The original versions of a lot of the fairy tales that Disney has made movies of did have scary moments in them, since they were meant as cautionary tales, so I could see that happening. Can you imagine Frozen with the actual "The Snow Queen" plot?
In the end of the original Pinocchio, Pinocchio eats Jiminy cricket and Candlewick dies from exhaustion. In the original Mulan, she wound up as a harem girl in Shan Yu's harem and committed suicide. In the Hunchback tale Esmeralda is hanged instead of burned at the stake and dies while Frollo watches and is then thrown off of the roof to his death by Quasimodo who then flees to the crypt where she is buried and holds her body until he dies of starvation and about eighteen months later, the tomb is opened, and the skeletons are found. As someone tries to separate them, they crumble to dust. in Cinderella one of the ugly stepsisters has her big toe cut off while the other has her heel cut off and then they and the evil stepmother have their eyes pecked out by birds. in the Snow white fairy tale, the queen attends Snow White and Prince Charming's wedding and when she arrives she is forced into red hot Iron shoes and is forced to dance until she drops dead. These stories are pretty dark and were for their times great tales and still are today.
What used to frighten me the most about that is those kids still have conscious thought but they cant speak so they all think they're animals and they cant cry out for help
When it comes to Hunchback of Notre Dame, I say just list the whole movie. It starts out with the villain killing an innocent woman trying to protect her child, not to mention his terrifying death, it covers lust, genocide, and damnation as subject matters, and even the seemingly most innocent character, Clopin, tries to have the heroes hanged! List that whole movie lol
Yeah you see, I wouldn’t recommend hunchback of Norte dame. It’s not so kid friendly because of the themes that are more suitable for adults, not children.
+Prince Stormstrider Still, it's an important element in the story, the film wouldn't really work without it, and it's my second personal favourite WDAS film after The Lion King, and when you think about it, it does lead up to an incredible effective ending, Quasimodo steps into sight after his heroic actions and the crowd go silent, seeing they were wrong doing what they did to him now seeing how brave he is
+JGstarzintheireyes Indeed. It was some nice build up. Like Don Bluth said: "You can show kids pretty much anything, as long as it has a happy ending." Besides, the original novel was a lot darker.
+Prince Stormstrider the movie is pretty much dark compared to the rest hell, the first see frollo kills a woman and wants to drown a baby the book is even more dark
I think The Hunchback of Notre Dame is one of the first movies that made me cry properly. Sure some of the other Disney movies made me shed a tear. But I couldn't watch the Hunchback for years after, seeing when he was tied down used to make me cry and scream 'no, stop why are they being so mean' also the statues around the Cathedral used to give me nightmare, still can't walk past one without feeling eyes on me. 😂 truly a haunting Disney movie. One of my favs now.
Yeah, but Walt Disney - the guy who created the company - was a White Supremacist who was a Hitler supporter - in terms of agreeing with the guy, though I don't know if he ever donated to the man. And, some of the lesser-known short cartoons that were made in the 1940's - when the guy was still alive - were especially racist - as Dumbo was - & Nazi-esque. So, is it REALLY that surprising there would be some "dark" moments in the Disney franchise?
Dr. Faciller being dragged (literally dragged) to hell. Fun fact: when Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs first premiered at Radio City Music Hall, the children got so frightened at the scene when Snow White is running through the forest, they all peed themselves. The seat cushions had to be replaced.
I still feel like Frollo wins the award for one of the darkest moments in animated history. He wants Esmeralda(who's 16 in the books) to be his booty call and threatens her with death by pyre and Hell if she doesn't comply to him. Seriously. There's plenty of magical Disney movies that have dark moments, but this one is particularly fucked up because it's realistic.
+Rowan Buchanan I think in a similar vein, when I see the clip they show of Scar with Simba after he killed Mufasa (as if that wasn't bad enough), there's an element of manipulating a vulnerable and heartbroken child's perspective, making him feel responsible while under the misleading guise of being an 'understanding uncle' that is very real and very infuriating that I don't think I understood on some levels when I first saw it at age 11.
Well the title says darkest and scariest, and someone murdering both their own brother and nephew (at least in intent) is pretty darn dark for a children's movie.
Let's be real In The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the song "Hellfire" is pretty dark. Like, I have to remind myself it was written for a G-rated movie and not for some dark opera.
lets be real the entire story of the hunchback of notre dame is not a g rated story. It's been slightly kiddied up with the singing gargoyles but even then its still a super dark movie
Adiba Chowdhury my mom never let me watch the hunchback and I'd always ask why & she just told me "it's bad, don't watch it." I only wanted to see it because I thought Esmeralda was pretty & I felt bad for the hunchback... I still haven't seen it to this day & from these clips I see why my mother wouldn't let me. 😩😴
Actually, it's funny you say that because the Disney movie is based on the opera (La Esmeralda) which was written by the same author who wrote the book "The Hunchback of Nortre Dame".
For me, the darkest scene in a Disney movie (though not necessarily the scariest) was the scene in Mulan where they come across an entire village that has been burned down and destroyed, they find out the general (the captain's father) is dead, and Mulan finds that child's doll and lies it next to the general's helmet and sword as a shrine. For me, I always had to cover my eyes or leave the room for that scene because it was so dark and sad...
I can’t believe Sleeping Beauty’s hypnotism scene didn’t even make it on an honorable mention. That is easily one of the most horrifying moments, especially if you’re a young child.
For real! That part where maleficent appears in the fireplace and all you can see are her glowing yellow eyes. *Shudders* That shit is definitely the reason I still can't sleep with my closet door open.
Am I weird because I never found that scene scary? 😂 Like Maleficent was always terrifying (especially as a giant, fire breathing dragon) but Aurora’s hypnotizing scene…Even as a little girl I’ve always found that scene more intriguing and mesmerizing rather than scary. Which works for that scene but I just never found it scary 😂
Beat the hell out of a lion falling off a rock for scariness. If that made no1 I have to say Gen Lionking are a bunch of nancies. Watership Down (yes, I know that's not Disney) would have had them all in therapy for life!
I find Mufasa's death very "overrated" because: A. It's something you see coming and which fits as a natural part of the story, and B. You see him live on in spirit form, and his final message to Simba successfully orchestrates his avengement and the restoration of his lineage's rulership. The Pinocchio donkey stuff should be #1, because the children are neither saved nor the villain even stopped from doing it to more. I firmly maintain the Coachman to be the darkest and most despicable Disney villain of all time.
TimpsterTheDude Sorry to say, but you never saw Bambi's mom. Or Clayton for that matter. But at least with Clayton you saw the shadow, so that makes it darker than Bambi's mom if only slightly.
To this day I refuse to watch Ichabod's Encounter: Headless Horeseman, I don't care how old I am loool... the narrator's voice alone used to give me nightmares.
The creepy part is that I never noticed as a kid that there's a part when he looks at the sky, and the clouds look like a clawed hand covering the moon. But yeah, that entire part is creepy as hell.
@@brentprim1 the actual hypnosis part I didn't find as scary...but what scared me was right before that where Maleficent appears in the pitch dark fireplace and all you can see is her silhouette and glowing yellow eyes. The stuff of nightmares.
As evil as all villains come and go from classic disney to disney pixar, the one villain who is truly evil is Scar, he never truly got his hands dirty but he still pulled all the strings. He tore Mufasa off the wall and let him fall to his death, Scar didn't make the final blow, the wildebeast and fall did. Scar never went to kill Simba, the hyenas did. However he did give the calls for all of this, Scar had every alibi he needed, he could have blamed Simba for wandering off and caused a stampede, Mufasa went to save him but they both died,Scar could simply say he went to stop the hyenas but it was too late. Scar made himself a hero/king by killing the only family he had and lying to a child as he mourns over his admirable father, if that isn't pure evil then I don't know what is.
I have watched THoND but Frollo did all of this and the whole of Paris knew about it, Scar made himself anonymous therefore making him think it through enough, he kept the truth from the pride and sent them through starvation.
I saw that moment in ponochio got me. He started screaming, mother! And that meant he was sorry, I was like, wait.. Disney?! Your Turing children into slaves?! He started beating up the room and I was like 😰😨😱
Fabienne Schaller I felt like that spot was kind of biased. It's considered to be the very greatest animated movie of all time, but it wasn't legitimately DARK. It's emotional, moving, but it doesn't specifically scare me. Now, #8-5, yeah I kind of wanted to fast forward because I was getting so creeped out! "See though the terror! Be strong! CAN'T I JUST COVER MY EYES????" Disney's more twisted than people realize.😱
The Pinocchio donkey scene really knew how to scar children. A kid calling for his mom, no one answering and him turning into a helpless donkey. It might not seem bad now but as a kid that was traumatizing.
Fucking hated and still hate that scene. Its so terrifying and disgusting.I know its to tell kids that: THIS is why you don't go with strangers! Still I think they went a bit too far when they showed that scene. Its not letting you get away easily. You have to sit and face the horror. Maybe they should have skipped the transformation scene or show it in some other light (to make it look funny or something?), but now its still in my opinion the most terrifying scene in Disney history. This is just my opinion, but still this particular scene makes me feel uncomfortable and even comes to haunt me in my nightmares. NO FUCKING KIDDING! Call me a pussy or anything you want, but this scene is still fucking haunting to me. Thanks alot Disney!
+ToruKun1 Or even when those shadow demons pop up! When he calls them forth and then they fly out into the night. Holy shit, that parts scares even me.
2:29 they made a good choice using Pete as the Ghost of Christmas Future, cause he really give off that creepy vibe. He's usually more talkative, but the fact that he remained silent up until this point shows how creepy he can be when he isn't being talkative.
I don't care how traumatizing Mufasa's death was. The Chinese troops coming on the burnt mountain village is probably the darkest moment in Disney history. Not only do you see the burnt and crumbling remains of a small peaceful town, it's mere seconds before you discover the fallen army, led by Shang's father. Shang realizes that his small group of barely trained greenhorn soldiers are the last hope for China as he gazes upon hundreds, even thousands of corpses slumped and half buried in the snow, which we also see. And, it's unexpected. Mere seconds ago, the soldiers were singing about a girl worth fighting for, a song they never even got to finish when the sight abruptly stopped their merry tune right before the last note. This scene is the darkest Disney has to offer because this scene captures the horror of war. If you hit a calm, you take a moment to laugh with buddies and talk about what you'll do when you get home, and the next moment, you're staring death in the face.
assassintwinat8 That and when you hear the shouting during the big showdown. And when you see the sheer size of the Hun Army and Shang, Mulan, and all of the others realize just how vastly outnumbered they are.
