To think that the Moomins are terrifying?

[MrsWinnibago]

Well not the Moomins themselves but some of the supporting characters!

My DDs have watched a lot of them this summer...having found them on Youtube but poor 6 year old dd had a nightmare about The Groke last night! I had forgotten all about the Moomins.

I think it's the combo of Japanese animation and Scandinavian mythology which makes it so frightening.

[HavanaSlife]

They are, my user name used to be MoominsAreScary bloody freaky program gave me nightmares

[StillStayingClassySanDiego]

Love the theme tune, I wonder if it is the still the same from years back, really catchy.

It was a bit odd iirc.

[MrsWinnibago]

SanDiego yes..these are old episodes.

[squirrelweasel]

I find it very dark. But it's my 4yr old daughters favourite programme! We have all the series on DVD and she even has the room stickers. She wants to dress as the broke for Halloween

[buddles]

I wasn't scared of the hippo like Moomin things but instead of the little girl (or was it a boy?) in the pointed hat. Shudder.

[squirrelweasel]

That would be groke damn autocorrect

[mamalino]

YABU. I adore the moomins, books more so than the TV though. Shame my children don't love them as much as I do! I aspire to be a mother like moominmama, with her calm serenity. I am certainly not a calm and serene mother though sadly

[mamalino]

The groke is just lonely.

[Gileswithachainsaw]

Yabu.

Loved the moomins!!!

[pictish]

Yes..yes they are rather, and I love them for it. Strange, eerie, melancholic little creatures.

[pictish]

We call dd 'little My' as she is a scowler.

[HangingBasketCase]

I remember there was an episode where they were all hibernating for the winter because that was when some nasty creature appeared, one of the moomins decided not to hibernate to see if the creature really existed and stayed awake. Then a mist thing descended on them and this funny looking creature appeared out of it. It was so creepy.

[AnotherStitchInTime]

The Groke in the original Moomins was far scarier than the one in the new cartoon. Dd1 (5) and dd2 (2.5) love the Moomins.

[QisforQcumber]

YANBU, creepy bastards! My friend has been to Moomin world in Finland, she is a braver soul than I am.

[squirrelweasel]

There is a new cartoon?

[elephanteraser]

dp finds them depressing

[MoominKoalaAndMiniMoom]

Oi

[MrsWinnibago]

I think the new one is more computer generated looking...DD rejected those and only watches the old ones.

at MoominKoala

[dementedma]

Huge fan of the books. Snufkin, little My,the groke, the Hemulen..there was a little whiskery thing which lived under the cupboards too. I remember the Hattifatners when Moominpapa was lost at sea. Ah, the memories!

[sheepgomeep]

The moomins gave me nightmares as a kid. They are still terrifying!

[DownByTheRiverside]

I love the books and still have an entire set.
I've not seen any of the TV stories.

[DownByTheRiverside]

'there was a little whiskery thing which lived under the cupboards too.'

That was The Ancestor, silent and sweet.

[LangenFlugelHappleHoff]

Little My gave me nightmares. I hate the moomins.

[ZombieJenna]

I loved the Moomins (books and TV series) but did have a recurring nightmare that we had hattifatners in the airing cupboard