The Child Catcher Was Horrifying

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[@Nighlocktheawesome00]

Probably one of the most terrifying villains in cinematic history. All because you can actually encounter someone like the Child Catcher in the real world.

[@Mortablunt]

Michael Jackson heeeee hoooooo!

[@DoctorMysterio15]

​@@Mortabluntnah that's old gossip.

[@etaidade3983]

no, its, beyond confirmed. He's just famous so a lot of people think its a famous person conspiracy like cobain being murdered but nope, Michael defiantly absolutely without a shadow of a doubt did a lot of sexual shit with some kids@@DoctorMysterio15

[@Lifesizemortal]

Heck in the U.S. we even have one for president!

[@TheKingOfPoop123]

Plus the fact that the Child Catcher is basically part of Vulgaria's police force and his job is abducting children, which he clearly enjoys. That is even more terrifying IMO. He isn't abusing his position when luring out and kidnapping children, this time it's in the job description.

[@connorthegunlovingeek7465]

My mum used to say to me and my twin brother as a kid, "Lollipops, Ice Cream! All flavors, " in the child catcher voice, and it would scare the shit out of us

[@abramsullivan7764]

I can imagine me, and my twin brother as well with my step-mother.

[@johnrad9512]

My mother did the same sort of thing, but with the Wicked Witch’s laugh from Wizard of Oz.

[@tylerjahnke6549]

My dad did the same thing

[@davidgradwell8830]

I suppose the kids growing up now have parents who terrify them using Darth Vader's voice, just as their own parents imitated the Child Catcher's voice. Then today's kids will grow up and use some future movie Bogeyman's voice on their kids...

[@derekllewellyn6663]

​@@davidgradwell8830do you know what looks like really remember reel thing feel like same thing as being back

[@Kryptnyt]

I think the most terrifying thing about this character when viewing him through an adult lens is the sheer enthusiasm he has for his job that asks him to prey on the innocent and vulnerable. He relishes it like some kind of folklore faerie child-hating creature. This movie is great and I love it. The baroness may also have informed my taste in women from a very young age.

[@basileusbasil4041]

What do you mean by the baroness comment?

[@Kryptnyt]

@@basileusbasil4041 I mean she's a hottie

[@cestmoi7368]

Like a great number of the predators working in our school systems today…

[@haplessasshole9615]

@@cestmoi7368Uhhh... what?

[@haplessasshole9615]

@@basileusbasil4041I think it means they like over-dressed, makeup-caked women with fake braids -- or maybe just lots of extensions.

[@bonyeezy7980]

I’ve never heard anyone talk about this movie on KZbin, I’m so glad I was not alone in this childhood trauma lol.

[@Quincy_Morris]

Trauma builds character. This film rocks.

[@CrazyAvocadoProductions]

It is actually insane that Dick Van Dyck is actually alive! He's 98!

[@abramsullivan7764]

Dick Van Dyck is 98 still which I'm really impressed though he's still with us.

[@davidgradwell8830]

He's also a good friend of Mel Brooks, who is thankfully also still with us.

[@CrazyAvocadoProductions]

99 likes!! Thank you guys So much!

[@sarasunshinemt4444]

He was like 45 yrs old during the filming of the movie. He did all those incredibly athletic dance moves while singing, too. The man was super freaking fit to do that. My dad actually looked almost just like him back when he was younger too, and I've always had a soft spot for his movies.

[@dagos555]

Signed my funko pop and I have a signed chitty bang bang photo with coa 👀

[@resistancepublishing]

I just realized that the toymaker who saved the children by hiding them was none other than Benny Hill himself

[@gimmethepinkelephant3685]

Yep.... A true comedic genius. I miss him a lot. I used to stay up watching him back in the early 80's with my father. It's a real shame what the British media did to him. Ignorant puritanical trash is what they are. But Benny was one of the all-time greats.

[@resistancepublishing]

@@gimmethepinkelephant3685 yes. I completely agree. After him being on tv for so long, I think what media did to him broke his heart. Essentially when he made them so much money

[@Dino-kr9cb]

Just imagine the Benny Hill theme song playing in the background! 😂

[@resistancepublishing]

@@Dino-kr9cb lol yes

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

I knew that. I saw that movie a few years ago, on D.V.D. Benny Hill also appeared in a comedy/mystery film called "Who Done It?" (1956), which, by the way, was also the title of an Abbott and Costello comedy/mystery film from the early 1940s.

[@djlp2212]

Robert Helpmann, who played the child catcher, was considered one the sweetest and nicest actors by people who worked with him. He was also a ballet dancer and played the evil child catcher so well.

[@phoenixfire6433]

He was also openly gay in a time where the atmosphere was very hostile, and apparently just stepped off a carriage moments before it crashed in a failed stunt, so he also had cast-iron nerves.

[@ann5935]

I blame the child catcher for my grown up obsession with bones in jewelry. I heard "teeth for a necklace" as an 8 yr old and the idea just burrowed itself into my brain, forever changing the view of what's disturbing and beautiful 😅😅

[@MyratheDunmer]

Very pleased right now to have skull shaped earrings made of bone. It’s just cow bone but they still feel special

[@williamhanekom9882]

Another fun fact: The screenplay for this movie was co-written by Roald Dahl. Yes, THAT Roald Dahl. (Matilda, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and The Witches) Honestly makes sense considering The Child Catcher would fit in with the likes of Trunchbull and The Grand High Witch. XD

[@ReluctantWarrior]

And on top of that, the book its based on was written by Fleming, Ian Fleming.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

​@@ReluctantWarriorI see what you did there.

