You got that, too! When most people think about Disney, they naturally think about neat, happy endings where evil is defeated and heroes who get what they want after overcoming every obstacle thrown in their way.But if there is one thing the internet loves, itâs taking a seemingly happy story and turning it into a dark⦠Source: Disney ⦠Here are the surprisingly dark results. Dark Disney Movies Discussion in 'Christian Entertainment Forum' started by April_Rose, Feb 3, 2021. In 1953, Disney introduced the filmgoing world to Peter Pan, the mischievous boy who whisks Wendy away to Neverland. "Dragonslayer" (1981) 4. Aladdin and the King of Thieves. Pocahontas was a real person, and her life was kind of sucky. Well, in Collodi's version, that wisdom doesn't have time to appear. Ultimately, she can’t bring herself to do the deed, and instead flings herself into the ocean, transforming into sea foam. Then there are Peter's activities in Neverland. The original Aladdin’s source material is pretty domestic, but the movie’s second sequel has darker origins. Okay, so how about Captain Phoebus, who starts the film as a morally ambiguous character before becoming a full-fledged hero. Even though The Lion King is completely plagiarized from a Japanese cartoon, Disney claims it’s based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet — a play in which pretty much everybody dies. It's even somewhat implied that Peter occasinoally killed Lost Boys to thin the herd. "The Black Cauldron" (1985) 3. During the winter scenes, we get protracted descriptions of furry animals starving to death â possibly based on Salten's own experiences of growing up hungry. 11 of 33 Disney The names of the main characters in Frozen sound out the name of the author of the original story the movie is based on. But the biggest difference comes when Wendy and company decide to go home. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. In two separate sections, Tod impregnates a vixen, who gives birth to cubs. Tarzan's biological father is called a member of "the higher white races." In the original novel, Tod collapses from exhaustion during a hunt and dies. If that sentence is making you wonder how anyone could make a feel-good animation from it, you're not the only one. You got 'em! This would make an awesome kids' film," Disney movies have been borrowing their plots from some seriously dark places. And then her grave was destroyed. As a result, Disney ⦠Pinocchio in the book is a prize jerk. November 13, 2019 â 2:35 PM â 0 Comments. In the book, it's been months and their parents are half-mad with grief. Disney Movies Based On Seriously Dark Stories. 8 People Dressed As ⦠The Disney movie Hercules is based on Greek myths, which are pretty much uniformly messed up. Most Disney movies are heartwarming stories with sweet characters and happy endings. Messed up as Poppins is, her family is even worse. He steals Geppetto's wig. Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a family film about singing gargoyles and how Hollywood can't let an ugly dude get the girl even in his own movie. One of the twins sucks on her finger, drawing out the splinter and waking his mother. The Little Mermaid. Cinderella. In addition to the 1953 Disney movie, the studio released a sequel in 2002 and spun the story off into an... Pocahontas. When one of the children disobeys her, Poppins turns the evil spawn into a picture on a plate (via Britannica). Well, he starts the book as a morally ambiguous womanizer and ends it by refusing to save Esmeralda from the gallows because her death means he'll be able to start screwing his cousin. Sure, he has a reason, in that one tribe killed his adoptive ape-mother, but, as PS Mag points out, the sort of collective punishment he dishes out is eerily similar to Leopold II's contemporaneous actions in the Congo. Wow, that's ... different? In the novel, she's the poor gypsy girl who Quasimodo attacks, and who ends the story being publicly hanged for a murder she didn't commit. Sleeping Beauty, still totally unconscious, becomes pregnant and gives birth to twins. Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time. When it comes to awful, dark and evil themes, Hunchback takes the cake. The dark and disturbing original stories behind your favourite Disney films. Let's start with Esmeralda. From Cinderella to the Little Mermaid, the origins behind your favorite secretly dark Disney movies are more shocking and violent than you could imagine. The last line features the last breath leaving Pinocchio's throat and the puppet apparently dying. Ha, if only. Victor Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris is a weighty 19th-century French tome about how monsters can lurk inside us all. It is said that this Disneyland original was set to be a rollercoaster but turned into a dark ride when Disney ⦠Barrie's 1904 play Peter and Wendy and its 1911 novel adaptation. 