9 Children's Movies That Are Way Creepier Than You Remember

1. Return To Oz

Although the original Wizard of Oz is horrifying in its own right (flying monkeys, witch melting, FLYING MONKEYS), it can't hold a candle to the grotesque atrocities committed in the much less popular sequel. The amount of psychotic energy that went into crafting this sequel could have powered a thousand Manson Families.

The film begins in an insane asylum, with Dorothy receiving electroshock therapy to cure her of her "nightmares" about Oz. Trying to escape the torture... er, "therapy"... she very nearly (and very graphically) drowns in an epic rainstorm. Oh, and the flying monkeys are now steampunk rollerbladers with gargoyle faces and dead eyes and electrical cords for dreadlocks.

And there's a new, more headless witch. And voyeuristic rocks with slack-jawed mouths. And a creepily realistic, pumpkin-headed best friend with no respect for personal boundaries. ...And the witch has a hall of screaming heads enshrined in glass cases.

After watching Return to Oz, any sensible child would happily watch the flying monkeys scene from the original on loop if it meant erasing the memories of those !*$% screaming heads. Which other supposedly child-friendly