[@statueteethtv]

Ah yes the inventor of the brain shunt

[@charliebrownie4158]

It sure was funny hearing that the writer of Willy Wonka was so angry with what had been done with his book to make the the film with Gene Wilder playing Willy Wonka. Get he took Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and he made it something that was it had it truly horrifying aspects of it every bit is horrifying as the witch from Wizard of Oz if not more so. The only difference being that the witch was in closer towards the beginning of the movie and actually there were situations in the first few times that was being shown when young children were becoming catatonic while watching the witch it wasn't uncommon to see ambulances taking children away from the theaters which was a big reason why it didn't do so well because it was too scary for the younger children and the older ones it was too light-hearted between the scary times. I just find it funny when people like this author who changes things and makes them sometimes he makes them better sometimes he makes them worse depending on how he weaves his writing changing and original story to something else to make it more palatable I've read Chitty Bang Bang and I think that he did a great job making it better than what had been done with the book being written by the original writer especially with him doing it in the James Bond kind of thing it didn't flow in the right way. Compared to what Roald Dahl was able to do.

[@inisipisTV]

@@ReluctantWarrior- Yes, that’s why Roald Dahl also wrote the screenplay for the James Bond movie "You only Live Twice."

[@davidcranfill3097]

The scariest part is that both the audience and the kids are so busy thinking about the kids going outside that they aren’t thinking about the fact the child catcher had already seen them through the basement window.

[@RLucas3000]

I’m positive he knew they were the Jack in the boxes but didn’t want credit going to the army. This way he proved his worth. The whole thing is insane under the surface. The baroness probably couldn’t have children, and was either driven mad by that or was mad to start from inbreeding, so bans them and develops a full phobia of them. The king just goes along to make life easier, but wants her gone either so he can get an heir from another wife, or just so he can play more as he is a big kid at heart.

[@TheKingOfPoop123]

Actually a very good point. Even if the children hadn't made the dumb decision to run after him (honestly, they'd seen and heard him earlier, plus the Child Catcher made little to no effort to disguise his voice or appearance, they should have known he was bad news), or if Truly hadn't made the even dumber decision to leave the children alone in a place where children are being hunted, he could have eventually come to them, he could have overpowered Truly and taken them by force if need be. Plus, as the above commenter mentions, chances are he knew the children were the jack in the boxes so most likely knew either way where they were.

[@michael32A]

​@@RLucas3000 Interesting idea - I'd worked on the theory the Baron was a 'big kid' that wanted the toys to himself ("A doll? But I have hundreds of dolls!"), and he'd decided getting rid of all the real children was the solution?!

[@AJ-tp9bk]

I was thinking, too, but he can SMELL them!! Why would he have not known that was them? @@RLucas3000

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

@@RLucas3000 I thought the baroness just didn’t like kids, and why would she want any when her husband was a child himself. He probably banned kids because he saw them as competition for his childish wants and desires.

[@Rosalia.Mine.]

I was in the stage version of this one years ago, for the most part just classic theater kids playing classic roles, but the girl we had playing as the child catcher was the most terrifying person I had ever met. A fantastic (also intimidating) actress with the most terrifying cackle I've heard in my life. Anyways fond memories of this movie

[@mattdoliver1984]

I was petrified of the childcatcher as a kid, in the uk we have scrap men come around the housing estates collecting scrap metal in their vans and my parents used to say it was the childcatcher coming 😂😂😂

[@JaylukKhan]

Your parents were twisted individuals.

[@mattdoliver1984]

@@JaylukKhan Mate they used to tell me Baba yaga lived under the stairs they would call her Yaga Baga though most probably got it mixed up lol. They have a cubby hole with a small door on and honestly I believed we had a witch living in our house for a good few years as a kid. So I'd be walking upstairs to use the loo. BABA YAGAS GONA GET YA MATT 😱 ZOOOOM I would run as fast as I could to the toilet, most probably pissed everywhere other than the hole 🤣🤣 I was legitimately scared of it though and 100% believed them.

[@raeannmills3950]

Lmfao that’s fucking hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I used to tell my baby cousins when they would misbehave that if they kept doing it, I was gonna call the child catcher and they would all instantly stop because he scared them shitless cause he scared me shitless as a kid too. it was so funny every time the look on their faces 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

[@mattdoliver1984]

@@raeannmills3950 Lol that's funny, I've got a 7 year old lad and I do it to him now and get the same reaction, crazy how it's come full circle

[@derekjohnson424]

Further connection to James Bond is that the story of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was also written by Ian Fleming.

[@martykarr7058]

And at least two Bond actors, Desmond Llewelyn (Q), and Gert Fröbe(Goldfinger).

[@billwenham]

Even more, Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for this and You Only Live Twice.

[@EdwardGregoryNYC]

Yes, I like to call this the "other" Bond film. It has Ian Fleming, Albert R. Broccoli, a souped up car, a villain with a lair, love interest with a silly name, the big finish, a quirky inventor - all the hallmarks of a great Bond movie.

[@Donathon-qx8kq]

I did not know that.... Thanks

[@Donathon-qx8kq]

Even though Dhil was Not a good person.... fantastic writer.... ​@@billwenham

[@fantasymind8899]

Fun fact about my relationship to this film: For years we had a DVD recording of it from when it was on TV in England at Christmas (including the ads...). The thing is, it wasn't a complete recording cause the DVD ran out of space after an Ad break. Which was right after the Child Catcher caught the children. For years, the last line of this movie for me was "The children! They took the children!" And then fade to black...

[@DamonNomad82]

Yikes! Talk about accidentally re-cutting a children's classic into a horror film! o_O

[@auntiecaffeinecrafts9666]

Oh man! You missed the best part of Truly Scrumptious dressed up as a doll trying to free the children from prison!

[@christinaknight794]

​@auntiecaffeinecrafts9666 oh yes, that was my FAVORITE part...she was so pretty in that seen.

[@therealpils]

damn, you're damaged goods.

[@eastvilleholdingscorporate7881]

That's so hilariously dark.

