My mum used to say to me and my twin brother as a kid, "Lollipops, Ice Cream! All flavors, " in the child catcher voice, and it would scare the shit out of us

Probably one of the most terrifying villains in cinematic history. All because you can actually encounter someone like the Child Catcher in the real world.

I think the most terrifying thing about this character when viewing him through an adult lens is the sheer enthusiasm he has for his job that asks him to prey on the innocent and vulnerable. He relishes it like some kind of folklore faerie child-hating creature. This movie is great and I love it. The baroness may also have informed my taste in women from a very young age.

Fun fact about my relationship to this film: For years we had a DVD recording of it from when it was on TV in England at Christmas (including the ads...). The thing is, it wasn't a complete recording cause the DVD ran out of space after an Ad break. Which was right after the Child Catcher caught the children. For years, the last line of this movie for me was "The children! They took the children!" And then fade to black...

I just realized that the toymaker who saved the children by hiding them was none other than Benny Hill himself

It is actually insane that Dick Van Dyck is actually alive! He's 98!

I’ve never heard anyone talk about this movie on KZfaq, I’m so glad I was not alone in this childhood trauma lol.

I love the fact that you make so many 007 references in this video without mentioning that the story was written by Ian Fleming. Also starred Gert Frobe as the Baron, who was better known for playing Goldfinger.

The scariest part is that both the audience and the kids are so busy thinking about the kids going outside that they aren’t thinking about the fact the child catcher had already seen them through the basement window.

Further connection to James Bond is that the story of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was also written by Ian Fleming.

I blame the child catcher for my grown up obsession with bones in jewelry. I heard "teeth for a necklace" as an 8 yr old and the idea just burrowed itself into my brain, forever changing the view of what's disturbing and beautiful 😅😅

I was petrified of the childcatcher as a kid, in the uk we have scrap men come around the housing estates collecting scrap metal in their vans and my parents used to say it was the childcatcher coming 😂😂😂

"There are children here, I can smell them!" Buddy, with that schnoz, I believe you!

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was such a fever dream as a kid that you could've probably gaslit me into thinking it never existed

I was in the stage version of this one years ago, for the most part just classic theater kids playing classic roles, but the girl we had playing as the child catcher was the most terrifying person I had ever met. A fantastic (also intimidating) actress with the most terrifying cackle I've heard in my life. Anyways fond memories of this movie

My father was in Vietnam and we were living near Valdosta, Georgia. Mama took us TO THE MOVIES! I was 8. We only went to the movies like this, Jungle Book, John Wayne movies. Nothing like today. I'm amazed when every twenty years or so I see this and still remember all the words!

Dude, there is so much to this that you didn't cover. Like that Helpmann didn't realize how scary he was going to be, and was genuinely distressed that he had apparently traumatized every kid who saw the movie. Or that the toymaker who hid the kids was an uncredited performance by none other than the great comedian and naughty songster Benny Hill.

My dad told me years later that he was designed to teach kids a lesson not to wander off and never talking to strangers. Even if the parents aren’t being listened to then, if they see this, chances are, kids are gonna start to listen lol

I remember my teacher showed this to the class as a kid. At the point where the kids are in the cage and taken away, the teacher turned off the tv saud something like "i forgot how this movie is". Which scared me even more.

I was 7 when I saw the movie. I remember loving Dick Van Dyke and being completely terrified by the Child Catcher. The only other movie character who scared me that much back then was Vincent Price in House of Wax. Also, I was today years old when I realized Benny Hill was in the movie.

