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*** Margaret Hamilton, before she was an actress, taught primary school; she knew EXACTLY how to scare the crap out of little kids!
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*** Margaret Hamilton, before she was an actress, taught in a primary school; she knew EXACTLY how to scare the crap out of little kids!
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* The scene where Miss Gulch is seen riding on her bicycle. There's something unsettling about the way her entire body remains erect and motionless, safe for her legs. The big frown on her face also makes her creepy.
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** In addition to the performance, Hamilton's makeup job is really an awesome achievement for the movie's production staff; there are so many ''overtly'' horrific elements to the Witch's design that you might not notice some of the subtler details that just make her seem slightly...[[UncannyValley "off"]]. Like, while you're focused on the bright green skin and the shrieky voice, you might not notice that [[http://i.ytimg.com/vi/WnXAl1ntt_4/hqdefault.jpg her nose and chin]] are far sharper and more pointed than anything on a real human face. Or that [[http://i.huffpost.com/gen/2222114/images/o-WICKED-WITCH-OF-THE-WEST-facebook.jpg her nails are so long and pointed]] that they practically look like ''claws''. Or that her face paint is visibly lighter around her eyes--which makes her eyes pop, and gives you the unsettling feeling that ''she's staring right into your soul''.
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*** Margaret Hamilton, before she was an actress, taught primary school; she knew EXACTLY how to scare the crap out of little kids!
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* The death of both Wicked Witches.
** Once the ruby slippers disappear from East's feet, what little we see of her corpse FLATTENS AND ROLLS UP. Bones, muscles, flesh, just rolled up like a carpet. We never do find out if she left anything at all under the house, or if even her rolled up body mysteriously vanished.
** The water Dorothy throws on West causes her body to hiss and produce steam, implying that the wicked witch's skin is not simply turning to goo, but burning (if not outright boiling into liquid). Even worse? When she's almost gone, she makes whimpering, moaning sounds which sit somewhere between her being in extreme pain and being scared to die.
** Once the ruby slippers disappear from East's feet, what little we see of her corpse FLATTENS AND ROLLS UP. Bones, muscles, flesh, just rolled up like a carpet. We never do find out if she left anything at all under the house, or if even her rolled up body mysteriously vanished.
** The water Dorothy throws on West causes her body to hiss and produce steam, implying that the wicked witch's skin is not simply turning to goo, but burning (if not outright boiling into liquid). Even worse? When she's almost gone, she makes whimpering, moaning sounds which sit somewhere between her being in extreme pain and being scared to die.
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* Testing the "Dark Side of the Rainbow" rumor - that is, playing Music/PinkFloyd's ''TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' over the film - might summon some coincidences in how the two sync up. However, as a side effect, the music can radically alter the tone of the movie for the viewer, enhancing the despair of some of its bleaker moments while making the happier parts (like Dorothy's first few moments in Oz, accompanied by the track ''Money'') seem almost sadistic.
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* Testing the "Dark Side of the Rainbow" rumor - that is, playing Music/PinkFloyd's ''TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' over the film - might summon some coincidences in how the two sync up. However, as a side effect, the music can radically alter the tone of the movie for the viewer, enhancing the despair of some of its bleaker moments while making the happier parts (like Dorothy's first few moments in Oz, accompanied by the track ''Money'') seem almost sadistic.
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* Who here wasn't a little freaked out by the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtie6r27JeU chant of the Winkies?]] That {{Metallica}} saw fit to sample the chanting for a song about someone losing their mind says a lot.
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* Who here wasn't a little freaked out by the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtie6r27JeU chant of the Winkies?]] That {{Metallica}} Music/{{Metallica}} saw fit to sample the chanting for a song about someone losing their mind says a lot.
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* Testing the "Dark Side of the Rainbow" rumor - that is, playing PinkFloyd's Music/PinkFloyd's ''TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' over the film - might summon some coincidences in how the two sync up. However, as a side effect, the music can radically alter the tone of the movie for the viewer, enhancing the despair of some of its bleaker moments while making the happier parts (like Dorothy's first few moments in Oz, accompanied by the track ''Money'') seem almost sadistic.
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* Though it normally goes overlooked since the person in question is one of the Wicked Witches, ''Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead'' is, as its name even suggests, a song [[SoundtrackDissonance gleefully celebrating someone's death.]]
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* Though it normally goes overlooked since the person in question is one of the Wicked Witches, ''Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead'' is, as its name even suggests, a song [[SoundtrackDissonance gleefully celebrating someone's death.]]]]
* Testing the "Dark Side of the Rainbow" rumor - that is, playing PinkFloyd's ''TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' over the film - might summon some coincidences in how the two sync up. However, as a side effect, the music can radically alter the tone of the movie for the viewer, enhancing the despair of some of its bleaker moments while making the happier parts (like Dorothy's first few moments in Oz, accompanied by the track ''Money'') seem almost sadistic.
