Had to be edited twice to avoid being released with a PG-13 or R rating.
Damn Disney, you really went dark in the eighties.
"What do you want?" "Everything."
I'm not sure where the idea that "The Black Cauldron" was ever so dark as to garner an "R" ever came from other than fan speculation run wild over 20 years.
shareI find the potential "R" rating a tad much. Yes, "The Black Cauldron" is REALLY dark stuff for Disney, but compared to what was coming out in theaters around that time, I really don't think an "R" was warranted. "PG-13," debatably, but definitely not an "R."
shareI'm not sure where the idea that "The Black Cauldron" was ever so dark as to garner an "R" ever came from other than fan speculation run wild over 20 years.
Sure some speculation has run wild (particularly the whole "Eilonwy partially nude" rumors), but it's very possible the film would've gotten a PG-13 rating had Jeffrey Katzenberg never edited it. Or maybe not, but I think scenes showing someone's flesh melting (have you seen the cels of that particular deleted scene?) would've gotten the film a PG-13 rating. Plus other rumors state that the Cauldron-Born maul or slaughter some of the Horned King's soldiers in that same scene, but again, those who saw the deleted scenes say there's not much to get excited about. share