Sleeping Beauty as we know it is truly a beautiful film. Princess Aurora is stunning, even Prince Philip is quite a catch. What is not so beautiful though is Maleficent. Like the Evil Queen in Snow White Maleficent makes an outstanding entrance leaving audiences terrified the moment we set eyes on our villains. What gets…
Scary Disney: Lady and the Tramp: The Siamese Cats and The Rat
Lady the Tramp is truly a beautiful film about two dogs falling in love, but the moment the siamese cats came out the bag I was half tempted to switch it off, but that song is just so catchy and creepy both at the same time. Then towards the end of the film Tramp became…
Scary Disney: Bambi: Death, The Enemy, Dogs and the Fire
There is no doubt that Bambi tops the list for traumatising young children with a scene of his mother being shot, we don’t actually see it happening but we get the idea she’s died after Bambi calls out her name walking around the woods and she never comes back. Poor little Bambi. A few other…
Scary Disney: Dumbo: The Roustabouts, The Crows and the Pink Elephants
Dumbo, the flying elephant with incredibly large ears is a classic film with a few little flaws that will always stay in your memory.In the beginning scenes of the movie the elephants are helping faceless workers build a tent for the circus. As catchy as the tune is, some of the lyrics of the song…
Scary Disney: Pinocchio: The Coachman, Donkeys and The Whale
Pinocchio. The famous wooden puppet who was magicked to life by a blue fairy and desired to be a real boy one day. Mr Disney made a masterpiece of this but left a few dark details that we’d all remember for years to come.Honest John and his pal Gideon the cat lead him astray from…
Scary Disney: Snow White: The Evil Queen
Once upon a time a sweet innocent, naive, young girl lived with her vain, wicked, self-centred, jealous step-mother. And jealous of Snow White she was. The Queen was cruel enough to want her own child killed just because a talking mirror told her she wasn’t the fairest in all the land. So she sends her…