1. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Come on, how could this
not be a horror movie? Slugworth was creepy as all-get-out, and anybody who grew up with this movie *raises hand* will tell you that scene in which Willy Wonka has an enraged meltdown over the stolen Fizzy Lifting Drink scars the psyche with pure terror. But oh, it all works out in the end of the original movie. The rubbish kiddies are all unharmed after their mild punishments, and Charlie inherits the factory after Willy Wonka turns all lovely and cuddly again. The bitter cocoa loses out to sugary sweetness. Not in the horror version, my friends. In the horror version, the Golden Ticket is not a fabulous prize, it is in fact a one-way fare to a hellish factory, the kids and their guardians sent there in some sort of
Hunger Games style set-up to amuse the sadistic Wonka. Inside the factory, the kids are left to navigate their own way out, and mistakes are fatal. Augustus Gloop drowns, Veruca Salt is incinerated, Mike Teevee is shrunk into a puff of dust and Violet Beauregarde blows up and is splattered on the walls. The cannibalistic Oompa Loompas then feast upon their remains, chanting their (catchy) war cries of victory. By some miracle Charlie and Grandpa Joe manage to survive the demonic boat ride and avoid the skin-shredding fan blades, only to reach the safety of the Great Glass Elevator. Well, they think theyre safe until they see the sociopath in the top hat crouched in the corner, crooning, Come with me and youll be in a world of pure imagination It is the last thing they hear before their bodies fall to earth, Wonka calmly watching whilst munching on an edible tea cup.