r/oddlyterrifying • u/Appropriate_Tower680 • 2d ago

THIS was the Christmas movie they chose tonight...

https://youtu.be/U6twirriE-s?si=tYn5PhZCimJHg1xC

Spent the evening with some very sweet older women. The 98 year old wanted to watch Babes in Toyland. I was NOT prepared. Her singing along like that lady at the end of the Metallica song just added to the ambiance. She was half a bottle of hard cider in by then. Goals.

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u/wompppwomp 2d ago

That is a scene from the Laurel and Hardy movie 'March of the Wooden Soldiers'. It is a classic we would watch every Thanksgiving when I was a kid. The whole movie has disturbing elements like the boogeymen and the wooden soldiers. The early years of Hollywood were not steeped in CGI elegance.

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u/Appropriate_Tower680 2d ago

I was absolutely floored with the amount of work it took. This was in the 1930s. They build an entire town of whimsy, sculpt and cast dozens of costumes. It's archaic now, but this must have been a HUGE production.

You're right, the entire movie had me gripped like passing a car accident.

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u/StardustandDreams 2d ago

Also I completely agree, there were some terrifying things in this movie. Very uncanny valley for a few of the characters lol

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u/wompppwomp 2d ago

The scene where Laurel's character figures out the wooden soldiers' purpose and the theme song for them when they start marching got me all choked up and air fist pumping every time when I was 8 years old.

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u/wolfblitzen84 1d ago

Every year after the thanksgiving parade they would play this on what was channel 11 for me which later became the wb and no idea what it is now. Memories

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u/wompppwomp 1d ago

Was that the NYC metropolitan area? I grew up in NJ and seems like back in the days of 3 networks and PBS, the local stations would decide what to air, like the 4:30 movie or Chiller Theater, etc.

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u/wolfblitzen84 1d ago

Yes this was Long Island. When I was a kid the channel was called wpix then became the wb and I think it’s the cw now? I haven’t had used regular tv for about 18 years haha. It used to air directly after the parade and then when the film ended they always showed a short from laurel and hardy that took place on a boat that involved eggs but I can’t remember.

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u/Flat_Assistance1724 1d ago

Used to watch this during the holidays ever single year back in the days before cable TV existed. Absolutely loved Laurel and Hardy. I tried so hard to do that stick whack thing Laurel did in the movie.

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u/DerpyYoshi7978 2d ago

Terrifying Human like Cat playing a violen and a Mickey Mouse thatl looks like it is done with everything. Why is that in the 30s and even the 20s as well as th era of silent films make things more terrifying like the one with the Human like Pig.

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u/Appropriate_Tower680 2d ago

I'm pretty sure the mouse was a monkey IN a mouse suit. He lemur-Leeaaped through a few scenes.

https://youtu.be/3PH6uFVkkfg?feature=shared

They also had humanoid pigs! 3 little pigs in some kind of rubber suits. Guessing they were child labor, probably called in sick from crawling through chimneys that day...

The entire movie was an acid trip.

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u/Crazy-Cat-2848 1d ago

Mickey Mouse found deceased from fentanyl overdose in Orlando Florida.

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u/Ok-Bookkeeper-373 1d ago

Babes In Toyland is one of my FAVES 

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u/led204 1d ago

It's neither pig nor pork.

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u/Galilaeus_Modernus 19h ago

Barnaby's gotta hand in that.

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u/led204 14h ago

Ole Barnaby was rotten thru and thru.

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u/OmegaTerry 1d ago

Blame it on Jorge

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u/mada50 1d ago

This VHS lived at my grandma’s house and they loved putting it on. I had to finally man up and watch it as an adult to get over the fear of the creepiness. The boogeyman is too much.

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u/Own_Ninja3890 1d ago

Does anyone have the link to the edit of this scene where there's this violin song played over the video? I can't remember the name of the song and can't find the video.

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u/Delicious-Town1723 23h ago

Micheal mouse tweaking

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u/Galilaeus_Modernus 19h ago

Such a fun movie. It comes in a colorized version too! This movie got me into Laurel and Hardy's other works. Such a hilarious duo!