This movie I'm about to show you may seem like a stupid idea. When I read how Devin Faraci of CHUD.com reports it, though, I can't understand why somebody didn't think of this sooner:
The idea of Willy Wonka as a horror villain isn't that far-fetched; the boatride in the Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory was a psychedelic nightmare. And in all versions Willy Wonka wantonly wastes kids. But now Human Giant director Eric Appel has put a completely horrific spin on the story with Gobstopper, starring Christopher Lloyd as a Saw version of Wonka.
The trailer (courtesy of Funny or Die [Warning: Not Safe For Work]) just makes the whole thing look even more ridiculous. It obviously wants to be a "so bad it's good" cult classic, but it looks like it's trying WAY too hard.
Also, of all the things I pictured Christopher Lloyd doing in his post-Back to the Future days, playing an evil Willy Wonka that sics rabid little people on extraordinarily dumb teenagers wasn't even on the list, let alone at the bottom of it.
Considering that they made a horror movie where the tooth fairy was the killer monster a few years back, I wonder if this is the start of some gag-inducing trend.
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