Live-action adaptations can often miss the mark and fail to recreate the magic and awe of the animated original.
But if you peel back the layers, youll find that this movie isn’t for children at all.
The originalGrimms Fairy Talesversion from 1812is actually a chilling tale of obsession and psychological terror.
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In fact, Disney softened many of these brutal aspects from the original story.
From the very beginning, the Evil Queen is a disturbingly sinister villain.
And imagine what that must have been like for Snow White.
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This dark fairy tale is very accurate to its source material.
The Huntsman cant go through with it, but that doesnt mean Snow White is safe.
Instead, she is thrown into an even worse situation completely alone, lost in a terrifying forest.
The forest sequence in the Disney film is pure nightmare fuel, even by todays standards.
The trees twist into monstrous shapes, their branches stretching out like skeletal fingers trying to grab her.
Shadows dance in eerie patterns, and the darkness seems alive, pressing in on her from all sides.
The dwarfs reaction to finding her is heartbreaking.
Disguised as a peddler woman, the Queen first offers Snow White a woven corset.
Once Snow White puts it on, the Queen pulls the laces so tight that she stops breathing.
Snow White, again, accepts it.
(Girl, open your eyes!)
The moment it touches her scalp, she faints, poisoned.
But the dwarfs happen to save her by removing the comb.
After two failed attempts, the Queen creates the poisoned apple, leading to her final death.
As dark as all of that is, nothing compares to the Queens own fate.
The Prince never “kisses” Snow White.
Instead, he creepily becomes enamored by her beauty and requests to take her casket to his castle.
No matter which version you look at,Snow Whiteis far more than just a children’s story.
Its a gothic horror story hidden beneath the guise of a fairy tale.
Once you realize that, youll never see it the same way again.
The live-action remake,Snow White, is in theaters now.
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