One of the very best things about watching movies is how viewers can perceive them differently. Whether it’s an action movie, a period drama, or even a family movie, audiences can pull different things from them, and even find hidden meanings and conjure up some crazy fan theories.

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There’s nothing more satisfying than a fan theory that makes complete sense, but will forever remain just a theory. It gets even better when a dark theory is applied to a movie that’s enjoyed by the whole family. There’s something deeply fulfilling about a truly haunting theory the neatly wraps up plots holes and ambiguity left in a family movie.

Grease (1978)

Sandy waving from the flying car at the end of Grease

This dark fan theory about Grease arguably makes the movie better, and it adds logic to the ending in which the car is randomly able to fly. In the song “Summer Nights,” Danny sings, “I saved her life, she nearly drowned,” well it’s possible that Sandy actually did drown, and the movie is taking place in her final moments before she dies. And the flying car at the end represents her being taken to heaven.

Men In Black (1997)

The agent duo prepares to fight aliens in Men In Black

Though the Men In Black series arguably has more bad movies than good at this point, there are plenty of reasons why the Men in Black franchise should be given another chance, and one of them is so that it can finally shed light on this fan theory. The theory goes that Jay, Kay, and the rest of the MIB steal alien technology and use it to make hundreds of millions of dollars. Kay even mentioned that liposuction, microwaves, and other household appliances are all alien inventions, so it checks out.

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (2005)

Tim Burton Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

Even though there are a lot of reasons why Johnny Depp is arguably the better Willy Wonka, there are a lot of things wrong with Tim Burton’s Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, but nothing is more messed up than this. It has been theorised on many occasion that Depp’s take on the iconic character is murderous, and that the spies at the beginning of the movie weren’t trying to steal his secret formula, but that they were actually trying to uncover that Willy Wonka is actually a serial killer.

Planes, Trains, And Automobiles (1987)

Del and Neil carry a heavy trunk down the street from Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Planning ahead is one of the lessons people can learn from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, the hilarious John Hughes road trip movie, as John Candy’s character is always ready for anything with a huge box of belongings that he carries around with him.

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The thing is, it’s never shown what’s in the box, and considering how the luggage is roughly the size of an adult body and it weighs as much as a body would, many have speculated that the character’s dead wife is inside it. The character is always talking about her and it’s only revealed at the end that she passed away.

Ghostbusters (1984)

Ghostbusters cross the streams scene

Similarly to the Grease theory, it’s possible that when Venkman and company crossed the stream in Ghostbusters, they were all killed. Thought it’s a fairly standard theory, it adds more weight to the originally tepid sequel, as in this theory, Ghostbusters 2 actually takes place in purgatory. It makes total sense, as the plot of the second movie has way too many parallels to the first movie.

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Johnny Depp and Vincent Price in Edward Scissorhands as Edward gets his new hands.

Another one of Tim Burton’s works of art, Edward Scissorhands follows a robot/human hybrid with interchangeable body parts, and his inventor’s blueprint showed that the character was intended to be a cookie factory robot. A theory suggests that the movie is a sequel to Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and the inventor in the movie is actually Willy Wonka. It’s a far cry, but considering how the inventor modelled Edward’s likeness on himself, there’s a clear link between the two, as Depp stars in both roles.

The Wizard Of Oz (1939)

Wizard of Oz hanging munchkin myth

Being as old and as classic as The Wizard Of Oz is, not to mention its bizarre and dream-like narrative, the movie isn’t limited to just one crazy fan theory, but many of them. However, there’s one that has long been discussed and questioned for decades. As the four characters skip along the yellow brick road, there is a black silhouette in the distance that hangs from a tree. Many have shrugged it off as a bird’s shadow, but others believe it’s an actor who played one of the Munchkins committing suicide.

Back To The Future (1985)

80s Films Never Remade – Back To The Future

Though there are a lot of things that don’t make sense about the movie, the biggest question that fans have wondered about Back To The Future is why Doc pulled Marty in front of the DeLorean when it was first racing towards him.

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The car disappeared right before it was going to mow down the two of them, but if it didn’t work, they would have both been killed. Fans speculate that, as all of Doc’s inventions up to that point had failed, he couldn’t live to see another invention be unsuccessful, meaning that if it hadn’t worked he would have committed suicide and taken a teenage boy with him.

Home Alone (1990)

kevin mcallister

In the Christmas classic Home Alone, though Kevin’s just a child and shows clear signs of fear and innocence when he’s alone, there’s an obvious dark side to him that nobody wants to cross. Only an evil mastermind could have plotted the things he did at his age, and that’s why people think that Kevin could not only win against Jigsaw from the Saw series, but that he is Jigsaw, as Kevin’s traps bear a lot of similarities to Jigasaw’s.

Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971)

Willy Wonka, the children, and their parents stand on a staircase overlooking the chocolate river in Willy Wonka and the chocolate Factory

Going above and beyond Depp’s murderous endeavors as the purple clad chocolatier, it’s possible that the original Willy Wonka, played by Gene Wilder, was actually a cannibal and was eating the children the whole time.

In the movie, Wonka says, “Everything in this room is eatable. Even I’m eatable! But that is called cannibalism.” The fact that he has acknowledged cannibalism and has mentioned it means that he could be guilty of it, especially if he’s killing them. People who are guilty of something often mention it first, so as to seem as if they are not actually guilty of it.

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