spirit whose lonely grave is this welcome to watch mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 scariest disney moments we're here [Music] for this list we'll be looking at the most unsettling scenes throughout the mouse houses filmography we'll also be including pixar entries as well did any of these scenes give you nightmares as a kid let us know in the comments below number 20 gaston stabs beast beauty and the beast the climax of this classic disney tale really goes hard in the final act after a mob assembles to take out the
beast they arrive at his castle with an unsettling song and an eerie thunderstorm it builds up to a point where their leader gaston takes on the prince just when it looks like the beast triumphed and he reunites with belle gaston plunges a hidden knife into the hero's side you came back [Music] this shocking act is immediately followed by the sight of the villain karmically falling to his doom the one-two punch of the deaths of two major characters was extremely grim although a spell luckily brings him back to life that doesn't make this scene any less
dramatic at least i got to see you one last time number 19 aurora touches the wheel sleeping beauty for being honest maleficent is plenty scary by herself but she showed us how frighteningly cruel she could be to other people in an unforgettable scene maleficent's big plan requires princess aurora to touch a spindle that will spell certain doom before the sun sets on her 16th birthday she shall prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die so the villain puts the royal into an eerie trance that forces her to walk towards her demise
with a blank expression the tension works magnificently thanks to the protracted pace the foreboding music and the otherworldly green light that emanates throughout the scene and aurora's trans-face is downright disturbing as if all that wasn't scary enough the sight of aurora on the floor after she pricks her finger puts a disturbing button on the end of the sequence well here's your precious princess [Music] number 18 may's nightmare turning red released to disney plus turning red received praise for its mature themes aimed towards female puberty and adolescence of course it also found time to scare the
pants off us the most striking scene comes when protagonist may has a nightmare while it's gorgeously animated it's also very messed up [Music] the sequence features tons of disturbing imagery that wouldn't be out of place in a david lynch movie we still can't decide if the flopping fish men or flowers with human faces were more disturbing the music creepy red lighting and quick editing certainly don't help either leave it to pixar to simultaneously impress and disturb us number 17 the chase bambi is there a movie more traumatizing than bambi it has long been notorious for
being sad and difficult to watch and it's thanks to scenes like this its scariest sequence begins when man shoots an adorable little pheasant that drops dead to the ground right in front of the other forest creatures [Music] this in turn results in a scary chase through the forest as the animals run and dodge man's bullets the sounds of growling the sight of barking dogs hungry to attack and the danger for the deer are all really intense it's a great scene that escalates the tension and danger as it goes and it lets viewers experience the terror
of being hunted it's not an experience we particularly enjoy he's coming hush being quiet he's coming closer number 16 facilier is dragged into the underworld the princess and the frog facilier is one of the most unique disney villains of all time the movie is based in the culture of new orleans and facilier serves as the local voodoo witch doctor with connections to the other side i got friends on the other side unfortunately these connections aren't exactly loyal to him after tiana destroys a crucial talisman facilier is dragged to the underworld by his so-called friends who
want to collect their debt this very unsettling sequence is filled with ominous music eerie chanting and lots of disturbing visuals [Music] [Applause] scary though it may be one has to commend the filmmaking both the animation and sound design are all stellar and they combine to make a spooky villain demise number 15 the evil queens transformation snow white and the seven dwarfs it can't be understated how influential and important snow white was for disney during this landmark film viewers became acquainted with disney's unique style naturally that means seeing a few frightening sequences that might leave young
viewers sleeping in their parents bed for the night when the evil queen decides to transform herself into a peddler she mixes a potion using her knowledge of magic i'll go myself to the dwarfs college in a disguise so complete no one will ever suspect the transformation looks painful and features frightening transitions at the end of the sequence the audience gets a face reveal that still stands as one of the scariest character debuts in the disney canon oh perfect disguise [Laughter] we understand why the queen's own raven cowered in fear when seeing her number 14 the
