The Child Catcher Was Horrifying

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  @Vykandar · 2 years ago (edited)

  The actor who played grandpa is actually YOUNGER than dick van dycke. Thats mad

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• HO

  @Hoplite_PNW · 2 years ago

  Further connection to James Bond is that the story of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was also written by Ian Fleming.

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• 1T

  @1TakoyakiStore · 2 years ago

  The Child Catcher saved more kids from stranger danger than any parent's warning ever could.

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• JO

  @josron6088 · 9 months ago (edited)

  Completely off topic but the color palette of some of these older films are next level.

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• CO

  @connorthegunlovingeek7465 · 2 years ago

  My mum used to say to me and my twin brother as a kid, "Lollipops, Ice Cream! All flavors, " in the child catcher voice, and it would scare the shit out of us

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• NI

  @Nighlocktheawesome00 · 2 years ago

  Probably one of the most terrifying villains in cinematic history. All because you can actually encounter someone like the Child Catcher in the real world.

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• RE

  @resistancepublishing · 2 years ago (edited)

  I just realized that the toymaker who saved the children by hiding them was none other than Benny Hill himself

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• MA

  @markcroydon3195 · 9 months ago

  The &quot;Child Catcher&quot; was played by Sir Robert Helpmann (9 April 1909 – 28 September 1986).<br>He was an Australian ballet dancer, actor, choreographer, and director. After early work in Australia he moved to Britain in 1932, where he joined the Vic-Wells Ballet (now The Royal Ballet). He became one of the company&apos;s leading men, partnering Alicia Markova and later Margot Fonteyn. When Frederick Ashton, the company&apos;s chief choreographer, was called up for military service in the Second World War, Helpmann took over from him while continuing as a principal dancer.

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• KR

  @Kryptnyt · 2 years ago

  I think the most terrifying thing about this character when viewing him through an adult lens is the sheer enthusiasm he has for his job that asks him to prey on the innocent and vulnerable. He relishes it like some kind of folklore faerie child-hating creature. This movie is great and I love it. The baroness may also have informed my taste in women from a very young age.

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• BO

  @bonyeezy7980 · 2 years ago

  I’ve never heard anyone talk about this movie on YouTube, I’m so glad I was not alone in this childhood trauma lol.

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• RA

  @RamblingSailors · 2 years ago

  Dude, there is so much to this that you didn&apos;t cover. Like that Helpmann didn&apos;t realize how scary he was going to be, and was genuinely distressed that he had apparently traumatized every kid who saw the movie.<br>Or that the toymaker who hid the kids was an uncredited performance by none other than the great comedian and naughty songster Benny Hill.

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• PR

  @prickly10000 · 1 year ago

  My Mother was 4 years old when this movie came out. &nbsp;She still can not watch the Child catcher scene without freaking out. &nbsp;60 years later

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