1981's The Fox and the Hound is chiefly remembered for featuring an early credit for Tim Burton and for being a moral muddle. Hans, Kristoff, Anna, Sven = Hans Christian Andersen. Had Walt Disney done a completely faithful adaptation of Carlo Collodi's 1881 Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, he'd have traumatized plenty of adults, too. By that point, the literary world had already known Peter for 50 years, starting with J.M. So maybe it's no surprise that Chapter XV ends with a group of assassins lynching him from a tree. Messages: 4,785 Likes Received: ... Disney⦠There's no such moral ambiguity in Daniel P. Mannix's original novel. She was also kidnapped, held hostage for a year, renamed Rebecca, paraded around as a propaganda tool, and then died at age 21. Burroughs was writing in 1912, when U.S. race relations were at their nadir. On the original flight to Neverland, little Michael falls asleep, only for Peter to repeatedly drop him out of the sky. ⦠Far from being a friendly children's book, Bambi: A life in the woods is a nonstop account of all the miserable ways everything can die. That's not the case with Oliver and Company, a 1988 film that took Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens and turned all the characters into cats and dogs. He has a huge nose, matted red hair, long black nails, and fangs that are like "a dog's or rat's." In Disney's take, she's the strong-willed ethnic stereotype who steals Quasimodo's heart before marrying another man. "The Hunchback ⦠The Fox and ⦠Not exactly family fare, huh? Come the end of the film, fox Tod and dog Copper may have proved they can still be friends in a society that doesn't want them to be, but they're also keeping their distance and not actually acting like friends at all. Copper’s alcoholic owner decides to move into a retirement home but shoots Copper with a shotgun before he leaves. It's said that P.L. As Tor explains, there's not a single entity from the Austrian countryside that we don't witness in its final death throes. Victor Hugo's Notre Dame de ⦠This was the warning by IMBD, that The Fox & the Hound is sure to be the darkest Disney movie since it first came. However, many stories have a dark undertone, and the animators and scriptwriters of the time ⦠The original Mary Poppins is an elemental, pagan spirit with a sadistic streak so wide she'd make Mr. Banks poop his trousers. Who said the film can never be as good as the book? In the earliest version of The Frog Prince fairy tale, the frog’s curse is broken when the princess hurls him against a wall. This harsher version of Poppins is there from the get-go, when she arrives at the children's home. A horror film was filmed at both Disney World and Disneyland, after dark. Also, See- 10 Photos That Aren’t In History Books But Really Should Be. Wikimedia Commons Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs. (He sure did romanticize colonialism, but that's another story.) So Dickens' second novel is full of descriptions designed to make Fagin as Jewish and as devilish as possible. As a result, Tarzan of the Apes frequently feels like it's coming straight from the alt-right. Oh, and he gets tortured on the rack for two hours earlier in the story, because of course he does. It's not an accident or anything, it's just murder. He was a guy who'd been born into the British Raj in Mumbai, and he knew just how savage nature on the subcontinent was. Hereâs a list of the darkest Disneyâs got. A film about Natasha Romanoff in her quests between the films Civil War and Infinity War. This is a deeper... 2. But for every incredible film, there's a dark fan theory lurking in the shadows. The original Cinderella fairy tale ⦠Good job, too. Dark Disney: The REAL Stories Behind Popular Disney Movies Peter Pan. The Guardian has the details. She kinda hated John Smith, who pretty much lied about everything that happened between them. By Alexandra Hurtado @alimariehurtado More by Alexandra. In the novel, Fagin is less "lovable rascal" than he is "evil Jewish stereotype" (via the Telegraph). Switch to the light mode that's kinder on your eyes at day time. The most depressing corners of the internet cry, "surely everyone was basically racist back then?" 12 Super-Dark Origins Behind Your Favorite Disney Movies 1. Hakuna Matata! He marries three more times after that and he has countless male lovers. At the end of the book, everyone just kinda gets rabies. Frozen. 1. In the original story, Hans Christian Andersonâs The Snow Queen, the lady with the power of ice is the Snow ⦠103 Best Disney Movie Quotes to Celebrate Their Famous Films . In the original fairy tale, the... 2. Beware, some of these fan theories just might ruin your favorite Disney movies! Disney jettisoned most of the novel when they brought it to screen in 1996. She’s faced with a dilemma: If she slays the prince and lets his blood drip on her feet, she’ll turn back into a mermaid. DISNEY'S DARKEST HOURS: The 10 Most Horrific Movies The Mouse House Ever Made 1. Well, you got tha-! So what does the prince do instead? Kipling was not just some hack who romanticized the Indian jungle. Take out the haunting descriptions of nature, and The Jungle Book is basically a story of animals lining up to whale the tar outta one poor kid. