Maybe he was raised in the United States and then moved back to the uk with his family?
@@vampirelove75 Could be....
but then what of his father. maybe some of grandpa's army buddies came from the united states and visited mr. potts (inventor) when they were a child
The reason all his other inventions look like junk is because he only needed them to be functional. However in those days owning a motor car was still a big deal so of course he gave a shit about how it looked
_Dear Mr. Potts,_
_You could probably make more money as an inventor if your inventions didn't look like literal piles of garbage. If you want your kids to go to whatever the Victorian equivalent of college is, please take this fact into account in the future._
_Sincerely,_
_Someone from CZcams._
@@timothymclean 1. The inventions really should *work* before they look nice. Looking nice but doing nothing is the Kardashian way to success. 2. It's the Edwardian period, not Victorian.
@@neferacronia6798 you just used the name Kardashian as a pejorative in a defense of the logic of the art direction in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
@@timothymclean These are prototypes so it really doesn't matter. Making it look nice is something you do when you're ready to roll it out to the public.
@@Kevin15047 I'd argue that it needs to look presentable by the time you're showing it off to investors.
Man, this is my favourite musical of all time and yet you managed to make me laugh throughout the whole thing. You've earned a subscriber.
Man, this is one of the most WTF movies ever..... and it's fucking awesome
"Come here, kiddie-winkies!"
This film has plenty of flaws but it was still a childhood favourite of mine and still brings a nostalgic smile to my face. If anything the jokes in this review makes the film more entertaining to me. Thanks for adding to my enjoyment. PS: Just noticed Barbara Windsor in this. That's awesome.
Well even van duke didn't care for it for details read his autobiography my lucky life in Hollywood.and you'll find out why.
What flaws?
I honestly can't agree with Sin #7.
What the hell is the point of the movie if they just went on the picnic and sat around? The story Mr. Potts tells IS the story. Chitty is nothing more than just an average car, stylish, but average. Mr. Potts probably told the story to emotionally connect with his children on the car. He knew they loved it, and he poured his savings into restoring and making it drivable, which in itself is an impressive feat. The movie would still probably have been good if it was just showing the restoration of the car.
Showing them having a good time in their brand new Bling Mobile was the entire point of the movie. What's the point of anyone's life if they aren't to enjoy it?
Just my opinion.
Even considering the Or Was It A Dream? ending where the car does fly after all.
Exactly - this is the equivalent of "whats the point of Alice in Wonderland" or the "The Wizard of Oz."
I want to work in that Edwardian candy factory. It looks so neat in there.
But, like...
Isn't that the worst place in the world to make candy? It's a giant greenhouse. It's going to be wet and hot in there. None of the candy is going to set up right.
Roald Dahl wrote this? That explains a lot of the second act.
the opening scene where chitty runs into the crowd always bothers me. What happened to the people standing there? Were they injured, was anybody killed?
I keep expecting one of those spinning news papers that reads." Three Dead and 10 Injured At Kent Race Track"
although I always liked the twins.
+Jordan Green most likely noone was there.
Personally, I always preferred "Bedknobs and Broomsticks". ^^
When I saw those kids playing in that car, my first thought was "Now THIS is podracing!"
Then when dad gets it running ...."It's working, it's working!"
It's really funny how the song from Truly, "What a lovely lovely man" was actually sung as part of the story Mr. Potts told. That means he basically said, "Truly sang about how lovely I am". It's hillarious! LOL!!
How dare you! I grew up on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!
So?
Peppermint Snowdrift Yeah, the opinion that pisses off the most people is _always_ interested.
I loved it too. But now not so much. It's kind of nauseating when you think about it.
Kieran Stark I’m not a troll. This is a staple of my childhood and therefore I defend it to the death
I've probably seen this movie more than any other Disney movie!
I liked the music box scene: did you know they did it in 1 take?
A hilarious review...but it's still one of my favorite movies.
The fact that it was the first one I ever saw probably has something to do with that.
The director of this film was a friend of mine and he had problems with, as he refered to them as, "the BONDonians". A fine oiled machine of Bond people that were use to working with one another rather than newcomers. Chitty is wonderful because there are elements in it, several to which you pointed out in your review, that would never be allowed in a Disney film. The Baroness in her lingerie, the Baron trying to kill his wife, the Child Catcher who comes off more like a child molester and the Kiddie concentration camp. Luckily, the film is graced with the beautiful Sally Ann Howes to offset some of the weirder elements.