* Testing the "Dark Side of the Rainbow" rumor - that is, playing PinkFloyd's ''TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' over the film - might summon some coincidences in how the two sync up. However, as a side effect, the music can radically alter the tone of the movie for the viewer, enhancing the despair of some of its bleaker moments while making the happier parts (like Dorothy's first few moments in Oz, accompanied by the track ''Money'') seem almost sadistic.
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* Who here wasn't a little freaked out by the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtie6r27JeU chant of the Winkies?]] That {{Metallica}} saw fit to sample the chanting for a song about someone losing their mind says a lot.
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* Who here wasn't a little freaked out by the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtie6r27JeU chant of the Winkies?]] That {{Metallica}} saw fit to sample the chanting for a song about someone losing their mind says a lot.lot.
* Though it normally goes overlooked since the person in question is one of the Wicked Witches, ''Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead'' is, as its name even suggests, a song [[SoundtrackDissonance gleefully celebrating someone's death.]]
* Though it normally goes overlooked since the person in question is one of the Wicked Witches, ''Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead'' is, as its name even suggests, a song [[SoundtrackDissonance gleefully celebrating someone's death.]]
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* Who here wasn't a little freaked out by the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtie6r27JeU chant of the Winkies?]]
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* While we're at it, the scene with the twister is quite scary, given that the special effects look ''really damn good'' for such an old film, and --at least before Dorothy is knocked unconscious and the fantastical stuff kicks in-- the tornado's behavior is more accurate to real life than in many movies that came out over half a century later.
* Who here wasn't a little freaked out by the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtie6r27JeU chant of theWinkies?]]Winkies?]] That {{Metallica}} saw fit to sample the chanting for a song about someone losing their mind says a lot.
* Who here wasn't a little freaked out by the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtie6r27JeU chant of the
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* When the Wicked Witch has our heroes cornered, she's positively gleeful about how Dorothy is going to watch each of her friends die before her. And then: "How about a little ''fire'', scarecrow?" as she sets a terrified Scarecrow alight and he's ''screaming'' in fear. Thankfully Dorothy's able to put him out, but that is harrowing.
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* When the Wicked Witch has our heroes cornered, she's positively gleeful about how Dorothy is going to watch each of her friends die before her. And then: then, with evil cheer, she says "How about a little ''fire'', scarecrow?" as she sets a the terrified Scarecrow alight and he's ''screaming'' in fear. Thankfully Dorothy's able to put him out, but that is harrowing.
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* This troper was TERRIFIED of the talking trees when I was a kid. Nowadays, I'm not as scared of them but ''even then'', they're just [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9bbxNV7QY8 unsettling]].
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** The scene when she appeared in the Crystal Ball and said "I'll give you Auntie Em, my pretty!".
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* Who here wasn't a little freaked out by the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtie6r27JeU chant of the Winkies?]]
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** Especially that [[LaughingMad ''laugh'']]
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** Especially later when Dorothy sees Miss Gulch cycling past her window and transforming into a witch.
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** Especially later when Dorothy sees Miss Gulch cycling past her window and transforming into a witch.witch.
** Especially that [[LaughingMad ''laugh'']]
** Especially that [[LaughingMad ''laugh'']]
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* It may not be a horror film, but Margaret Hamilton's performance as the Wicked Witch still runs on pure, unfiltered NightmareFuel. Everything about her is insanely terrifying if you're a kid, and still thoroughly unsettling if you're an adult. The acid green skin, the eerie shrill voice, the not-quite-human face...and admit it, the creepy laugh has made everyone shiver at least once.
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* It may not be a horror film, but Margaret Hamilton's performance as the Wicked Witch still runs on pure, unfiltered NightmareFuel. Everything about her is insanely terrifying if you're a kid, and still thoroughly unsettling if you're an adult. The acid green skin, the eerie shrill voice, the not-quite-human face...and admit it, the creepy laugh has made everyone shiver at least once. And with all the scenes of her flying through the sky on a broomstick, teleporting instantly in a ball of fire, and watching the heroes through her crystal ball, there's the implication that she can find you and hunt you down [[FridgeHorror wherever]] [[ParanoiaFuel you are!]] If anything, the fact that it's a family film makes her scarier: she's obviously a sadist with vast magical powers, but we never see her doing anything that violent...[[NothingIsScarier our imaginations get to fill in the details]].
