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Best & Worst: Fantasy Films 9) Best: Labyrinth (1986) Jennifer Connelly mopes. David Bowie flounces. And a hundred colourful puppets bounce around exuberantly, ensuring that this timeless fantasy from the same dreamshop as the Muppets remains as magical today as it ever did. True, movie legend tends to fixate more on Bowie’s ample crotchage than anything else, but for us it’ll always be Sir Didimus, Ludo and The Worm (“’allo!”) who have a place in our hearts.

Best & Worst: Fantasy Films

9) Best: Labyrinth (1986)

Jennifer Connelly mopes. David Bowie flounces. And a hundred colourful puppets bounce around exuberantly, ensuring that this timeless fantasy from the same dreamshop as the Muppets remains as magical today as it ever did. True, movie legend tends to fixate more on Bowie’s ample crotchage than anything else, but for us it’ll always be Sir Didimus, Ludo and The Worm (“’allo!”) who have a place in our hearts.

30 Terrifying Moments In Kids’ Films 18) Watership Down (1978) The Film: Lovely fluffy bunnies, talking like people do! Awwwww. The Scare: The blood…so much blood. With more animal violence than your average propaganda flick from the anti-vivisection league, those fluffy bunnies go at it tooth and nail throughout what must be the most harrowing cartoon ever committed to celluloid.  Hazel’s death is probably the heart-rending low point. All together now, “Briiiiiight eyeeeeeeeeeees…”If It Had Been An 18: We would have been spared the most traumatic cinematic experience of our youth.

30 Terrifying Moments In Kids’ Films

18) Watership Down (1978)

The Film: Lovely fluffy bunnies, talking like people do! Awwwww.

The Scare: The blood…so much blood. With more animal violence than your average propaganda flick from the anti-vivisection league, those fluffy bunnies go at it tooth and nail throughout what must be the most harrowing cartoon ever committed to celluloid.  Hazel’s death is probably the heart-rending low point. All together now, “Briiiiiight eyeeeeeeeeeees…”

If It Had Been An 18: We would have been spared the most traumatic cinematic experience of our youth.