[@AVToth]

My father was in Vietnam and we were living near Valdosta, Georgia. Mama took us TO THE MOVIES! I was 8. We only went to the movies like this, Jungle Book, John Wayne movies. Nothing like today. I'm amazed when every twenty years or so I see this and still remember all the words!

[@xxxchild_predatorxxx107]

I’m from Valdosta do man. Hahira in specific.

[@AVToth]

@@xxxchild_predatorxxx107 I would like to say more but please explain your handle.

[@AVToth]

@@xxxchild_predatorxxx107 oh, hell. If you're from Hahira you can't be bad. Dr Parrot delivered me. Does that tell you anything?

[@AVToth]

@@xxxchild_predatorxxx107 I wish I lknew who hit the like button.

[@AVToth]

@@xxxchild_predatorxxx107 Don't quit on me now! Does Hahira still have The Tobacco Ball? Is the Goldleaf still in print? Is there still a Tobacco market where big pallets are auctioned off? Ohhh the smell of that place. Do mama's, aunts (aints) & Grannies still sit on the porch shelling butterbeans? Do they still holler "You young'uns watch for snakes and don't slam the (sqeaaaaak BAM) screen door!"

[@deathdog1392]

I remember my teacher showed this to the class as a kid. At the point where the kids are in the cage and taken away, the teacher turned off the tv saud something like "i forgot how this movie is". Which scared me even more.

[@Quincy_Morris]

Weak

[@harrisonmcarthur7816]

"There are children here, I can smell them!" Buddy, with that schnoz, I believe you!

[@FriedAudio]

"Let's Go Brandon!"

[@harrisonmcarthur7816]

😆😅🤣😂😁😄@@FriedAudio

[@DeathnoteBB]

…he’s an antisemitic Jewish caricature isn’t he? Ffs

[@AJ-tp9bk]

Yeah. He can smell the skid marks.

[@Talisman09]

That's why his nose is big you genius 😆

[@RamblingSailors]

Dude, there is so much to this that you didn't cover. Like that Helpmann didn't realize how scary he was going to be, and was genuinely distressed that he had apparently traumatized every kid who saw the movie. Or that the toymaker who hid the kids was an uncredited performance by none other than the great comedian and naughty songster Benny Hill.

[@TheNeuroticjetfan]

The child catcher and the ventriloquist dummy from the movie Magic definitely caused me to have a few nightmares.

[@markthompson180]

Yeah, I thought that was Benny Hill! That adds another layer of weirdness to it ...

[@clownrat5759]

Aww 😭 it’s rather sweet that the man who played it didn’t intend for it to be as horrifying as it was. I think he could’ve taken some solace in the fact that the portrayal gave us a rather telling example for stranger danger lol. He may have scared MANY children, but im sure MANY of those children also never approached a strange man offering candy 😂😂 he likely saved many children from terrible situations out in the world, im sure

[@jimbojimbo8]

​@@clownrat5759your post is hilarious 😂

[@emilymschoener9193]

This is super interesting I hope another channel covers or they do a followup

[@redbeard36]

I was 7 when I saw the movie. I remember loving Dick Van Dyke and being completely terrified by the Child Catcher. The only other movie character who scared me that much back then was Vincent Price in House of Wax. Also, I was today years old when I realized Benny Hill was in the movie.

[@Jared7873]

I knew about Benny Hill and that Ian Fleming (of James Bond fame) wrote it, but didn't realize the Baron was played by Goldfinger.

[@BisexualWrath]

This man has been in my nightmares for years. Literally thiught this movie was a fever dream. Thank you for confirming I'm not crazy

[@mrviking2mcall212]

Nobody talks about the scene recreating the early years of the Grand Prix at the film’s beginning. The historical accuracy is astounding in what is otherwise an insane fantasy film and they even recreated accidents caught on film during those years. I skipped past it as a kid but now as a history buff it’s my favourite part of the movie for production value alone.

[@jimisi7424]

Nice to know. Greatest kids film ever. Just perfect in every way

[@gingerayyle]

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was such a fever dream as a kid that you could've probably gaslit me into thinking it never existed

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

The original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was a fever dream for me.

[@sonicmeerkat]

honestly the child catcher stuff is the only reason why i know it's not a gaslight lmao

[@pineapplepenumbra]

@@tiahnarodriguez3809 Someone posted a rather depressing interpretation; ie that the whole thing was just the fevered imaginings of a kid dying of starvation.

[@StolasOwl27]

If someone told me it was never a movie I would believe it as well.

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

@@pineapplepenumbra I believe it. I could imagine a starved and hypothermic Charlie covered in snow waiting outside the factory dreaming the whole ordeal as the actual kid that found the golden ticket meets Wonka with the rest of the children 🥲.

[@evangeloevoxi]

If I showed this movie to my five year old he would probably love it and want to rewatch it lmfao. You're reopening old memories I'd forgotten long ago, I remembered my dad hyping up this movie when I was little but could barely remember anything about the movie itself. This movie is a hilarious way to teach kids about stranger danger! Now that I remember it again, it's on my list of movies to show my kids when they get a bit bigger lol. I just subbed, thanks for the entertainment!

[@nikoclesceri2267]

My five year old siblings and my four year old one loved it and watched it like two times a day for three months before they got bored of it

[@user-bt6ir9yb3v]

Awesome video, super well made and narrated. Thanks for this.

[@evanhughes7609]

RIP Sir Robert Helpmann. I was lucky enough to see him playing the elderly Lord Alfred Douglas in Justin Fleming's 'The Cobra'. He was on stage pretty much the entire time, no mean feat for a 74-year-old man. Great performance and a great play.

[@spookydonutghosthouse8483]

RIP

[@bluebomb08]

the child catcher actually has a whole theatre named after him. it's called the sir Robert helpmann theatre, in the town of mount gambier in south australia.