** The scene when she appeared in the Crystal Ball and said "I'll give you Auntie Em, my pretty!".
** The scene when she appeared in the Crystal Ball and said "I'll give you Auntie Em, my pretty!".
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** Even worse, in the same scene, Dorothy sees an image of Aunt Em in the crystal ball, hopelessly looking for her. No sooner does Dorothy fail to communicate with her than Aunt Em's image is replaced by the Wicked Witch who mocks Dorothy and threatens her, [[FridgeHorror "I'll give you Auntie Em, my pretty!"]] And if THAT isn't frightening enough, the Witch then turns to cackle ''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou directly at the audience]]'' [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou as if to tell us "I'm coming for YOU next!"]]
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** Even worse, in the same scene, Dorothy sees an image of Aunt Em in the crystal ball, hopelessly looking for her. No sooner does Dorothy fail to communicate with her than Aunt Em's image is replaced by the Wicked Witch who mocks Dorothy and threatens her, [[FridgeHorror "I'll give you Auntie Em, my pretty!"]] And if THAT isn't frightening enough, the Witch then turns to cackle ''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou directly at the audience]]'' [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou as if to tell us "I'm coming for YOU next!"]]next!"]]
* The scene where Miss Gulch is seen riding on her bicycle. There's something unsettling about the way her entire body remains erect and motionless, safe for her legs. The big frown on her face also makes her creepy.
** Especially later when Dorothy sees Miss Gulch cycling past her window and transforming into a witch.
* The scene where Miss Gulch is seen riding on her bicycle. There's something unsettling about the way her entire body remains erect and motionless, safe for her legs. The big frown on her face also makes her creepy.
** Especially later when Dorothy sees Miss Gulch cycling past her window and transforming into a witch.
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* When the Wicked Witch has our heroes cornered, she's positively gleeful about how Dorothy is going to watch each of her friends die before her. And then: "How about a little ''fire'', scarecrow?" as she sets a terrified Scarecrow alight and he's ''screaming'' with fear. Thankfully Dorothy's able to put him out, but that is harrowing.
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* When the Wicked Witch has our heroes cornered, she's positively gleeful about how Dorothy is going to watch each of her friends die before her. And then: "How about a little ''fire'', scarecrow?" as she sets a terrified Scarecrow alight and he's ''screaming'' with in fear. Thankfully Dorothy's able to put him out, but that is harrowing.
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* The part where Dorothy is locked in the Witch's castle and sees an image of Aunt Em in the crystal ball, hopelessly looking for her. No sooner does Dorothy fail to communicate with her than Aunt Em's image is replaced by the Wicked Witch who mocks Dorothy and threatens her, [[FridgeHorror "I'll give you Auntie Em, my pretty!"]] And if THAT isn't frightening enough, the Witch then turns to cackle ''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou directly at the audience]]'' [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou as if to tell us "I'm coming for YOU next!"]]
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** Unless, of course, the Witch had set the hourglass up to give Dorothy time to take the slippers off of her own volition, or she was going to kill her to get the slippers anyway. This could either be seen as the Witch giving her a sporting chance, or just instilling more fear in Dorothy.
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** Unless, of course, the Witch had set the hourglass up to give Dorothy time to take the slippers off of her own volition, or she was going to kill her to get the slippers anyway. This could either be seen as the Witch giving her a sporting chance, or just instilling more fear in Dorothy.Dorothy.
* The part where Dorothy is locked in the Witch's castle and sees an image of Aunt Em in the crystal ball, hopelessly looking for her. No sooner does Dorothy fail to communicate with her than Aunt Em's image is replaced by the Wicked Witch who mocks Dorothy and threatens her, [[FridgeHorror "I'll give you Auntie Em, my pretty!"]] And if THAT isn't frightening enough, the Witch then turns to cackle ''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou directly at the audience]]'' [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou as if to tell us "I'm coming for YOU next!"]]
* The part where Dorothy is locked in the Witch's castle and sees an image of Aunt Em in the crystal ball, hopelessly looking for her. No sooner does Dorothy fail to communicate with her than Aunt Em's image is replaced by the Wicked Witch who mocks Dorothy and threatens her, [[FridgeHorror "I'll give you Auntie Em, my pretty!"]] And if THAT isn't frightening enough, the Witch then turns to cackle ''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou directly at the audience]]'' [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou as if to tell us "I'm coming for YOU next!"]]
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* The scene where the Witch locks Dorothy in a tower, with an hourglass marking the time she has left to live--"and it isn't long, my dear, it isn't long!" The fact that [[NothingIsScarier it's never explained exactly what will happen to Dorothy when the sands run out]] makes it particularly terrifying.
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* The scene where the Witch locks Dorothy in a tower, with an hourglass marking the time she has left to live--"and it isn't long, my dear, it isn't long!" The fact that [[NothingIsScarier it's never explained exactly what will happen to Dorothy when the sands run out]] makes it particularly terrifying.terrifying.
