Everyone knows about Willy Wonka but most of us aren’t aware of the dark origins of this story and its association with cannibalism. In order to understand this, we break down a lot of Roald Dahl’s work and compare it to some other films that Tim Burton has worked on to make connections that other fan theories have yet to connect.

This film has been coming back into the collective conscious lately, so let’s take another look at these films with new eyes. There was always something unsettling about these films… Why was it so popular and promoted by the mainstream media as a fun children’s tale? Here’s more from Mind Unveiled.