Another fun fact: The screenplay for this movie was co-written by Roald Dahl. Yes, THAT Roald Dahl. (Matilda, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and The Witches) Honestly makes sense considering The Child Catcher would fit in with the likes of Trunchbull and The Grand High Witch. XD

Chity chity bang bang is legit such an amazing fever dream of a movie. I remember as a kid freaking loving how the regoldberg breakfast machine worked in the start of the movie. I seriously wanted something as goofy and stupid as that for myself 😅

This man has been in my nightmares for years. Literally thiught this movie was a fever dream. Thank you for confirming I'm not crazy

If I showed this movie to my five year old he would probably love it and want to rewatch it lmfao. You're reopening old memories I'd forgotten long ago, I remembered my dad hyping up this movie when I was little but could barely remember anything about the movie itself. This movie is a hilarious way to teach kids about stranger danger! Now that I remember it again, it's on my list of movies to show my kids when they get a bit bigger lol. I just subbed, thanks for the entertainment!

Absolutely agree on how frightening the CC was. That nimble little dance he does, dressed all in black and then the black is barely covered up by a garish, brightly-colored smock. Taught me more than anything else about "if anybody ever offers you free candy... it's a trap".

Nobody talks about the scene recreating the early years of the Grand Prix at the film’s beginning. The historical accuracy is astounding in what is otherwise an insane fantasy film and they even recreated accidents caught on film during those years. I skipped past it as a kid but now as a history buff it’s my favourite part of the movie for production value alone.

I picked this up in excitement to relive what little memories I have of this movie. Apparently, I either didn't watch the whole thing or don't remember this loon, and for good reason. After seeing this, I'm glad I survived childhood and am now in adult mode, however, I'm going to throw my copy straight into a fire todaySAP. This horrible thing will scar you.

KZfaq never ceases to amaze me. What a great topic/production Cyan Man. Thanks!

As a Bulgarian I can confirm this is exactly what we'd be like if people did LSD instead of drank before beating the kids.

The actor who played that role was a trained ballet dancer.

Awesome video, super well made and narrated. Thanks for this.

One of the Greatest movies of all time! These movies were wonderful. Mary Poppins Bed knobs and Broom Sticks Classic

The actor who played grandpa is actually YOUNGER than dick van dycke. Thats mad

RIP Sir Robert Helpmann. I was lucky enough to see him playing the elderly Lord Alfred Douglas in Justin Fleming's 'The Cobra'. He was on stage pretty much the entire time, no mean feat for a 74-year-old man. Great performance and a great play.

I have been aware of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang my entire life, but have never seen it. My biggest connection to it is a strange one since I am a fan of Marilyn Manson and I am aware that the cover art for the Smells Like Children album is inspired by The Child Catcher. The album also has references to the movie as well, including an instrumental song which has the title of the movie renamed. Marilyn Manson himself apparently had nightmares of The Child Catcher. This video ended up being in my Recommended Videos and I decided to check it out. I really appreciate the humor presented in confronting a source a shared Childhood Trauma and loved the video! Thank you!

the child catcher actually has a whole theatre named after him. it's called the sir Robert helpmann theatre, in the town of mount gambier in south australia.

This raises a good point. I think Hans Landa triggered my memory of the Child Catcher and a type of primal fear I hadn't felt in ages and didn't even know it.

You've just unlocked a horrifying childhood memory. Haven't thought about this creepy dude for like 24 years, but now that I see him again, it flashed right back to me in an instant. Thank you.

I love this movie so much but yeah, that cursed child catcher guy still freaks me out to this day.

The castle is actually King Ludwig II of Bavaria's, he was famous for his nickname Mad King as he built tons of castle everywhere and eventually died along his doctor near a lake with a theory that he killed the doctor and ended his life. Or that both fought and both drowned, theories varied. So yeah, a really cool castle built by a mad King in germany (previously Bavaria).

I have talking about this "perfect villan" for years and no one knows who the hell I'm talking about.....Bravo! You can tell the actor was absolutely a dancer

great flik, and funny commentary...Thanks for giving a shout out to this creepy character that is Robert Helpmann....@6:17 the look on benny hills face, classic!!😂....R.I.P to them both.

Scared the crap out of me when I was young - but an absolute classic. Great video :) now I've got the song in my head too!

The Child Catcher is just Mr Bean's evil brother.

I hated how the kids get a full look at him in their Jack-in-the-box disguises, yet are easily fooled by his treacle tart schtick

Im so glad i found your channel! Your narration is hilarious and you go over movies i loved growing up!

that was a great review, thank you.