"Who'd have thought this sweet, seabound tale could take such a dark turn?" Well, considering that the original work that The Little Mermaid was adapted from was pretty dark in and of itself...
snowden352 But eventually is able to go to heaven after doing a bunch of good deeds so it's not QUITE bad. If there's any particular little mermaid who gets utterly screwed over, it's the one in Fables.
snowden352 The prince ends up marrying another girl and the sea witch tells Ariel she can get her tail back if she uses a sword to kill the prince. If she doesn't she will turn to sea foam. However, she can't do it which results in her turning to sea foam.
sunny105100 Then she goes to Heaven to earn herself a soul by being the prince and his bride's spiritual guardian. She didn't turn into sea form because she sacrificed herself rather than murder the prince.
The first time I saw that was in a pitch black theatre.... by myself. (My sister had left for the washroom lol) All that you could see were her eyes....
10) watch your head 9) i'll forget being the future ghost on stage, but Pete is really scary as this ghost 8) a really dark villain song 7) he's the biggest Disney villain ever 6) really frightening 5) as scary as the Kracken from Pirates 2 4) I'm glad i never drink 3) hunting should be illegal 2) HOLY MACKERAL THAT'S REALLY TRAUMATIZING 1) not just scary but also heartbreaking
I agree. Especially on 2. That scene scared me sooooooo bad as a kid. More for the fact that I got scared into thinking if I misbehaved too much I'd end up turning into a donkey.
AnimeAngel88 haha, not me. I'm drinking now and about the smoke but I'm also part of the DARE generation so naturally I'm more likely to abuse drugs. But even now, this scene terrifies me, not even more than any other Disney films but more than probably any film ever!!!!!
The only think that ever freaked me out from a Disney movie when I was a kid was the turning into a Donkey scene in Pinocchio. That horrified me so much that I never saw the movie again. I don't even remember exactly what happened. But it horrified me. I have seen most of these movies, But that scene stuck with me for some reason, maybe I was younger when I saw it then the others.
+Arrusoh The exactly same thing happened to me. That kid turning into a donkey screaming mother scared the living shit out of me, and I still can't watch that part.
well as a kid i have always imaginations and nightmares about it also my along with my auntie and papa scaring me that if i dont eat brocolie or sleep early i would turn into a donkey
Alright. Anyone remember Fantasia 2000? Remember the final animation? The Firebird? Yeah. Remember when he was summoned? YUP! That will forever haunt my nightmares. THANKS DISNEY!
The devel of Fantasia is the creepiest thing I've ever seen... and I still crie over Bambi's mother death. Plus I hate the alucination scene in Dumbo. The princess and the frog should be on the list.
When Maleficient turned into a dragon. That whole sequence is dark, evil, and awesome: Lightning strikes, forest of thorns, then she turns into a very real looking dark dragon. The heavy use of black, the thorns set on fire, the shield being knocked off, and in the end, you see what's left of dead Maleficient, on the ground with a white sword on her, which then turns black. Plus, she uses the word Hell. How is this not even mentioned?!
"Now, you shall deal with me, dear prince... And all the powers of *HELL*!!!" {loud thunder claps and mad cackling laughter} ... Yeah, Maleficent has always been my favorite Disney villain(ess). ;-)
Lion King moment was one of the worst f*cking things Disney has ever done in cinematic history. Ever. Just one thing on top of another, on top of another, on top of yet another. And another at the end. It just doesn't f*cking stop.
Mufasa's murder is more sad than scary. Night on Bald Mountain should have definitely been higher on the list just for the images alone, and the Evil Queen's transformation from Snow White should have gotten more than an honorable mention xD
I understand it as scary because Scar actually pins the murder to the son. How can it even get more scary than that? Sure, someone dying is terrible, but take out a child's father life and traumatize the child? Horrible! Dare I say it? It's _scarring_ for life.
I agree that Shan Yu's subtle "Kill them" order was dark, but I think his darkest line was when he said he had to return the doll to the little girl, insinuating child murder and possibly rape Oh, and you forgot to mention the darkest part of Clayton's death! His fucking shadow is shown in the tree swinging by the rope! Without that it would just be your typical Disney villain death
JasonJacksonJames It depends on who you ask, remember when he finds that little doll and says he should return it to the girl? Well, we've seen before with the arrow scene that he's very good at insinuating sinister things, and it's made very clear from the fact that he did burn down the village that he did at least mean to kill. Rape is a bit more speculative, but it is a possibility. We don't really know much about Shan Yu and what he would or wouldn't do, so he could have meant to rape as well. He did, however, definitely mean to kill.
JasonJacksonJames Listen, he definitely was intending to kill the girl because he burned down the village, so he made his intentions there perfectly clear. Taking into account just how sinister Shan Yu seems to be, it seems reasonable that he could also means to rape women and children. You don't have to agree with me, but that's just my opinion.
My Top 10 List of Disney things that made me cower as a kid: 10) Tie between Clayton hanging and just about any scene with the leopard 9) Maleficent Fireplace 8) Ratigan Goes Rabid 7) Tie between Donkey transformation and evil coachman's "as boys!" line 6) Headless Horseman chase 5) Night on Bald Mountain 4) Anytime a Disney Villain stares into the camera and it fades to black, leaving only their eyes 3) Maurice meets the Beast 2) Queen's Transformation 1) Maurice lost in the woods/wolf chase
You mean to tell me that Malificent luring Aurora up a flight of stairs and then later transforming into a giant dragon and literally summoning the powers of hell didn't make it anywhere on this list?!
I feel there were some real oversights: that voodoo creep from Princess and the Frog, Snow White's scene in the woods at night, and lots from Hercules and Alice in Wonderland. I suppose it's tough to narrow this one down into a top 10, though.
Honestly I didnt know Bambi's mom died until I was like 13. I always thought she just got lost while running away, and that's why Bambi was trying to find her. Man, that was a rude awakening...
I don't think so. The song is beautiful and is one of the lighter moments of the movie since she is asking God to help those who are being persecuted. And the song that was deleted is also beautiful and full of hope.
Nice list! However, I do think your order is wrong. Personally, I think Chernabog's scene from Fantasia takes the top spot. He's sending demons into HELL and enjoying it! Doesn't get much darker than that. Also, I think Bambi should have been on the list. Still, in some form, you covered almost everything that should be here. My choices: 10. Pit of Souls from Hercules 9. Dead Army from The Black Cauldron 8. Pink Elephants on Parade from Dumbo 7. Donkey Transformation from Pinocchio 6. Evil Queen's Transformation from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 5. Whole final battle with Ursula from The Little Mermaid 4. Mother's Death from Bambi 3. Mufasa's death and Simba's guilt from The Lion King 2. Hellfire song from The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1. Chernabog Sequence from Fantasia Honorable Mentions 1. Headless Horsemen Sequence 2. Clayton's Death from Tarzan 3. Death of the Beast 4. Maleficent's summoning powers of Hell 5. Shan-Yu killing extra messenger
no it wasn't. it was just shown before the list started. it didn't even warrant an honorable mention and for good reason. it just wasn't dark or scary, sure it was sad for the first viewing but after that it just wears out quickly
ursula scared me to death as a child (also check out the german version ;). she should definitively be at number 1. funny thing is, i love her today :).
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Perhaps I was too young to understand what it represented (I was six, auntie assumed that a Disney animated movie was for kids) but I was thrilled by it all; the images, the music, the sound and the fury... Mostly because of this scene it was one of my favourite movies for a long time.
It took me a couple of years to realize the subtle shadow of his hanging corpse. When I did see it for the first time, I had chills up my spine and said "Oh crap that was there?"
For me, a moment that is really dark and super sad at the same time is the whole scene in the burnt village in Mulan, when Shang sees that his father and all of his father's soldiers dead on the battlefield.
Annie Burke I find it more sad than scary. War happens. People die. It's not that scary to see a field of dead soldiers, if you think about. IF it's fresh, sure thing! BE terrified! But if it's old? Well... it's just... sad, now.
What about that scene in Mulan where they find the town has been ransacked and all the civilians have been killed? Heck, the hint that a CHILD was killed by having a doll lie in a shattered ruin of a house.
Summer Gillard It's been my favourite Disney movie since it came out when I was little (in fact my favourite movie ever) But dude it freaked the heck out of me too. My Aunt had to take me out of the theatre and get me candy every time the huns came on screen haha :P
Sapphire The Alpha my brother & i r twins & we were born in 1994 when the movie came out. i never realized how sad it is that he calls scar brother when he begs 4 help when i was little :’( it shows that even tho he was pissed at him 4 not being there when simba was born at the beginning mufasa still loved scar, wouldve done anything 2 save him if he was dangling from a cliff & thought scar would save him too. scars the biggest piece of shit ever!
+Beebo boobear I had a nightmare about that as a kid and my room door was open I saw maleficent standing outside the door! I'm 20 and that scene is still scary as hell to me :(
When you think about it, Pinocchio is actually a horror movie. As a kid, I kept thinking about those children that where turned into donkeys and really didnt care about Pinocchio becomeing a real boy. I wanted to see those kids to become human again. But in this movie, the villain is not stopped or in any way hindered. That coachman appearantly just keeps turning kids into donkeys. He is doing far worse things than many disney villains even, there seems a stronger need for him to be stopped yet it does not happen.
I completely agree with you. As a kid, I didn't like Pinocchio at all. It was hard to see those kids turn into donkeys and stuff. It gave me a cramped feeling.
I read the book it was based off and the whole thing is a disturbing and confusing mess. Yet it's strangely entertaining. Disney actually toned down the darker aspects of the book. For example the Blue Fairy is a dead child and Pinocchio actually sees Lampwick die after being worked to death. As for confusing in the book after the Fox and Cat (can never remember their names) trick him out of his money he's put in jail for being stolen from. I think. IDK like I said it's a confusing book.
