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Wizard of Oz was not a horror film. The main characters are not confronted with real tragedy or horrific decisions. There are fanciful characters but none of them really is what specifically constitutes a monster. I would also say that the very nature of the film being a musical works very much against it ever being considered horror.
Are the ideas within the story the sort of thing that could be perceived as scary? Certainly. A man in search of a heart. Another in search of a brain. Witches and witchcraft. Flying monkeys. All have potential to be something scary or twisted but in the 1939 classic, they are not.
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