@@joshualowe959 Not as much as this segment, it's true that the hunchback is one of the most darkest Disney movies of all, but this segment is showing the hell and Satan himself, Disney never would make something similar to this on this days.
You ever notice chernabog is vilified but all he does is wake up all the ghosties and ghoulies and throw a dance party? Then just goes back to bed… Dudes not a villain hes just a sick DJ
@@joshualowe959 Chaotic Evils should be judged either by how much they go out of their way to destroy/get what they want, or by how much they embody the destructive and contorted nature of evil itself. Lawful evils are more often those who are in the wrong and put their desires before everyone else. I'm not too sure tbh
@@joshualowe959 I'd argue that, yes. I know without a doubt that Frollo's a chaotic evil; he burns an entire city out of lust. Shan Yu and Scar might be more neutral evils, as they are more methodical and have a more based goal in mind, that being taking over a domain.
Hard to believe Disney had this in them at one point. They wouldn't touch this with a 100 foot pole now but it really demonstrated what they were capable of, guiding the audience from the heavenly heights to the bowels of hell in one film.
Well, back when they made this, they weren't yet the worldwide entertainment empire so branded with their own family-friendly image yet. They were just a team of artists exploring the then revolutionary potential of animated feature films. Not trying to bash modern Disney, it's just that in their beginnings they could get away with more because they weren't really established in the public conscious the way they are now.
I heard that Disney are speculating remaking 'A night on bald mountain' in the future. But I'm hoping it doesn't happen as this peice of animation is beautiful.
Walter Elias Disney himself even scaled Mount Triglav to make this sinister climax. Besides, Mount Triglav used to be part of Ukraine. Now, it's still part of Slovenia.
Andrew Taylor Why would it be banned? Most of us grew up with it too. I’m a millennial and I remember watching Fantasia a lot as a kid, though my favourite was the mushroom dancing sequence, granted. Still, I watched this and didn’t die. If anything, there’s /much/ worse than this for kids on this very website lmao. Ever hear of Elsa and Spider-Man?
Very simplistic. You can do this with anything. Disney villains: a con-man fox, or a fat puppet maker Disney villains now: an evil voodoo witch doctor who can communicate with and command spirits and demons.
@SCORPIO its actually means black god in slavic mythology and the devil has an angelic look and not a horned one, which Is Greek i believe correct me if I'm wrong.
It was entirely too experimental in its day. There was only one full length animation film prior to this and the story was very accessible to all. Didn’t help that they also lost the European market due to WWII.
I was so terrified by this that I couldn't even watch this part at all. When I was little, after "Dance of the Hours" I'd stop the tape. It wasn't until I was about 10 that I had the guts to watch this. Truly one of the darkest moments in Disney animation.
+Classy Jelly The darkest Disney moment actually comes up in The Black Cauldron. There's nothing creepier than The Horned King getting sucked inside the cauldron while his flesh is ripped clean off his bones.
I personally love this bit: of course, it's scary as hell (quite literally actually), but the music is so dramatic and powerful, and the animation is a work of art.
lol, my little sister was obsessed with this when I was 5 years old. We actually got her a Chernabog doll for her birthday. But one day she was throwing some trash away and thought that the Chernabog doll was trash, so she threw it away by accident. When it was to late to get him back, she cried all day. r.i.p Chernabog....
4:09. This part creeped me out as a kid. When his hand goes into the flames and all those creatures in his hand turn into miniature devils. Today, it still is quite chilling to watch, especially with that powerful music. Especially for a movie that's 80 years old. And yet, the animation still holds up well. So impressive.
Agreed! Modern cartoons sometimes explore dark themes, but back in 1940, children's movies and radio shows were cute and innocent. This was so out of place compared to what Disney had previously done that it must have really scared a lot of kids who saw it on the big screen at the theater (and disturbed their parents too.) But I'm thinking that Disney must have had a good reason to do something like this. Cinema often reflects what's going on in real life - and World War II was in its early phases when the movie came out. I'm wondering if the monster is supposed to be an allegorical representation of Hitler? Maybe the intended message here to the kids watching it is that life isn't all cute and innocent, and that great evil really does exist in our world.
@@samwilsoncaptainamerica233 he is, Walt Disney himself and staff referred to him as devil himself or at least the only one in disney universe closest to that role
I've got a confession: this scene didn't scare me as a kid. Oh, it scares me now, don't get me wrong. But as a kid, I thought it was more cool than scary. The only thing that kind of got me was Chernabog's unnerving grin.
Honestly though, if they ever wanted to do something experimental again they would push it onto Pixar rather than tackle it themselves. And even Pixar is getting the modern Disney treatment of "make money not art".
Yeah, I’m not putting all that on Disney, you how to people still complain, it’s Star Wars bad but. Let’s just say if you had the balls to against a bunch of sensitive stuff prepare for threats that, ironically aren’t kid friendly.
Now, I belong to group of people who weren't scared by this as a kid, just fascinated. I think it's because one of my childhood classics is "The little witch"(mala carodejnice) based on the book of the same name by Otfried Preussler. At the very beginning of it, there also is a witch sabbath scene, and IT ROCKS. The thing that interested me the most, is the wide spreading and variations of the same concept. In the little witch we are on the Blocksberg, celebrating the Valpurgisnight (the movie gives the alternative names of Rock Mountain and Philippus Jacobus night),i.e. the German version of the tale, while in Fantasia we have Chernabog (an old slavic PAGAN deity) on the Bald Mountain, celebrating saint John's Eve, the slavic version. Long story short, werever you go, a witch's Sabbath will always be more interesting than any party you ever threw.