As a kid monstro scared me so much. The color scheme they use in the animation in the ocean and the sky is dark and grey say what you want about Frollo falling into molten copper or Clayton getting hangs on vines that freaking whale almost gave me cetaphobia.
After seeing Lampwick turn into a donkey, that whale became quite forgettable to me as a kid in comparison to that. They escaped the whale, but those kids did not escape from being donkeys destined to be worked to death.
If you think these are bad check out the original versions of the classic fairy tails that Disney did their own versions of. Pretty gruesome and twisted.
Yeah. In the Brothers Grimm version of *Snow White,* the stepmother is invited to the wedding and is then forced into a pair of red hot iron shoes and made to dance until she dies.
D-Glad You're right, I sold it to Satan when i joined the Illuminati, but besides that, no soul or soul, it's not sad. I've seen worse, WAY worse. Mufasa was just a cliffhanger fall, no big deal, Simba still ruled, if anything (and they should've allowed Pixar and 3-D animated Disney films), the first couple minutes of Up were sadder, much sadder, and so was Andy leaving the toys forever.
Well, yeah, the first 5 minutes of Up were pretty much the saddest moments in any movie ever. But that doesn't mean Mufasa's death isn't sad. I mean, can you remember the first time you saw it? You were probably bawling your eyes out! It doesn't make me sad anymore, but I've seen it about a million times, so I'm used to it. Anyway, they're probably saving Pixar and other 3d-animated movies for a different list since, clearly, there's a wide selection of sad moments there, too.
The black cauldron is the most terrifying one of them. It freaked me out when I watched it as a kid. When I was younger, the gruesome death of that tarzan guy slipped by unnoticed, but now I understand what those scenes really implied. I kinda wonder how such a scene was approved by the film makers. Frolos hellfire song is another example, as a Kid you don't understand his character very much, but as a grownup you can understand what he really sings about and what that scarf sniffing actually means..
Yeah and all because she was trying to protect her son and also why was dumbo not placed in solitary with his mom how is he going to survive and also the chernabog scene sent chills up my spine
Hi, Watchmojo list... um... I'd love to raise the question... How in God's name do Pink Elephants beat out Night on Bald Mountain, Savages(Not even on the list!!!), and HELLFIRE!!!!!! WHO THE HELL VOTED FOR THIS????!!!!!!!!
How could they not even mention the pheasant/quail (I'm not sure which one it is) from Bambi....You hear the theme of the hunters approaching and the bird is terrified and doesn't know whether to fly or hide and gives into fear and flies away screaming before she dies tragically....More disturbing than Bambi's Mother's death.
"Night on Bald Mountain" should be #1. To be honest, whenever I watched Fantasia when I was a little kid, I'd always stop the tape at the end of "Dance of the Hours". This sequence was THAT "pee your pants" scary to me. It wasn't until I was in my pre teen years that I finally had the courage to watch this. Even now, considering I'm almost 23, the sequence still gives me goosebumps. :S Plus, I'm also surprised that any sequence with Maleficent wasn't on this. She's the ultimate symbol of "pure evil".
OMG! Hell yeah Night on Bald Mountain should be #1. Plus, that scene they mention from Mickey's Christmas Carol should be #2. That part scared me as a kid but it scares me even more today because back then, I thought the fire just meant that your body gets burned when you die; I didn't know it was supposed to be Hell until I was like in my late teens. So, anyway, yeah. Those two scenes are by far the scariest and darkest in my opinion. Mufasa's death is sad and all but I wouldn't call it 100% pure nightmare fuel. Note to WatchMojo.com: Mickey's Christmas Carol came out in 1983, not 1982. You were close though. Just thought I'd point that out.
I do agree Pinocchio's quite scary, but Chernabog aka "Night on Bald Mountain" takes the jackbot. Only reason I can think that keeps it from winning, is the fact that Fantasia (1940) is almost unknown for most people.
I think the scene from "The Princess and the Frog" where the Shadow Man gets pulled into his grave by his "friends on the other side" should be on this list...it freaked me the fuck out when I was 11 and it still gives me the creeps today...
hmm how bad is it that i literally watched all of these and still remember how terrified i was and every nightmare i had about these scenes as a child lol
Really the Headless Horseman only at #10? That scene should have been #4 or higher. That scene scared me out of my mind when I was little. I felt exactly like poor Ichabod during the buildup, after seeing that movie I was scared to fall asleep worried that I would see the Horseman riding down my block. He is the scariest Disney villain to me (with Maleficent at #4, Chernabog at #3 and The Horned King #2) and I can give 6 good reasons why: 1. He is a clad in black horseman with a blood red cape. 2. The only vocalization he makes is shear evil inhuman laughter. 3. He rides an all black horse with red eyes. 4. He has a fiery Jack O Lantern. 5. He lacks the appearance of a face. 6. The fact that he is one of the few Disney villains to have "won".
I think it's just that the others were either more horrifying or more sad. It doesn't have anything to do with how scary it is, it's just the others were more so.
Stephanie Punton It's just that I believe the Headless Horseman scene deserves a higher spot than at the bottom. Why? Because that scene is both dark and scary.
Monstro never scared me. It was Pleasure Island that made me too terrified to watch Pinocchio. But if other people think it was scary then I guess is should have gotten a mention
Scar's Murder of Mufasa is not only Disney's Darkest moment, it's the definitive moment where Scar truly gives himself over to his own Darkness. I love this scene for Scar. It's a tense and emotional scene, but sometimes you have to calm down and really appreciate how well Scar Orchestrated this day. First - he put Simba in position. Then - Acting like a Concerned Uncle, he goes to Mufasa and warns him about the Stampede. - Both of them together go and search for Simba, prompting Mufasa to dive in. Up until this point, Scar has been a terrific actor. He is smart enough to put on the "Right Face" when the time is needed. And after that, it just gets better. After Mufasa goes in, he's left with Zazu. When Zazu announces he'll go for help, Scar drops the charade and does whatever is necessary to keep his plan from failing. He knocks the Majordomo out with one hit. And here is where it gets REALLY interesting... We see Mufasa and Simba surviving the stampede, and Mufasa managing to get Simba out alive. Scar is seeing this too. It's the scene where he's menacingly walking along the edge of the cliff, staring at the scene. His eyes look wide, like he can't believe what's happening. It's because he really can't; they're both still ALIVE at this point. AND it looks like Mufasa is strong enough to get them both out. It's at this point Scar is realizing he's come too far - this plan HAS to work one way or another. Up until this point, Scar has been a Boss-Character; someone who delegates the responsibilities of killing his enemies to a middle-man, so that he can keep his paws clean. But he's seeing that the stampede created by the Hyenas isn't working the way he thought, and Mufasa is nearly out of the fray. Scar is now staring down at his older brother, knowing that THIS is the only chance he has left to secure power. We can see him thinking about it for just one moment and then he lunges forward, eyes widened as he himself cannot believe he is going through with it. Then the adrenaline runs out and he smiles into his brother's face, and cements his place as the greatest Disney Villain as he says four simple words... "Long. Live. The King..." - Words said at the Coronation of a NEW King. And casts his brother from the cliff to be trampled below...
jon riggall We're reading Hamlet in my College Literature Class. We took a quiz THIS Wednesday, and the bonus Question was, "What Disney Film drew much inspiration from Hamlet. Hint; it is a story of a young Prince who's father is killed by his Uncle and must try to re-take the kingdom." Needless to say; I got the point.
I remember Heffalumps and Woozles from Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day scared me quite a bit when I was little. I am still curious, to this day, how The Black Cauldron is a Disney film. It is just so terrifying in its visuals. I have never seen another Disney film with a visual style so horrifying as The Black Cauldron.
Yeah, those Heffalumps and Woozles were disproportionately scary, being that they were in a Winnie the Pooh cartoon. As for The Black Cauldron's visual style, I think it was just representative of animation at the time. The reason you don't see more Disney animation like that was because Disney hit a huge dry spell after (and possibly because of) The Black Cauldron, and then made a big comeback in the late 80's and early 90's.
You're absolutely right (anyone who thinks it's overrated is kidding themselves), but I don't think it should be #1 on this list. The Pinocchio scene, Hellfire, and the Night on Bald Mountain scene from Fantasia were all darker/scarier/more disturbing, in my opinion.
I guess it depends on how you see it. It's very well animated for It's time, and the sound is amazing. But the story and characters are mostly unoriginal as the lion king is pretty much a rip-off of, Kimba the White Lion. The only difference being that Kimba the White Lion was a TV-serie (although 2 movies were also made). Not a movie. But the scenes, the characters, pretty much everything is the same. Even the name of the main characters are similiar Kimba/Simba. In this regard the Lion king is overrated. And the original is not getting anywhere near the credit it deserves. Also disrespectful from disney for not giving any credit.
I don't get how Scar's Betrayal is #1. Given that you had Lampwick Turning Into An Ass, Frollo's "Hellfire", and Clayton's Death, I'm surprised Scar's Betrayal made it to #1.
+SB1292000 It seems that they really like The Lion King. They're made the movie's scenes the number 1 best in most of their videos about Disney. Kinda annoying.
The devilish chernabog summoning evil spirits is such an amazing scene in Fantasia. As a kid it definitely scared me and out of all the scenees, excluding Mickey and the brooms, I remember that one the most. So gnarly!
Imagine if Walt Disney had decided to make horror movies instead of animated family films.
The original versions of a lot of the fairy tales that Disney has made movies of did have scary moments in them, since they were meant as cautionary tales, so I could see that happening. Can you imagine Frozen with the actual "The Snow Queen" plot?
In the end of the original Pinocchio, Pinocchio eats Jiminy cricket and Candlewick dies from exhaustion. In the original Mulan, she wound up as a harem girl in Shan Yu's harem and committed suicide. In the Hunchback tale Esmeralda is hanged instead of burned at the stake and dies while Frollo watches and is then thrown off of the roof to his death by Quasimodo who then flees to the crypt where she is buried and holds her body until he dies of starvation and about eighteen months later, the tomb is opened, and the skeletons are found. As someone tries to separate them, they crumble to dust. in Cinderella one of the ugly stepsisters has her big toe cut off while the other has her heel cut off and then they and the evil stepmother have their eyes pecked out by birds. in the Snow white fairy tale, the queen attends Snow White and Prince Charming's wedding and when she arrives she is forced into red hot Iron shoes and is forced to dance until she drops dead. These stories are pretty dark and were for their times great tales and still are today.