I find it ironic how Truly's solo "Lovely, Lonely Man" is part of Caractacus' story. Like he's literally like "Then Truly sang a song about how she's so in love with me and how she wants to be with me forever", and then after the story is finished and Jeremy and Jemima add that daddy and Truly get married and live happily ever after, Caractacus acts all awkward and dismissive, and then there's the whole scene where he's really snobbish about how he and Truly could never be together because of the separation of class and status and all that rubbish...that's when the plot kind of goes off the rails a bit.
The child catcher scared the hell out of me when I saw this as a kid( I was five at that time) saw it in the theater. Now almost 50 years later he still creeps me out.
Hey, did you know that the Baron is played by the same guy who played Goldfinger? That is freaking awesome!
Many 007 connections. Ian Flemming, Albert Broccoli, Gerd Fröbe, cool Cars and a Woman with a sexy name.
You neglected to mention the other movie that was partially responsible for this getting made: *Around The World In Eighty Days* . It touched off a mini-genre which lasted to the end of the sixties, of epic comedies set in the late 19th/early 20th century about mad races across the globe.
Ah Chitty Chitty Bang Bang scaring children forever! Also an eccentrically British creation!
Plus is Potts was telling the story was mentioning the Baron and Baroness in the bedroom really appropriate for a kids story? I can imagine they were like 'eeeeeeewwwww! Daddy! thats gross!' lol
I was in elementary school, actually kindergarten when this movie came out in 1968. When I would watch the movie in earlier days I would get more of a kick out of the inventions, the incredible car, etc. Now, I get more of a kick out of drooling at how good looking Sally Ann Howes was in the movie. The woman just died at the ripe old age of 91. It's amazing how time flies.
I wasn't aware she'd passed. R.I.P.
"actually in the musical stage version the whole thing was real including the nightmare inducing villain..." shudders "the child catcher"
18:17 I actually have a headcanon that the kid and the grandpa in The Princess Bride are distant descendants of Wesley and Buttercup, and the heroic story of their ancestors has been passed down for so long that the modern world thinks it’s just a fairy tale now.
Not to mention the Sherman Bros. and Desmond Llewelyn and Gert Frobe
But you gotta love Robert Hauptmann aka The Child Catcher
Leslee Herschfus
It's Robert Helpmann. But yes. He's my favorite character in the film.
"Sweetheart Lovelymuffins." If Mike Myers' Austin Powers somehow finds his way back to the screen, THAT has to be the name of his love interest!
I remember being so scared of this movie when I was a kid that I started crying every time they sang the main theme
It's insulting that you didn't even mention The Sherman Brothers!
I am a bit surprised that wasn't on the list of deliberate similarities to Mary Poppins...
This whole video is insulting.
I just realized the “bag o’ weed” song from Family Guy is originally from this....
I don't want to accept this! No! This was one of my favorites and got me into musicals as a child!
So?
I like this movie too (mainly because of mid-20th century nostalgia and because of its batshit insanity, but still, no movie is perfect.
Ikr
I love Dick Van Dyke's deliver of the WTF line about the tide coming up. He reads it like he's delivering a line in a propaganda film and then the twist where the tide is suddenly up to the car's frame and nobody noticed gets a laugh from me for sheer absurdity.
I have to admit I'm rather disappointed you didn't like this movie (I outright adore it...well, most of it; I agree those children are ANNOYING), but everyone's entitled to an opinion, and nothing's perfect, sooo... (shrugs) Besides, demons aren't exactly required to be "nice."
When you notice how long a movie is, it is too long.
+Strange Aeons
Would it be too long even before I watched it? x
0:47- For Chitty Chitty Bang and James Bond to share the same creator....small world ain't it?
When I was a child watching this, I couldn’t pronounce “chitty” properly so whenever I said the title of the movie, It sounded like I said “Shitty Shitty Bang Bang”
We call it “Choo Choo Bang Bang” because that’s what my daughter called it when she was three
Yeah this movie always bothered me as a kid. I thought it was really fun, but then we realize that it was all just a story, and I always felt like the point of the movie was completely ruined.
