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How scary is Feathers McGraw?!

posted 19 years ago by nearlyangel
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OK, I feel a bit silly even writing this.

I was quite a tough child and wasn't scared of any film villains, even the Child Catcher on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. But for some reason, Feathers McGraw really freaked me out... I don't know what it was... maybe the silent evil of it all, but he just sent shivers up my spine. Maybe it was his piercing little eyes, or the way nobody except Gromit noticed his evilness... or it could have been that one sudden look straight at the camera when Gromit is hiding from him in the dog food box in the street... I don't know what it is, but he really used to scare me!
Does anyone agree with me, or was I just a wussier child than I thought?

I doubt. Therefore I might be.

[–] 19 years ago

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[–] incrediball 19 years ago

It's the music that he listens to. Just plain evil...

No seriously, it's how he says nothing and never shows any expressions but in the next moment does something wierd. People like that are the most creepy since you never know where you're at.

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[–] Kdtt 18 years ago

HE IS SCARY!

[–] nearlyangel 18 years ago

Well I'm glad I wasn't the only one, lol!
Brrr.

I doubt. Therefore I might be.

[–] narliecharlie 18 years ago

He freaked me out when I was a kid too.

[–] BoultersCanary 18 years ago

He scared me and I'm in my forties.

"Woof. In tones of low menace"

[–] jnc93 18 years ago

I 20 and watched this for the first time yesterday and I thought he was well scary! Its the beady, emotionless eyes for me

[–] lulu_loves_dancin 18 years ago

Im in my teens and he's always TERRIFIED me..it's the blankness and blinking of him i think!
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[–] nearlyangel 18 years ago

Haha I think he could definitely win a prize for "Most Sinister Villain" or something to that effect!
I think another thing that makes him scary is the fact that he only needs to put a rubber glove on his head and everyone is completely fooled into thinking he's a chicken! He must have some sort of mind-controlling powers, surely...

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[–] orizano 18 years ago

I was in my thirties when I first saw this, and "That's one creepy liitle dude" was running through my mind the whole time....

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[–] im_ur_zero 18 years ago

You know what, i totally agree with you. There is somthing about him that isn't quite "all there". Over the years I've just accepted the fact that he is a creepy little guy. It is kind of funny that the character that have no lines could terrify us more than those who speak.haha

[–] staceybrewis 18 years ago

Very, very scary. 0_o