+avshutsach dang that's cold😐
Ooh, lord!
Disney would have so much power in horror...
Pinocchio is easily the darkest moment. Children turned into donkeys and forced into slave labor? Pretty dark.
A ass is a type of donkey yes.
k.
absolutely. I was scarred for life
Pinocchio is a favorite of mine, but it has to be one of the darkest children's movies ever made!
What used to frighten me the most about that is those kids still have conscious thought but they cant speak so they all think they're animals and they cant cry out for help
When it comes to Hunchback of Notre Dame, I say just list the whole movie. It starts out with the villain killing an innocent woman trying to protect her child, not to mention his terrifying death, it covers lust, genocide, and damnation as subject matters, and even the seemingly most innocent character, Clopin, tries to have the heroes hanged! List that whole movie lol
Russell Moore And to think, it almost wasn't a musical.
The gargoyles were actually a comic relief for the movie
They shouldn't have made a cartoon based on Hugo's book(LOOSELY based I mean)...The story is just too strong for kids
I wonder how many top 10 videos they will churn out just from Hunchback
Yeah you see, I wouldn’t recommend hunchback of Norte dame. It’s not so kid friendly because of the themes that are more suitable for adults, not children.
Kids: Disney is about joy & happiness. Hunchback of Notre Dame: hold my execution torch.
Frollo was a FUCKING PEDOFILE.
Randall Denison Disney is shitty but thats a bit too far
Yo it’s child’s play compared to the original 😂
@@blankblank5409 Disney is shitty? Excuse you
Yep but it's not Pg?!?
Quasimodo's humiliation was kinda scary. Throwing rotten apples at him wasn't so bad, but tying him up like he was some kind of animal was deep.
+Prince Stormstrider Still, it's an important element in the story, the film wouldn't really work without it, and it's my second personal favourite WDAS film after The Lion King, and when you think about it, it does lead up to an incredible effective ending, Quasimodo steps into sight after his heroic actions and the crowd go silent, seeing they were wrong doing what they did to him now seeing how brave he is
+JGstarzintheireyes Indeed. It was some nice build up. Like Don Bluth said: "You can show kids pretty much anything, as long as it has a happy ending." Besides, the original novel was a lot darker.
+Prince Stormstrider the movie is pretty much dark compared to the rest
hell, the first see frollo kills a woman and wants to drown a baby
the book is even more dark
+Prince Stormstrider Rotten apples? I thought they were tomatoes!
I think The Hunchback of Notre Dame is one of the first movies that made me cry properly. Sure some of the other Disney movies made me shed a tear. But I couldn't watch the Hunchback for years after, seeing when he was tied down used to make me cry and scream 'no, stop why are they being so mean' also the statues around the Cathedral used to give me nightmare, still can't walk past one without feeling eyes on me. 😂 truly a haunting Disney movie. One of my favs now.
Disney is just for kids, they said.
It's not scary they said.
demonangel918 its not the power of Satan they said
Yeah, but Walt Disney - the guy who created the company - was a White Supremacist who was a Hitler supporter - in terms of agreeing with the guy, though I don't know if he ever donated to the man. And, some of the lesser-known short cartoons that were made in the 1940's - when the guy was still alive - were especially racist - as Dumbo was - & Nazi-esque. So, is it REALLY that surprising there would be some "dark" moments in the Disney franchise?
Timothy Hansen you need serious medical help
demonangel918 kids used to be tougher than today
Chernabog: Ha! I will even terrify your parents, kid!
Dr. Faciller being dragged (literally dragged) to hell. Fun fact: when Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs first premiered at Radio City Music Hall, the children got so frightened at the scene when Snow White is running through the forest, they all peed themselves. The seat cushions had to be replaced.
Joy Holmes yeaahh, when i was a kid, i was terrified as hell at that scene
Wow. Really?
Can you blame them? If I was the target age when I watched that movie, I think I would have wet myself too!
The Snow white ride at Disneyworld scared me as a kid
Dave Hallsen it still scares me even as an adult!
What about in sleeping beauty when maleficent lead aurora to the spinning wheel omg😰😰😰
That was a moment of raw fear for child me
👁👄👁
That part still gives me chills
I hate that moment. Eyes in the dark, the music. 😨😨
I came here to say this very comment, that and to complain they left out some of the concepts and scenes in Beauty and the Beast as honorable mentions
i think the number one was more sad than scary
awkwarding through life I agree. No part of any Disney movie makes me cry and need a big hug like this part here.
awkwarding through life
Yes😢
awkwarding through life 175th like.
Hey, hey... where's John Clayton right now?
Oh, nowhere.
Just
*HANGING AROUND*
Kennedy Elise Walton I'm dying of laughter 😂😂😂😂😂
Kennedy E. Walton rolls eyes and facepalms
that pun is over rated.
Yeah, Tarzan really left him hanging up there.
Kennedy E. Walton
Patrick: Booooooo.
Frollo burning Paris down, if you watch the movie with headphones, you can hear women and children screaming and crying.
Akaaraq Hansen im still wondering how the dude still thought he was going to heaven after that o.o
Yeah, that movie it's amazing...
Akaaraq Hansen omg....
there's also the "kyrie eleison" chant that translates into "god have mercy" that part was chilling
Akaaraq Hansen I was hella scared of "Hunchback of Notre Dame" and Claude Frollo and what he was doing...
But I also loved it and it was my childhood
Gotta be honest, I love the Headless Horseman’s laugh, it’s just so good, I just love the way it echos and how it repeats to terrify Ichabod
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I still think about that laugh every now and then it's the most spot on evil laugh of all time.
I still feel like Frollo wins the award for one of the darkest moments in animated history. He wants Esmeralda(who's 16 in the books) to be his booty call and threatens her with death by pyre and Hell if she doesn't comply to him. Seriously. There's plenty of magical Disney movies that have dark moments, but this one is particularly fucked up because it's realistic.
Alyssa Shane Sorry to not know, but what does HBoND stand for? I'm searching it on google but can't find it :/
t0by69 Hunchback of Notre Dame.
I agree. There should be a list of scarily realistic moments in animated movies.
Ikr
+Rowan Buchanan I think in a similar vein, when I see the clip they show of Scar with Simba after he killed Mufasa (as if that wasn't bad enough), there's an element of manipulating a vulnerable and heartbroken child's perspective, making him feel responsible while under the misleading guise of being an 'understanding uncle' that is very real and very infuriating that I don't think I understood on some levels when I first saw it at age 11.
I don't think mufasa dying is scary necessarily. More so its depressing
same here
Kathryn McLean might as well put Bambi in there.
Well the title says darkest and scariest, and someone murdering both their own brother and nephew (at least in intent) is pretty darn dark for a children's movie.
It's definitely the most thrilling and gritty moment, and I think they also included the Stampede scene, which is just bone-chilling.
Gemnist "Long live the king."
Let's be real
In The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the song "Hellfire" is pretty dark. Like, I have to remind myself it was written for a G-rated movie and not for some dark opera.
lets be real the entire story of the hunchback of notre dame is not a g rated story. It's been slightly kiddied up with the singing gargoyles but even then its still a super dark movie
"Dark opera"
Opera......
OPERAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-cough
Adiba Chowdhury my mom never let me watch the hunchback and I'd always ask why & she just told me "it's bad, don't watch it." I only wanted to see it because I thought Esmeralda was pretty & I felt bad for the hunchback... I still haven't seen it to this day & from these clips I see why my mother wouldn't let me. 😩😴
Actually, it's funny you say that because the Disney movie is based on the opera (La Esmeralda) which was written by the same author who wrote the book "The Hunchback of Nortre Dame".
When the film was released, there were critics who argued the film should be PG not G because of the song, "Hellfire" so you're not alone lol
For me, the darkest scene in a Disney movie (though not necessarily the scariest) was the scene in Mulan where they come across an entire village that has been burned down and destroyed, they find out the general (the captain's father) is dead, and Mulan finds that child's doll and lies it next to the general's helmet and sword as a shrine. For me, I always had to cover my eyes or leave the room for that scene because it was so dark and sad...
Gotta throw Dr. Facilier's death in The Princess and the Frog in there as at least an honorable mention.
Agreed.
i know all the words to friends on the other side + reprise
Omg yes. That haunted me from when I was four to now. I still can't sleep because of that.
Same w/ Frollo's death scene in "Hunchback of Notre Dame". I know it'd be a 2nd mention for the movie, but that moment was pretty scary.
His gravestone scared the hell outta me....
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is the darkest Disney movie EVER. And I love it.
Watch the Black Cauldron
+meytisss The judge always freaked me out as a kid. I still think he's one of the best Disney villains ever.
and also the saddest
+Emilie F she was way over 16 but i agree
Autumn Asters Was she? I think I read somewhere that she was meant to be 16. Either in the movie or the book I don't remember
The Black Cauldron is criminally underrated.
SlayerOfTears remember princess Eilonwy she was great
SO TRUE
Professor Ratigan97 at least great mouse detective is still shown on tv sometimes
I loved this movie as a kid.
SlayerOfTears I never saw it
I can’t believe Sleeping Beauty’s hypnotism scene didn’t even make it on an honorable mention. That is easily one of the most horrifying moments, especially if you’re a young child.
Brandon Mendoza I completely agree if should at least made an honorable mention.
For real! That part where maleficent appears in the fireplace and all you can see are her glowing yellow eyes. *Shudders* That shit is definitely the reason I still can't sleep with my closet door open.
Am I weird because I never found that scene scary? 😂 Like Maleficent was always terrifying (especially as a giant, fire breathing dragon) but Aurora’s hypnotizing scene…Even as a little girl I’ve always found that scene more intriguing and mesmerizing rather than scary. Which works for that scene but I just never found it scary 😂
Absolutely! The whole Aurora sound and her walking in green light was terrifying. But maleficient as the dragon was the scariest scene of them all.
