Anyone who grew up with Disney movies knows that they can get pretty dark, from Mufasa getting trampled to death in The Lion King to Quasimodo’s mother being brutally killed in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Still, many of Disney’s animated classics have had to soften or remove the more gruesome or depressing aspects of the fairy tales that they were based on. Make sure you let us know if we forgot any in the comments below! Here is Screen Rant’s Dark Disney: Real Stories Behind Popular Disney Films.
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