OUR FAVOURITE CHILDHOOD MOVIES AND THEIR CONSPIRACIES.

By Nandita Potnis (Team Creative)

Hollywood theories have been speculated by everyone to no end, and every time, there’s always a new story to tell. Here are some of the most fascinating conspiracy theories from the film industry:

1) Peter Pan: 

Peter Pan is an iconic childhood movie that has stuck with us for a long time. But is it really as innocent as we think it is? Some really dark theories have surfaced over the years, and one of them is that Peter Pan is actually the Angel of Death. As silly as that sounds, if you look into the proof of this theory, it might change your mind.

Peter Pan is shown as a young boy who takes small children to a place called “Neverland” where they meet the “Lost Boys”. It is said that the Lost Boys are actually children who passed away at an early age and Neverland is assumed to be the afterlife. Peter Pan was an angel who held the hands of children when they were on their way to heaven, which is why none of those kids really grew up.

Yeah, I know.

2) Willy Wonka:

Conspiracy theorists have for long suspected Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (1971) as a rather dark and unsettling movie.  They theorize that Willy Wonka was actually a serial killer who killed the children that visited his factory.

It is believed that Wonka was tired of people trying to steal his recipe and plotted revenge by inviting kids (that he would eventually kill) to his factory. Some people also assumed that small children were actually the “secret ingredient” in his chocolate. This theory seems probable because the oompa loompas seem to have had a song for every ‘accident’ that took place with the kids.

*shudders*

3) Harry Potter:

A young boy, who lives in a cupboard with his emotionally abusive aunt and uncle, is quite possibly also easily susceptible to a mental illness. Conspiracy theorists have pointed out that maybe Harry Potter was a mentally ill boy, who made up Hogwarts to find some solace in his otherwise torturous life. He made up a school of witchcraft and wizardry so he could escape his reality and live an alternate happy life.

For the same reasons, some other theorists believe that maybe Harry Potter was schizophrenic. In his mind, everything happening at Hogwarts was in fact real and so his aunt and uncle were scared his “magical powers” would hurt someone, and therefore against it.

Not as ‘magical’ as you thought it would be, is it?

After looking at all the evidence that these conspiracy theorists put together, some of these dark and scary theories actually sound very convincing but are they really true, who knows? Maybe it’s best if we don’t find out just yet.