Child Catcher - Acclaim

Acclaim

• The Child Catcher was the inspiration for Marilyn Manson's Smells Like Children EP. The title and cover art, as well as Manson's outfit and appearance during the album, reference the Robert Helpmann character.
• In 2005, the Child Catcher was voted "the scariest villain in children's books", despite not actually featuring in the original book.
• In 2009, the Child Catcher, character originally created by Roald Dahl, was voted the seventh scariest character, in an adult poll carried out by Penguin Books.
• Despite his character opposing children in the country his actor, Australian comedian Robert Helpmann loved kids and Jeremy and Jemimah's performers Heather Ripley and Adrian Hall said that Helpmann was a generous man to kids.
• The Nostalgia Critic placed the Child Catcher as #5 on his "Top 11 Scariest Nostalgic Moments List"F