James and the Giant Peach is not a children’s movie. In case you were wondering.
I suppose you could argue that neither is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and seeing as I had nightmares of oompa-loompas and blowing up like a big blueberry when I saw the original years ago, I would see your point.
I vowed that if I had to get my PhD, I was going to write my dissertation on Roald Dahl as horror…
The local playhouse is doing James and the Giant Peach and invited my children to come watch. I was all “The heck?!” We’re not going.