I'm 64, and saw this movie when I was eight and it first came out. Let's just say that the Childcatcher gave me a nightmare or two. To this day the Childcatcher still creeps me out! I actually let my son watch "A Nightmare on Elm Street" at age 12 before I let him watch "Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang," because the Childcatcher is far scarier than Freddy Krueger. Quite simply, the Childcatcher is fiction's Apex Bogeyman because there is nothing supernatural or fantastical about what he does. That said, I suspect that before The Springwood Slasher goes to bed; he first checks the closet and under the bed to be sure that the Childcatcher of Vulgaria isn't hiding there, waiting for him to fall asleep . . . .

My personal head-canon: The Child Catcher is the Crypt Keeper when he was alive.

For the last to days the universe has decided to send me on a trail of old movies wich weirdly all have Gerd Fröbe among their cast. Yesterday I watched It Happened In Broad Daylight, today I randomly found The Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines in a DVD collection that was given to me and now this. Very interesting.

Dude you’re narration of this is hilarious…. I give you props… I think the same way sometimes all depending on what’s going life,movies etc. your the kind of dude that we would feed of each other seeing something weird or funny the kind of person I’d hang around in high school but anyway…. Funny stuff … thanks for the posting …. and for pointing out the dog falling. 👊🏾✌🏾

This was my mom's favorite childhood movie. To me it was a never ending fever dream and the only part I vividly remember was truly scrumptious disguised as a doll while the inventor romantically sings to her and the king trying to kill his wife. And sometimes a fever dream is just what you need.

I was born in 1965. Don't recall my age when Chitty made it to TV...maybe 4 or 5. I had recurring nightmares for a decade or more...and the same every now and then as an adult. About 10 yrs ago I was watching Chitty with my young daughter and nearly fell from the couch when the Child Catcher appeared...it when then I realized HE was the antagonist of all those nightmares. That joirk!

This was the single biggest trauma of my childhood. This guy gave me nightmares since I was three years old and up until just now, I thought I had forgotten him! Thanks a lot!!!🤬🤬🤬

I kind of want him to appear and just random shows now. Batman and robin vs the child catcher. Scooby Doo and the child catcher. Magic school bus and the child catcher. He just shows up and reeks havoc.

10:58 It's kinda sweet and brave that, despite knowing they could be killed for it, some villagers at least try to help the kids by getting them to go inside rather than into the hands of the Child Catcher.

Great video boss, I really, genuinely, truly enjoyed it! Thank you for the excellent content! 👍😊

I had a VHS of this movie that my father loved to watch with me. In his 30s, my dad looked like Dick Van Dyke in the movie, and he saw the movie over and over as much as he could as a child in the 1960s. I haven’t seen the movie in years, I still have an unopened DVD of it I take everywhere just for sentimental value.

Thank you. Thank you for validating my intense and yet random trauma from a movie that I haven't watched since I saw it twelve years ago for the first time. And thank you for reminding me of the only thing that stuck with me from that movie, which was this horrible little goblin and every single image of him that remained in my brain.

100% correct, the worst childhood villains are the child catcher and the coachman from Disney's Pinocchio.

I watched this movie when I was little. ONCE. The Child Catcher scared me so bad that I never even wanted to look at the DVD box. It's the only thing I remember about that movie. I should really watch this movie again now that I'm in my 20's

Robert Helpmann, who played the child catcher, was considered one the sweetest and nicest actors by people who worked with him. He was also a ballet dancer and played the evil child catcher so well.

Robot Chicken has a sketch where Child Catcher gets busted by Chris Hansen.

I still have songs from this movie pop into my head, all these years later. Wild.

