The Nutcracker Prince is quite possibly the most under appreciated horror film of the 1990's. The film spins a creepy tale of rats that crawl into your bed and bite your toes, leaving you horribly deformed or trapped motionless in a wooden form, unable to let out even a single scream. The animation is mediocre, and the ending is fairly weak, but it's the movie's still creepier than any children's special has a right to be. The voice cast, which includes Kiefer Sutherland and Peter O'Toole, is surprisingly top notch, and really ups the creepy factor in some of the movie's weirder scenes. This movie isn't so good that you should rush out and buy it or stream it off Netflix, but if you happen to catch it on TV this holiday season, leave it on long enough for the toe bitin'.
2 traumatized children out of 5
I've not seen this one. I didn't know Peter O'Toole did voice work.
ReplyDeleteI don't think he's done much of it. He was also the food critic in Ratatouille.
ReplyDeleteMost of this movie is generic kids holiday stuff, but the rats cursing people by biting their toes is genuinely disturbing stuff. Don't think I'll ever get it out of my head.
I haven't seen it either.
ReplyDeleteO'Toole did voice work for "Ratatouille" as well.
Ndi Ninja'd. :p
ReplyDeleteI've not seen Ratatouille. :(
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