Legacy of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Amount of Horror
Certain scenes in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, particularly those featuring the Witch, are regarded as some of Disney's most frightening moments; British censors considered the film frightening enough for young viewers to have to be accompanied by an adult. Animators such as Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, felt that Walt Disney restrained his animators from creating such a terrifying villain again:
 * "(The Queen and Witch) turned out to be more frightening than he had anticipated - not that he wanted them to be mild, but he had never had to hold back on the intensity of any character before, and none of them had been criticized from that standpoint. W e believe he was a little upset by the criticism of the film from parent groups, although he never admitted that to us. In any case, he never made another villain that scary, that real, that menacing, and he kept holding us back when we would ask for a stronger villain in any picture. His only argument was that our ideas were not as entertaining as a different type of character would be. He was probably right in that!"

Later films such as Pinocchio and Fantasia would receive similar accusations for their frightening and intense sequences.