Return To Oz
DARREN SCOTT, EDITOR
Mention the cult live-action Disney movie Return To Oz and people will inevitably tell you how it terrified them as a child - sometimes also as an adult. Not me; I was absolutely captivated by it, an early indication that I would turn to the dark side where entertainment was concerned. It was a gateway drug, if you will, to the world of horror and heroines.
I saw it with my Nana at the Odeon Cinema (now, sadly, a gym) at the end of her street in Aberdeen. I was nine, so had probably seen the original The Wizard Of Oz. But that doesn’t really matter, because I’ve always preferred the sequel (and yes, it is a sequel). Where Wizard dabbles momentarily with the dark - the Wicked Witch of the West is an iconic cinematic villain, after all - Return seems to throw safety to the wind.