The film's biggest sin is being overlong, filled out with a lot of song and two production numbers for grownups before the rebuilt car is rolled out after the first fifty minutes have passed. The adventure doesn't begin for another fifteen minutes and as a young child you may not notice the "framing", the transition from fantasy story to phantasmagorical fantasy story, (which is is not a bad thing since after an hour in, they need something exciting to wake them up.) Truly gets in a slow, romantic, boring solo song at the halfway point so the kids in the audience can take a bathroom break. But some of the other songs are awesome and the Child Catcher is a well-realized mix of dark menace and comical weirdo, hitting just the right tone for his purpose.
Having grown up in the 70s, this film was a perennial event on TV every year for me. While it may not be the greatest movie musical ever made, it is a cherished childhood memory for me along with the annual "Wizard Of Oz" telecasts and the Peanuts specials. While I agree it is flawed, and somewhat weird, it's still a wonderfully entertaining film.
To this day I occasionally have nightmares of the Child Catcher, especially with him dressed weird & ringing the bells. I'm 22.
I know this movie isn't perfect by a LONG shot, but I do have a soft spot in my heart for it. Nostalgia is a powerful thing.
Half the movie is dedicated to a pointless story with bizarre sets and costumes being told to some kids on the beach? It's Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny with a budget!
I honestly love this movie. It was one of the first I ever saw as a kid and, to this day, I love rewatching it. I know it's cheesy and the whole other country storyline was odd, but I could never hate this movie.
Got the chance to visit that castle. Such an amazing and beautiful work of architecture.
Is it weird that I wasn't afraid of the child catcher as a kid?
Also, I like this movie. Not sure if it's because I grew up with it or the fact the Sherman Brothers wrote the music, but I will always love it. If only I could have seen the stage show...
the child catcher was terrifying when I watched this movie as a kid. still makes me uncoomfortable!
2:06 No, but you did predict Cars 3
This was a nice video! No musical is perfect
That doesn't take away my excitement to be playing in the first ever dutch version of the show tho :P
for the record, I found the Child catcher disturbing/scary as a child too and found the "it was ALLLL just a dream/story" ending disappointing
Fun facts: the guy Caractacus gets the car from is played by Desmond Llewellyn who was Q in most of the Bond movies.
Baron Bomburst is Gert Frobe who played Auric Goldfinger.
I do enjoy the film and actually live near a car museum where the car still is.
I remember seeing this on stage and the story he tells, isn't a story and actually happens. Which included a joke where Caractacus Pott proposes to Truly Scrumptious during the breakout, but she doesn't want his last name because she would be called Truly Potts.
I always liked Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as a kid. You don't really think about plot devices and character flaws when your little. However, I have watched it recently again (with adult views), and I gotta agree with 90% of what you said. It's just one of those musicals where you gotta embrace the cheesy antics.
My husband worked for CPS as an investigator (the guy who takes your kids) for over 15 years. I constantly referred to him as the Child Catcher and still want him to dress as him for Halloween.
This film is my childhood favorite movie. I used to rent it from the library whenever I possibly could back when VHS was still a thing. Yes its silly, yes the logic of the film is flimsy and the plot is all over the place but I still love this film. Its over 2 hours long but it doesn't feel that way because so much happens in the running time. On top of that, the songs are over the top, cheesy but catchy and cans still bring a smile to my face. Especially the Ol' Bamboo! The Child Catcher is a classic Roald Dahl villain, the bumbling spies are hilarious, the kids are grating at times but I've seen worse and all the actors are clearly having fun with their roles. This is a film that knows its silly and doesn't care but rather goes all out with its silliness. It's not intellectually challenging, nor is it going to change your life but its going to keep your kids entertained for a good two hours.
I will still always love the dancing dolls scene. I just think it’s really cute and well done and the song is great
This is the worlds best childrens movie, and that is a hill I will gladly die on.
Worth mentioning that Mr Coggins, in the first scene, is played by Desmond Llewellyn, otherwise known at "Q" in the James Bond films. Obviously in deep cover, here.
Who comes up with the Child Catcher? Roald Dahl, that's who...
Reminds me of the guy from "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" who announces the duels
Whoever came up with the Child Catcher was inspired by the Wizard Of Oz's Wicked Witch of the West. Margaret Hamilton could roll over in her grave.
