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25 of the creepiest Disney movies ever made

By Sarah Crocker

TOY STORY THAT TIME FORGOT - Pixar Animation Studios presents "Toy Story That Time Forgot," featuring your favorite characters from the "Toy Story" films, airing THURSDAY, DEC. 12 (8:30-9:00 p.m. EST), on ABC. (Disney/Pixar 2014)REX, BUZZ LIGHTYEAR, WOODY, TRIXIE
TOY STORY THAT TIME FORGOT - Pixar Animation Studios presents "Toy Story That Time Forgot," featuring your favorite characters from the "Toy Story" films, airing THURSDAY, DEC. 12 (8:30-9:00 p.m. EST), on ABC. (Disney/Pixar 2014)REX, BUZZ LIGHTYEAR, WOODY, TRIXIE /
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Image via Walt Disney Productions)

16. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first full-length animated feature released by Disney. It was also one of the studio’s earliest success stories, making its debut in 1937.

Probably, you’re aware of the plot. Snow White is a blandly pretty princess who ends up living with her stepmother, the Queen. Said Queen is obsessed with her appearance and feels threatened by Snow White’s growing beauty. She consults a magic mirror daily, asking “who is the fairest one of all?” Things are okay until the day the mirror tells the Queen that Snow White has finally surpassed her.

Okay, we can kind of believe that, in a quasi-medieval land, beauty is an unfortunately important commodity. It’s still hard to deal with the Queen’s next action, however. She orders a huntsman to take Snow White into the forest, murder the young girl, and cut out her heart in order to present it to the Queen. The huntsman understandably loses his resolve and allows Snow White to escape into the forest. What follows is a frightening sequence of a young, terrified girl making her way through a threatened, thickly wooded landscape. She’s luckily befriended by some woodland creature who lead her to the dwarfs’ cottage.

The Queen, meanwhile, eventually figures out that Snow White is still alive somewhere. Apparently unencumbered by the business of governing, the Queen uses a magic potion to transform herself into a hag. That sequence alone is enough to warrant inclusion on this list. The Queen’s change looks totally unnerving, short as it is. Her later death by lightning is no kinder.

Hey, also, don’t forget that part where Snow White apparently dies. The dwarfs put her into a glass coffin in the middle of the forest, for some reason. A wandering prince sees her and is just so taken by this random corpse that he has to kiss her. She wakes up, thankfully. If I were her, though, I would have a few very pointed questions for the prince.

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