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Maybe youâll think twice before reading âLittle Red Riding Hoodâ before you go to bed. Like the novel itâs based off of, the movie is about a hunchback named Quasimodo, who grew up in Notre Dame Cathedral, raised ⦠This is a book in which casual murder is just how everyone rolls. Up tugged at our heartstrings more than most thanks to its opening scene titled... 2. And even kids' Disney movies aren't safe from the depths of Reddit. Travers absolutely hated Disney's 1964 adaptation of her novel. Later, he marries Megara, but goes insane and slaughters all of their children. Let us take a look at the Top 10 Dark Origins of Disney Fairy-tales. Damn, Cinderella, you bad. Put simply, the original Peter Pan was a schmuck. Not that Disney could have ever done a literal onscreen depiction of Travers' magical nanny. In Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, the character Cassim (father of Aladdin) is killed and pull apart his body parts stacked around a treasure cave as a warning to travelers. Feb 3, 2021 #1. So he brought all that into his Jungle Book series. When mermaids die, they turn to sea foam and cease to exist. That’s rude. These theories will make you see ⦠According to fan theories, there are some pretty dark sides to a few of your favorite Disney movies, like Peter Pan and The Emperorâs New Groove. Examples of Peter's behavior basically all boil down to Peter acting like a psychopath while Wendy appears as his helpless enabler. Villain Bill Sikes is still human, as is lovable rascal Fagin. No sooner has the cricket entered the narrative than Pinocchio kills him with a hammer. There's also the way Tarzan keeps on killing those Africans. You want singing, dancing animals? The trouble is, Disney left too much evidence of their dark deeds behind in all those family-friendly films theyâve made over the years. During spring scenes, we get hunting animals eating other animals alive. Refine See titles to watch instantly, ... Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: ⦠In the original fairy tale, the prince falls in love with a different girl, breaking the Little Mermaid’s heart. When Mowgli fails to swing properly from some vines, he gets a beating for his efforts. The few black Africans who do surface in the novel are described as being "savage negroes" with "bestial faces." The Fox & the Hound franchise is ⦠Oh, and she also slams the lid of a chest on her stepmother’s neck, breaking it and killing her. Thanks to his questionably kickass genetics, Tarzan himself is like a Superman designed by Joseph Goebbels. Aside from actually killing the Indians he fights, he also likes to switch sides mid-battle and fight the Lost Boys just for kicks. He laughs mockingly in the old man's face. The text is quite specific that Peter treats it all as a game. Nor is Dickens coy about Fagin's heritage. Usually, any Disney movie made from a book winds up becoming the definitive version (see: the entire rest of this article). Carl was dead all along â Up. The only other Jew to appear in the book is described as "younger than Fagin, but nearly as vile and repulsive in appearance.". You want a disturbing, morally complex story featuring murder, mutilation, public hangings, and troubling racist tropes? Or effectively kidnapping children? Is there anyone reading this not hoping Disney does a faithful adaptation right now? And in fall, Salten takes time out from his unstoppable slaughter to explore what goes through the mind of a leaf as it withers and dies. As far as Mannix seems concerned, the only possible message is nature is horrible, everything dies, and the gassing death of baby animals is a totally legit topic for a children's book (via Tor). Tod alternately escapes and seduces vixens, and plenty of animals die nasty deaths. Then, as a child, Hercules kills his music teacher with a lyre. Explore Disney Movies to find new, classic and upcoming films, Blu-rays, DVDs, downloads, and much more, including favorites, news and watch online. In the film, they wake up in their beds to discover a single night has passed. While Disney movies didn't get much better when it came to the constant danger and jeopardy, they did get prettier. The Peter penned by Barrie went beyond naughtiness and into a kind of transcendent space of jerkiness. 10 Darkest Movies In The Disney Animated Canon, Ranked 10 in The Adventures Of Ichabod & Mr. Toad, Ichabod believes he is a victim of the Headless Horseman & is never seen... 9 ⦠It's because those are two things gentile society thought it knew about Jews in the early 19th century, along with them being in league with the devil. Start examining your favourite Disney movies, and start learning about the dark ⦠Ever wondered why Fagin is so obsessed with money? In Giambattista Basile’s 1634, the prince is unable to wake Sleeping Beauty from her nap, which is caused by a flax splinter in her finger. Featuring both some serious action, and one of the darkest onscreen deaths of a villain in studio history (Clayton unintentionally hangs himself), Tarzan is exactly the sort of classic fare almost no one could object to. The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Covering everything from impure sexual urges to warped ideas of