10 Most Out Of Place Scenes In Sci-Fi Movie History
5. Macaroni Cheese "Cheddar Goblin" – Mandy (2018)
One of a series of films marking Nicolas Cage's return to form (but he never went away, right?) is Panos Cosmatos' psychedelic sci-fi arthouse wonder, Mandy.
Cage plays Red Miller, a lumber worker whose girlfriend Mandy (Andrea Riseborough) is kidnapped and killed by a religious cult, and who therefore must enact a campaign of brutal vengeance. It's the 1980s, the world has an ominous neon glow and pretty much anything goes, whether that be chainsaw duels, coke-snorting demon bikers, or a green goblin that projectile vomits macaroni cheese.
He's kooky, he's crazy, nobody really knows what he's doing at any given moment, or why he's there. No, we're not talking about Cage; this is the Cheddar Goblin. One strange moment in a film notorious for its balls-out, OTT approach to just about everything, the creepy little green guy appears on television during a tense and crucial point in Red's emotional journey, treating two children to some macaroni chunder.
The scene is undeniably brilliant but it comes at a strange time, right after Red has watched his beloved burn to death in front of him, and bears little resemblance to the rest of the film. But, no matter how out of place he is, Cheddar Goblin will always have a seat at our table!