I had no idea Roald Dahl was involved in the screenplay, but I guess I should’ve been tipped off by the most anti-Semitic character ever 🙄
This movie is my childhood and still a guilty pleasure to this day 😂😂 Rarely anyone I know, knows it though...
Omg I just discovered your channel and I LOVE IT!! Can't wait for more content
You forgot to mention that The ol Bamboo dance routine is a rip off of Step in time from Mary Poppins.
It's not really a rip off if they were both written by the Sherman Brothers.
TheSharpestofThorns ___ Not to mention choreographed by the same people
As Leela of Futurama fame once proclaimed: "You can succeed at anything. If you just luck out hard enough."
It's kind of hilarious because in my country there is a whole series of books (a popular one) with a car that can do all of those things and the only explanation you get is that it was made by an inventor (okay, a guy was kind of a weird scientist). So for me it is not strange at all.
I liked the first half of a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang... I honestly cannot remember the rest.
God I loved this movie though, from what I can remember, and the songs
Awww despite my love for Julie Andrews I always preferred this film to Mary Poppins since I was a wee little one.
I totally agree. Growing up, I saw both Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at different times, I I thought Mary Poppins was too weird a film, and I couldn't accept Dick Van Dyke with that cockney accent after seeing him in Chitty. I still don't like Mary Poppins today.
Its unintelligible how someone can’t appreciate this movie, there is a reason why so many people have seen it, and it’s not because of any of her claims. Also watching this while high is amazing lmao
I'm auditioning for chitty chitty bang bang the musical next week and just thought i might watch this to see what I'm in for XD pmsl!!
The Sherman brothers are a saving grace
Hard agree. They are nothing short of amazing.
@@nicole-ls4jb true
There were a couple more James Bond connections in this movie...Desmond Llewellyn, aka Q, played the original owner of the car who was about to scrap it, and Gert Frobe, aka Goldfinger, was Baron Bomburst.
I haven't seen this film since about 1978, when I was 8, and I still know all the songs.
I remember watching this movie about a decade ago and that song is still stuck in my head! Whyyy?!
I always assumed the second half of the movie (the beach scene and beyond) took place in the kids' imagination as the story was being told
Yeah me too, i saw the Vulgaria stuff as a story within the story.
The movie bore little relationship to the book. As a child, I enjoyed the book. I'll always be amused that Dahl criticized changes to his literary work, while completely changing Fleming's book.
The weirdest thing about the movie is that, aside from the car being in it, is completely different from the book.
Sir Robert Helpmann aka The Child Catcher. As creepy as he is, Helpmann was one of the greatest ballerinas of his time, and an Australian treasure.
Isobel Duncan
Yes. He was.
In fact, because he was such a talented ballet dancer, his skills saved his life when filming this movie.
There's a video on CZcams with Dick Van Dyke explaining the whole thing.
Abney Park does an AMAZING cover of the song 'chitty chitty bang bang'. The video is cool too, a steam punk car (and zeppelin, and inexplicably running guy) race in the style of 'wacky races' (complete with blatent cheating!). Think the song is catchy now? Just wait until you hear it with a hard steampunk-rock guitar and bass line! I quite literally listened to it over 50 times in the first week after I heard it.
I always found it funny how the kids have English accents and their father didn't. I also loved this movie as a kid and really wanted a toy car that would fly and float lol. I love your videos keep up the good work.
In Paris, Maine they have a founders day celebration with a showing of a residents private car collection which includes a chitty chitty bang bang. It was very cool to see it in person.
Trivia: Sally Ann Howes was also in Dead of Night, a 1945 horror anthology movie, as a shrill teen.
I'm glad someone else loathes Jeremy and Jemima as much as I do.
when we were in Bar harbor, the tour guide told us about these newlyweds: bride got a new car from daddy, and hubby parked it in the middle of the sandbar that links the island, despite warnings from locals. Sure enough, they dawdled too long and the car was swept away, and they became the evening entertainment for the locals
It was the sixties. It was a different time.
Ah Roald Dahl sure did love scaring the kiddos
My favourite childhood film. Totally joyous from start to finish. I refuse to hate on it
Same
I, like everyone else in this comment section, grew up with this movie and have a ton of nostalgia for it, but that child catcher haunted my nightmares for years. This brought back memories I never knew I had...