"This is the stuff that is not only intentionally scary, but so horrifying that it can give people the creeps for the rest of the day, several days,weeks, months, or even years. This is the stuff that can scare the pants off of just about anyone, possibly to the author/creator's delight. This is stuff that makes you shrink in the back of your chair, look over your shoulder, and remind yourself that what's going on is (usually) only fictional." - Definition of High Octane Nightmare Fuel from TvTropes.com.
What some of you may not remember (because you blocked it out) from your childhoods is that some of the scariest moments from cinema history have come from Disney. That's right, once again, Disney is putting in something to ruin your childhoods forever.
Remember this?
In honor of the upcoming holiday, I am going to remind you of some of the scariest films from Disney animated history. PLEASE BE AWARE...I am going to go into detail about these movies and the scary scenes from them. If you haven't seen a movie, you run the risk of spoiling it for yourself. You have been warned.
13. The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
I can hear it now. The groans and muttering - what is she thinking, putting The Brave Little Toaster in a list about scary movies? How in the world is this a scary movie?
Trust me my dears...it has its moments.
Let's start at the beginning, in the old house. We find the five main appliances doing their chores as per normal, while being berated by Air Conditioner.
This bastard.
The main five are driven by the hope that their Master will one day come back and use them again. Air Conditioner tells them that they are being ridiculous; they have false hope and need to stop wishing so bad for it. Then Toaster and Kirby point out that he's just jealous; "you're just stuck in a wall."
Big. Mistake.
Yeah. The air conditioner essentially commits suicide for being stuck in the wall. In quite a fiery manner, I might add.
After that fiasco, the appliances decide that they need to go after the Master themselves. Along the way, they deal with suicidal flowers...
Not to mention nightmare clowns.
And then, the appliances get "rescued" from quicksand...by a man who likes to take apart appliances and sell their spare parts.
Cue musical number!
After the appliances escape THIS mess, they finally wind up...in a junk yard, where we are treated to a giant magnet going after old cars and coldly dropping them into a compactor.
While this is going on, the cars are singing "Worthless", a dreary, depressing song about...well, take a guess.
Not to mention the car parts flying every where...which, when you think about it...from the perspective of the appliances, those are body parts.
12. The Little Mermaid (1989)
The Little Mermaid is essentially about dealing with the devil. As we learn right away, Ariel, a 16 year old mermaid, has "the most beautiful voice"; singing is what she does naturally. It's who she is. (And she has a curious obsession with the surface world that leads her to collect random things from shipwrecks. So she's a hoarder.)
Then, when she disobeys her father and goes to the surface for the umpteenth time, she sees Prince Eric and falls in love with him on sight, saving him from drowning when the ship sinks. Did I mention she's 16?
Ok, moral outrage done. Flounder, her fish friend, somehow finds and brings her the statue of Prince Eric that sank with his ship and brings it to her grotto. Unfortunately, Daddy Triton has found out about her grotto, and, well...
He goes a little axe crazy.
After this little number, Ariel decides (with some help from the Spawn of Hell, Flotsam and Jetsam) to go and see Ursula the Sea Witch.
Nothing creepy about that.
Ursula offers to turn Ariel into a human for three days, with her turning back into a mermaid on the third day if she can't get Eric to kiss her. The price for this? Her voice. She then gets her legs spliced , and just barely gets to the surface before drowning.
After the three day adventure, Ariel fails to get the kiss (with no help from Ursula), and she turns back. Cue Ursula kidnapping her and dragging her back to her lair, where Ariel begins transforming into one of the helpless blobs that decorate the place.
One of these.
King Triton comes to the rescue and commands Ursula to let her go. She refuses, unless Triton agrees to give up his soul in exchange for Ariel's. This isn't a choice word on my part - Ursula actually says "Your soul for hers?"
Triton agrees, and in doing so turns over his crown to Ursula. Eric jumps into help, which causes Ursula to aim the trident at him. Ariel, seeing her man in trouble, gets Ursula to misfire and obliterates her eels.
Oh, hell, just watch it for yourselves.
If as a child you didn't scream when Super!Ursula popped up, there was something wrong with you.
11. The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
As I pointed out in my previous post, Basil, the star of the movie, is far cooler than you. This post, however, focuses on his nemesis, Ratigan.
Charming and suave, Ratigan at first seems to be the perfect gentleman of a villain. Even when he does evil, he maintains an image of being completely calm and in control. But, as you probably guessed, there's something much more sinister lurking in his dark heart.
Try something. Call him a rat.
Just try it. (Skip to 1:48)
Gaaaah, why the fuck did I just watch that??
Anyway, after that little display, you know just exactly what is brewing below the surface with Ratigan. He's cold and brutal; he will kill you if he wants to....or rather, have you eaten alive by his pet cat. Just keep thinking about that throughout the movie as he lays his traps and plans his schemes.
Finally, we reach the climax. Ratigan's scheme has been ruined and he's on the run. He winds up at Big Ben with Basil, where he proceeds to brutally beat Basil into a bloody pulp...
...and turn into the savage rat everyone knew he was...
Before falling to his death from the hands of Big Ben.
Feel free to watch this whole scene in the same video linked above. Just don't watch it at night.
That's part 1! Part 2 will have movies 10 - 8. Check back soon!
AGENT R IS OUT. PEACE.
Gaaaah, why the fuck did I just watch that??
Anyway, after that little display, you know just exactly what is brewing below the surface with Ratigan. He's cold and brutal; he will kill you if he wants to....or rather, have you eaten alive by his pet cat. Just keep thinking about that throughout the movie as he lays his traps and plans his schemes.
Finally, we reach the climax. Ratigan's scheme has been ruined and he's on the run. He winds up at Big Ben with Basil, where he proceeds to brutally beat Basil into a bloody pulp...
...and turn into the savage rat everyone knew he was...
Before falling to his death from the hands of Big Ben.
Feel free to watch this whole scene in the same video linked above. Just don't watch it at night.
That's part 1! Part 2 will have movies 10 - 8. Check back soon!
AGENT R IS OUT. PEACE.
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