[@OldStank]

The guy who played the child catcher has the last name "Helpmann"?!

[@jeremytitus9519]

@@OldStankyeah, you pronounce it more like “help, man! (the child catcher’s after me!)”

[@rubewaddell1704]

​@@OldStankyes. He was a famous Australian ballet dancer.

[@huepix]

Cool factoid! Thanks

[@labratbrent]

He looks weirder without the makeup from what I remember.

[@user-cx6kt3ku2f]

For the last to days the universe has decided to send me on a trail of old movies wich weirdly all have Gerd Fröbe among their cast. Yesterday I watched It Happened In Broad Daylight, today I randomly found The Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines in a DVD collection that was given to me and now this. Very interesting.

[@user-vd7gh3ci4c]

Had a lot of fun listening to your commentary on this video. Nicely done!

[@patchpatch4008]

Chity chity bang bang is legit such an amazing fever dream of a movie. I remember as a kid freaking loving how the regoldberg breakfast machine worked in the start of the movie. I seriously wanted something as goofy and stupid as that for myself 😅

[@GhostofJamesMadison]

Rube Goldberg?

[@patchpatch4008]

@GhostofJamesMadison Think of it as a needlessly complicated machine designed to do a simple task via a series of convoluted chain reactions. Their really fun to watch unfold.

[@HoneyPie44]

Rube Goldberg is regoldburg in this case. ​@@patchpatch4008

[@GreenEyedDazzler]

@@patchpatch4008lol they were guessing what you meant because you had a typo

[@patchpatch4008]

@@GreenEyedDazzler oooooooh. Oops. 😅

[@benjsmithproductions]

This raises a good point. I think Hans Landa triggered my memory of the Child Catcher and a type of primal fear I hadn't felt in ages and didn't even know it.

[@warweasel2832]

I'm sure Tarantino must've seen Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at some point in his life. He either intentionally or unconsciously incorporated that into Hans. Had to have...

[@rab46290]

​@@warweasel2832 just like JK Rowlings used the name Hogwarts for the school. But in the Labyrinth Hoggle is called Hogwart at some point. Even JK Rowling said she might have unknowingly got the name from that movie. It does happen

[@Quincy_Morris]

@@warweasel2832they all pull from the same inspiration: that of the Nazis hunting down Jews.

[@glenmorrison8080]

You've just unlocked a horrifying childhood memory. Haven't thought about this creepy dude for like 24 years, but now that I see him again, it flashed right back to me in an instant. Thank you.

[@Tacsmoker]

that was a great review, thank you.

[@vinny.g5778]

The castle is actually King Ludwig II of Bavaria's, he was famous for his nickname Mad King as he built tons of castle everywhere and eventually died along his doctor near a lake with a theory that he killed the doctor and ended his life. Or that both fought and both drowned, theories varied. So yeah, a really cool castle built by a mad King in germany (previously Bavaria).

[@Thi-Sen]

It seems a fitting setting

[@frankcob6103]

Its still bavaria, its one of the states in germany

[@vinny.g5778]

@frankcob6103 oh cool, my bad, I don't know much about the states of Germany

[@MaevieTheSongbird]

I’ve actually been there. It’s beautiful but they also told us stories about Mad King Ludwig and...yeah he was bonkers.

[@lephinor2458]

He was called the fairy tale king to do to his love of old stories and castle building, but the whole idea of him being mad was probably created by the Nobility to get rid of him.

[@a35362]

Absolutely agree on how frightening the CC was. That nimble little dance he does, dressed all in black and then the black is barely covered up by a garish, brightly-colored smock. Taught me more than anything else about "if anybody ever offers you free candy... it's a trap".

[@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681]

Whats frightening is the same thing happens in politics these days. People flock to vote really frightening people with the promise of candy.

[@subaru4920]

Have you ever heard of Halloween? Literally a free candy from strangers day.

[@garymccammon6696]

The early 70s, when I was little, seemed to feel the solution to the problem of trusting kids to be by themselves was SCARE THE CRAP OUT OF THEM ABOUT EVERYTHING and The Child Catcher fit right the hell into that. Treacle tarts? He probably POISONED them! (Maybe this all explains a thing or two... 🤔)

[@a35362]

@@garymccammon6696 What about Willy Wonka? That one scared me too. Are those kids gonna be okay? Wonka doesn't seem to care, and the parents are clueless already. When you're a child, you want to know that adults will look out for you! 🍫🍬🍭

[@belle6618]

Im so glad i found your channel! Your narration is hilarious and you go over movies i loved growing up!

[@stookinthemiddle]

Scared the crap out of me when I was young - but an absolute classic. Great video :) now I've got the song in my head too!

[@nathanforester5993]

The actor who played that role was a trained ballet dancer.

[@TheGrumpy01]

Sir Robert Helpmann, an Aussie Ballet Master. Also had a hit record in 1964 with a song called "Surfer Doll". He was bloody awesome.

[@Talisman09]

That figures, he's got mad tap dancing skills

[@happybat1977]

He was the shoemaker in the Red Shoes

[@serahloeffelroberts9901]

No, in The Red Shoes he was the boyfriend of the bewitched girl at the beginning and the priest at the end of the ballet. The shoemaker was played by the famous Russian character dancer Leonid Massine.

[@happybat1977]

@@serahloeffelroberts9901 You are quite right, and I am a babbling fool... (who had quite a crush on the priest and should have known better!)

[@fancyhat6505]

The actor who played grandpa is actually YOUNGER than dick van dycke. Thats mad

[@normanclatcher]

Not too mad when you consider who all he plays in Mary Poppins: Bert and Banks Sr.

[@UnderwaterJohn-fn7jg]

​@normanclatcher No he wasn't in Mary Poppins.

