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71. Large Marge (14.5 points)
Nominated by: GavsEvans123 (3/5 remaining)

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Importance: 2.5
Fear: 5
Snake: 7

This scene is spectacular in many ways. It's a small, out of left-field turn in an otherwise goofy comedy film, with a gloomy atmosphere standing out from the rest of the bright, colorful movie. The shot of the truck pulling up in the thick fog with headlights beaming is right out of a horror film, and Pee-wee's innocence combined with Marge's blank stare creates the feeling that something bad is about to happen. Marge goes into a story about the worst accident she's ever seen, cutting back to Pee-wee's reaction after each line, which adds a well-needed element of humor to the scene to catch you off guard when Marge's face goes all ooga-booga-booga at Pee-wee in what might be the most horrifying special effect you may ever see from what is largely an "all-ages" film. This is such a great to nod to Tim Burton's background in horror, and also feels like an effect that would be seen in Burton's next film after Pee-wee, Beetlejuice. It feels like a progenitor for the present, as horror directors like James Wan or David F. Sandberg direct these big tentpole superhero films with nods to their past films like Annabelle and Lights Out. What pushes the Large Marge scene even further is that isn't just glossed over here. Pee-wee later goes on to find out Large Marge was a ghost the whole time and that she is a well-known legend around those parts. Great comedy and great horror is all about build-up and execution, and this right here is a wonderful little slice of how to pull off both flawlessly.
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