The most expensive animated film at the time, The Black Cauldron falls into Disney’s darker storytelling side for children and adults. After some scenes proved too intense for kids during a test screening, some removals and additions to soften the animated terrors were made, pushing the film to release a year later than scheduled. The Black Cauldron was the first Disney film to use computer-based animation. The Watcher in the Woods (1980) and Dragonslayer (1981), two live-action Disney films, also pushed toward the darker sides of fantasy, with both achieving cult status.
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