3:00 - 3:10 Was the scene that always disturbed me as a kid. Not just scared me, but LEGITIMATELY made me feel ill. Chernabog doesn't JUST scoop the demons up, its very clear they clamber onto his fingers and jump into his grasp by choice. They very willingly go to him, obviously seeking to be near their creator, possibly to even gain his praise or affection. Only for him to immediately snarl at his OWN CREATIONS and cast them down into the pit to incinerate. I was never really religious as a kid. But it drew a parallel to the Christian version of God: a benevolent creator who unconditionally loved and protected everyone who came to him. But then when you see the opposite: Chernabog being swarmed by his worshipers and children... grinning to entice them... only to send them down into the volcano for no other reason than spite. I just remembered that single scene sticking with me for so long.
@@wemusthavechannelstocommen619 this scene would be more closelt related to ISLAM but since most americans are so willfully uneducated, I could see how a quasi religious american person sees god in this. These creatures are djinn. They are made from fire, manipulated by Allah. They are for Allahs will and pleasure only. Theres nothing like this in "the bible" especially not in the king james filtered version either.
@@whitealliance9540 Chernabog comes from Slavic mythology and the visual inspiration, including the flames, comes from the art of Heinrich Kley. None of this has anything to do with Arab mythology.
@@whitealliance9540 you really want me to go in on your stupidity? Cause you obviously can read but cannot decipher the code the you read. Don't get crappy with others learn to communicate without getting nasty...it's like you're one of the Djinn and don't even know you're serving the master...... Peace Love Wisdom
At 1:44 combined with the music, this was such an influential part of my childhood when my fascination for ghosts and spirits from the grave was proverbially awakened. This is the only version of this clip with the proper soundtrack to match the incredibly poignant and creepy vibe this clip exudes. All of the new versions have it where the song has picked up more and is quite frankly not as creepy as how the edit was originally
@@grilledcheez08 On the DVD commentary, they had intended to actually have him be a model for Chernobog himself, too, but the head animator ended up really wanting to use himself. Or something like that, it's been a while since I watched the commentary.
I'm 27 now but i remember having the Fantasia VHS, and watching this for the first time as a very young kid at night and it scared the absolute fuck out of me. I still get an oh no feelin lol
Agreed, this used to scare me. But I now find it interesting. The souls coming from the graveyard are larger and more detailed than the souls coming from the surrounding area. I wonder why that may be.
Films like this had multiple animation teams with different animators and team leads. Because of this some scenes would have an different styles and might not even match perfect continuity with other teams.
Was working while listening to "classical music when you're on a deadline" playlist then I heard this song, then suddenly, the visuals I saw 30 years ago flashed in my head. I had to pause and look this up to watch this again. Seeing this now, my my, what a very dark yet powerful animation. Can't believe this was being made during WWII as well. Amazing! Timeless classic!
You know I never realized how much cinematography was in this. Or the intensity of understanding of anatomy. It's been at least 3 years since I've seen fantasia and this makes me wanna go back and watch it again. If I missed this much artistry alone what more could have escaped me?
@@danielecellamare3778 All-too-easily triggered SJW/PC snowflakes who refuse to understand or accept what constitutes a joke or what it means to truly take risks and push it to the absolute limit to create a masterpiece like this.
I love how everyone is saying that sjws would be offended when in reality right wing Christians would be the ones doing all the screaming with this number nowadays.
Rewatched this whole film on Disney plus and it's so amazing to think in 1940 they made this with nothing but classical music and imagination. Such an amazing movie.
Outstanding bellissimo. I love to share with people. And am proud to announce I love this song and share it with all my neighbors in this apartment building. Philadelphia USA
Never saw this movie until a few years ago when it used to be on Netflix. I really love the music because I’m a HUGE fan of epic music and the animation is superb, especially near the end. But his smile STILL manages to send chills down my spine and not very many things can make me do that
This and the Pegasus are my all time favorites. The music, the color, the designs, smooth animation, the stories it all tells together. You don’t need dialogue and therefore can’t spoon feed everything to audience, because you don’t have to or shouldn’t have to. It’s definitely one of the things that’s made a life long lasting impression.
I'm guessing every human in the village would have already locked their doors and put up any protection charms they had and basically spent the whole night praying.....
"Bald Mountain, according to tradition, is the gathering place for Satan and his followers." Based on the music and the fear-inducing animation from this segment alone, they hit the F*CKING mark right on the head.
its amazing how they came up with the images to capture PERFECTLY the nature of this composition. Its like you can't unsee these images if you hear this song again anywhere. Excellent job!!
