Pay attention, I believe most of us have a film from our childhood that traumatized us, even when it wasn’t truly scary. For me, it was The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. For Josh Hutcherson, it was The Wizard of Oz. He not too long ago gave an excellent clarification about why the nice musical “tormented” him too, by recalling a recurring nightmare he had about it throughout SanDiego Comedian-Con’s 5 Nights at Freddy’s 2 panel.
As we look ahead to 5 Nights at Freddy’s 2’s launch on the 2025 film schedule, the solid traveled to San Diego to tease what’s to come back. The subject of different scary films additionally got here up. So, whereas I’m certain FNAF has scared many, the movie’s star, Hutcherson, opened up in regards to the film that “tormented” him essentially the most as a teenager, saying this throughout a panel CinemaBlend attended:
A film that tormented me, not a horror movie, I don’t assume, however it scared me to demise, was The Wizard of Oz. I don’t know why. Once I was a child, I might have recurring nightmares of the depraved witch simply floating outdoors my bed room window me and smiling.
I really feel this! Listening to the Depraved Witch of the West yell, “I’ll get you, my fairly,” is frightening stuff. It’s doubtlessly nightmare-inducing, for certain, and Josh Hutcherson simply proved that.
Now, personally, I’ve rewatched The Wizard of Oz many occasions, and it’s by no means terrified me. Nonetheless, I get the purpose The Starvation Video games actor is making right here. There are some issues we will’t shake as children that actually keep on with us. Actually, I am certain a few of Hutcherson’s films have traumatized many children — Starvation Video games and Bridge to Terabithia, I am you particularly. Yeah, that is proper, I nonetheless keep in mind what occurred in each these films, and I nonetheless really feel very emotional about it.
In the meantime, for him, this sense for ache, horror and/or dread got here from that depraved witch. It’s wild that it induced a recurring nightmare, too. If I have been him, that’d solely amplify the worry. It looks as if it has caught with him as nicely, because the performer defined:
Actually now, to at the present time, as a grown-up, I suppose I’ll name myself, I nonetheless get freaked out if I see the OG Depraved Witch of the West.
Properly, if this worry nonetheless haunts him to at the present time, I’m now very curious to listen to Josh Hutchson’s ideas on the Depraved films. Like, is he going to see Depraved: For Good when it’s launched in theaters this November? Can he discover a method to transfer previous his worry by studying extra about Elphaba’s backstory? These are vital questions I want solutions to.
Nonetheless, in the meanwhile, we don’t have these solutions. We do know some enjoyable new details about Hutcherson’s upcoming movie, although! 5 Nights at Freddy’s 2 dropped a trailer that gave us a have a look at new animatronics, and we realized extra about Skeet Ulrich’s function within the film.
We additionally know that the upcoming horror flick will hit theaters on December 5, which is notably after the November 21 launch of Depraved: For Good. So, possibly we will comply with up with Josh Hutcherson later this 12 months to see how the musicals have impacted his long-time worry of The Wizard of Oz.