Beat the hell out of a lion falling off a rock for scariness. If that made no1 I have to say Gen Lionking are a bunch of nancies. Watership Down (yes, I know that's not Disney) would have had them all in therapy for life!
Ok, some Disney employees were on acid or something when they thought up Pink Elephants On Parade.
Allison Barrett Shit...now Burton has his hands all over it!
I found pretty cool to watch. You have to admit for 1940 that’s pretty amazing animation
That and the Heffalumps and Woozles scene from the Winnie the Pooh movie!
I actually found that scene quite funny, I don't remember being scared by it.
If I remember correctly: They want you to think they're high on something. In fact they weren't on any drugs at all
I find Mufasa's death very "overrated" because: A. It's something you see coming and which fits as a natural part of the story, and B. You see him live on in spirit form, and his final message to Simba successfully orchestrates his avengement and the restoration of his lineage's rulership.
The Pinocchio donkey stuff should be #1, because the children are neither saved nor the villain even stopped from doing it to more. I firmly maintain the Coachman to be the darkest and most despicable Disney villain of all time.
I think Clayton's death in Tarzan was pretty scary aswell. I mean, you see his friggin' hanged shadow in the lightning.
I think it's because you see the body and that was huge for disney at the time.
TimpsterTheDude Sorry to say, but you never saw Bambi's mom. Or Clayton for that matter. But at least with Clayton you saw the shadow, so that makes it darker than Bambi's mom if only slightly.
You dont see it coming as a kid, even if you do, it doesnt feel right.
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To this day I refuse to watch Ichabod's Encounter: Headless Horeseman, I don't care how old I am loool... the narrator's voice alone used to give me nightmares.
+Dark17Moon I watch it every Halloween, it's soooo amazing how immersive the visuals and sound could be especially for the 40s!
dujfraz
Exactly why it still freaks me out! The fact that it really well drawn! XD
true it was really scary and dark because I knew what was gonna happen to him :'(
Faxxxxxxx dude shit keeps me up all night LOLOLOLOLOLO
The creepy part is that I never noticed as a kid that there's a part when he looks at the sky, and the clouds look like a clawed hand covering the moon. But yeah, that entire part is creepy as hell.
Sleeping Beauty being hypnotized by Maleficent definitely deserves a top spot.
You think so? I never found it scary
@@brentprim1 the actual hypnosis part I didn't find as scary...but what scared me was right before that where Maleficent appears in the pitch dark fireplace and all you can see is her silhouette and glowing yellow eyes. The stuff of nightmares.
@@brentprim1 I never found a lion falling off a rock scary. Diff'rent strokes...
As evil as all villains come and go from classic disney to disney pixar, the one villain who is truly evil is Scar, he never truly got his hands dirty but he still pulled all the strings. He tore Mufasa off the wall and let him fall to his death, Scar didn't make the final blow, the wildebeast and fall did. Scar never went to kill Simba, the hyenas did. However he did give the calls for all of this, Scar had every alibi he needed, he could have blamed Simba for wandering off and caused a stampede, Mufasa went to save him but they both died,Scar could simply say he went to stop the hyenas but it was too late. Scar made himself a hero/king by killing the only family he had and lying to a child as he mourns over his admirable father, if that isn't pure evil then I don't know what is.
I have watched THoND but Frollo did all of this and the whole of Paris knew about it, Scar made himself anonymous therefore making him think it through enough, he kept the truth from the pride and sent them through starvation.
Moon Staar damn this is true. powerful message. Our human kind commit these things on a daily, we have to do better
scar rules, best villan, most evil lion, best song, well, best everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
no, i love hellfire
This is why scar is one of the most hated villains of all time at least Disney villans
I saw that moment in ponochio got me.
He started screaming, mother! And that meant he was sorry, I was like, wait.. Disney?! Your Turing children into slaves?!
He started beating up the room and I was like 😰😨😱
Waffle Shark Yeah, and the Coachman (who is the responsable) never got punished
i lowkey shed a tear
Yeah. I actually find that way darker then even what Scar did.
I'm still heartbroken of Mufasa's death.... I can never get over it....
Long live the king :(
Fabienne Schaller I felt like that spot was kind of biased. It's considered to be the very greatest animated movie of all time, but it wasn't legitimately DARK. It's emotional, moving, but it doesn't specifically scare me. Now, #8-5, yeah I kind of wanted to fast forward because I was getting so creeped out! "See though the terror! Be strong! CAN'T I JUST COVER MY EYES????" Disney's more twisted than people realize.😱
Jared Groebner dark isn't scary. Murder and commanding someone to murder a child, a child related to you, is dark.
Ok, but then in the next scene they show Simba curling up to Mufasas DEAD BODY. They don't even try to "crop" it out
Fabienne Schaller
Mufasa is Love. Mufasa is Life.
Kinda disappointed Maleficent wasn't even in the honorable mentions. 😔
Jenny Vega she disturbed me when she was in the fireplace just staring
@@realslowtunes , yea, she is, in my opinion, one of the top 3 Disney villains.
@@realslowtunes that's why I won't ever watch sleeping beauty in the next few years
Heffalumps and woozles didn't even make the list.
They said no live action in the beginning of the vid
The Pinocchio donkey scene really knew how to scar children. A kid calling for his mom, no one answering and him turning into a helpless donkey. It might not seem bad now but as a kid that was traumatizing.
That still creep me out at twenty-one. Maybe more, because I can fully realize the horror of it.
Hated that scene.
Fucking hated and still hate that scene. Its so terrifying and disgusting.I know its to tell kids that: THIS is why you don't go with strangers! Still I think they went a bit too far when they showed that scene. Its not letting you get away easily. You have to sit and face the horror. Maybe they should have skipped the transformation scene or show it in some other light (to make it look funny or something?), but now its still in my opinion the most terrifying scene in Disney history. This is just my opinion, but still this particular scene makes me feel uncomfortable and even comes to haunt me in my nightmares. NO FUCKING KIDDING! Call me a pussy or anything you want, but this scene is still fucking haunting to me. Thanks alot Disney!
Same
That scene never fazed me as a kid, but now that I'm watching it at least 7 years later, I don't know how I wasn't scarred.
the outro should have went like this:
Narrator: "Did you agree with our list?"
Scar: "Kill him."
SteamedHams75 😂😂😂
Lol
I think Dr. Facilier getting dragged to hell warrants an honorable mention, at least
Right?!
+ToruKun1 Yeah!!!!
+ToruKun1 Or even when those shadow demons pop up! When he calls them forth and then they fly out into the night. Holy shit, that parts scares even me.
I love this freaked out Voodoo Doctor!
+ToruKun1 It was on the list on the "Top Ten Worst Disney Death" list.
2:29 they made a good choice using Pete as the Ghost of Christmas Future, cause he really give off that creepy vibe. He's usually more talkative, but the fact that he remained silent up until this point shows how creepy he can be when he isn't being talkative.
That entire sequence scared the sh🦆t out of me as a little kid.
@@natek4488 same bro.
The moment when frollo sings hellfire is also real scary because he sings about hell and sins and this movie is a CHILDREN Movie
Have you never been to church? lol
I don't care how traumatizing Mufasa's death was. The Chinese troops coming on the burnt mountain village is probably the darkest moment in Disney history. Not only do you see the burnt and crumbling remains of a small peaceful town, it's mere seconds before you discover the fallen army, led by Shang's father. Shang realizes that his small group of barely trained greenhorn soldiers are the last hope for China as he gazes upon hundreds, even thousands of corpses slumped and half buried in the snow, which we also see. And, it's unexpected. Mere seconds ago, the soldiers were singing about a girl worth fighting for, a song they never even got to finish when the sight abruptly stopped their merry tune right before the last note.
This scene is the darkest Disney has to offer because this scene captures the horror of war. If you hit a calm, you take a moment to laugh with buddies and talk about what you'll do when you get home, and the next moment, you're staring death in the face.
That scene was....
+assassintwinat8 You have a point, but Disney's universe is a big scale picture and everyone looks at it from his own point of view.
+assassintwinat8 cause Mulan is one of the best Disney movies out there. Treasure Planet is good too.
assassintwinat8 That and when you hear the shouting during the big showdown. And when you see the sheer size of the Hun Army and Shang, Mulan, and all of the others realize just how vastly outnumbered they are.
The part about the little girl's doll is what got to me.
"Who'd have thought this sweet, seabound tale could take such a dark turn?" Well, considering that the original work that The Little Mermaid was adapted from was pretty dark in and of itself...
Doesn't get the prince and turns into seafoam. Pretty dark indeed.
Ikr I loved the Disney movie, then I read the actually story then I thought:"all well, at least we have the prince.
snowden352 But eventually is able to go to heaven after doing a bunch of good deeds so it's not QUITE bad.
If there's any particular little mermaid who gets utterly screwed over, it's the one in Fables.
snowden352 The prince ends up marrying another girl and the sea witch tells Ariel she can get her tail back if she uses a sword to kill the prince. If she doesn't she will turn to sea foam. However, she can't do it which results in her turning to sea foam.
sunny105100
Then she goes to Heaven to earn herself a soul by being the prince and his bride's spiritual guardian. She didn't turn into sea form because she sacrificed herself rather than murder the prince.
"If I can teach a parrot to sing 'god save the queen' I can certainly teach this savage a thing or two"
Pesky fireplaces.....
The fireplace scene in sleeping beauty is definitely the scariest
I agree but that didn't scare me at all, I was just reacting like a scared person when I watched that scene
***** Yup. It's not a musical note, it's actually a voice. But I don't know who say Aurora's name.
Agreed. I had a fireplace in my bedroom. Imagine my terror.
The first time I saw that was in a pitch black theatre.... by myself. (My sister had left for the washroom lol)
All that you could see were her eyes....
