Get Away From Me Oompa-Loompas and Bubble Gum Girl!
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory scared me more than any other movie
What movie gave you nightmares when you were a child?
For a lot of people close to my age, their answers would most likely be famous scary movies such as The Exorcist, The Omen, Jaws, Halloween, Friday The 13th, A Nightmare On Elm Street, etc.
Demonic possessions, the devil himself, a killer shark, and evil masked characters?
Bah, they were nothing to me.
Bring them on!
(Well, no. Leave them wherever they are, please. I’m not trying to tempt trouble here!)
The movie that scared me the most and gave me a lot of nightmares was Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. I was 5 years old when it was released in theaters in 1971. I don’t remember many other movie-going experiences from back then, but I sure remember that one.
My family took me to see it shortly after I started kindergarten. I remember liking parts of the movie when it started, but I was freaked out when I first saw the tiny little Oompa-Loompa characters. I don’t know if it was because of how little they were or because of their green hair and orange skin, or if it was because of their horrible little…
