The movie's main moral is supposed to be about not letting books (or media in general) distract you from God and faith, but it comes across more as "reading books that aren't the Bible leads you to Satan", and "Reading books that aren't the Bible will make you change for the worse".
From the book: "Wanting to explore your identity or pursue your dreams beyond a preordained faith will make you miserable".
Adaptation Displacement: Not many know that this was based off of an 80's audio book the creator grew up with.
Cult Classic: Were it not for the Globglogabgalab's rise as a meme, this film would have faded into obscurity. Instead, it's starting to become somewhat of a cult classic, if only just.
The Globglogabgalab, of the Memetic Mutation type and being the sole reason the film was discovered.
The Rat King because his Villain Song as well as him basically being Satan in a rat's body, though he had a brief scene in the film.
Hilarious in Hindsight: The film's message of "Books that aren't the Bible = Evil" becomes this when you realize that Scott Cawthon would later write afew books himself.
Just Here for Godzilla: The Globglogabgalab and his absurd song are pretty much the only reasons why this movie has found favor.
Memetic Mutation: The Globglogabgalab's song is what resurrected this movie's popularity. "I am the yeast of thoughts and mind" in particular stands out in how absurdly ominous and poetic it is.
Nightmare Fuel: The Globglogabgalab, memetic as he is, seems to have emerged from a particularly potent fever dream; he moves about stiltedly, and is both amorphous yet still somewhat humanoid in appearance.
Retroactive Recognition: Scott Cawthon (yes, THAT Scott Cawthon) was recognized in the credits of the movie. Although he had nothing to do with the production of Strawinsky, his older films did inspire the director to make it.
Signature Scene: The Globglogabgalab's song is the most well-known and memetic part of the movie.
They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Though Strawinsky is based from an audio drama, it turns out that according to the official website, there were six episodes of the original series in German. This means they only adapted one of the episodes for the film. Had this been averted, there would be less confusion to the story and more screen time for the rest of the cast, who had very brief appearances due to the runtime.
Watch It for the Meme: Most people, especially non-Christians, would have never heard about the film if it wasn't for the Globglogabgalab undergoing Memetic Mutation in March of 2018, 5 years after the movie's release.
's song is what resurrected this movie's popularity. "I am the yeast of thoughts and mind" in particular stands out in how absurdly ominous and poetic it is.