religion, from the stereotypes of Gypsy culture to the misappropriation of police and political authority, this film is by far the most adult in Disney ⦠The only connection they have is that Tod managed to get Copper's dog-buddy Chief killed after luring him in front of a train, and now Copper and his master have sworn revenge. Far from being easygoing mentors, the book's versions of Baloo and Bagheera beat the heck out of Mowgli every time he screws up. Well, almost all of them. Black Widow (2021) 133 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Post-production. Still, that does at least mean no casual viewer is gonna go back to Rudyard Kipling's original stories and be surprised that they're less than PC. The story of a puppet who wants to be a real boy, Pinocchio has both charmed generations of kids who identify with its naughty protagonist and traumatized generations more with that super-screwed up scene where children start turning into donkeys. Actually, they'd probably be more surprised by the sheer amount of physical abuse Mowgli goes through. Barrie’s novel, Peter kills the Lost Boys when they get too old: “The boys on the island vary, of course, in numbers, according to as they get killed and so on; and when they seem to be growing up, which is against the rules, Peter thins them out.” Dude, Peter. When neither of her stepsisters can fit into Cindy’s slipper, one of them cuts off her toe and the other cuts off her heel to fool the prince. If that sounds kinda depressing, you don't know the half of it. A good reason for that might be that the film owes more to the countless other Tarzan and Jane adaptations over the years than to Edgar Rice Burroughs' original stories. However, that sequence was eventually cut, and viewers were left in the dark⦠Top 10 Dark Origins Behind Your Favorite Disney Movies. If you think this is bad, hoo-boy, are you underestimating just how twisted Collodi's imagination was. I do update frequently and give future releases! His abilities flow from his white skin as naturally as bunkum flows a "race realist's" pen. Mind you, this was the same movie that created Jessica Rabbit, so who knows if Roger was truly meant for kids! Aladdinâs post-apocalyptic future ⦠You've probably seen the Disney movie and know Jiminy Cricket as the fussy but ultimately wise mentor to the wayward puppet. 25 Disney Movie Fan Theories (That Actually Got Confirmed) Disney fans love to think about the loose ends in their favorite movies, and sometimes these theories actually get confirmed. She was exactly the opposite of the rough-around-the-edges working-class hardass Travers had envisaged. Here are some of the most super-dark origins behind your favorite popular Disney movies. At some point or another, you want to be in the Disney movie or just want a particular character with you in real life. ThoughtCo outlines the most objectionable moments. All of which brings us to the problem with Dickens' original story. In J.M. Disney did not condone it, as the filmmaker went about it without Disneyâs permission. I know for many of us, growing up was all about Disney, however, take a look at the Top 10 terrifying, gruesome, often bizarre early versions of ubiquitous fairy tales after the jump. Finally there's Quasimodo, who ends the film accepted by Parisian society despite his ugliness. Wendy has to keep begging him to swoop down and catch the baby before he splats, and it's clear Peter could get bored and let Michael die at any time. "But it was a different time!" 1. Former Disney animator Tom Sito says the âbulgeâ is actually one of the bishopâs knees, but this didnât stop one viewer from attempting to sue Disney over the image not being âsuitable for use and viewing by young childrenâ. Sure, all the magic is still there, but it's shot through with a streak of darkness. Readers of Felix Salten's original 1923 book would laugh at such sentimentality. These are all movies that Disney produced and Co-produced! The Hunchback of Notre Dame is one of Disneyâs darker films. You probably haven't heard that this description could apply to almost any Disney classic. Both times, Copper tracks those cubs down and his master gasses them to death in their sets. Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a family film about singing gargoyles and how Hollywood can't let an ugly dude get the girl even in his own movie. Borrowing the basic story structure of star-crossed lovers from Romeo & Juliet, Disney's ⦠Disney's 15 Darkest, Most Terrifying Movies 15 THE ADVENTURES OF ICHABOD AND MR. TOAD 14 BRAVE 13 ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN 12 THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS ⦠10. While there are likely very few out there who'd associate the House of Mouse with flagrantly disturbing fare, the truth is that there should be way, way more of them. When the book was first serialized in 1837, it prompted reader complaints for its anti-Semitism. In summer, men come along with guns and shoot half the cast to death. Disney movies are big business in Hollywood, precisely because audiences know exactly what they're getting. Ummm ... wait, what? Here are the dark