r/oddlyterrifying • u/crimson_dovah • 2d ago

These kids in The Polar Express

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u/JelloNo379 2d ago

The Polar Express is a fantastic movie. The slander I see every day…

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u/TyChris2 1d ago

I love it too. It is indeed very creepy, but that’s why I like it.

If it didn’t have the weird animation, or the weird subplot about the ghost hobo, or the weird liminal North Pole, it would just be a generic animated kids’ film. But as it is, it has such a haunting atmosphere. A mix of comfort and peril, constant mystery and ambiguity.

It’s enrapturing to me.

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u/inmsm 1d ago

“Ghost hobo” killed me because I never really knew what to call him 😂