THAT WAS SCARY AF BRUH (AURORA,AURORA)
10) watch your head 9) i'll forget being the future ghost on stage, but Pete is really scary as this ghost 8) a really dark villain song 7) he's the biggest Disney villain ever 6) really frightening 5) as scary as the Kracken from Pirates 2 4) I'm glad i never drink 3) hunting should be illegal 2) HOLY MACKERAL THAT'S REALLY TRAUMATIZING 1) not just scary but also heartbreaking
I agree. Especially on 2. That scene scared me sooooooo bad as a kid. More for the fact that I got scared into thinking if I misbehaved too much I'd end up turning into a donkey.
#2 can never be unseen
***** Billy Bletcher was a really good Pete. No one did it better than him.
***** I guess he's pretty good
AnimeAngel88 haha, not me. I'm drinking now and about the smoke but I'm also part of the DARE generation so naturally I'm more likely to abuse drugs. But even now, this scene terrifies me, not even more than any other Disney films but more than probably any film ever!!!!!
The only think that ever freaked me out from a Disney movie when I was a kid was the turning into a Donkey scene in Pinocchio. That horrified me so much that I never saw the movie again. I don't even remember exactly what happened. But it horrified me.
I have seen most of these movies, But that scene stuck with me for some reason, maybe I was younger when I saw it then the others.
+Arrusoh The exactly same thing happened to me. That kid turning into a donkey screaming mother scared the living shit out of me, and I still can't watch that part.
+Arrusoh Ive never watched Pinocchio again because of that scene as well.
yeah I know how you feel
well as a kid i have always imaginations and nightmares about it also my along with my auntie and papa scaring me that if i dont eat brocolie or sleep early i would turn into a donkey
Wait. At 1:26 in Is that a SKULL he's holding I'm pretty sure that was a FUCKING SKULL NOT A PUMPKIN HOW DID ANYONE MISS THAT
Alright. Anyone remember Fantasia 2000? Remember the final animation? The Firebird? Yeah. Remember when he was summoned? YUP! That will forever haunt my nightmares. THANKS DISNEY!
That was demonic!!! Don't ever make your children watch disney movies!
@@domc9026 dude. It’s not demonic. A lot of Disney movies are light. Just don’t go for dark ones such as Hunchback
What about dr facilier's death that was pretty dark
OMG I know!! I was scared at that scene when I saw the movie the first time!
Same here
I'm so happy the Black Cauldron is here
The devel of Fantasia is the creepiest thing I've ever seen... and I still crie over Bambi's mother death. Plus I hate the alucination scene in Dumbo. The princess and the frog should be on the list.
And let's not forget about maleficent and the dark scenes like the spinning wheel from sleeping beauty .
I would have included the "hefalumps & woozles" scene from "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" as an honorable mention.
Ah, The Blustery Day. Thanks, Tigger, for giving us such nightmares.
Oddbrother That scene really did warp your mind.
Beware! Beware! Be very, very ware!
NoriMori I always thought it was "be a very wary bear." ?
chumon1992 Maybe it was… XD
When Maleficient turned into a dragon. That whole sequence is dark, evil, and awesome: Lightning strikes, forest of thorns, then she turns into a very real looking dark dragon. The heavy use of black, the thorns set on fire, the shield being knocked off, and in the end, you see what's left of dead Maleficient, on the ground with a white sword on her, which then turns black. Plus, she uses the word Hell. How is this not even mentioned?!
you forgot one thing... her blood
+Thechad201 its on the most terrifying deaths
"Now, you shall deal with me, dear prince... And all the powers of *HELL*!!!"
{loud thunder claps and mad cackling laughter}
... Yeah, Maleficent has always been my favorite Disney villain(ess). ;-)
+Thechad201 It is Dark, but she was in the terrifying death list.....but at the same time it can also be a tad bit epic
+Thechad201 when she appears in the fire place that was cool " touch the spindle TOUCH IT I SAY" ..... she's a great villain
What about Hercules girlfriend in Hades underground. When she is going to the River of Death?
That still creeps me out
All them souls in the River Styx. The fates looked creepy to
You mean Megara in the Underworld's River Styx?
Uhhmm yes if she was named Megara :)
***** In the Disney film, she was.
I'm sorry, but nothing tops the Night on Bald Mountain sequence. should have taken the top spot.
Yes.
Lion King moment was one of the worst f*cking things Disney has ever done in cinematic history. Ever.
Just one thing on top of another, on top of another, on top of yet another. And another at the end.
It just doesn't f*cking stop.
Oh my god, that's one of my favorite Disney moments ever. It's so powerful!
i actually really liked The Night On Bald Mountain as a kid😂
Tarzan still scares me now I haven’t ever watched the movie but I have heard of it
Mufasa's murder is more sad than scary. Night on Bald Mountain should have definitely been higher on the list just for the images alone, and the Evil Queen's transformation from Snow White should have gotten more than an honorable mention xD
agree. mufasas murder wasn't really scary, it's sad. i don't think it belongs on the list.
I understand it as scary because Scar actually pins the murder to the son. How can it even get more scary than that?
Sure, someone dying is terrible, but take out a child's father life and traumatize the child? Horrible! Dare I say it? It's _scarring_ for life.
its not too scary but it is one of the darkest moments which is probably why it made it high on the list.
well its not just scariest moments, but also Darkest moments, and the death was pretty dark
True it was dark.
I agree that Shan Yu's subtle "Kill them" order was dark, but I think his darkest line was when he said he had to return the doll to the little girl, insinuating child murder and possibly rape
Oh, and you forgot to mention the darkest part of Clayton's death! His fucking shadow is shown in the tree swinging by the rope! Without that it would just be your typical Disney villain death
aenjgeal WTF are you talking about, he never insinuated child murder and rape
JasonJacksonJames It depends on who you ask, remember when he finds that little doll and says he should return it to the girl? Well, we've seen before with the arrow scene that he's very good at insinuating sinister things, and it's made very clear from the fact that he did burn down the village that he did at least mean to kill. Rape is a bit more speculative, but it is a possibility. We don't really know much about Shan Yu and what he would or wouldn't do, so he could have meant to rape as well. He did, however, definitely mean to kill.
aenjgeal
all you do is speculate, I could also say he insinuated he wanted to eat a double cheese sandwich
JasonJacksonJames Listen, he definitely was intending to kill the girl because he burned down the village, so he made his intentions there perfectly clear. Taking into account just how sinister Shan Yu seems to be, it seems reasonable that he could also means to rape women and children. You don't have to agree with me, but that's just my opinion.
aenjgeal
what about the rape then?
My Top 10 List of Disney things that made me cower as a kid:
10) Tie between Clayton hanging and just about any scene with the leopard
9) Maleficent Fireplace
8) Ratigan Goes Rabid
7) Tie between Donkey transformation and evil coachman's "as boys!" line
6) Headless Horseman chase
5) Night on Bald Mountain
4) Anytime a Disney Villain stares into the camera and it fades to black, leaving only their eyes
3) Maurice meets the Beast
2) Queen's Transformation
1) Maurice lost in the woods/wolf chase
11) Pink Elephants
BWAHAHAHA! No animated Disney Movie scares me! However there's one that gave me nightmares, but not as a Little Kid: Finding Nemo.
Pixelz InBlooo That's a Pixar movie
You mean to tell me that Malificent luring Aurora up a flight of stairs and then later transforming into a giant dragon and literally summoning the powers of hell didn't make it anywhere on this list?!
Is my favorite princes movie since I was a child..but I couldn't see maleficent...she is too evil
Blame the voters.
@@MsXizan what voters?
@@MsXizan there are no voters
I feel there were some real oversights: that voodoo creep from Princess and the Frog, Snow White's scene in the woods at night, and lots from Hercules and Alice in Wonderland. I suppose it's tough to narrow this one down into a top 10, though.
that creepy/awsome dude from princess and the frog deserved a part in that list!
He's on another list. I think its terrifying villain deaths
Oh yeah, Hades falling into the river Acheron and Herc cutting his way out of the Hydra weren't exactly kid-friendly...
I'd add the little girl's doll from Mulan too. Although maybe that's just gut-wrenchingly sad rather than dark/scary.
Dima Vasilev seeing hundreds of fallen soldiers' corpses is pretty dark for a kids' movie
fox and the hound battle with bear anyone?
BiggerGames It was scary when the bear first showed up, but I just couldn't resist cracking up to the part where the fox bit that bear in the ear.
Hey that's right, I do remember that bear being the scariest animated bear. But as usual, the Fox and the Hound is unjustly forgotten.
BiggerGames and its blood red eyes o_o
Yes dude. That is the scariest depiction of a bear ever! Lol
(pukes) (phone rings) yeah hi mom. look I told you. 7 years at medical school just. wasn't for me.
Honestly I didnt know Bambi's mom died until I was like 13. I always thought she just got lost while running away, and that's why Bambi was trying to find her. Man, that was a rude awakening...
I also thought Mufasa was just asleep until I was about 12
1234betha How could you think he was asleep? Multiple characters in the film said he died
I thought they were lying. I was a very optimistic child :(
Oh I see. Nothing wrong with that. In fact thats a wonderful trait to have
just adding incase you didn't know, neji died.
In The Black Cauldron, there are scenes that have been cut because of violence
Indeed
Really? Damn.
@@anthonysunseri1996 yep
anthony sunseri it was originally rated R they cut a lot off
Bree'ann Looking back to the movie now, that really doesn't surprise me. Black Cauldron was really dark.
Scrooge died tho.
Or at least his voice actor did.
May God rest him in peace.
R.I.P. Alan Young
This entire countdown could have just been The Hunchback of Notre Dame because the whole movie is terrifying
***** its that part or just before Frollo plummets to his death and the very beginning when Quasimodo's mother dies.
I agree, specially when you grow up and understand it's meaning and how relatable to this f*cked up world we live in it is.
I agree, just a question would you count Esmeralda singing god help the outcasts as dark?
except for the gargoyles
I don't think so. The song is beautiful and is one of the lighter moments of the movie since she is asking God to help those who are being persecuted. And the song that was deleted is also beautiful and full of hope.
If you ask me the Fantasia one scares me the most
It's terrifying but awesome. The Chernabog amps it up to the nth degree.
How in god's name did you forget Sleeping Beauty...
Does anyone else think of Pinocchio as the dark side of Disney?
You got to admit that's so dark s**t.