original stories and fairy tales behind your favourite Disney ⦠But isn’t “Colors of the Wind” a great song? When mermaids die, they turn to sea foam and cease to exist. April_Rose Well-Known Member. Ever since Walt Disney first picked up a battered old copy of Cinderella, read the scene where the ugly stepsisters hack off parts of their own feet to fit them in the glass slipper, and said "you know what? Also, See- Top 20 Celebrities and Their Historical Twins, dark Disney factsdark origin of Disney movies. There's an argument that Bambi is Salten's allegory for Jewish persecution in the early 20th century (via Jewish Review) and that the hunters are callous gentiles, while the murderous Fox is the rising fascism that would soon devour half of Europe. He rapes her and leaves. The original stories that inspired Disney's family-friendly films are often far more sinister than their animated adaptations. You have ⦠Hugo's book is nightmarish. Here are some of the most super-dark origins behind your favorite popular Disney movies. They also knew he wasn't merely mischievous. Director: Cate Shortland | Stars: Scarlett ⦠While the movie has her floating down gracefully on an umbrella, the book has her thrown against the front gate during a terrifying, elemental storm (via the Guardian). Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins was just too sugary sweet, too nice, and too upper class. So harsh that death is almost unremarkable. The original Aladdinâs source material is pretty domestic, but the movie⦠Why any of these acts would break a curse over a simple kiss is anyone’s guess. We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us which Disney movie moments went too freaking far. In the book, Copper and Tod aren't former friends. Probably one of the best Disney films in my opinion. Travers also gives her the social skills of Sheldon Cooper, writing that she "never wastes time being nice," and having her constantly berate the children for stepping out of line. 1942's Bambi is notorious for killing the title character's mom in such a disturbing way that "I cried when Bambi's mom died" is basically the go-to statement for people who want to prove they have a soul. In the climax, Hamlet (the character Simba is based on) is stabbed to death with a poison blade. First of all, Zeus tricks Hercules’ mother into having sex with him. Literally the worst ending imaginable. 10 Disney Movies With Adult Themes ... the motifs of this story are extraordinarily dark. As the fourth movie released by the Disney and Pixar collaboration, Monsters, Inc. was a film that took the world by storm upon its release, and it remains one of the more popular films in their ⦠In the book, he vanishes after killing his surrogate father, only for his corpse to be dug up decades later, pathetically clinging to that of Esmeralda. No wonder Disney dumped Hitler-Fox in favor of a talking rabbit. Later, Cinderella has her magic birds peck out her sisters’ eyes as punishment for their deceit. 10 Photos That Aren’t In History Books But Really Should Be, Top 20 Celebrities and Their Historical Twins, Top 9 Shocking Secrets About “Frozen” That You Probably Didn’t Know, Black Holes Facts: 10 Amazing Thing About Black Hole & Photos, Top 10 Most Handsome Men In The World 2021, Top 20 Most Beautiful Actress in Bollywood 2021, List of Top 10 Highest Paid Bollywood Actors 2021, Top 15 Highest Paid Bollywood Actress List. If that doesnât epitomise dark Disney, I donât know what does. The Black Hole (1979) 2. In some versions, the frog’s head is chopped off or his skin is burned. The whole rest of the book is just the two of them trying to kill Tod. The world Salten paints is harsh. You've probably heard before how fan favorites like The Little Mermaid are based on disturbing originals. It might be a minor film in the Disney canon, but 1999's Tarzan is mostly rollicking good fun. Later, Cassim’s body is stitched together by a tailor so his family will think he died of natural causes. The Jungle Book is one of those movies that already causes Disney some headaches, given that a whole lot of people think King Louie is kind of a racist stereotype. One of her cousins is a pagan snake god that enjoys eating itself and gives the nanny the questionable gift of its own shed skin on her birthday. Sure, he's ultimately rescued in the next chapter, but there are still some things you probably shouldn't put in a children's novel, and lynching the main character is one of them. Some of the great words for Shelbi are funny and hardworking. When he disappoints Baloo, he gets "as severe a beating as you could wish to avoid." 10 dark Disney theories that change your favourite movies 1. Meanwhile, the white dude living wild in their forest still manages to look dashingly handsome, despite being raised by animals. The original Cinderella fairy tale is completely disgusting. 1. Forget growing a pair of unexpected donkey ears, the original Pinocchio features the puppet killing his own best friend. Maybe you’ll think twice before reading “Little Red Riding Hood” before you go to bed. You want year after year of continuously disappointing Star Wars sequels?