I like how pure evil this demonic being is... Disney had no problem back then to express faith / religious concepts in their films (Snow White the first Christian princess praying to God to bless the dwarfs, Prince Philip using the sword of truth and the cross of Christ in his shield against Maleficent the mistress of all evil and literally using powers of hell, Bagheera gently quotes scripture as a normal line, The Sword in the Stone referencing "A miracle ordained by heaven" in the sword itself, The Hunchback has religious concepts all the time, Mrs. Potts saying heavenly and thanks the Lord in her words in her songs, etc etc etc etc.) So they literally brought the concept of Satan in their classic hit of sound and color ... a true masterpiece! Yet a controversial at its time as well... This short confronted the Holy and the Profane... the everlasting battle between good vs evil...God vs the devil...Ave Maria’s church bells vs the Chernabog midnight party lol Many will say...”This isn’t the devil/ satan, this is a fake/false god character translation of his name, his name is Chernabog, not satan”... true, his name is Chernabog...but if you watch the original Fantasia, the narrator/orchestra conductor literally gives the backstory of this character by saying how Satan and his followers would dance at night in the mountains ... thus, he is the devil... even Disney animators and staff refer to him as the devil. He is the personification of EVIL, all the Disney villains are influenced and work for him! He does his work in the shadows ... he doesn’t says anything in the short because he doesn’t need to...his presence says it all...HE IS PURE EVIL, you will never find light in him, no love nor compassion, he brings temporal joy to his minions but ultimately destroys them...he is the opposition to good and enjoys making everyone suffer, even his own minions as presented in the short classic ! This short had guts and took risks back then and thus it holds today and is considered the darkest animation in the Disney history!
@@JonathanCurtis0117 No matter how many times and/or facts say that Chernabog is not the Devil, he literally is drawn to look and act like the Devil, he is the freaking devil aka Satan in my eyes and in the eyes of billions of people
This scared the crap out of me when I first watched this at age 5 but I don’t regret it. Children should be allowed to experience fear because without fear, how can one have the courage to face and overcome it?
2:10 Wasn't that figure reused in The Black Cauldron? When Taran, Dallben and Henwen are looking at her vision, that's what the Horned King looks like.
I watched this when i was 6 and i loved it. Now im 19 at this time and i realize how scary this really is but its still beautiful all this work all this passion you can see that. In the whole movie as well. Thank you for uploading this.
When I saw this as a kid in the theaters in 1950's Los Angeles i felt ice cold fear of terror run through me. This movie and those damn flying monkeys in "Oz" still creep me out even after pulling ten months combat in the Nam.
This still gets to my core to this day, at 38 yrs old😱 I remember beeing terrified (yet highly facinated) at age 10, seeing it now brings the emotions right back😳☠ Truly a masterpiece by Disney, sets so much emotions off.
Art Heinneman was the creative director on this, He sympathized with the 1940's animator's strike and Walt reported him to the House of un-american activities alleging that he was a communist. His name was erased from the credits forever. Let us not forget his amazing creative work.
To this day, Chernabog is the most ultimate Disney villain. His wickedness is not motivated by pride or vengeance. His goal is not to rule with absolute power. He has no motives what so ever but to only spread evil and destruction just for the sake of it.
I remember seeing this scene as a kid I always thought it was creepy and cool and a couple of years later I was playing Kingdom hearts in middle school and I got to the part where I had to fight Chernabog and thought OMG HES BACK! lol
DISNEY cartoons once were good at introducing beautiful classic pieces of music as part of the cartoons. I saw FANTASIA as a young kid and never forgot this piece as well as Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours". I am 80 now and both have stayed in my mind..
I have a big TRAUMA with this final part of the movie. When I was young all times I saw it, I was really afraid and scared. The music, the draws, all... magnificent, but terrorific...
Interesting information: Witches, who flies to the bald mountain use as a transport not only a broom, they also uses tools such as a bread shovel, kocherga(a tool made of iron or other fire-resistant material for moving burning firewood and coals in the furnace furnace) or a pestle, that used as a transport by the oldest Kievan witch. I also want to say, that some slavic witches take an example from Baba Yaga-they fly in mortar, hold pestle or a tobacco horn, for example in Poltava if a witch is "sick" for riding(she can't ride a broom or horse, because it hurts her), then for a normal ride she sits in a millet mortar, harnessing two ghouls into it.
As a child, I always refused to watch through the entire film 'cause of this segment. Back then, I was terrified of this mostly because of how scary the music sounded as well as all those close-ups of Chernabog's nightmarish snearing expressions, but with age, what's mostly terrifying about this scene now is the way he practically resurrects all the souls of the dead and does whatever he wants with them, like turning them into horrifying demons like himself just to repeatedly burn them all alive afterwards. It's just such a masterful representation of pure evil, which is one of the many reasons Fantasia is one of my alltime favorite Disney films these days. Not only is it one of the best-looking animated films to date, but each segment is purely unique and variate in both story, mood, and creativity, and it has made me gain new love and respect for classical music in later years (which has often never really been my favorite music genre, coming from a general metalhead, though even metal has made me love classical music all the more in my current age, seeing how many of my metal idols originally were influenced by classical pieces n' composers).
This movie is an undisputed masterpiece, not only one of the best Disney movies ever, but one of the best movies period.
It's my favorite movie since I was little. Took me until 6th grade to finally watch this part.
Indeed.
well its not really a movie and doesn't really have a plot but its pretty great in terms of visuals and art.
Okay
In fact this one my personal favorite disney films.
It number 2 of my list.
"Life is not pretty and innocent like a Disney movie".
*The Disney movie:*
pretty? innocent? this short clip is showing the hell!
and the people enjoy to see it, because, i see a hellish place, who cares i am not there, after i have nice dreams no problem..
Hunchback of Notre Dame & Lion King were dark Disney movies as well
@@joshualowe959 Not as much as this segment, it's true that the hunchback is one of the most darkest Disney movies of all, but this segment is showing the hell and Satan himself, Disney never would make something similar to this on this days.
@@eduardoramirez3065 true. They wouldn't even make a dark movie as Hunchback.
I will forever love how they animated Chernabog's hands. So damn good!
Rumor has it that Bela Lugosi himself was invited into the studio to make those hand motions and they rotoscoped over it.
