RETURN TO FORM (Return To Oz (DVD))

Member Name: amylouspurr

Product:	Return To Oz (DVD)
Date:	14/12/05 (112 review reads)
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Advantages: Adventurous, fun

Disadvantages: Too scary for really young kids

'Return To Oz' is the long awaited sequel to the eternally famous Wizard of Oz, and being made over 30 years after its predicessor is a tottally different affair.

Although the original certainly has an eerie feel to it The 'Return to Oz' is quite a disturbing film which will appeal to adults even though it is marketed towards children. It starts out with dorothy being taken to a victorian age mental asylum and getting hooked up to electric shock machine. It actually gives me the creeps now thinking about it and really used to scare me when i was a child!! Though This didnt stop me loving this film, for me it was one of those films like 'The Goonies' and 'The Labrynth' that me and my sister would watch at least once a month whilst we were growing up and never get bored.

If you have children over the age of about 8 i would recommend this to you as it is a real adventure story that opens up the young imagination in the same way as movies like Harry Potter and the new one 'Narnia - The Lion The WEitch and The Wardrobe'. Although Children younger than 8 might be afraid of such nasties as an evil queen who chops off pretty young girls heads and keeps them in a cabinate to interchange with her own ugly mush at any time she fancies!!!

Dorothys friends this time include Belina the talking chicken, Gump the stuffed and mounted moose head and Tick tock A mecanical wind-up Robot as they race against the clock to return the Emerald City back to its former glory after being turned to stone by the evil Nome King who is basically a talking rock formation (sounds rubbish but infact works quite well!!)

The DVD doesnt have that many extras which is quite common with films made pre 1990's (Return to Oz was made in 1985) but it does have a sweet introduction from Fairuza Bulk (dorothy) who is now more famous slutty for roles like ed Norton girlfreind in American History X. Personally i really would have liked to have seen a behind the scenes documentary but you cant have it all.

I bought this movie from amazon for a trip down memory lane for the tidy sum of about 6 quid plus postage, but i have seen it in HMV for around a fiver too.

Summary: Eerie Trippy fun for all the family