Disney films are adored the world over. Their joyous combination of love, charm, and happy-ever-endings have induced smiles and laughter from all of us.

Equally, they have never been afraid to depict utterly bleak sadness to throw an even bigger emotional punch. Like in Dumbo, when our cute little elephant touches trunks with his imprisoned mother as she sings him a lullaby; or in Bambi, when his mother's shot dead by a poacher.



But sometimes, Disney chose to take a different direction - a much darker, more sinister, direction.

Click next for 5 of the eeriest scenes in your favorite Disney movies.

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