I very recently saw Chitty Chitty Bang bang for the first time. I actually though that all the weirdness in the movie makes sense if seen from the point of view of a father making stuff up as it goes and thinking of what would be the “scariest” for a child. A nondescript kingdom, a child catcher with a big nose

This dude gave me nightmares as a kid. I love the movie. Ive seen it hundreds of times. They nailed this casting.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. I remember reading somewhere that the book, this movis is based on, was written by Ian Fleming as a bed time story for his son. And for those who are familiar with the name Ian Fleming, yes, he's the author of the classic 007 James Bond books.

I solved a mystery last year regarding this film! Since childhood I have always had a very good memory and my cousins would say that we watched this movie whenever it was on TV in the early 70s. Why then was it that I could not remember it? I knew quite a few of the songs but that was it. So last year I put the DVD on and started watching. I thought it was great and should have stayed with me! I was grabbing a snack in another part of the house when I heard the line "call out the child catcher" I froze. My eyes grew wide and I had to sit down because before I came back to the screen, I knew exactly what he would look like, the long nose, the suckers, what he would say and even the bars that would be revealed on the wagon. I most certainly did see the movie and it had been most carefully repressed because it scared the crap out of this 3 year old. Now at 53 I can laugh and say the movie is fantastic and very cheerful! But like many of my fellow Generation X ...holy crap did it freak us out! Thanks for posting!

This man terrified till next week. I'm 59. Yes, he still terrifies me and will till next week when I hope, like every other week since, he will stop terrorizing me. HE IS THE ORIGINAL DEATH CLOWN IT.

He haunted me for years. It was profoundly upsetting.

Oh my God, I can't believe you did a video on this. This was one of those memories from my childhood that has stuck with me my whole like. As a kid I was not easily scared. My parents did a great job of teaching me and my siblings that movies were just made up and that it was all acting and special effects, so when my cousins and friends were all afraid of monster movies and having nightmares after watching a scary movie or not allowed to even watch them by their parents rules...my Dad was excitingly showing us his favorite scary movies on Saturdays as we watched Creature Feature and ate popcorn. However, there were a few experiences during my young years that did scare me and leave me with some creepy memories up to this day, and the Child Catcher was one of them. I could watch Dracula, or the Creature from the Black Lagoon, or Godzilla and his many foes. I even excitedly watched Jaws secretly one night in our living room during a sleep over while my cousin and best friend covered their faces and ended up wanting my Dad to take them home after the Shark appeared. But there was just something about the Child Catcher that terrified me. He was up there with the likes of The Wicked Witch from OZ and those hideous flying monkeys or the Skeksis from the Dark Crystal. They sure did know how to put villains in movies and TV shows that would get the job done back then. I always felt that Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was a movie that didn't gget enough credit since it really was one of those classics on the same level with Wizard of Oz and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The magic that those movies create is just something you don't see anymore and I personally love the fact that back then they weren't afraid to put things in them that now a days, people are too sensitive to accept. Us kids are tough as can be because we experiences those monsters, witches, and yes...Child Catchers. I really do think we are better for it. I mean if we survived the Child Catcher as kids...we can survive anything. I mean that is why Gen X is so tough I think. LOL. Thanks for the blast from the past.

4:24 That was nice of Benny Hill to rescue them!

the toy maker ... THATS BENNY HILL. Never watched this movie but now I might

Yeah you are right, it freaked me out for years. It is like the Pied Piper of Hamilton. This theme has reverberated through human culture. The Damned sang 'Grimly Fiendish, will send you back where you belong. Where the children can't be found.' But when you got folk like Albert Fish in society, or Si Ouey, the Thai boogeyman, the fear is real.

This was awesome. Thanks for the laughs.

This mini documentary was so excellently produced! My siblings and I used to watch Chitty Chitty Bang Bang whenever it came on television. And yes, a lot of it was creepy and some of it outright terrifying. Dick Van Dyke is a perennial multi-talented entertainer. Incidentally, the Toy Maker was played by legendary funny man Benny Hill. And the Baron of Vulgaria was played by Gert Fröbe who was the villain “Goldfinger” in the James Bond classic of the same name. Thank you, Cyan Man!

