10 Most INAPPROPRIATE Scenes In Kids Movies

7. To The Pain - The Princess Bride (1987)

Lion King - Inappropriate
20th Century Fox

This cult classic is best enjoyed with the whole family - just as is shown by its narrators Peter Faulk and Fred Savage as Grandpa and Grandson.

This masterpiece best exemplifies that weird 80s fantasy film that was all the rage, sitting comfortably next to the likes of Labyrinth, The Time Bandits, and The NeverEnding Story. Except, of all of them, this one might have the tamest hairstyles.

Yet amongst Westley's vows of love, Inigo Montoya's vows of revenge, and a couple of Rodents of Unusual Size, is one scene that really stuck with me as a kid.

After Westley has finally found Buttercup safe and well and the man with six fingers has been found and dispatched, Prince Humperdinck arrives ready to continue the battle. Westley is still too weak from previous almost-lethal torture, so effectively bluffs his way out of fighting the scheming prince with a speech so graphic in detail, you're left wondering how the hell this ended up in a family film.

Yep, he basically threatens to brutally mutilate Humperdinck where he stands;

To the pain means the first thing you will lose will be your feet below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrists. Next your nose... The next thing you will lose will be your left eye followed by your right... Your ears you keep and I'll tell you why. So that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish. Every babe that weeps at your approach, every woman who cries out, "Dear God! What is that thing," will echo in your perfect ears. That is what "to the pain means." It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery forever.

Like, seriously - Westley is meant to be the good guy, isn't he? So where did this monologue of carnage come from? Sure, it avoids an overly gory final fight scene, but is this really much better?!

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