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Dark as it is, the story features child abandonment, attempted cannibalism, enslavement, and murder. Unfortunately, the origins of the story are equally — if not more — horrifying. It opens on a pair of children who are to be abandoned by their starving parents in the forest. The kids, Hansel and Gretel, get wind of their parents’ plan and find their way home by following a trail of stones Hansel had dropped earlier. The mother, or stepmother by some tellings, then convinces

In today's installment of The Gruesome Origins of Classic Fairytales we are covering The Snow Queen. The story is loosely represented in the Disney movie Frozen. We obviously know what Frozen is about but the synopsis of it is; two sisters are living in Arendelle, the oldest Elsa always wears gloves as she has ice/snow powers and the youngest Anna dreams of getting married. The sisters parents died when they were young when their ship sunk during a storm. The movie follows El

In today's installment of The Gruesome Origins of Classic Fairytales we are covering Rapunzel. We all know the Disney version "Tangled". Rapunzel is trapped in a tower by Mother Gothel and Flynn Rider finds the tower and takes her to the palace. The journey is difficult for rapunzel dealing with the guilt of leaving. Flynn starts to fall for her and when they arrive at the town, she is figured out to be the long lost princess. Eventually Gothel is eradicated and Flynn and Rap

In today's installment of The Gruesome Origins of Classic Fairytales we are covering Pinocchio. This time I have actually decided to include the actual film plot that way if you haven't seen the Disney version you get the gist of what happened. So here is the plot for the Disney version. Jiminy Cricket, after singing "When You Wish Upon A Star", explains to the audience that he is going to tell a story of a wish coming true. His story begins in the Italian workshop of a wood

In today's installme nt of The Gruesome Origins of Classic Fairytales we are covering Beauty & the Beast. We all know the Disney version; Belle is a girl living in France, the whole village thinks she is strange because she reads all the time. She takes her father's place at the beast's castle after he was caught taking a rose. She eventually falls for the beast who turns into a prince. They end up getting married etc. Basically like every other Disney movie. The live-action