bear fight the fox and the hound anything involving animals is just automatically scarier maybe it's something to do with the snarling faces the guttural sounds they make or the way they move and the fox and the hound is full of hair-raising moments involving animals the fight between copper and todd that ends with amos slade smoking out the foxes is pretty harrowing [Music] copper copper we got them out for sure this is their only way out but the bear fight is even worse the bear is animated to be as scary as possible complete with a massive
frame jet black fur and glowing red eyes he also makes fearsome roars and nearly mauls copper to death bears are instinctually frightening creatures and seeing one nearly slay a man and his pet is just too much to bear no pun intended well come on boy let's go home number 13 the ghost of christmas future mickey's christmas carol no matter what adaptation you're watching the ghost of christmas future is depicted as a nightmarish creature who finally strikes fear and understanding in the heart of ebenezer scrooge it's generally expected that the spirit will be the most frightening
of all the apparitions the miser meets are you the ghost of christmas future in mickey's christmas carol christmas future is played by pete who towers over scrooge and is mostly hidden behind his cloak unlike other adaptations this ghost actually speaks and taunts scrooge before shoving him down the grape whose lonely grave is this why yours ebenezer he also laughs maniacally as scrooge is nearly consumed by the flaming pits of hell this guy lives to frighten and he gets us just as well as he gets scrooge number 12 chernabog fantasia some people have argued that chernabog
is disney's greatest villain because he serves as the purest representation of evil chernabog doesn't have a motive he and his minions simply live to cause chaos during the night in this way chernabog is less a tangible character than he is a symbol of general evil and tyranny [Music] [Applause] this mirrors his real world inspiration chernabog is based on chernabot an evil deity in slavic mythology who bears many similarities to satan but it's not just the symbolism that proves frightening chernabog's scenes are also filled with horrifying imagery and modest mussorgsky's knight on bald mountain serves as
a chilling soundtrack to accompany his reign of terror [Music] number 11 ursula's demise the little mermaid few disney climaxes are as terrifying as the one in the little mermaid for one thing there's the gigantic ursula who threatens ariel and eric and dwarfs the boats around her there's also the uneasy atmosphere of the scene complete with the raging waves of purple sky and flashes of lightning insignificant but the scariest of all is how ursula is slain a desperate eric rams a broken bow sprit through her inflated belly in an instant she screams in pain as electricity
surges through her body she then goes full cracking and uses her massive tentacles to drag the boat down with her although we were glad to see the villain go we didn't want to be this scared throughout her demise number 10 the headless horseman the adventures of ichabod and mr toad while general audiences might not be familiar with this deep disney cut it contains one of their scariest and most legendary villains one half of the movie is based on washington irving's the legend of sleepy hollow and it adapts the iconic headless horseman for the screen [Applause]
the horseman appears to a restless ichabod crane brandishing a sword in one hand and his own head in the other it's an image that frightens not only ichabod and his trusty steed but the audience as well the resulting chase is pure nightmare fuel as the music and visuals combine to create some of the tensest minutes in disney's giant filmography once you cross that bridge my friends the ghost is through his power ends number nine olivia's kidnapping the great mouse detective while disney isn't known for relying on jump scares the company does them right when the
occasion calls for it in one of the great mouse detective's most iconic sequences fidget ambushes and kidnaps poor olivia flabbership someone has taken the liberty of removing the clockwork mechanisms from these toys the sequence is filled with unbearable tension as the toy figures come alive and olivia follows a trail of ominous bubbles she then comes across a wind-up toy and decides to investigate bad idea after olivia slowly peels away the blanket inside she's met with a blood-chilling growl as fidget springs to life it's a very effective jump scare that takes full advantage of the escalating
tension the image of fidget approaching the camera will forever remain burned in our memories number eight hellfire the hunchback of notre dame this movie belongs to judge claude frollo he's easily one of the greatest villains in the disney canon and many of his scenes are classics his death is quite unsettling as he falls from the church into a giant pool of molten lead but his shining moment has to be hellfire this villain song is some amazing production stellar vocals and a haunting instrumental track the visuals are also astoundingly creepy there's plenty of fire a rising
esmeralda being consumed by flames and a hellish choir draped in red robes hearing frollo swear to possess her or see her fall as one of the most ominous antagonist statements ever [Music] now this is how you do a villain song number seven the horned king's undead army the black cauldron this grim animated movie was criticized for its dark tone and disturbing visuals we can't say the critics were wrong this movie is wickedly disturbing and it's all thanks to the horned king its evil power will course through my veins and i shall make you cauldron born
