The BBC’s new Mackenzie Crook-led remake of Worzel Gummidge is set to shock fans of the 1970s original as it will feature the bloody violence and cannibalism of the original books.
Although remembered fondly, the 1970s version of Worzel Gummidge was heavily criticised at the time for its sanitisation of the brutal original stories.
“We’re definitely setting out our stall early,” explained Crook.
“The cold open will feature a couple of teenagers getting amorous on Worzel’s farm, so he watches them for a bit and when they hear him grunting he rushes out and impales one with a garden fork and decapitates the other with his spade.
“He then douses himself in their blood and cooks them over an open fire for his tea.”
The two new films will then follow Worzel has he goes on a bloody rampage through the local village for reasons that are never explained.
“I think it’s the nihilism of the violence in the Worzel Gummidge books that makes it so shocking and thought-provoking,” continued Crook.
“Why is a magical scarecrow driven to incessant murder and violence? We never know, and that’s what makes it so terrifying.”
The Worzel Gummidge remake follows last year’s Ivor the Engine remake that saw Ivor chuff his way into town before leaping from the tracks and plowing through the crowds and, of course, the remake of Emu’s World that was entirely hardcore, graphic sex.
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