[@godchi1dvonsteuben770]

Great video boss, I really, genuinely, truly enjoyed it! Thank you for the excellent content! 👍😊

[@dmixdup]

This was awesome. Thanks for the laughs.

[@emergencynurse02]

I have talking about this "perfect villan" for years and no one knows who the hell I'm talking about.....Bravo! You can tell the actor was absolutely a dancer

[@simonbeaird7436]

You should see him dance in 'The Red Shoes' (1948).

[@harvardford8752]

My dad told me years later that he was designed to teach kids a lesson not to wander off and never talking to strangers. Even if the parents aren’t being listened to then, if they see this, chances are, kids are gonna start to listen lol

[@sophiepooks2174]

Why LOL? better movies taught kids some kind of common sense and better way to behave, than some of the little emperors, aggressive, rude and entitled little savages today who don't get enough attention from mummy and daddy because social media is more important than teaching their kids to be better.

[@DannyVainXXIII]

@@sophiepooks2174 Now thats a proper boomer tangent

[@emilymschoener9193]

It worked for me 😆

[@no_i_dont_want_no_slugs]

It kinda works as an old-school, original, german fairytale vibe. very hansel and gretel. i think i saw a video from Neil Gaiman somewhere about how showing scary things to children in fairytales can be good, like an immunization for a disease, in that it shows a taste of the scary thing while also showing how to be brave and overcome it.

[@harvardford8752]

@@DannyVainXXIII angry for no reason 😂😂

[@BennieDuck]

this video cracked me up, good stuff man

[@swiv99]

great flik, and funny commentary...Thanks for giving a shout out to this creepy character that is Robert Helpmann....@6:17 the look on benny hills face, classic!!😂....R.I.P to them both.

[@toxihex876]

As a Bulgarian I can confirm this is exactly what we'd be like if people did LSD instead of drank before beating the kids.

[@normanclatcher]

I love the sense of humor in the Balkans so much. Glad you guys made it out from behind the Iron Curtain. 😌

[@jamesordwayultralightpilot]

If children weren't allowed, how did you make it?

[@normanclatcher]

@@jamesordwayultralightpilot some of us are just born older...

[@anthonymartinez6172]

Thanks for reminding me of that guy after 50 years!!! Still creeps me out. Hope nightmares don't start again 😢 😅😅

[@cmbart1]

I love the fact that you make so many 007 references in this video without mentioning that the story was written by Ian Fleming. Also starred Gert Frobe as the Baron, who was better known for playing Goldfinger.

[@joeltobyandpiper8320]

And Desmond Llewellyn (Q) is the guy that sells them Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

[@hhoi8225]

The book is way better, clever and not traumatic.

[@theoriginaledi]

I came to the comments to say exactly this. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who was yelling it at the screen. :D

[@LSM1221]

The Child Catcher wasn't in the book, but was introduced during the uncredited screenplay adaptation by none other than Roald Dahl, who was a friend of Ian Fleming from their wartime work for MI5. The Child Catcher is so obviously a Roald Dahl character.

[@garrettbays6942]

It was also produced by Albert R. Broccoli, the man who brought us James Bond films. You also have James Bond production designer Ken Adam, assistant art director Peter Lamont (who would go on to be production designer of later James Bond films), and production associate/title sequence director Peter R. Hunt who was editor of most of the Sean Connery Bond films, and director of On Her Majesty's Secret Service released the following year. You could say that this film had James Bond written all over it; even was filmed at Pinewood Studios.

[@rsmaczny9694]

One of the Greatest movies of all time! These movies were wonderful. Mary Poppins Bed knobs and Broom Sticks Classic

[@lelaine61]

😃☕️This was Awesome👏 Thank You🤩❤️

[@trafyknits]

I hated how the kids get a full look at him in their Jack-in-the-box disguises, yet are easily fooled by his treacle tart schtick

[@LocksAndChains]

Yeah, I remember watching the film at age 3 and freaking out at how dumb the kids were being.

[@garymccammon6696]

Treacle tarts, man! TREACLE TARTS

[@garymccammon6696]

Treacle tarts, man! TREACLE TARTS

[@LoneWhiteMage]

My personal head-canon: The Child Catcher is the Crypt Keeper when he was alive.

[@SwampNymph522]

Could the child catcher be a psycho pomp who ushers children to y the life hereafter from disease or accidents?

[@Popcultureguy3000]

Naw, they did a stealth origin story episode about the Crypt Keeper’s mom and dad (a mummy and simple, abused Elephant Man circus freak) and the baby Crypt Keeper was found at the end of the episode by authorities and the circus people, and a baby Crypt Keeper was found, revealing he was always a living corpse.

[@2degucitas]

He's related to Pennywise

[@avosmash2121]

"YECH!! CHILDREN! HOW RRRREVOLTING! WHY, THE LITTLE ROTTERS WOULD JUST SIMPLY RUIN MY BEAUTIFUL CRYPT HOME, WITH ALL THEIR PLAYING, AND JOY AND INNOCENCE..YUCK!... I USED TO ENJOY KIDS, BUT THAT WAS LONG AGO. ... THEY ARE JUST TOO HIGH IN CHOLESTEROL FOR ME NOW!!! EEEHEHYEHEHEHHEEHEHHEEE 💀🦴💀🦴"

[@guineapiglady2841]

He sounded like him!