I don't like the fire in his hands ✝️
This scene in itself is animated so well
Me too!!!
Only Frollo can rival the hands of chernabog
You ever notice chernabog is vilified but all he does is wake up all the ghosties and ghoulies and throw a dance party? Then just goes back to bed… Dudes not a villain hes just a sick DJ
😂
Satan and the bois on All Hallow's Eve.
@@kira-dk2mx facts 😂
U stole this from Pinterest my guy
Chernabog: the underrated DJ of hell dance parties. He was simply misunderstood 😂
Maleficent: pure evil.
Chernabog: RAW evil.
The definitive visual and characteristic difference between Lawful Evil and Chaotic Evil.
@@Hanzer-ns5bh Chernabog & Maleficent are chaotic evils. Villains like Frollo, Scar & Shan Yu are Lawful evils right?
@@joshualowe959 Chaotic Evils should be judged either by how much they go out of their way to destroy/get what they want, or by how much they embody the destructive and contorted nature of evil itself.
Lawful evils are more often those who are in the wrong and put their desires before everyone else.
I'm not too sure tbh
@@Rinesmyth So are Frollo, Scar & Shan Yu actually chaotic evils??
@@joshualowe959 I'd argue that, yes. I know without a doubt that Frollo's a chaotic evil; he burns an entire city out of lust.
Shan Yu and Scar might be more neutral evils, as they are more methodical and have a more based goal in mind, that being taking over a domain.
Hard to believe Disney had this in them at one point. They wouldn't touch this with a 100 foot pole now but it really demonstrated what they were capable of, guiding the audience from the heavenly heights to the bowels of hell in one film.
Well, back when they made this, they weren't yet the worldwide entertainment empire so branded with their own family-friendly image yet. They were just a team of artists exploring the then revolutionary potential of animated feature films. Not trying to bash modern Disney, it's just that in their beginnings they could get away with more because they weren't really established in the public conscious the way they are now.
I heard that Disney are speculating remaking 'A night on bald mountain' in the future. But I'm hoping it doesn't happen as this peice of animation is beautiful.
Walter Elias Disney himself even scaled Mount Triglav to make this sinister climax. Besides, Mount Triglav used to be part of Ukraine. Now, it's still part of Slovenia.
In this snowflake generation I bet this would be banned from TV
Andrew Taylor Why would it be banned? Most of us grew up with it too. I’m a millennial and I remember watching Fantasia a lot as a kid, though my favourite was the mushroom dancing sequence, granted.
Still, I watched this and didn’t die. If anything, there’s /much/ worse than this for kids on this very website lmao. Ever hear of Elsa and Spider-Man?
Love how it's 0 dialogue and the music just speaks for itself.
Disney villains then: Chernabog
Disney villains now: 17 year old high school girl
The only difference between the two is one controls people for their own pleasure and then promptly obliterates them and the other is Chernobog.
I'd be more scared by the second
Very simplistic. You can do this with anything.
Disney villains: a con-man fox, or a fat puppet maker
Disney villains now: an evil voodoo witch doctor who can communicate with and command spirits and demons.
@@jonathanb1406 "now" was over 10 years ago
@SCORPIO its actually means black god in slavic mythology and the devil has an angelic look and not a horned one, which Is Greek i believe correct me if I'm wrong.
It's a real shame how audiences didn't accept such a masterpiece back then, causing Disney to hold back on his creative and daring visions.
rachel Arreguin si solo mira como los afecto a los muy pobre nunca lo an podido superar asta ahora no lo an podido superar
And today it would look too boring. There has to be more drama, sex, etc. As if we don't have enough of that today...really sad too.
It was entirely too experimental in its day. There was only one full length animation film prior to this and the story was very accessible to all. Didn’t help that they also lost the European market due to WWII.
It's not that audiences didn't accept it, it's that WW2 came out and cut off profits because everyone feared the war
It made over 80 million dollars so I think it was accepted.
I was so terrified by this that I couldn't even watch this part at all. When I was little, after "Dance of the Hours" I'd stop the tape. It wasn't until I was about 10 that I had the guts to watch this. Truly one of the darkest moments in Disney animation.
darthstarkiller1912 um, more like THE darkest moment in Disney animation
I did the same thing when I was a kid!
Elizabeth McCormick So do I, until I found out how awesome this scene is
+Classy Jelly
The darkest Disney moment actually comes up in The Black Cauldron. There's nothing creepier than The Horned King getting sucked inside the cauldron while his flesh is ripped clean off his bones.
darthstarkiller1912 Actually this scene was the 7th darkest and/or scariest Disney moments in the planet. And I can see why
Imagine walking through the house at midnight because you have to pee, and you see all of THIS from your window
: hey honey pack your things were moving in with your sister!
I wouldn’t last until the bathroom lol
i peed in my pants
I did, but I was also on LSD.
"imagination"
The fact that this was all hand drawn is just pure genius and talent this art is gone of the yesteryear's
they rely too much on cgi today.
@@odysseus2k1 or just adapting things into live action
I personally love this bit: of course, it's scary as hell (quite literally actually), but the music is so dramatic and powerful, and the animation is a work of art.
Couldn't agree more, the music and atmosphere alone gets my heart racing. I love it.
more scary then Five Nights at Freddy jump scares!
When I was a kid I would only watch this part and then turn off the second part lol I guess that explains a lot now 😅
This and the dinosaur one scared the ever living crap out of me as a kid
I was the 666th like 🎉
Chernabog is without a doubt the leader of the Disney villains.
