Disney movies may be dedicated to kids entirely, however, few of their movies had dark origins.
'Hercules' that is assumed to be the son of happily married couple Zeus and Hera but in the original Greek tale, Hercules is the son of Zeus and a mortal, Alcmene and Zeus had a wandering thunder bolt, which is a pretty tame origin story compared to some other Disney adapted fairy tales, E! Online reported.
Disney's 'The Fox and the Hound' directed by Daniel P. Mannix's takes the cake for its sheer tragic twists. The eponymous fox is raised by a seemingly nice hunting family and everything is going great until it's returned to the wild.
He decides to start taunting the hunting dogs in retaliation, and one of them breaks loose and is hit by a train during the subsequent chase. The fox then dies from chase-fueled exhaustion, and another dog become so old that he needs to be shot.
'Snow White''s main villain Queen tries to kill Snow White twice before resorting to the poison apple. The Prince, who she eventually marries, takes her away while she's unconscious in a glass coffin and it's only a coincidence that she wakes up and at the wedding the evil queen has to wear hot iron shoes and dance until she's dead.