The "Toymaker" is the great comedian Benny Hill. Baron Bombast is played by famous German actor Gert Fröbe who plays the villainous Goldfinger from the famous James Bond movie (Gert was trained Dancer and Vaudeville performer). The movie itself is based on James Bond author Ian Fleming children story. The Script was written by Roald Dahl, author of the Willy Wonka stories, Matilda and James of the Giant Peach. (Roald Dahl also did the script for the James Bond movie "You Only Live Twice." The producer was also Albert B. Broccoli of the James Bond film series.

I love rewatching stuff like this years later because you get to see odd ball sights you wouldn't have noticed before like at 4:48 where the first solider walks up and opens the door but the second one behind him who I guess was instructed to "break down the door" follows through and whiffs at the now already opened door before going through.

this video cracked me up, good stuff man

My father got beaten with a wooden pattle at school when this came out for singing the theme song, due to the teacher hearing: "Shity shity bang bang" instead.

Got to give the dancer credit, he creeped us out better than a ton of actors

😃☕️This was Awesome👏 Thank You🤩❤️

Been gone for about 6 months due to me being in the Army but man the Nostalgia while also funny vibes you bring to videos makes you easily my favorite KZfaqr hope all has been well man

Awesome BTS details of Sir Robert Helpmann. Thank you for adding that he was a very sweet man outside of playing The Child Catcher.

Lol, "-been stuck in my head for five days." My good sir, I am now old enough to officially and accurately say it had been stuck in mine for more than two decades. I rather suspect it will still be stuck in my head after I go senile. At least it's a cheery sort of madness...

Awesome video! Now I've got to go watch it again. Big posthumous shoutout to Benny Hill as The Toy Maker!

I don't know why it was introduced to me but I watched this so many times as a kid. I have truly (scrumptious) the most random assortment of memories from it that I don't think I could pull together in a coherent plot. Sure as hell remember the Child Catcher

I was terrified and fascinated by the child catcher. Brilliant character played beautifully by Robert Helpman who was a famous Australian ballet dancer.

Fun act, this movie was written by Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond who was friends with Dahl, they exchanged stories, where Ian wrote this movie version and Dahl wrote a James Bond movie

Oh I am loving this just a minute in 😂😂 thank you

So many Bond connections with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, novel by Ian Flemming, one of the scrappers at the start of the film is Q - Desmond Llewelyn and Gert Frobe is the Baron as well as Goldfinger. Also, a very young Phil Collins is one of the Vulgarian kids seen later in the film. Oh, and the less said about Arthur Mullard (the actor who has his hair burnt off by Dick Van Dyke) the better, if you do look into it, you’ll never look at a button mushroom the same way ever again.

You have no idea the amount of joy I have derived from seeing someone cover this movie I love so much

I was there as a child attending the premiere at Radio City Music Hall in 1968. The Child Catcher gave me the “willies”… But I loved it! ❤😂❤😂 But hold on 😮so we are supposed to just glide by the fact that one of the best comedians ever was in the movie…Benny Hill as the Toymaker…?! This movie has been a treat for me, my children and my grandchildren.

"The current owner of the Chitty car is Sir Peter Jackson. He could be seen near the WETA Workshop in New Zealand driving cast members of The Hobbit films around in the car while playing the main theme song through a sound system." what i wouldn't i give to see that with my own eyes

Hey I stumbled across this video! I truly enjoyed it so much, that when it ended, I wasn’t prepared or wanting that to happen. I was expecting a full on movie review and reliving this childhood movie with you. lol. Great content! Maybe you should do a video making treacle tarts? Edit: awwww you do mostly game reviews, well I hope you do more videos like this in the future because it was very good to watch.

Child catcher fits in this current world just fine.

This unlocked a core memory, thank for for the return to the oddest movie i ever watch as a kid. I remember the wagon dropping all the decor to reveal the cage, genuinely a traumatizing scene for a toddler to see

Yes it was an absolutely amazing show for every reason that you mentioned

I subscribed you are hilarious and the German accent for the toy maker ahaha!!!

The guy opening his door to the family is Benny Hill !