12 Reasons 1985 Was The Most Important Movie Year Ever
4. Disney Cartoons And Oz Both Went Utterly Terrifying
Disney has a history of being pretty dark: even in Pixars mega blockbusters of the modern era, themes as bleak as death, abandonment, divorce and identity play major parts and its like theyre trying to shock emotions out of you. But not even those moments, or even the most chilling scenes from classic films like Snow White could compete with The Black Cauldron in the fear stakes. Its like the animators all simultaneously dropped acid and had wild, impossibly horrible trips that they channelled into the film. Theres a reason nobody remembers it, and its not because it was bad: its because it haunts your dreams. The same year, Disney decided to take The Wizard Of Oz and put it through the darkest mirror possible, reinventing what was a classic family film into something that is entirely horrifying. Imagine being a fan of the original movie and suddenly being confronted by the Wheelers, or Mombi, or the revelation that the happy ending of the first film was a big fat lie. A bloody Disney film was the scariest film of the year, and somehow, despite the fact that it consciously, deliberately urinated all over the legacy of the original it will always be the best Oz film for a certain type of film fan.