[@MrBryant252005]

Dude you’re narration of this is hilarious…. I give you props… I think the same way sometimes all depending on what’s going life,movies etc. your the kind of dude that we would feed of each other seeing something weird or funny the kind of person I’d hang around in high school but anyway…. Funny stuff … thanks for the posting …. and for pointing out the dog falling. 👊🏾✌🏾

[@wickamo]

Oh my God, I can't believe you did a video on this. This was one of those memories from my childhood that has stuck with me my whole like. As a kid I was not easily scared. My parents did a great job of teaching me and my siblings that movies were just made up and that it was all acting and special effects, so when my cousins and friends were all afraid of monster movies and having nightmares after watching a scary movie or not allowed to even watch them by their parents rules...my Dad was excitingly showing us his favorite scary movies on Saturdays as we watched Creature Feature and ate popcorn. However, there were a few experiences during my young years that did scare me and leave me with some creepy memories up to this day, and the Child Catcher was one of them. I could watch Dracula, or the Creature from the Black Lagoon, or Godzilla and his many foes. I even excitedly watched Jaws secretly one night in our living room during a sleep over while my cousin and best friend covered their faces and ended up wanting my Dad to take them home after the Shark appeared. But there was just something about the Child Catcher that terrified me. He was up there with the likes of The Wicked Witch from OZ and those hideous flying monkeys or the Skeksis from the Dark Crystal. They sure did know how to put villains in movies and TV shows that would get the job done back then. I always felt that Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was a movie that didn't gget enough credit since it really was one of those classics on the same level with Wizard of Oz and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The magic that those movies create is just something you don't see anymore and I personally love the fact that back then they weren't afraid to put things in them that now a days, people are too sensitive to accept. Us kids are tough as can be because we experiences those monsters, witches, and yes...Child Catchers. I really do think we are better for it. I mean if we survived the Child Catcher as kids...we can survive anything. I mean that is why Gen X is so tough I think. LOL. Thanks for the blast from the past.

[@slayerkeith8304]

The Child Catcher is just Mr Bean's evil brother.

[@normanclatcher]

Evil Mr Bean be like: 😈+ 🤥

[@user-dk3up2nl1m]

Haha

[@avosmash2121]

Actually, speaking of Rowan Atkinson Mr Bean's actor, he kind of reminds me of the first BlackAdder by a lot. Like even down to the voice. The prince Blackadder is just simply a bit more of an unlucky goofy doofus. But they're really more or less the same slimy scheming gloating bugeyed weirdos. I feel like Gargamel in the Smurfs is very also similar, though I doubt there's likely any intention there.

[@slayerkeith8304]

@@avosmash2121 *glances around, leans in and whispers* Blackadder was Rowan Atkinson 😉

[@avosmash2121]

Yeah. I know that ​@@slayerkeith8304. That's why I said the term "speaking of", haha 😂

[@ianyoder2537]

This was my mom's favorite childhood movie. To me it was a never ending fever dream and the only part I vividly remember was truly scrumptious disguised as a doll while the inventor romantically sings to her and the king trying to kill his wife. And sometimes a fever dream is just what you need.

[@florian3731]

Litterally the only part I remember is the music box doll part too

[@bungiecrimes7247]

Yeah no... I've had more than enough fever dreams.

[@blemski]

Same exact experience here, a now that I have 2 young daughters my has bought me chitty chitty bang bang twice on DVD and asks me frequently if we watched it yet.

[@Quincy_Morris]

They were probably so focused on remaining absolutely still that they didn’t get a good look at him.

[@quirda77]

I love rewatching stuff like this years later because you get to see odd ball sights you wouldn't have noticed before like at 4:48 where the first solider walks up and opens the door but the second one behind him who I guess was instructed to "break down the door" follows through and whiffs at the now already opened door before going through.

[@JackieOwl94]

I had a VHS of this movie that my father loved to watch with me. In his 30s, my dad looked like Dick Van Dyke in the movie, and he saw the movie over and over as much as he could as a child in the 1960s. I haven’t seen the movie in years, I still have an unopened DVD of it I take everywhere just for sentimental value.

[@RavenTheVelociraptor]

Thank you. Thank you for validating my intense and yet random trauma from a movie that I haven't watched since I saw it twelve years ago for the first time. And thank you for reminding me of the only thing that stuck with me from that movie, which was this horrible little goblin and every single image of him that remained in my brain.

[@douglasspaltro2697]

I was born in 1965. Don't recall my age when Chitty made it to TV...maybe 4 or 5. I had recurring nightmares for a decade or more...and the same every now and then as an adult. About 10 yrs ago I was watching Chitty with my young daughter and nearly fell from the couch when the Child Catcher appeared...it when then I realized HE was the antagonist of all those nightmares. That joirk!

[@SofaKingShit]

This video makes it seem like kids were threatened with murder all the time back then. I can't remember my guardians mentioning how they wanted to kill me perhaps more than once week or so. The same goes for uttering threats of further harm should my shenanigans outside cause any excessive bleeding. Thank god that sort of thing isn't normal any more, and nor is going outside.

[@douglasspaltro2697]

She is much more tougher than I was back then! She had no worries.@@BSC8987

[@anarchistangler]

Yeah me too.

[@michellewinkler3985]

I couldn't go in the ocean for awhile after Jaws came out in the 1970's

[@famousdraven5443]

I have been aware of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang my entire life, but have never seen it. My biggest connection to it is a strange one since I am a fan of Marilyn Manson and I am aware that the cover art for the Smells Like Children album is inspired by The Child Catcher. The album also has references to the movie as well, including an instrumental song which has the title of the movie renamed. Marilyn Manson himself apparently had nightmares of The Child Catcher. This video ended up being in my Recommended Videos and I decided to check it out. I really appreciate the humor presented in confronting a source a shared Childhood Trauma and loved the video! Thank you!

[@sstrykert]

Dope Hat👍

[@famousdraven5443]

@@sstrykert 🤘

[@Quincy_Morris]

It’s like Marry Poppins but with more battles against fascists and flying machines. Basically it’s OG steampunk

[@sstrykert]

@@Quincy_Morris well said. The child catcher reminds me of sniffy Joe Biden, can't find a modern analogy for the car though. Knight Rider's Kitt? I dunno'

[@famousdraven5443]

@@Quincy_Morris That sounds pretty cool!

