Any 'dark' Disney recommendations here?

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• GordoLeiter Posts: 462MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  Dragonslayer (1988)
• Le Samourai Honolulu, HIPosts: 573MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  A few with dark elements…
  
  Fantasia
  
  Bambi
  
  Dumbo
  
  The Black Hole
  
  Return to Oz
  
  and the aforementioned Dragonslayer.
  
  Here are a couple of links that may prove helpful:
  
  http://www.businessinsider.com/disneys-dark-side-the-10-most-horrific-movies-the-mouse-house-ever-made-2012-3?op=1
  
  http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/1244743/the_11_darkest_disney_animated_movie_moments.html

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• Mr Beech Florida, USAPosts: 1,749MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  The Hunchback of Notre Dame was always considered a bit grotesque and frightful even in its Disney form.
  
  EDIT: Just noticed it is part of the link above.
• Napoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  There's a scene in Pinoccio that scares the beejusus out of me, one with mutated donkeys. Also, the original Snow White is nasty.

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• Ammo08 Missouri, USAPosts: 387MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  Old Yeller comes to mind....as well as Savage Sam

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• Silhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  Thanks so much for these recommendations...they are all really appreciated by this member. Anyone else want to venture their views on the 'dark heart' of Disney?

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• Mr Beech Florida, USAPosts: 1,749MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  Well, one (probably obvious) fact is that classic stories were and are important to the core of Disney animation. Many classic tales that have survived and are worthy of feature-length film adaptation are for adults. Often times, Disney finds ways to adapt the older fantasy tales into family viewing (Cinderella sans bloody heels, for example), but still some of the stories will have a difficult to hide dark origin or theme.
  
  Some of the best and rich enough tales that Disney finds to adapt are complex enough because they were written for adults or more roughly grown children by adults.