Random 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure' Is Actually Super Traumatizing (15 items)

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  (#9) Tim Burton Gives The Movie His Signature Creepy Style

  Tim Burton films have been described as a "wild-and-woolly exuberant gothic dementia." They are ruminations of childhood with a disturbing twist. Pee-wee's Big Adventure, like Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice, is about an obsessive adult who sticks out like a sore thumb in his pastel suburban neighborhood.

  Big Adventure is filled with lighting cues straight out of 1930s horror cinema and classic jump scare music. On top of that, there's a Danny Elfman score that sounds more Danny Elfman than anything else the composer has ever done.
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  (#4) Pee-wee Rides With An Escaped Convict

  At one point, Pee-wee is picked up by an escaped convict named Mickey. Mickey talks about his anger issues and even brandishes a gun while driving Pee-wee down the highway. Then Pee-wee has to disguise himself as a woman so he and his new friend can escape from a local sheriff who tells Pee-wee to get out of the car because he "wants to get a look" at him.

  Disturbing doesn't even cover how the only authority figure in this scene acts, and Mickey should turn you off from hitchhiking forever. 
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  (#1) Large Marge Is Terrifying

  Pee-wee's Big Adventure is mostly a romp about an eccentric man-child who goes on a trip of self discovery in search of his bike. The tone changes once he accepts a ride from a truck driver named Large Marge.

  She gives Pee-wee a ride after he's abandoned on a foggy road in the middle of the night, and on the short ride she tells Pee-wee a story about "the worst accident" she ever saw. Large Marge describes wreckage full of burning bodies, and if that's not scary enough, she reveals her true face: a claymation monster face that's basically the reverse shot of Tim Burton's Beetlejuice.
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  (#8) The Movie Is Filled With Giant Heads

  Tim Burton's love of giant monster heads is unsettling to say the least. Not only does the audience get scared by a giant papier-mâché head, but Burton also throws in a couple of giant dinosaur heads, a set of creepy demon faces in a Día de los Muertos parade, and a big head at the magic shop.

  These heads apparently serve no purpose other than freaking out the fans in true Tim Burton style. 
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  (#7) Pee-wee Tries To Drown Francis

  After discovering that his bike is stolen, Pee-wee goes straight to Francis Buxton's house and tries to drown his nemesis while he takes a bath. Is Francis a creep? Absolutely. Did he hire goons to steal Pee-wee's bike? Definitely. Murder via bath tub might not be the proper way to address the problem, however.

  Pee-wee dives into battle with Francis by sabotaging him in the swimming pool-sized-bath and trying to push his head under the water. In what's ostensibly a children's movie, the main character (who is of adult age) immediately decides that death is the answer.

  In the end, Pee-wee gets his bike back and Francis is thrown into the stratosphere.
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  (#11) Simone's Boyfriend Tries To Kill Pee-wee

  After spending the night in the empty head of a T-Rex with his new friend Simone, Pee-wee is almost beaten to death by Simone's jealous and xenophobic boyfriend Andy.

  Simone tells Pee-wee that Andy hates it when she speaks French because he thinks the French think they're better than him. When Andy sees Pee-wee the morning after his dino-getaway, he chases our hero with a giant bone. Luckily, Pee-wee escapes because Andy is attacked by a bull. 

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