4. The Princess and the Frog (2009)
As this one takes place in a world where voodoo is practiced, you should have known it would be high on the list. The titular frog prince, Naveen, ends up that way because he made a foolish deal with "the Shadow Man," aka. Dr. Facilier.
Word of advice: NEVER trust a Shadow Man, or he'll take your blood and turn you into a critter (and your previous manservant into you while he's at it). Also, don't even imply that he may be a fraud. He doesn't like that.
And, he's called the Shadow Man because his shadow is literally a separate entity. It can grab and manipulate things around it independently from Dr. Facilier.
Naveen, being more awesome than he lets on, managed to escape (and drag Tiana into the mess). This is when we discover the true horror of the story...
Yeah. It seems our friend Facilier is kind of in debt to his "friends" from the other side. And they are growing impatient for him to repay his debt. Nevertheless, they allow him some shadow demons to help him find Naveen.
God, the picture doesn't do it justice...
Anyway, through mishaps and shenanigans, Tiana winds up with the amulet the friends gave Facilier for the transformations. He tempts her with her dreams and visions of her father, if only she would give him the amulet.
But, she does the right thing. She smashes the amulet.
Now, I have one question for you.
ARE. YOU. READY?!?!
3. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Meet Judge Claude Frollo.
The very first thing we learn about him: He hates Gypsies, and he's going out of his way to persecute them. He feels no remorse for killing a mother with a child in her arms in front of his own church, and then goes to kill the baby, who you can probably guess is Quasimodo, the titular hunchback. He's saved only when the Archdeacon steps in and says he has sinned and must atone by caring for the child. His raising of the child is very similar to the one we saw of Rapunzel - completely hidden from the outside world and mentally abused by their captors. However, in this instance, Frollo tells Quasimodo that he is a hideous monster and that he must always hide himself. And when Quasimodo sneaks out of his tower...the results aren't nearly as good.
Yeah...he's tied to the wheel and pelted with rotten food. He's treated like an animal...and when he pleads for help, he's met with cruel laughter and glares. The only one to take mercy on him is Esmerelda, a Gypsy woman who openly defies Frollow and frees Quasimodo. He tries to arrest her, which goes over just about as well as you'd think. She flees and makes it into the cathedral, where she claims sanctuary. She can't be arrested...but Frollo makes it pretty clear that she's his. (Skip to 2:00)
Yeah...ignore the pretty boy. He annoys me.
Anyway, lustful!Frollo now in the mix, he sings the most melodramatic villain song ever: Hellfire.
Yes...he's praying to bed Esmerelda...or send her to Hell. The demonic imagery is pretty spectacular, no?
Surprise, surprise, Esmerelda rejects his advances, and Frollo sentences her to death by burning at the stake.
Quasimodo rescues her from the flames and brings her into the cathedral. Frollo, no longer caring about the laws of the church, goes after her, chasing them all the way to the top of the cathedral. Quasimodo is knocked off the side, and as Esmerelda hangs on for dear life, Frollo comes in for the kill.
"And He shall smite the wicked and plunge them into a fiery pit!"
Gotta love irony.
2. Fantasia (1940)
Oooohhhh lord....Fantasia. Ok.
If you don't know what you're getting into with Fantasia, you'll already be experiencing the biggest mindfuck of your life. However, even if you do have an idea, there are still two sections of Fantasia that are pure, unadulterated nightmare fuel: "The Rite of Spring" and "Night on Bald Mountain."
"The Rite of Spring" is about the creation of the world as described by the scientific world. That is, thousands of years and lava and extinction and the earthquake that split apart the continents. Oh, and you get to watch the dinosaurs all slowly dying of starvation.
I honestly don't know what the scariest part of the Rite of Spring was. The part I can find pictures of is the fight between the Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Stegosaurus, so I'm gonna go with that.
And now, we go to my big man: Chernabog, the star of Night on Bald Mountain.
Originally meant to be Satan himself (Walt said it, not me), Chernabog ("black god") amuses himself nightly be resurrecting the spirits of criminals and his horde of demons, engaging in a fiery orgy of frenzied dancing.
I honestly could not watch this part of Fantasia after seeing it the first time. I started shaking and crying. (Now, of course, it's my favorite part. Go figure)
And there you have it! Only ONE MOVIE TO GO! What could be number 1? Stay tuned!
AGENT R IS OUT. PEACE.
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