Nostalgia Critic (TV Series)

Black Cauldron (2019)

Tamara Chambers: Dorothy Gale, Mrs. Brisby

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• [Taran thinks he should receive an award for surviving 1980s kids movies that are actually quite dark and scary] 

  Nostalgia Critic : I guess "Black Cauldron" isn't the most liked movie, huh?

  [everyone gasps in shock at the comment] 

  Malcolm : Did you dare say you didn't like "Black Cauldron"?

  Nostalgia Critic : Well, yeah! I mean, no. I mean... That's what you were all acting like!

  Dorothy Gale : Well, nobody likes "Black Cauldron", but that doesn't mean you don't... like... "Black Cauldron"...!

  Nostalgia Critic : What the hell does that mean?

  Malcolm : It's... complicated. Developed in the '70s, "Black Cauldron" went through a lot of reworking until its premiere in 1985. Apparently, it was passed from creative team to creative team, constantly ate up money, being the most expensive animated film at the time, and was heavily edited down because Jeffrey Katzenberg freaked when he saw kids running out of pre-screenings due to how scary it was.

  Nostalgia Critic : Wow, this film sounds kind of badass!

  Malcolm : [hesitating]  It is... to an extent. When it came out, it was not very well received by critics or audiences. In fact, it lost to "The Care Bears Movie". That had already been out. For several months. It was often referred to as the film that almost destroyed Disney. Over the years, though, it's grown a cult following, being praised by fans of dark '80s movies, and cheering it for being the black sheep of Disney cinema.

  Atreyu : Yeah! People were great understanding it was too dark for their brainwashed Disney minds.