With the bright, jolly, and child-friendly image that Disney has crafted for itself, it’s easy to think that the network has always been like this.
However, there was a time when Disney was experimenting with darker themes and stories.
It was a time when the studio released creepy movies like Something Wicked This Way Comes and The Black Cauldron which subverted expectations most people had with a typical Disney movie.
Tim Burton had just begun his collaborations with Disney, and though he was yet to produce any of his original work, his potential was clear to the studio executives.
So, in 1984, he finally got a chance to bring his vision to life with two short films — Vincent and Hansel and Gretel.
The former received its share of praise and even popped up in various film festivals.
Hansel and Gretel, however, was so surreal, creepy, and undeniably Burtonesque that it…
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