Taika Waititi: Now, for my next trick, after depicting Adolf Hitler as a native new Zealander, I...

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Taika Waititi: Now, for my next trick, after depicting Adolf Hitler as a native new Zealander, I will tackle the true source of horror in the modern world.

Taika Waititi: What the fuck happened to that kid at the end of Time Bandits?

Just… is this wise? Do you know the power you are about the wield? This risks exposing a new generation to Time Bandits. This may just break us all.

If you don’t know Time Bandits… I have no idea where to start. Take Return to Oz. It’s scarier. Take Dark Crystal. It’s weirder. Take Watership Down. It’s more traumatic. It’s the absolute pinnacle of the 1980′s ‘It’s for kids!’ brainscar that had us crying behind the sofa in a fetal position.

The only thing that saved us is that it was so niche and so fucking out there that it’s exposure to the general population was minimum. To illustrate what the hell we’re dealing with here, to illustrate:

This is god:

This is the devil:

This is… I have legitimately blanked out what the fuck was going on here: 

I’m not going to spoil the ending but WTF WTF WTF.

Oh yeah and because this makes it sound like a bad idea, watch Time Bandits. There is absolutely nothing like it anywhere. Terry Gilliam mastered something so eldritch and arcane here that it makes my brain hurt. Watch it.

What the hell is Taika going to do with this?