Dark enough to be in the age of ultron trailer. Bah, mentioning it just reminds me how awful marvel has become in the office of writing movie plots.
What was the light side then? All Disney cartoons are extremely dark and scary and Walt Disney was definitely an evil man
Not me.
Black Knight gaming- minecraft mods me
Nice list! However, I do think your order is wrong. Personally, I think Chernabog's scene from Fantasia takes the top spot. He's sending demons into HELL and enjoying it! Doesn't get much darker than that. Also, I think Bambi should have been on the list. Still, in some form, you covered almost everything that should be here.
My choices:
10. Pit of Souls from Hercules
9. Dead Army from The Black Cauldron
8. Pink Elephants on Parade from Dumbo
7. Donkey Transformation from Pinocchio
6. Evil Queen's Transformation from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
5. Whole final battle with Ursula from The Little Mermaid
4. Mother's Death from Bambi
3. Mufasa's death and Simba's guilt from The Lion King
2. Hellfire song from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1. Chernabog Sequence from Fantasia
Honorable Mentions
1. Headless Horsemen Sequence
2. Clayton's Death from Tarzan
3. Death of the Beast
4. Maleficent's summoning powers of Hell
5. Shan-Yu killing extra messenger
uh, Bambi's mother dying WAS on the the list.
no it wasn't. it was just shown before the list started. it didn't even warrant an honorable mention and for good reason. it just wasn't dark or scary, sure it was sad for the first viewing but after that it just wears out quickly
Holy crap its bibleanddisneyfan!.
Havn,t seen you in ages.
I agree with you bibleanddisneyfan. Night on Bold Mountain SHOULD be number one.
Yup!!!
oh god I so hated that ursula scene as a kid it scared the crap out of me
And I NEVER even noticed clayton's shadow on the tree O_O oh my god D:
***** I didn't notice it until the second time I saw the movie.. I had to ask if anyone else saw it too...
Thisisn't Myrealname Damn Disney, you're dark
ursula scared me to death as a child (also check out the german version ;). she should definitively be at number 1.
funny thing is, i love her today :).
I haven't seen The Little Mermaid since I was 5 or so, because of that scene. I'm almost 10 now.
“nObOdY lIkEs ClAyToN.”
Very straightforward Ms. Mojo.
Honestly I like him
@@satanswife2546 me to
What about Dr. Facilier's death in the Princess and the Frog?
that was in top ten terrifying disney moments
that is one of the creepiest things I've ever seen
+Saki Santos Top 10 Terrifying Deaths in Disney Films, to be exact.
that. shit. was. no. joke.....I'm 15 and that scene could still give me nightmares.
I was asking the same thing, that still terrifies me
To me chernabog is the darkest moment. He's actually the Disney version Of Satin 😈😈😈
yeah satin is pretty horrifying
@@troynantroup5329 Especially when you have a satin blanket
@@Nathriel I'm glad someone caught on to that lol
@@Nathriel I'm glad someone caught on to that
I’m not really scared of satin. Velvet has me sweating tho
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David Grahn who doesn't like The Lion King
The final scene of Fantasia absolutely traumatized me as a young child. It haunted my dreams for years.
Perhaps I was too young to understand what it represented (I was six, auntie assumed that a Disney animated movie was for kids) but I was thrilled by it all; the images, the music, the sound and the fury... Mostly because of this scene it was one of my favourite movies for a long time.
The elephants are not pink, they are lightish red.
Red vs blue
DONUT!!
I SAVED SOMETHIN FOR YA!!!
Someone finally understands
Guess what: they already have a color for lightish red. You know what it's called? Pink!
All of Hunchback could be on the list TBH 😂 Im 18 and I'm shocked it's not PG-13!
oogie boogie's song scene where Santa almost GETS KILLED! anybody?
this is the most likes I've ever got
Here.
SDGlambert5045 He's pretty fucked up when you really think about it.
The scene where Jack kills Oogie Boogie.
CouchPotato Coop you are righit
CouchPotato Coop That one scared the shit out of me
*"Ugh, I had a little trouble with the fireplace, it tried to send me to hell"*
*“not where I belong”*
LOL 🤣🤣
WHAHAHSHEHSHAHAHHAHQYAHAHA
No kidding!
It took me a couple of years to realize the subtle shadow of his hanging corpse. When I did see it for the first time, I had chills up my spine and said "Oh crap that was there?"
For me, a moment that is really dark and super sad at the same time is the whole scene in the burnt village in Mulan, when Shang sees that his father and all of his father's soldiers dead on the battlefield.
Annie Burke That scene gets me every time.
Annie Burke OMG yes! And they'd just been singing a jolly happy song!
Annie Burke I find it more sad than scary. War happens. People die. It's not that scary to see a field of dead soldiers, if you think about. IF it's fresh, sure thing! BE terrified! But if it's old? Well... it's just... sad, now.
angriella
+Annie Burke To me, it was seeing the little doll.
What about that scene in Mulan where they find the town has been ransacked and all the civilians have been killed? Heck, the hint that a CHILD was killed by having a doll lie in a shattered ruin of a house.
I totally agree! In fact, most of that movie was pretty dark. I mean the whole thing is set in feudal China about war.
Summer Gillard It's been my favourite Disney movie since it came out when I was little (in fact my favourite movie ever) But dude it freaked the heck out of me too. My Aunt had to take me out of the theatre and get me candy every time the huns came on screen haha :P
mufasa's dead always hits me
and I'm almost 17
I remember as child I laughed when he fell
Sapphire The Alpha my brother & i r twins & we were born in 1994 when the movie came out. i never realized how sad it is that he calls scar brother when he begs 4 help when i was little :’( it shows that even tho he was pissed at him 4 not being there when simba was born at the beginning mufasa still loved scar, wouldve done anything 2 save him if he was dangling from a cliff & thought scar would save him too. scars the biggest piece of shit ever!
What about the moment when Maleficant lures Rose to prick her finger,in Sleeping Beauty? It still terrifies me, and that music...
I know! I was terrified by the music
+Beebo boobear I had a nightmare about that as a kid and my room door was open I saw maleficent standing outside the door! I'm 20 and that scene is still scary as hell to me :(
+celeste mondragon same omg
Stay away from fireplaces...
Tea Arapi and that creepy navi light...i'm getting chills just thinking about it!
When you think about it, Pinocchio is actually a horror movie.
As a kid, I kept thinking about those children that where turned into donkeys and really didnt care about Pinocchio becomeing a real boy. I wanted to see those kids to become human again.
But in this movie, the villain is not stopped or in any way hindered. That coachman appearantly just keeps turning kids into donkeys. He is doing far worse things than many disney villains even, there seems a stronger need for him to be stopped yet it does not happen.
I completely agree with you. As a kid, I didn't like Pinocchio at all. It was hard to see those kids turn into donkeys and stuff. It gave me a cramped feeling.
I read the book it was based off and the whole thing is a disturbing and confusing mess. Yet it's strangely entertaining. Disney actually toned down the darker aspects of the book. For example the Blue Fairy is a dead child and Pinocchio actually sees Lampwick die after being worked to death.
As for confusing in the book after the Fox and Cat (can never remember their names) trick him out of his money he's put in jail for being stolen from. I think. IDK like I said it's a confusing book.
As a kid monstro scared me so much. The color scheme they use in the animation in the ocean and the sky is dark and grey say what you want about Frollo falling into molten copper or Clayton getting hangs on vines that freaking whale almost gave me cetaphobia.
After seeing Lampwick turn into a donkey, that whale became quite forgettable to me as a kid in comparison to that.
They escaped the whale, but those kids did not escape from being donkeys destined to be worked to death.
Sad and unfair indeed, ON TOP of the weirdness and spookiness of that scene. So overall, it's a totally "not good" scene! lol
Everytime I see Clayton's death, I'm like "OH SHIT!"
Tarzan even warned him to stop cutting the vines
Same!
The narrator was right. No one likes Clayton.
I feel like everyone ignores Disney deaths when it comes to villains and how painful they are o-o
If you think these are bad check out the original versions of the classic fairy tails that Disney did their own versions of. Pretty gruesome and twisted.
Yep, that's classic Brother's Grimm tales for ya. Classic folklore of their day.
Yeah. In the Brothers Grimm version of *Snow White,* the stepmother is invited to the wedding and is then forced into a pair of red hot iron shoes and made to dance until she dies.
*tales
@@michaelpalmieri7335 fairy tail is name of an animation. He/She must be a fan of animation😄.
@@MsXizan And her step-sisters have their eyes pecked out! x
I'm sorry but anything else would've been better than Lion King for one.
It's not that sad, just messed up, but not even that bad.
You have no soul. :(
D-Glad You're right, I sold it to Satan when i joined the Illuminati, but besides that,
no soul or soul, it's not sad. I've seen worse, WAY worse.
Mufasa was just a cliffhanger fall, no big deal, Simba still ruled, if anything (and they should've allowed Pixar and 3-D animated Disney films), the first couple minutes of Up were sadder, much sadder, and so was Andy leaving the toys forever.
Well, yeah, the first 5 minutes of Up were pretty much the saddest moments in any movie ever. But that doesn't mean Mufasa's death isn't sad. I mean, can you remember the first time you saw it? You were probably bawling your eyes out! It doesn't make me sad anymore, but I've seen it about a million times, so I'm used to it. Anyway, they're probably saving Pixar and other 3d-animated movies for a different list since, clearly, there's a wide selection of sad moments there, too.
D-Glad True, except for the first time I saw it part, I didn't cry, maybe because I didn't even know what was happening
D-Glad I was like 4 at the time
The black cauldron is the most terrifying one of them. It freaked me out when I watched it as a kid. When I was younger, the gruesome death of that tarzan guy slipped by unnoticed, but now I understand what those scenes really implied. I kinda wonder how such a scene was approved by the film makers. Frolos hellfire song is another example, as a Kid you don't understand his character very much, but as a grownup you can understand what he really sings about and what that scarf sniffing actually means..
Heh thank you my friend :)
Personally Dumbo's mother being treated like a savage and put in solitary confinement gave me chills. ; - ;
Yeah and all because she was trying to protect her son and also why was dumbo not placed in solitary with his mom how is he going to survive and also the chernabog scene sent chills up my spine
The worst part of the movie is when he gets drunk tho... like who’s monitoring these movies??
