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The Spooky Content Available on Disney+ at Launch Includes ‘Mr. Boogedy’ and ‘The Black Cauldron’!
You might not be expecting much horror content when the Disney+ streaming service launches later this year, but let’s not forget that a handful of spooky movies have been made and released by Disney over the years. In fact, Meagan recently wrote up a great article for us about “10 Spooky Disney Movies,” and several of them will be on Disney+ at launch!
Here’s what horror fans can look forward to from Disney+:
- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
- The Black Cauldron (1985)
- The Black Hole (1979)
- Don’t Look Under the Bed (1999)
- Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
- Frankenweenie (1984)
- Frankenweenie (2012)
- “Gargoyles” (TV show)
- The Haunted Mansion (2003)
- Halloweentown High (2004)
- Halloweentown (1998)
- Halloweentown 2: Kalabar’s Revenge (2001)
- Hocus Pocus (1993)
- Lonesome Ghosts (1937)
- Mom’s Got a Date With a Vampire (2000)
- Mr. Boogedy (1986)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
- Return to Halloweentown (2006)
- Return to Oz (1985)
- Zombies (2018)
Disney+ is set to launch on November 12. If only it could be here before Halloween, eh?!
One of contemporary horror’s best werewolf movies is 2017’s Good Manners, and it’s finally set to receive a proper physical media release.
Icarus Films is partnering with OCN Distribution to unleash a new Blu-ray that’s now available to preorder via Vinegar Syndrome. and with a limited edition slipcover.
Set in São Paulo, the film follows Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of the city who is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana to be the nanny of her soon to be born child. Against all odds, the two women develop a strong bond. But a fateful night marked by a full moon changes their plans.
Good Manners is the second collaboration between filmmakers Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra, who write and direct. Zama’s Rui Poças‘ cinematography captures this unique werewolf tale described as “Disney meets Jacques Tourneur.”
Our own Trace Thurman wrote in his review, “With Good Manners, Rojas and Dutro have made one of the best werewolf movies ever made. That they are able juggle commentaries on racism and classism while still managing to tell two deeply affecting love stories is remarkable.”
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary from film critics Shelagh Rowan-Legg and Carolyn Mauricette
- 12-page booklet with an essay by film critic Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer
- Making-of short film: The Making of a Werewolf (2 mins)
- Two additional short films from the filmmakers: A STEM (15 mins), directed by Juliana Rojas & Marco Dutras, and DOPPELGANGER (24 mins), directed by Juliana Rojas
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