[@tacitus6384]

10:58 It's kinda sweet and brave that, despite knowing they could be killed for it, some villagers at least try to help the kids by getting them to go inside rather than into the hands of the Child Catcher.

[@iantaggart3064]

It's people like that who help me keep my faith in humanity.

[@Quincy_Morris]

This film has great heroes and very evil villains

[@modelermark172]

I'm 64, and saw this movie when I was eight and it first came out. Let's just say that the Childcatcher gave me a nightmare or two. To this day the Childcatcher still creeps me out! I actually let my son watch "A Nightmare on Elm Street" at age 12 before I let him watch "Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang," because the Childcatcher is far scarier than Freddy Krueger. Quite simply, the Childcatcher is fiction's Apex Bogeyman because there is nothing supernatural or fantastical about what he does. That said, I suspect that before The Springwood Slasher goes to bed; he first checks the closet and under the bed to be sure that the Childcatcher of Vulgaria isn't hiding there, waiting for him to fall asleep . . . .

[@ALu-nq8rf]

When did you let your kid watch The Witches? The Grand High Witch gave me nightmares into my teens 😭

[@modelermark172]

We saw "The Witches" a little after "Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang;" around the same time we started watching the "Harry Potter" movies in the theaters. If memory serves, we rented "The Witches" from our local Blockbuster. Actually, I think my son was more creeped-out by the river boat scene in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" than when the Grand High Witch made her appearance.

[@Icebearhaswares]

Oh I am loving this just a minute in 😂😂 thank you

[@MrPolarKing]

I kind of want him to appear and just random shows now. Batman and robin vs the child catcher. Scooby Doo and the child catcher. Magic school bus and the child catcher. He just shows up and reeks havoc.

[@qwopiretyu]

Wreaks. Unless your havoc doesnt shower.

[@coolkenman]

NOT THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS

[@jorahtheexplorer3262]

Mrs Frizzle versus the Child Catcher? THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN...

[@mad_coja]

I still have songs from this movie pop into my head, all these years later. Wild.

[@sarasunshinemt4444]

I was randomly humming "ye olde bamboo" just last week for no reason lol

[@andrewc.2952]

I love this movie so much but yeah, that cursed child catcher guy still freaks me out to this day.

[@easydoesittruckerslife4166]

That songs been stuck in my head for a couple decades

[@KaiMangaKnight]

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. I remember reading somewhere that the book, this movis is based on, was written by Ian Fleming as a bed time story for his son. And for those who are familiar with the name Ian Fleming, yes, he's the author of the classic 007 James Bond books.

[@normanclatcher]

"Truly" makes a lot of sense now.

[@snakezase2998]

There’s like a solid amount of talent in this movie

[@robharrington71]

I was looking for this very comment. I remembered the Ian Fleming connection as well.

[@danielcopeland3544]

So... "Truly Scrumptious" and "Pussy Galore" are both products of the same brain.

[@springmotor70]

I solved a mystery last year regarding this film! Since childhood I have always had a very good memory and my cousins would say that we watched this movie whenever it was on TV in the early 70s. Why then was it that I could not remember it? I knew quite a few of the songs but that was it. So last year I put the DVD on and started watching. I thought it was great and should have stayed with me! I was grabbing a snack in another part of the house when I heard the line "call out the child catcher" I froze. My eyes grew wide and I had to sit down because before I came back to the screen, I knew exactly what he would look like, the long nose, the suckers, what he would say and even the bars that would be revealed on the wagon. I most certainly did see the movie and it had been most carefully repressed because it scared the crap out of this 3 year old. Now at 53 I can laugh and say the movie is fantastic and very cheerful! But like many of my fellow Generation X ...holy crap did it freak us out! Thanks for posting!

[@aodhganmerrimac]

I adored it from the very first time I saw it!

[@BOOShawny]

I kinda had the same thing happen with me. I have memories from a super young age. My earlier from two years old. When i got older, i had memories of a tv show i watched when i was around 4-5. a boy, a talking flute and a creepy witch. I also knew it was from the 70’s. I would ask everyone if they ever saw this show, nobody knew what i was talking about. For the longest time i thought i imagined this show, forgot about it for many years. It randomly popped into my head a few years ago and i was finally able to find it!.. H.R. Pufnstuf. That show is SO trippy for a child. No wonder i was a top tier stoner for most of my life haha

[@AshishDha]

very fun ! thanks!

[@TheColonelsThree]

You got my subscription just from this video alone.

[@inisipisTV]

The "Toymaker" is the great comedian Benny Hill. Baron Bombast is played by famous German actor Gert Fröbe who plays the villainous Goldfinger from the famous James Bond movie (Gert was trained Dancer and Vaudeville performer). The movie itself is based on James Bond author Ian Fleming children story. The Script was written by Roald Dahl, author of the Willy Wonka stories, Matilda and James of the Giant Peach. (Roald Dahl also did the script for the James Bond movie "You Only Live Twice." The producer was also Albert B. Broccoli of the James Bond film series.

[@ffjsb]

Yep. I had no idea of who Benny Hill was as a kid, but saw a lot of the reruns of his show when I was older.

[@AnnaBellaChannel]

100% correct, the worst childhood villains are the child catcher and the coachman from Disney's Pinocchio.

[@Grace-er9ep]

Yes and the darkness from The Neverending Story that was when I first felt Eldritch fear

[@RandomBattlePresents...]

I picked this up in excitement to relive what little memories I have of this movie. Apparently, I either didn't watch the whole thing or don't remember this loon, and for good reason. After seeing this, I'm glad I survived childhood and am now in adult mode, however, I'm going to throw my copy straight into a fire todaySAP. This horrible thing will scar you.

