Despite coming from the writers and director of Shrek The Third (by far the worst in the series), executive producer Guillermo Del Toro has his prints all over the movie, from the genuine latin flavour to the genuinely
scary scenes involving The Great Terror at the top of the beanstalk.
Not exact matches
There are several well - executed
scenes involving the undead but they fail to be
scary at any point.
The best
scenes involve Willem Dafoe as a
scary anthropologist who interrogates Keitel by confronting him with buried childhood memories.
Over the years I discussed the
scene with Leigh, artistic consultant - credits designer Saul Bass and others
involved in the
scariest three minutes committed to celluloid.
It's equally depressing to see Cloris Leachman here, particularly given her big
scene, which
involves her getting a sponge bath from perennial «
Scary Movie» lead Anna Faris... except that — ho, ho!
It's scabrous, hateful — a deeply stupid
scene involving a lion tamer and his charges would be laughable (well, it is laughable in any case) if it weren't evidence of a deep - seated misunderstanding of what's
scary and what's merely revealing of a general lack of respect for your fellow man.
It's also not clear if certain
scenes, such as those
involving a gonzo horticulturist or a bonkers hermit (Betty Buckley) are meant to be funny, or funny -
scary.
I will admit that some of the use of lighting and camera movements in the second half do provide for some
scary moments, but there are an equal amount of
scenes that are predictable and laughably bad; one particular
scene involving a character winking is particularly (and hilariously) terrible.
Of course there are a variety of frightening
scenes and
scary images too — many
involving faces with glassy - opaque eyes, along with dolls and old tin toys (including a clichéd cymbal monkey).