Eli Winston I thought it was the evil queen since she’s the very first villain from Disney ?
i thought it was maleficent 😂
ItsYaGirlZari Chernabog is Disney’s version of Satan...so, it would be Chernabog
Emonerd 6667 well, actually he’s the Slavic Satan but yea Disney too.
Chernabog puts Maleficent to shame
Pretty cool how they deliberately made Chernabog's movements mimic those of an orchestra conductor.
Great observation!
lol, my little sister was obsessed with this when I was 5 years old. We actually got her a Chernabog doll for her birthday. But one day she was throwing some trash away and thought that the Chernabog doll was trash, so she threw it away by accident. When it was to late to get him back, she cried all day.
r.i.p Chernabog....
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I totally expected you to say you ended up finding the doll with you again after she threw it away like it was haunted lol
That's why Chernabog is the leader of Devil Disney Villians, she threw him away to rot in hell.
@@shadowking1380 amazon in the 90s yes
Walt Disney himself has said this is supposed to be the Devil. I believe him.
CHERNOBOG
A slavic tale , cherno - Black , Bog- God
Black giant Devil on Mount Triglav!!!!
@James Chris you made find that Chernabog, Bephomet, Lucifer, Satan, The Goat Of Mendes, Anti-Christ and The Devil are entirely of the same thing.
@@kokobean5921 NO, its the DEVIL.
The fact that this movie is 83 years old is mind blowing.
I thought it was made in 1947
0:32 when your girlfriend did new nails and she wants to show you them
Starling Vitamin LOL
LOL LMAO
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Lmaoooooooo
aajajajjaja my dog does this when we get his nails clipped at the groomer lol
4:09. This part creeped me out as a kid. When his hand goes into the flames and all those creatures in his hand turn into miniature devils. Today, it still is quite chilling to watch, especially with that powerful music. Especially for a movie that's 80 years old. And yet, the animation still holds up well. So impressive.
Disney must've had some nerve to animate something this dark for a music show in the 1940s.
If you think it was controversial back then, just imagine how controversial it would be now days!
Cierto, la animación y la pieza musical son bastante oscuras, un saludo tocayo, yo también soy de Honduras
Spinlok probably better than today’s animated movies.
It sound some creepy and dark why Disney that has animated.....
Agreed! Modern cartoons sometimes explore dark themes, but back in 1940, children's movies and radio shows were cute and innocent. This was so out of place compared to what Disney had previously done that it must have really scared a lot of kids who saw it on the big screen at the theater (and disturbed their parents too.) But I'm thinking that Disney must have had a good reason to do something like this. Cinema often reflects what's going on in real life - and World War II was in its early phases when the movie came out. I'm wondering if the monster is supposed to be an allegorical representation of Hitler? Maybe the intended message here to the kids watching it is that life isn't all cute and innocent, and that great evil really does exist in our world.
Facing the terror that haunted your childhood nightmares in kingdom hearts.
To me, it was personal.
Fantastic
Indeed cool. A revenge battle
For me it felt like he should've been the main Villain
@@samwilsoncaptainamerica233 he is, Walt Disney himself and staff referred to him as devil himself or at least the only one in disney universe closest to that role
@@samwilsoncaptainamerica233 Chernabog was originally going to be the main villain of Kingdom Hearts 1.
The music in the first 24 seconds was enough to scare me as a 7-year-old child.
I'm 29 now and it still gives me shivers.
Disney villains now: *Terry*
Disney villains then: *Goddamn Satan Himself*
Oh how times change 😓
*chuckles in disney's employ
Terry is “Bad Guy” of that Pixar movie *Soul*
Terry isn't a villain, they are just doing their job, they are an antagonist
Damn right. Disney used to be pretty edgy. It hurts that they are even censoring some of their classics, both the rides and animations.
I've got a confession: this scene didn't scare me as a kid. Oh, it scares me now, don't get me wrong. But as a kid, I thought it was more cool than scary. The only thing that kind of got me was Chernabog's unnerving grin.
Opposite of me. I was terrified of this as a kid, now I love it.
Same!! I was just enjoying the show and I wasn’t scared of this for some reason when I was a kid?? 🤨🤔
@@theultimatenuggeth.r9959 this is how I imagined the Balrog in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy.
Why does it scare you now?
@@hwren9845 what you love about him!
78 years later and I still wonder how they do those ghost effects?
Translucent paint, first invented for and used in the Mickey Mouse cartoon Lonesome Ghosts (1937).
@@willausterman3104 how
@@Maisonier the paint used to color the ghosts in is transparent. It only slightly obscures the painted background underneath it.
@🚀Kalle🚀 I was in awe when I saw this before my teens. It was dark but..beautiful in an imaginative way 😀
Will Austerman thanks teacher 👍
A masterpiece of animation. The Disney of today wouldn't have the guts to make something like this.
Honestly though, if they ever wanted to do something experimental again they would push it onto Pixar rather than tackle it themselves. And even Pixar is getting the modern Disney treatment of "make money not art".
@@wierdmr🙄
I mean I don't blame Disney they still get complains from parents because it's to scary
Yeah, I’m not putting all that on Disney, you how to people still complain, it’s Star Wars bad but. Let’s just say if you had the balls to against a bunch of sensitive stuff prepare for threats that, ironically aren’t kid friendly.
When I saw this as a 4 year old, I was in awe. I used to mimic his movements. Fantasia was my favourite movie at the time.
I was a pretty morbid kid.
