There was always some dread and terror running beneath Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the 1971 film adaptation, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory , starring Gene Wilder as the eccentric candy maker. (The less said about Tim Burton‘s Johnny Depp-focused version, the better, but yes: dread and terror also present there, too.) But a whole new level of unease is unlocked with Wonka’s The Golden Ticket , Netflix’s new reality competition starring a bunch of wide-eyed fame-seekers, one of the original Oompa Loompas from the 1971 film, and the jump scare of Wilder’s AI-recreated voice.
Haunting. Here’s the trailer, and don’t…
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