"Sorrow and fear are easily forgotten when you submit to the soil of the earth~" (just as a little shout out, "Come Little Children" from Hocus Pocus is also a great song to put to the Beast. Really listen to it and think on it)
I had seen snipits of Over the Garden Wall here but sort of wrote it off as another one of Cartoon Network's fresh blend of blandness and didn't really look into it until last year; I guess you could say it had the same effect as Rick & Morty on me, which I also wrote off due to be on Adult Swim, however thankfully, just like Rick & Morty I couldn't have been more wrong about that and Over the Garden Wall has become of my all time favorite mini-series. If you're a fan of Grimm's fairy tales and things of that kind, you really owe it to yourself to watch it. For only 10 episodes the production value of it is amazing, filled with great songs and fantastic art that can be simplistic and inviting and dark and disturbing the next. It's a real treat especially at this time of the year.
Of course, the real point of these countdowns is to capture the essence of darkness and fear, so I can't not go into the shows darker elements and man, did they deliver almost single-handedly with the character of 'the Beast'. To say he is one of Cartoon Network's most terrifying villains really goes without saying and while I've only become familiar with it a little over a year ago, I knew he deserved a top ranking spot in my next Halloween Countdown!
While the Beast technically plays a small role in the broad scheme of things, what makes him truly scary is how underplayed he is. Yes, he is eluded to and you're excited to really see 'the Beast' whenever it may arise but when he does it's so calm and subtle. The Beast isn't an over the top boogeyman, but instead a personification of the underlying darkness that creeps when you're not looking. That unexpected evil. He is literally the fear of the unknown and how fitting. The lack of knowledge or even true sight of him makes your idea of him far scarier than anything they could have shown and he's beautiful in that simplicity, he also has that great tough of the villain that isn't just pleased with what's he's doing, but is filled with mirth! His singing, while admittedly a little corny at times, is also haunting one, because you know it's means he's near, two because he's that joyous about consuming children souls and three, I dunno the little fact that his song is set to the tune of "Oh, Holy Night" put in a minor key is really, really disturbing.
All in all, a fantastic villain from a fantastic series... however, I didn't put him into the Top Five like I wanted because as I thought on it he's a little too easily thwarted. Yes, while the concept is cool his over all lack of presence from the series and ambiguity of his power and how much really has does admittedly limit him a bit, still scary as Hell, but I gotta call things like I see em.
over the garden wall. bit of a creepy tale. didn't the wood needed to keep the lamp lit come from trees that grew over dead children and had imprisoned their souls inside of it?
over the garden wall. bit of a creepy tale. didn't the wood needed to keep the lamp lit come from tr
Yes, the Beast keeps itself alive by ensnaring lost souls and turning them into part of it's forest and then burning them in it's soul lantern, making their souls part of it's own... yeah... it's fucking dark and creepy XD
Yes, the Beast keeps itself alive by ensnaring lost souls and turning them into part of it's forest
if I recall it had tricked the woodsman into harvesting the trees and collecting the "oil" out of them for the lamp by telling the woodsman that his DAUGHTERS soul was inside of it, as opposed to the beasts soul when in reality his daughter was long dead and gone.
if I recall it had tricked the woodsman into harvesting the trees and collecting the "oil" out of th
Yes, but given that the Woodsman states that he fought the Beast for the lantern, it infers that the Beast used to do it all himself but when the Woodsman took the lantern he told him that story so he'd keep the lantern perpetually lit, because otherwise he'd die.
Yes, but given that the Woodsman states that he fought the Beast for the lantern, it infers that the