This, the most impressive piece of animation the Walt Disney Studio every produced up to that point, was only a dozen years after Steamboat Willie!
You should see Fantasia 1999 if you haven't.
@@sarahberkner You bet I have! Saw it in its theatrical run, though not in IMAX since, at the time, there were no IMAX theaters near me.
This is definitely one of the most, if not THE, disturbing, darkest, and scariest scenes in any Disney film.
What about Hellfire from The Hunchback of Notre Dame?
@@superdisney5535that’s pretty dark too a lot of scary scenes in Disney movies are dark not just this one
This was the film that opened my eyes to enjoying dark storytelling.
Now, I belong to group of people who weren't scared by this as a kid, just fascinated.
I think it's because one of my childhood classics is "The little witch"(mala carodejnice) based on the book of the same name by Otfried Preussler. At the very beginning of it, there also is a witch sabbath scene, and IT ROCKS. The thing that interested me the most, is the wide spreading and variations of the same concept. In the little witch we are on the Blocksberg, celebrating the Valpurgisnight (the movie gives the alternative names of Rock Mountain and Philippus Jacobus night),i.e. the German version of the tale, while in Fantasia we have Chernabog (an old slavic PAGAN deity) on the Bald Mountain, celebrating saint John's Eve, the slavic version.
Long story short, werever you go, a witch's Sabbath will always be more interesting than any party you ever threw.
I loved this as a kid. However, now watching this.. It's honestly very disturbing. With that said, it's very well done. It's a terrifying masterpiece!
@Frank Buenos Well, the 29 people that liked do
@@cocolover1237 Now 66!
I wonder why Disney doesn't do things like these anymore. I loved this as a kid!
Same
Because kids apparently can't handle it.
Were in era in which kids grow up with the internet, I think they've seen way scarier.
Money. Even then this movie didn't do well financially speaking. It's no longer about pushing boundries, it's about money.
Because they a bunch of pussies
Because today it would be considered as a nightmare fuel. Maybe.
3:00 - 3:10 Was the scene that always disturbed me as a kid. Not just scared me, but LEGITIMATELY made me feel ill.
Chernabog doesn't JUST scoop the demons up, its very clear they clamber onto his fingers and jump into his grasp by choice. They very willingly go to him, obviously seeking to be near their creator, possibly to even gain his praise or affection. Only for him to immediately snarl at his OWN CREATIONS and cast them down into the pit to incinerate.
I was never really religious as a kid. But it drew a parallel to the Christian version of God: a benevolent creator who unconditionally loved and protected everyone who came to him. But then when you see the opposite: Chernabog being swarmed by his worshipers and children... grinning to entice them... only to send them down into the volcano for no other reason than spite.
I just remembered that single scene sticking with me for so long.
Do the flames hurt or damage them? They seem to change/supercharge the demons later on instead of destroying them.
@@wemusthavechannelstocommen619 this scene would be more closelt related to ISLAM but since most americans are so willfully uneducated, I could see how a quasi religious american person sees god in this.
These creatures are djinn. They are made from fire, manipulated by Allah. They are for Allahs will and pleasure only.
Theres nothing like this in "the bible" especially not in the king james filtered version either.
@@whitealliance9540 Chernabog comes from Slavic mythology and the visual inspiration, including the flames, comes from the art of Heinrich Kley. None of this has anything to do with Arab mythology.
@@wemusthavechannelstocommen619 hey stupid, I typed "closely related to". So why are you running your mouth? You cant read good or somethin?
@@whitealliance9540 you really want me to go in on your stupidity? Cause you obviously can read but cannot decipher the code the you read. Don't get crappy with others learn to communicate without getting nasty...it's like you're one of the Djinn and don't even know you're serving the master......
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At 1:44 combined with the music, this was such an influential part of my childhood when my fascination for ghosts and spirits from the grave was proverbially awakened. This is the only version of this clip with the proper soundtrack to match the incredibly poignant and creepy vibe this clip exudes. All of the new versions have it where the song has picked up more and is quite frankly not as creepy as how the edit was originally
That image will always be engraved into my head. So haunting yet magical.
I wonder how they got the effect.
Chernabog honestly looks like he’d give both Maleficent and The Horned King a run for their money
Why is no one talking about just how beautifully and flawlessly they animated his hands? Im in awe, its so clean and so smooth for the time period.
Supposedly, the hands were modeled by Bela Lugosi.
@@cheezemonkeyeater I actually had to look this up to confirm and it says they modeled the hands after his movements probably, still very cool!
@@grilledcheez08 On the DVD commentary, they had intended to actually have him be a model for Chernobog himself, too, but the head animator ended up really wanting to use himself.
Or something like that, it's been a while since I watched the commentary.
@@cheezemonkeyeater Yeah forsure I actually just watched a vid about it after your comment. Shits interesting as fuck.
I'm 27 now but i remember having the Fantasia VHS, and watching this for the first time as a very young kid at night and it scared the absolute fuck out of me. I still get an oh no feelin lol
This scene would not be as amazing as it is if not for the music. Modest Mussorgsky, one of my favorite composers!
This is so dark bit so bloody wonderful
I remember turning the volume down and hiding under the covers as a kid during this bit
Agreed, this used to scare me. But I now find it interesting. The souls coming from the graveyard are larger and more detailed than the souls coming from the surrounding area. I wonder why that may be.
Films like this had multiple animation teams with different animators and team leads. Because of this some scenes would have an different styles and might not even match perfect continuity with other teams.
