If you remember one tantrum from the 1990 classicHome Alone , chances are it ’s the climax . Kevin McCallister fulfilled the fantasies of countless kids when he protected his domicile from bad guy cable using blast , blunt objective , and a strategically placed Lycosa tarentula . But according to a Modern television spotted byNerdist , the movie would have been much darker than your intermediate holiday flick if it had stayed true to the laws of physics .
For its investigation , the YouTube teamVsaucechose threeHome Alonehazards to reanimate in real life : the ruby - hot doorhandle , the blusher cans to the grimace , and the pry to the breast ( which was really bring down on Harry by his partner Marv ) .
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In the movie , Kevin is able to wake his home ’s exterior doorknob to a hand - searing province by placing an galvanizing BBQ lighter on the inside . open that metal has to reach about 1000 ° F before it part glowing , this would be passably difficult to attain . Even if it was potential to transfer that amount of heat across the door in a few hours , it would probably cause the froth and Natalie Wood inside to combust .
The paint can pendulum are also more destructive than the movie lets on . With a push from Kevin at the top of the stairs , a 13 - pound can of key would fly toward the villain ’ present at 20 MPH . Vsauce test the encroachment this would have on the head teacher of a ballistic dummy , and it does n’t look like something the bandits could recover from in clock time for the film ’s conclusion . And if they somehow managed to survive all the booby gob leading up to that breaker point , a wrecking bar to the breast would put an goal to Harry ’s breaking and insert days for beneficial . practiced thing the actor had the help ofstunt doubles and particular effectswhile cinematography .
To see the tests in action , ensure out the video below .
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