In addition to the humor, there is pervading sense of horror. The elephant graveyard is perfectly creepy unto itself, as is watching Scar welcome a pack of cackling hyenas into the Pride Lands as he eulogizes Mufasa and Simba. Seeing Simba overwhelmed by a wave of the hyenas at the climax has had hearts jumping into throats for the past 20 years. And then theres the stampede. Suspense builds from the moment that Scar leaves Simba in the gorge, and the subsequent action sequence is not the most enjoyable. Simba is nearly trampled. Mufasa is struck down and gored by panicking wildebeests as he desperately tries to rescue his son. Meanwhile, Scar dispassionately stalks from above, watching his plot unfold as his brother and nephew scramble for their lives. One of them scrambles more successfully than the other.
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