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YMMV / The Red Shoes (1983)

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  • Nightmare Fuel:
    • Since the Story Within a Story have the actors be dressed as literal dolls, the makeup goes straight to the Unintentional Uncanny Valley. For example, Story Karen is played by a China Doll in the movie, yet the makeup for the actress is outright creepy with her eyes being black and soulless. It also doesn't help that the "dolls" have jerky movements.
    • The Red Man. He's implied to be either a demon or Satan, himself.
    • The fact that Story Karen is cursed to dance nonstop until she gets her feet cut off is disturbing in and of itself. Made worse in the original book where the now severed shoes were still dancing.
    • Story Karen not being forgiven by the angel. Especially scary for the religious.

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