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* {{Moe}}: Alice.

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* %%* {{Moe}}: Alice.
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Knew there was something I'd forgotten (or tried to block out of my mind) from that scene.


** Between Alice being thrown out of the White Rabbit's house and meeting the Caterpillar, she is locked in a storage cupboard with eggs that "hatch" to reveal animal skulls, a loaf of bread that suddenly sprouts steel nails (blunt side out), and a tin which, when Alice finally opens it with a tin opener, turns out to contain live beetles.

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** Between Alice being thrown out of the White Rabbit's house and meeting the Caterpillar, she is locked in a storage cupboard with eggs that "hatch" to reveal animal skulls, a loaf of bread that suddenly sprouts steel nails (blunt side out), a tin which Alice only discovers upon opening it contains live beetles, and a tin which, when Alice finally opens it with a tin opener, turns out slab of raw beef that crawls from one jar to contain live beetles.another.

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Using the word "unnerving" twice in one sentence reads poorly.


** Between Alice being thrown out of the White Rabbit's house and meeting the Caterpillar, she is locked in a storage cupboard with eggs that "hatch" to reveal animal skulls, a loaf of bread that suddenly sprouts steel nails (blunt side out), and a tin which, when Alice finally opens it with a tin opener, turns out to contain live beetles.



** In one scene, as in the book, there is a crying baby that turns into a squealing pig. The unnerving part is that sometimes the pig squeals are combined with the crying sounds, to very unnerving effect.

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** In one scene, as in the book, there is a crying baby that turns into a squealing pig. The unnerving part is that sometimes the pig squeals are combined with the crying sounds, to very unnerving effect.
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** The Caterpillar is a living sock that finds huge eyes and teeth to attach to itself, and always looks as if its ready to EatTheCamera. It ends its scene by spitting out its own teeth and sewing over its own eyes.

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** The Caterpillar is a living sock that finds huge eyes and teeth to attach to itself, and always looks as if its it's ready to EatTheCamera. It ends its scene by spitting out its own teeth and sewing over its own eyes.
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** In one scene, as in the book, there is a crying baby that turns into a squealing pig. The unnerving part is that sometimes the pig squeals are combined with the crying sounds, to very unnerving effect.

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** In one scene, as in the book, there is a crying baby that turns into a squealing pig. The unnerving part is that sometimes the pig squeals are combined with the crying sounds, to very unnerving effect.effect.

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* HilariousInHindsight: [[http://www.montrealfilmjournal.com/review.asp?R=R0000729 This review]] summarized the film as "a masterpiece of surrealism that's more Creator/TimBurton than Creator/WaltDisney." Burton [[Film/AliceInWonderland2010 did indeed make his own version, many years later,]] and it's nothing like this film.

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* HilariousInHindsight: [[http://www.montrealfilmjournal.com/review.asp?R=R0000729 This review]] summarized the film as "a masterpiece of surrealism that's more Creator/TimBurton than Creator/WaltDisney." Burton [[Film/AliceInWonderland2010 did indeed make his own version, many years later,]] and though it's nothing like this film.
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** In one scene, as in the book, there is a crying baby that turns into a squealing pig. The unnerving part is that sometimes the pig squeals are combined with the crying sounds, [[HellIsThatNoise to very unnerving effect.]]

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** In one scene, as in the book, there is a crying baby that turns into a squealing pig. The unnerving part is that sometimes the pig squeals are combined with the crying sounds, [[HellIsThatNoise to very unnerving effect.]]
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* MostAnnoyingSound: The combination of the baby crying and the smashing plates in the tiny house scene can be pretty grating.
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* HilariousInHindsight: [[http://www.montrealfilmjournal.com/review.asp?R=R0000729 This review]] summarized the film as "a masterpiece of surrealism that's more Creator/TimBurton than Creator/WaltDisney." Burton [[Film/AliceInWonderland2010 did indeed make his own version, many years later,]] and it's nothing like this film.

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* HilariousInHindsight: [[http://www.montrealfilmjournal.com/review.asp?R=R0000729 This review]] summarized the film as "a masterpiece of surrealism that's more Creator/TimBurton than Creator/WaltDisney." Burton [[Film/AliceInWonderland2010 did indeed make his own version, many years later,]] and it's nothing like this film.film.
* {{Moe}}: Alice.
* MostAnnoyingSound: The combination of the baby crying and the smashing plates in the tiny house scene can be pretty grating.
* NightmareFuel: The film is big on MindScrew, BodyHorror, UncannyValley, and DerangedAnimation, making for some pretty good SurrealHorror.
** The White Rabbit is made from seemingly a real, taxidermied rabbit, with wide, staring glass eyes to boot. He also personally cuts off people's heads for the Queen.
** The Caterpillar is a living sock that finds huge eyes and teeth to attach to itself, and always looks as if its ready to EatTheCamera. It ends its scene by spitting out its own teeth and sewing over its own eyes.
** In one scene, as in the book, there is a crying baby that turns into a squealing pig. The unnerving part is that sometimes the pig squeals are combined with the crying sounds, [[HellIsThatNoise to very unnerving effect.]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: [[http://www.montrealfilmjournal.com/review.asp?R=R0000729 This review]] summarized the film as "a masterpiece of surrealism that's more Creator/TimBurton than Creator/WaltDisney." Burton [[Film/AliceInWonderland2010 did indeed make his own version, many years later,]] and it's nothing like this film.

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