Kids' Movies Based On Extremely Adult Stories

There are plenty of movies meant for kids based on classic stories, but if you dig a little deeper, you'll find some pretty adult themes in the source material. A lot of the movies that we'd happily show a four-year old have origins dark enough, they'd horrify a forty-year old. Snow White was already a pretty terrifying movie that haunted the nightmares of many a small child when it first debuted in 1937, but believe it or not, the fairy tale it was based on is somehow even scarier. That probably shouldn't be surprising, though. This was a Brothers Grimm original, and those two famous storytellers are well known for loading up their children's stories with way more death and violence than Disney would have you believe. Case in point: in the original Snow White the evil queen orders a hunter to bring her Snow White's lungs and liver, but the hunter has a conscience so he brings back the lungs and liver of a boar instead. Then the queen eats the lungs and liver, believing them to be Snow White's organs, because she is just that evil. Don't worry, though: she gets her punishment in the end. She's forced to wear a pair of iron shoes and dance on hot coals until she dies. Pleasant dreams, kiddies! Watch the video for more about Kids' Movies Based On Extremely Adult Stories! #SnowWhite #LittleMermaid Snow White, Blood Red | 0:15 Little Mermaid's crappy ending | 1:06 A heartwarming execution | 2:26 Sleeping Victim | 3:48 Talking gargoyles and tragedy | 4:48 There ain't no talking snowman | 5:45 Eat our guest | 7:02 Mowgli's burden | 8:10 Kitty cat con artist | 9:33