Okay, please stop trying to do metaphor or I won't be able to sleep. Impressions: This show is definitely going to give some poor kid nightmares. It may give me nightmares. There's no reason that somebody's ear should sprout a mouth full of too many misshapen teeth and start whispering murder into somebody's eyeball… […]
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