Was working while listening to "classical music when you're on a deadline" playlist then I heard this song, then suddenly, the visuals I saw 30 years ago flashed in my head. I had to pause and look this up to watch this again. Seeing this now, my my, what a very dark yet powerful animation. Can't believe this was being made during WWII as well. Amazing! Timeless classic!
You know I never realized how much cinematography was in this. Or the intensity of understanding of anatomy.
It's been at least 3 years since I've seen fantasia and this makes me wanna go back and watch it again.
If I missed this much artistry alone what more could have escaped me?
This scene would not be possible in our days!
why????????????????????????????????
@@danielecellamare3778 sjw
@@danielecellamare3778 everybody gets triggered by everything so easily and they’d say it’s unhealthy for the children
@@danielecellamare3778 All-too-easily triggered SJW/PC snowflakes who refuse to understand or accept what constitutes a joke or what it means to truly take risks and push it to the absolute limit to create a masterpiece like this.
I love how everyone is saying that sjws would be offended when in reality right wing Christians would be the ones doing all the screaming with this number nowadays.
3:05-3:09 when my teacher looks at my homework and disapproves of my answers
omfg xD
THat's MmmMmmmM
Lmfao
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Up there with the best Disney movies of all time ❤
Rewatched this whole film on Disney plus and it's so amazing to think in 1940 they made this with nothing but classical music and imagination. Such an amazing movie.
My brother use to think this was from the tv show, Gargoyles.
The imagery of his hands’ shadows engulfing the town in darkness is incredible.
Outstanding bellissimo. I love to share with people. And am proud to announce I love this song and share it with all my neighbors in this apartment building. Philadelphia USA
Never saw this movie until a few years ago when it used to be on Netflix. I really love the music because I’m a HUGE fan of epic music and the animation is superb, especially near the end. But his smile STILL manages to send chills down my spine and not very many things can make me do that
This scared me when I was little.
This is what I thought the devil himself would look like and this was his music
This and the Pegasus are my all time favorites. The music, the color, the designs, smooth animation, the stories it all tells together. You don’t need dialogue and therefore can’t spoon feed everything to audience, because you don’t have to or shouldn’t have to. It’s definitely one of the things that’s made a life long lasting impression.
Hades from that episode of the House of Mouse: "Hey, it's the old act! I love this guy!"
Now THAT’S a Halloween party!
LOL yeah.
A masterpiece of animation!
They need to make more demon animations lol
Indeed.
This film is a masterpiece. Oh those childhood memories watching in VHS over and over ❤️
I'm guessing every human in the village would have already locked their doors and put up any protection charms they had and basically spent the whole night praying.....
"Bald Mountain, according to tradition, is the gathering place for Satan and his followers."
Based on the music and the fear-inducing animation from this segment alone, they hit the F*CKING mark right on the head.
*Doom slayer walks in* "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum. And i'm all out of bubblegum."
Also, good knowledge on the subject matter.
its amazing how they came up with the images to capture PERFECTLY the nature of this composition. Its like you can't unsee these images if you hear this song again anywhere. Excellent job!!
This is wonderful! I saw Fantasia as a very young boy and was impressed. Now I am impressed once again.
I must have been a strange child because I loved watching this when Disney used to play it around Halloween. One of my favorite parts of fantasia too
I like how pure evil this demonic being is...
Disney had no problem back then to express faith / religious concepts in their films (Snow White the first Christian princess praying to God to bless the dwarfs, Prince Philip using the sword of truth and the cross of Christ in his shield against Maleficent the mistress of all evil and literally using powers of hell, Bagheera gently quotes scripture as a normal line, The Sword in the Stone referencing "A miracle ordained by heaven" in the sword itself, The Hunchback has religious concepts all the time, Mrs. Potts saying heavenly and thanks the Lord in her words in her songs, etc etc etc etc.)
So they literally brought the concept of Satan in their classic hit of sound and color ... a true masterpiece! Yet a controversial at its time as well... This short confronted the Holy and the Profane... the everlasting battle between good vs evil...God vs the devil...Ave Maria’s church bells vs the Chernabog midnight party lol
Many will say...”This isn’t the devil/ satan, this is a fake/false god character translation of his name, his name is Chernabog, not satan”... true, his name is Chernabog...but if you watch the original Fantasia, the narrator/orchestra conductor literally gives the backstory of this character by saying how Satan and his followers would dance at night in the mountains ... thus, he is the devil... even Disney animators and staff refer to him as the devil. He is the personification of EVIL, all the Disney villains are influenced and work for him! He does his work in the shadows ... he doesn’t says anything in the short because he doesn’t need to...his presence says it all...HE IS PURE EVIL, you will never find light in him, no love nor compassion, he brings temporal joy to his minions but ultimately destroys them...he is the opposition to good and enjoys making everyone suffer, even his own minions as presented in the short classic !
This short had guts and took risks back then and thus it holds today and is considered the darkest animation in the Disney history!
If you read illuminati blood lines Disney has a hole chapter talking about thie scene and what it represents
@@dkfaust222 I have read it, fascinating and intriguing ... and scary.
@Elaine Cuenca Find what? The Illuminati or the scene of Fantasia conductor explaining that Chernabog is the Devil?
It's not Satan it's his second in command lol
@@JonathanCurtis0117 No matter how many times and/or facts say that Chernabog is not the Devil, he literally is drawn to look and act like the Devil, he is the freaking devil aka Satan in my eyes and in the eyes of billions of people
Night shift in a nutshell
no words is being spoken, and yet this is a masterpiece, the animation and music actually tell the whole story
Masterpiece of animation and filmmaking.