in the movie's scariest sequence the horned king raises his army of the dead through some kind of dark magic the music used throughout the scene is as absolutely haunting as the grotesque visuals on display this includes skeletons walking with the help of a sinister green mist and a screaming face that is made out of the magical liquid the end of the sequence it's clear the horned king has the power to shock fully grown adults and their children number six hopper's death a bug's life leave it to pixar to make us terrified of grasshoppers hopper is
a truly menacing villain and he's arguably one of pixar's most memorable bad guys but we don't know what's scarier hopper or his death you are mindless soil shoving losers put on this earth to serve us actually we do know it's his death hopper taunts the mama bird falsely believing that it is fake unfortunately for him it's very real the bird grabs hopper listens to his panic screams then feeds him alive to her chicks when you get down to it this is a really messed up death scene we know hopper was a bad guy but man
this scene is discomforting number five the incinerator toy story three while toy story 3's incinerator is seen as a magnificent and highly emotional part of the plot it is forever scarred fans this pivotal sequence sees woody buzz and the rest of the toys slowly make their way toward a glowing and thoroughly unwelcoming incinerator after being betrayed where's your kid now [Music] we initially watched them desperately attempt to save their own lives however upon realizing there's no way out the toys hold hands and accept that there's nothing to do but embrace the flames it's a messed
up situation that's made more foreboding by the excellent filmmaking thank god a claw saved the toys from doom and us from suffering permanent emotional damage [Music] number four dumbo's hallucinations dumbo while dumbo makes for quite a cute character his movie contains one of the most infamous sequences in disney's history he accidentally drinks some champagne and begins hallucinating the idea of a disney protagonist getting drunk and tripping out is pretty dark to begin with swallow it oh they can't keep us down [Music] oh i guess you had one little one left over however dumbo's psychedelic hallucinations
take an already uncomfortable situation and magnify it to startling heights the sequence is five minutes of pure madness and contains some of the most surreal visuals ever seen in an animated movie and to think this sequence takes up about seven percent of the entire movie's run time number three clayton's horrific end tarzan disney villains die all the time however the emotional impact of their deaths is usually lessened to some degree maybe they're in the realm of fantasy or maybe we just don't actually see it but not clayton not only do we see the result of
his death but it is extremely realistic i can use a challenge because after i get rid of you rounding up your little eight family will be all too easy during the final battle clayton begins hacking away at the vines to get a tarzan but he cuts a little too much and begins falling on the way down the loose vines wrap around his neck and literally leave clayton hanging the perturbing nature of this death is made even worse by a split second image where a lightning strike illuminates the former villain shadow it's a hardcore end for
a brutal villain number two lampwick becomes an ass pinocchio when pinocchio travels to pleasure island he witnesses the most terrifying transformation in disney history yes that happy land of carefree boys when every day is a holiday after spending time there his friend lampwick starts turning into a donkey and the transformation is not instant lampwick crawls on his knees and begs to startle pinocchio for help but he can only thrash around and smash up the room in total fear and panic as he changes worst of all he screams for his mama as his voice transforms into
that of a brang donkey [Applause] [Music] while the visuals throughout the sequence are frightening it's lampwick's terrified demeanor and desperate behavior that really chills the blood the thoughts of him being shipped off to an unknown place as an animal that can't communicate is horrifying before we continue be sure to subscribe to our channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one scar's
betrayal and mufasa's death the lion king the moments leading up to mufasa's death are some of the most unsettling moments in a disney film after his brother scar lures him into a dangerous place the king desperately tries to stay alive but the villain betrays mufasa in a visceral and unforgettable sequence [Music] the pounding music the visuals and jeremy irons menacing vocal performance are all sublime mufasa's fall is followed by a sobering scene where simba finds his father's body and is forced to run away while the death of the king was horrifying the thought of a
child facing the world without a father figure might have been even more frightening we like simba desperately want mufasa to get up but he never does that scares us every time [Music] did you enjoy this video check out these other clips from watch mojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos you