Hi, Watchmojo list... um... I'd love to raise the question...
How in God's name do Pink Elephants beat out Night on Bald Mountain, Savages(Not even on the list!!!), and HELLFIRE!!!!!! WHO THE HELL VOTED FOR THIS????!!!!!!!!
I agree
I was skeptical at first, but there was something just unsettling about it.
Ditto. Hellfire and (more importantly) Night o Bald Mountain should have been a lot higher.
Phillip Hollweck Night on bald mountain still scares the shit out of me.
Gray Wolfe Yes, Disney, just another nazi propagandist network.
...and #1 is why Scar is the most bad-ass and evil villain of all Disney. Thank goodness he is only a lion... right?
True
He is a lot like loki
How could they not even mention the pheasant/quail (I'm not sure which one it is) from Bambi....You hear the theme of the hunters approaching and the bird is terrified and doesn't know whether to fly or hide and gives into fear and flies away screaming before she dies tragically....More disturbing than Bambi's Mother's death.
I know, right? Bambi was one of my favorite movies growing up, but I remember being freaked out by that part and skipping it.
Lampwick should’ve been number 1!
That scene is beyond terrifying.
Damn right!
What about the queens transformation on number 1 i was terrified on that one in snow white but you are right
I totally agree, especially his final desperate “MAAAAMAAAAA!” as his transformation completes! Gave me nightmares!
What exactly did Mufasa expect Scar to do? He doesn't have thumbs...how was he supposed to pull him up and save him?
IKR
Hilarious point!
This! This! This is gold! You win the Internet my good sir or madam!
He could have grabbed his scruff or something to help pull him up.
TOO SOON! Dx
"Night on Bald Mountain" should be #1. To be honest, whenever I watched Fantasia when I was a little kid, I'd always stop the tape at the end of "Dance of the Hours". This sequence was THAT "pee your pants" scary to me. It wasn't until I was in my pre teen years that I finally had the courage to watch this. Even now, considering I'm almost 23, the sequence still gives me goosebumps. :S
Plus, I'm also surprised that any sequence with Maleficent wasn't on this. She's the ultimate symbol of "pure evil".
Holy crap, did you just read my mind?! :O
Because, I think Night on Bald Mountain should be #1 too!
OMG! Hell yeah Night on Bald Mountain should be #1. Plus, that scene they mention from Mickey's Christmas Carol should be #2. That part scared me as a kid but it scares me even more today because back then, I thought the fire just meant that your body gets burned when you die; I didn't know it was supposed to be Hell until I was like in my late teens. So, anyway, yeah. Those two scenes are by far the scariest and darkest in my opinion. Mufasa's death is sad and all but I wouldn't call it 100% pure nightmare fuel.
Note to WatchMojo.com: Mickey's Christmas Carol came out in 1983, not 1982. You were close though. Just thought I'd point that out.
I TOTALLY agree
SO true 🙏
I do agree Pinocchio's quite scary, but Chernabog aka "Night on Bald Mountain" takes the jackbot. Only reason I can think that keeps it from winning, is the fact that Fantasia (1940) is almost unknown for most people.
I think the scene from "The Princess and the Frog" where the Shadow Man gets pulled into his grave by his "friends on the other side" should be on this list...it freaked me the fuck out when I was 11 and it still gives me the creeps today...
hmm how bad is it that i literally watched all of these and still remember how terrified i was and every nightmare i had about these scenes as a child lol
Really the Headless Horseman only at #10? That scene should have been #4 or higher.
That scene scared me out of my mind when I was little. I felt exactly like poor Ichabod during the buildup, after seeing that movie I was scared to fall asleep worried that I would see the Horseman riding down my block.
He is the scariest Disney villain to me (with Maleficent at #4, Chernabog at #3 and The Horned King #2) and I can give 6 good reasons why:
1. He is a clad in black horseman with a blood red cape.
2. The only vocalization he makes is shear evil inhuman laughter.
3. He rides an all black horse with red eyes.
4. He has a fiery Jack O Lantern.
5. He lacks the appearance of a face.
6. The fact that he is one of the few Disney villains to have "won".
well it could be number 2 not 1
andrew phillips Next to what?
I think it's just that the others were either more horrifying or more sad. It doesn't have anything to do with how scary it is, it's just the others were more so.
Stephanie Punton It's just that I believe the Headless Horseman scene deserves a higher spot than at the bottom. Why? Because that scene is both dark and scary.
RazorRex Mufassa's death , i mean come on now when you were littler when you saw that and you had a heart you would cry
I'm surprised the Monstro scene didn't at least get an honorable mention. That part of Pinocchio is absolutely terrifying.
Monstro never scared me. It was Pleasure Island that made me too terrified to watch Pinocchio. But if other people think it was scary then I guess is should have gotten a mention
E.E. Dunn
Both of them freaked me out as a kid. Pleasure Island was more disturbing and Monstro was just terrifying.
Monstro & Pleasure island scared me as a kid - i think that's why it was always my favourite!
E.E. Dunn Yeah, Pleasure Island scared this shit outta me as a kid. Still can't watch Pinocchio.
Apathy Cat I can understand why. Like I said I'm not very afraid of Monstro but I know a lot of people who are.
Scar's Murder of Mufasa is not only Disney's Darkest moment, it's the definitive moment where Scar truly gives himself over to his own Darkness.
I love this scene for Scar. It's a tense and emotional scene, but sometimes you have to calm down and really appreciate how well Scar Orchestrated this day.
First - he put Simba in position.
Then - Acting like a Concerned Uncle, he goes to Mufasa and warns him about the Stampede.
- Both of them together go and search for Simba, prompting Mufasa to dive in.
Up until this point, Scar has been a terrific actor. He is smart enough to put on the "Right Face" when the time is needed. And after that, it just gets better.
After Mufasa goes in, he's left with Zazu. When Zazu announces he'll go for help, Scar drops the charade and does whatever is necessary to keep his plan from failing. He knocks the Majordomo out with one hit.
And here is where it gets REALLY interesting...
We see Mufasa and Simba surviving the stampede, and Mufasa managing to get Simba out alive. Scar is seeing this too. It's the scene where he's menacingly walking along the edge of the cliff, staring at the scene. His eyes look wide, like he can't believe what's happening. It's because he really can't; they're both still ALIVE at this point. AND it looks like Mufasa is strong enough to get them both out. It's at this point Scar is realizing he's come too far - this plan HAS to work one way or another.
Up until this point, Scar has been a Boss-Character; someone who delegates the responsibilities of killing his enemies to a middle-man, so that he can keep his paws clean. But he's seeing that the stampede created by the Hyenas isn't working the way he thought, and Mufasa is nearly out of the fray. Scar is now staring down at his older brother, knowing that THIS is the only chance he has left to secure power. We can see him thinking about it for just one moment and then he lunges forward, eyes widened as he himself cannot believe he is going through with it. Then the adrenaline runs out and he smiles into his brother's face, and cements his place as the greatest Disney Villain as he says four simple words...
"Long. Live. The King..." - Words said at the Coronation of a NEW King.
And casts his brother from the cliff to be trampled below...
have you ever seen hamlet one time I was watching some trivia show and they said that the lion king was based on hamlet and I can see the parellels
I think it was
jon riggall
We're reading Hamlet in my College Literature Class. We took a quiz THIS Wednesday, and the bonus Question was, "What Disney Film drew much inspiration from Hamlet. Hint; it is a story of a young Prince who's father is killed by his Uncle and must try to re-take the kingdom."
Needless to say; I got the point.
I just have to say when you said "gives himself over to his darkness" it immediately made me think of KH2 and his becoming a Heartless. Carry on.
*****
My Honors English teacher gave us the same bonus question on our Hamlet test when I was in high school. XD Easiest question ever.
Yeah but Clayton can teach a parrot to sing “God save the Queen”
bruh i've seen a few shows as a kid where parrots sang O Canada. (I'm canadian)
I remember Heffalumps and Woozles from Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day scared me quite a bit when I was little. I am still curious, to this day, how The Black Cauldron is a Disney film. It is just so terrifying in its visuals. I have never seen another Disney film with a visual style so horrifying as The Black Cauldron.
Yeah, those Heffalumps and Woozles were disproportionately scary, being that they were in a Winnie the Pooh cartoon. As for The Black Cauldron's visual style, I think it was just representative of animation at the time. The reason you don't see more Disney animation like that was because Disney hit a huge dry spell after (and possibly because of) The Black Cauldron, and then made a big comeback in the late 80's and early 90's.
Lion King is not overrated.
You're absolutely right (anyone who thinks it's overrated is kidding themselves), but I don't think it should be #1 on this list. The Pinocchio scene, Hellfire, and the Night on Bald Mountain scene from Fantasia were all darker/scarier/more disturbing, in my opinion.
I guess it depends on how you see it. It's very well animated for It's time, and the sound is amazing. But the story and characters are mostly unoriginal as the lion king is pretty much a rip-off of, Kimba the White Lion. The only difference being that Kimba the White Lion was a TV-serie (although 2 movies were also made). Not a movie. But the scenes, the characters, pretty much everything is the same. Even the name of the main characters are similiar Kimba/Simba. In this regard the Lion king is overrated. And the original is not getting anywhere near the credit it deserves. Also disrespectful from disney for not giving any credit.
I don't get how Scar's Betrayal is #1. Given that you had Lampwick Turning Into An Ass, Frollo's "Hellfire", and Clayton's Death, I'm surprised Scar's Betrayal made it to #1.
+Sam Gutierrez Pinocchio's scene was still more terrifying.
+SB1292000 It seems that they really like The Lion King. They're made the movie's scenes the number 1 best in most of their videos about Disney. Kinda annoying.
+SB1292000 Yeah, that's the saddest moment, not the scariest
Lion King is always #1 in all her compilations. Clearly a favorite.
The devilish chernabog summoning evil spirits is such an amazing scene in Fantasia. As a kid it definitely scared me and out of all the scenees, excluding Mickey and the brooms, I remember that one the most. So gnarly!