"Are those real... people?" "They were real people."
You thought the Wicked Witch was creepy. These moments just barely fall short of Return to Oz, a horror based sequel of the classic movie. Let's analyze why.- The Jester's modus operandi consists of kidnapping important people from across Oz and transforming them into horrifying puppets. Glinda's puppet form is possibly the creepiest of them all. The Jester's incantation as he does this is rather fitting:"Where once your living soul did dwell/Now nothing but an empty shell!"
- The Joker-like face paint that the Jester dons during the final battle.
- The Jester’s taunting in the Emerald City, showing Dorothy cruel visions of the Scarecrow over an open fire, the Tin Man rusting in a water tank, and the Lion in a shrinking cage, who begs Dorothy to save herself.
- The China Princess is a Royal Brat who SHATTERS her suitors because they happen to be slightly cracked. She gets them mended, sure, but seeing their shattered pieces still talking and blinking is still eerie. Then it happens to her, too. Musical Hell compared her to Turandot, and it's not an unfitting comparison.