My absolute favorite scene and music in this movie
By far, the scariest character in Disney, behind the Headless Horseman, & the Bear.
Which bear?
@@matteocaiti4878Probably the one from Fox and The Hound
Number 1 is Bill Cipher imo
This scared the crap out of me when I first watched this at age 5 but I don’t regret it. Children should be allowed to experience fear because without fear, how can one have the courage to face and overcome it?
My heart is pounding. I've seen this several time, heard the music several times. It gets me every time.
Most insane Disney media of all time. Fantasia was truly a masterpiece, deffenatly my favorite animated movie.
2:10 Wasn't that figure reused in The Black Cauldron? When Taran, Dallben and Henwen are looking at her vision, that's what the Horned King looks like.
Sure as heck an awesome throwback if so, I've been meaning to watch Cauldron; now I gotta!
Yes
I remember how much this terrified me when I was a kid, but I would still sit and stare in absolute awe, you just can't take your eyes off of it!
I watched this when i was 6 and i loved it. Now im 19 at this time and i realize how scary this really is but its still beautiful all this work all this passion you can see that. In the whole movie as well. Thank you for uploading this.
When I saw this as a kid in the theaters in 1950's Los Angeles i felt ice cold fear of terror run through me. This movie and those damn flying monkeys in "Oz" still creep me out even after pulling ten months combat in the Nam.
2:26 - Stunning animation!! The fluid way that skeleton horse is running!! Just...wow!
This never escaped my mind. I always remembered it and everything. It was my favorite piece the whole movie.
I remember watching this in 2nd grade in school right before Halloween and I loved it! That was about 40 years ago and I still love it. 🖤💀
As a child I was terrified of this. I used to hide under the table or in a cushion fort while watching this.
This still gets to my core to this day, at 38 yrs old😱 I remember beeing terrified (yet highly facinated) at age 10, seeing it now brings the emotions right back😳☠ Truly a masterpiece by Disney, sets so much emotions off.
finally at the age of 27 I had the courage to watch this part entirely. I hoping to not have bad dreams tonight,
Original Maleficent: “NOW YOU SHALL FACE THE POWER OF HELL!!!!
Current Maleficent: “Look at my sweet little girl!”
This is my childhood right here. Love the music and the trippy animations, nostalgia 🙌🏼
Art Heinneman was the creative director on this, He sympathized with the 1940's animator's strike and Walt reported him to the House of un-american activities alleging that he was a communist.
His name was erased from the credits forever. Let us not forget his amazing creative work.
Really well done for something made during WW2
To this day, Chernabog is the most ultimate Disney villain. His wickedness is not motivated by pride or vengeance. His goal is not to rule with absolute power. He has no motives what so ever but to only spread evil and destruction just for the sake of it.
Disney and Mussorgsky Great combo. I have always loved this one. Thanks for posting it.
I still have dreams about this from my childhood; rewinding the VCR tapes over and over...the best part about Fantasia in my opinion!
79 years later and still metal af!
I remember seeing this scene as a kid I always thought it was creepy and cool and a couple of years later I was playing Kingdom hearts in middle school and I got to the part where I had to fight Chernabog and thought OMG HES BACK! lol
DISNEY cartoons once were good at introducing beautiful classic pieces of music as part of the cartoons. I saw FANTASIA as a young kid and never forgot this piece as well as Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours". I am 80 now and both have stayed in my mind..
The frenzied energy of this music and animation is amazing.
Mi infancia ❤🥺, gracias por compartir, no lo quite nunca 🙏🏻 #nostalgia
I personally never found this scene frightening, even when I was a kid. I thought the animation and music was so amazing, it reminded me of Halloween.
I have a big TRAUMA with this final part of the movie. When I was young all times I saw it, I was really afraid and scared. The music, the draws, all... magnificent, but terrorific...
Interesting information:
Witches, who flies to the bald mountain use as a transport not only a broom, they also uses tools such as a bread shovel, kocherga(a tool made of iron or other fire-resistant material for moving burning firewood and coals in the furnace furnace) or a pestle, that used as a transport by the oldest Kievan witch. I also want to say, that some slavic witches take an example from Baba Yaga-they fly in mortar, hold pestle or a tobacco horn, for example in Poltava if a witch is "sick" for riding(she can't ride a broom or horse, because it hurts her), then for a normal ride she sits in a millet mortar, harnessing two ghouls into it.
This didn't scare me as a kid but the coachman from Pinocchio did! Lol
Top 10 darkest and scariest Disney moments
As a child, I always refused to watch through the entire film 'cause of this segment. Back then, I was terrified of this mostly because of how scary the music sounded as well as all those close-ups of Chernabog's nightmarish snearing expressions, but with age, what's mostly terrifying about this scene now is the way he practically resurrects all the souls of the dead and does whatever he wants with them, like turning them into horrifying demons like himself just to repeatedly burn them all alive afterwards. It's just such a masterful representation of pure evil, which is one of the many reasons Fantasia is one of my alltime favorite Disney films these days. Not only is it one of the best-looking animated films to date, but each segment is purely unique and variate in both story, mood, and creativity, and it has made me gain new love and respect for classical music in later years (which has often never really been my favorite music genre, coming from a general metalhead, though even metal has made me love classical music all the more in my current age, seeing how many of my metal idols originally were influenced by classical pieces n' composers).