As I noted during my post on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, my first viewing of the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory left me, how do we put this? Deeply traumatized for life. In the comments, many of you noted similar experiences. So it was with considerable trepidation that I listened to the Powers That Be at Tor.com and agreed to watch the film, along with a few others based on Roald Dahl books, comforting myself with the knowledge that on this viewing, I would be holding a cat.
So much for that theory. The cat was freaked out too.
[Look, this is STILL a disturbing film, no matter how you look at it. Spoilers for the book and this film only. I’ll be discussing the Tim Burton film in a later post. ]