8. Return To Oz

The Wizard of Oz might have been a little freaky — the Wicked Witch of the West and her flying monkeys certainly were — but kids who were around back in the day can thank their lucky stars that they were all grown up when the second installment of the Oz series was brought magically to life on the silver screen. No amount of optimistic childishness could erase the deep-seated trauma caused by the characters in Return to Oz. Not only were the Wheelers — the rolling, evil-faced bad guys — the single most messed up creation ever allowed into children’s minds — even the heroes were freakish. Walking nightmare Tik-Tok was a golden robot that helped the movie’s protagonist through her adventure, and was more unnerving than a Tin Man rape scene in Hades.