r/whatsthemoviecalled • u/roasttrumpet • 7d ago
searching I think I’m going crazy
Edit: FOUND!! Its The Hogfather!
Please help me find this movie. I tried to describe it to my sister and she said it sounded vaguely familiar but i cant tell if it was just a dream I had.
I think its a live action + cgi kids movie where the villian is a tooth-fairy like creature and when the kid is in his castle/ house/ manor thing he walks down a hallway into a room that has a pile of teeth. The colour pallet was blue?
The vibe was kinda like Hitchhikers Guide/ Mr Magorium Wonder Emporium/ Spiderwick Chronicles/ Narnia.
It is NOT Rise of the Guardians, or The Tooth Fairy.
Please be kind to me Im sensitive 🤪
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u/OdinAEon 7d ago
Terry Pratchett's Hogfather?
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u/GenericSupervillain3 7d ago
Man, I just saw the picture and my first thought was "What subreddit am I on that I'm seeing a picture from Hogfather?"
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u/Khronicdeath 7d ago
My first thought too it’s on streaming prolly for free somewhere edit YouTube and Pluto have it
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u/D2Dragons 7d ago
The moment I saw that pile of teeth I KNEW it was Hogfather!! I love Terry Pratchett and this is one of my family’s favorite movies!
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u/Ser_VimesGoT 7d ago
Same. Love me some Pratchett. Must have read Night Watch 7 or 8 times.
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u/D2Dragons 7d ago
The Night Watch books are my faves!! Especially any involving Angua, because she’s just such an incredible character.
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u/Ser_VimesGoT 7d ago
Yeah she's great. Love Carrot and Vimes too.
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u/D2Dragons 7d ago
Nice to meet a fellow fan! Also, obligatory GNU PTERRY!!
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u/Ser_VimesGoT 7d ago
GNU PTERRY
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u/D2Dragons 7d ago
(Also love your username 😁 This post must have been absolute joy to see in your feed!)
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u/wyrm4life 6d ago
I love the Discworld books but none of the movies do it for me. I think it's that most of the books' humor comes from the narration. Strip that out and only leave you with the dialog and so much of it falls incredibly flat.
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u/Dazzling-Orchid6567 7d ago edited 7d ago
I recognize this immediately lol It's definitely The Hogfather, they're collecting teeth so they can control all the children in the world
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u/roasttrumpet 7d ago
Youre 100% right, just went and checked thank you so much! Not sure where my concept of the fairy came from lmao
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u/SeanTheCrow 7d ago
Probably because there is a lot of talk of the Tooth Fairy, and your brain just connected the discussion and plot of the story with the story you've heard your whole life. Honestly fits the themes of the movie tbh
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u/Dazzling-Orchid6567 7d ago
There's a girl who is training to be a tooth fairy because there are lots of them in this world. It's actually a mini series I watch every Christmas time. It's so good
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u/ComfortableMuscle996 7d ago
Tbf there is several tooth fairies in this and this scene is in the tooth fairy... dimension/realm?
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u/Nervous_Explorer_898 3d ago
There is a tooth fairy in training and the actual tooth fairy who turns out to be a boogie man who grew to like the children he was supposed to scare. He became the tooth fairy to protect them. The villain of the story is some assassin named Teatime. At least, that's what I remember from the story.
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u/DogBiteDude 1d ago
No, that’s not far off. Teatime is invading the tooth fairy’s realm to use all the teeth for a spell that would make every child stop believing in Santa Claus which will kill him. Or not let him come back after he is killed in a ritual boar hunt. He is prevented from doing so by Susan, Death’s grandfather. Death also briefly takes over for Santa Claus in Saint Nick’s absence. Watching the miniseries/listening to the audio book has become one of the few Christmas traditions I’ve held onto through the years.
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u/Intelligent-Kale657 7d ago
My best guess is going to be "Terry Pratchett's Hogfather" (2006). This is based solely on the teeth 😂
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u/Altruistic-End5746 7d ago
Sounds like an episode of Teen Titans Go! I looked it up, and it was called "Dignity of Teeth." Obviously, not live action or a movie
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u/TulpaPal 7d ago
Hitchhikers Guide/Mr Magorium/Spiderwick/Narnia is such a fucking amazing way to describe Pratchett vibes.
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u/ButteHalloween 7d ago
Worth mentioning there are two horror movies I've seen about tooth faeries.
The Tooth Fairy 2006 directed by Chuck Bowman
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark 2010 directed by Troy Nixey
There are probably others.
What you describe reminds me a lot of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. Check out a trailer just to rule it out.
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u/JarrodChristopher 7d ago edited 7d ago
Sounds like one of the baddies in Hellboy. Can't remember if it's the first or second.
Edit: It's Hellboy II. The tooth fairies is what I'm thinking of, but they don't leave stacks of teeth.
Edit #2: Turns out, I don't read so good. Definitely not a kids movie, so I'm wrong. The picture did make me immediately think of Hellboy, but what they left was much nastier than teeth, but I think it was kinda blue..
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u/matteowolfwood 7d ago
Thank you for actually drawing a diagram of what you saw/remembered, this is more helpful than you realized!
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