[@billy1673]

This was the single biggest trauma of my childhood. This guy gave me nightmares since I was three years old and up until just now, I thought I had forgotten him! Thanks a lot!!!🤬🤬🤬

[@AndrodWorldMedia]

This mini documentary was so excellently produced! My siblings and I used to watch Chitty Chitty Bang Bang whenever it came on television. And yes, a lot of it was creepy and some of it outright terrifying. Dick Van Dyke is a perennial multi-talented entertainer. Incidentally, the Toy Maker was played by legendary funny man Benny Hill. And the Baron of Vulgaria was played by Gert Fröbe who was the villain “Goldfinger” in the James Bond classic of the same name. Thank you, Cyan Man!

[@icabod3374]

4:24 That was nice of Benny Hill to rescue them!

[@RaddyMadi]

I love this movie, thank you for talking about it

[@Piterdeveirs333]

Every time this video shows up in my feed I just have to watch it

[@diosoth]

Robot Chicken has a sketch where Child Catcher gets busted by Chris Hansen.

[@coolkenman]

LINK NOW please

[@coolkenman]

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[@coolkenman]

Nvm

[@jacksparrowismydaddy]

dude I hope that's true... otherwise this soda I was drinking just wasted my keyboard for nothing.

[@coolkenman]

@@jacksparrowismydaddy you want link?

[@victoriasmith2630]

Got to give the dancer credit, he creeped us out better than a ton of actors

[@sandybeach123]

Thank you for using the term "Tokyo Drift" within your commentary.

[@canadiansmarties]

I saw the title and instantly liked the video

[@9897431]

the toy maker ... THATS BENNY HILL. Never watched this movie but now I might

[@user-dk3up2nl1m]

I also said the same thing...that was a quiet Benny Hll! Im used to seeing him chasing women and looking up their skirts!

[@Moriarty22cent]

Awesome BTS details of Sir Robert Helpmann. Thank you for adding that he was a very sweet man outside of playing The Child Catcher.

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

I think it's in one of the special fratures on the DVD that the child actors adored him as he was so kind.

[@kaykutcher2103]

Funny how it's always those playing the villains who are apparently the biggest sweethearts in real life.

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

@kaykutcher2103 Actress Damaris Hayman was talking about Roger Delgado and said that he and ither genuinely good people, was marvellous as a villain because he and they can let go and play pure evil because they're not trying to hide it in their own personality.

[@concertconnect6256]

He haunted me for years. It was profoundly upsetting.

[@heavymetallabrat]

This dude gave me nightmares as a kid. I love the movie. Ive seen it hundreds of times. They nailed this casting.

[@brya9681]

Fun act, this movie was written by Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond who was friends with Dahl, they exchanged stories, where Ian wrote this movie version and Dahl wrote a James Bond movie

[@johannahoneyman697]

I was terrified and fascinated by the child catcher. Brilliant character played beautifully by Robert Helpman who was a famous Australian ballet dancer.

[@andytyrrell5153]

Truly Scrumptious!

[@simoesc]

I loved this movie in my childhood And the song is stuck in my head.

[@d.t.7819]

Lol, "-been stuck in my head for five days." My good sir, I am now old enough to officially and accurately say it had been stuck in mine for more than two decades. I rather suspect it will still be stuck in my head after I go senile. At least it's a cheery sort of madness...

[@mossyeverest5893]

You have no idea the amount of joy I have derived from seeing someone cover this movie I love so much

[@kelseycox1177]

Hey I stumbled across this video! I truly enjoyed it so much, that when it ended, I wasn’t prepared or wanting that to happen. I was expecting a full on movie review and reliving this childhood movie with you. lol. Great content! Maybe you should do a video making treacle tarts? Edit: awwww you do mostly game reviews, well I hope you do more videos like this in the future because it was very good to watch.

[@RGBovine]

I watched this movie when I was little. ONCE. The Child Catcher scared me so bad that I never even wanted to look at the DVD box. It's the only thing I remember about that movie. I should really watch this movie again now that I'm in my 20's

[@theRomanViking]

Great essay on the Child Catcher. I saw this as a child back in the 70s and he always freaked me out a bit but I also remember laughing all the time throughout this movie. Watching this clip reminded me of how much I loved this movie and how much fun and weird it is. I was in Munich, last year, and at one point just wondered where the Child Catcher was. That's how much of an impression in my life he made. 50 years later and I still remember him. Now I have to go find the movie streaming...

[@theofficialqueenofthebling]

I was there as a child attending the premiere at Radio City Music Hall in 1968. The Child Catcher gave me the “willies”… But I loved it! ❤😂❤😂 But hold on 😮so we are supposed to just glide by the fact that one of the best comedians ever was in the movie…Benny Hill as the Toymaker…?! This movie has been a treat for me, my children and my grandchildren.

[@zenerth396]

Yes it was an absolutely amazing show for every reason that you mentioned

[@im19ice3]

thank you for validating my childhood nightmare

[@cosmiccsf5043]

My father got beaten with a wooden pattle at school when this came out for singing the theme song, due to the teacher hearing: "Shity shity bang bang" instead.

[@normanclatcher]

Ah man. Corporal punishment... 🥲

[@cosmiccsf5043]

@@normanclatcher times where different back then

[@paulohagan3309]

The teacher sounds like a real child catcher...

[@NZBigfoot]

Funny thing is... for me as a kid in the 80's, we'd often use the 'shitty' version of the song lol... granted never within teacher ear shot, so, maybe the teacher wasnt hearing things :P

[@hollyodell4012]

I secretly call it "Pretty Shitty Gang-Bang" in my head whenever I hear it mentioned.

[@perrymalcolm3802]

Such a GREAT kids movie!!! Every summer we would have something for us kids to enjoy. The child catcher was indeed intense but needed Robert Helpmann was a royal ballet star n was in The Red Shoes. Van Dyke’s anecdote of Helpmann’s gracefulness is priceless!