** Unless, of course, the Witch had set the hourglass up to give Dorothy time to take the slippers off of her own volition, or she was going to kill her to get the slippers anyway. This could either be seen as the Witch giving her a sporting chance, or just instilling more fear in Dorothy.
** Unless, of course, the Witch had set the hourglass up to give Dorothy time to take the slippers off of her own volition, or she was going to kill her to get the slippers anyway. This could either be seen as the Witch giving her a sporting chance, or just instilling more fear in Dorothy.
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* When the Wicked Witch has our heroes cornered, she's positively gleeful about how Dorothy is going to watch each of her friends die before her. And then: "How about a little ''fire'', scarecrow?" as she sets a terrified Scarecrow alight and he's ''screaming'' with fear. Thankfully Dorothy's able to put him out, but that is harrowing.
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* When the Wicked Witch has our heroes cornered, she's positively gleeful about how Dorothy is going to watch each of her friends die before her. And then: "How about a little ''fire'', scarecrow?" as she sets a terrified Scarecrow alight and he's ''screaming'' with fear. Thankfully Dorothy's able to put him out, but that is harrowing.harrowing.
* The scene where the Witch locks Dorothy in a tower, with an hourglass marking the time she has left to live--"and it isn't long, my dear, it isn't long!" The fact that [[NothingIsScarier it's never explained exactly what will happen to Dorothy when the sands run out]] makes it particularly terrifying.
* The scene where the Witch locks Dorothy in a tower, with an hourglass marking the time she has left to live--"and it isn't long, my dear, it isn't long!" The fact that [[NothingIsScarier it's never explained exactly what will happen to Dorothy when the sands run out]] makes it particularly terrifying.
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* This troper was TERRIFIED of the talking trees when I was a kid. Nowadays, I'm not as scared of them but ''even then'', they're just [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9bbxNV7QY8 unsettling]].
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* This troper was TERRIFIED of the talking trees when I was a kid. Nowadays, I'm not as scared of them but ''even then'', they're just [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9bbxNV7QY8 unsettling]].unsettling]].
* When the Wicked Witch has our heroes cornered, she's positively gleeful about how Dorothy is going to watch each of her friends die before her. And then: "How about a little ''fire'', scarecrow?" as she sets a terrified Scarecrow alight and he's ''screaming'' with fear. Thankfully Dorothy's able to put him out, but that is harrowing.
* When the Wicked Witch has our heroes cornered, she's positively gleeful about how Dorothy is going to watch each of her friends die before her. And then: "How about a little ''fire'', scarecrow?" as she sets a terrified Scarecrow alight and he's ''screaming'' with fear. Thankfully Dorothy's able to put him out, but that is harrowing.
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* This troper was TERRIFIED of the talking trees when I was a kid. Nowadays, I'm not as scared of them but ''even then'', they're just [[unsettling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9bbxNV7QY8]].
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* This troper was TERRIFIED of the talking trees when I was a kid. Nowadays, I'm not as scared of them but ''even then'', they're just [[unsettling https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9bbxNV7QY8]].com/watch?v=M9bbxNV7QY8 unsettling]].
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* It may not be a horror film, but Margaret Hamilton's performance as the Wicked Witch still runs on pure, unfiltered NightmareFuel. Everything about her is insanely terrifying if you're a kid, and still thoroughly unsettling if you're an adult. The acid green skin, the eerie shrill voice, the not-quite-human face...and admit it, the creepy laugh has made everyone shiver at least once.
* In the same way that [[Series/DoctorWho hiding behind the sofa when the Daleks appear]] is a time-honored coming-of-age ritual for British children, every American child has hidden from the Flying Monkeys at least once. Whenever discussions of the movie come up, it's inevitable that ''someone'' will mention being terrified of the monkeys as a kid. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SESI19h4wDo It's easy to see why.]]
* And then there's the Wizard in his floating, bulbous head form with red smoke and fire belching from behind him as his voice roars past those sharp teeth. He wanted to scare Dorothy's party away, and there's a reason he succeeded. He scared the Cowardly Lion to the point where the Lion fled the room and ''jumped out a window.''
* In the same way that [[Series/DoctorWho hiding behind the sofa when the Daleks appear]] is a time-honored coming-of-age ritual for British children, every American child has hidden from the Flying Monkeys at least once. Whenever discussions of the movie come up, it's inevitable that ''someone'' will mention being terrified of the monkeys as a kid. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SESI19h4wDo It's easy to see why.]]
* And then there's the Wizard in his floating, bulbous head form with red smoke and fire belching from behind him as his voice roars past those sharp teeth. He wanted to scare Dorothy's party away, and there's a reason he succeeded. He scared the Cowardly Lion to the point where the Lion fled the room and ''jumped out a window.''
