On John's blog today, he posted an old Disney cartoon wherein basically, Donald Duck kills at least two of his nephews by smoke poisoning. It's kind of scary, but no where as near as creepy as the 2 or 3 Tom and Jerry cartoons where Tom speaks in a rich baritone the line: "Dooon't Yoooou Believvvve It". As a kid, this pretty much scared the tar out of me. Not only does it have a demonic and supernatural echo, for the most part these are the only words uttered by an otherwise mute character. The implied demonic possession/morbid warning seems spoken by Hades himself; in my opnion this is much more horrifying than, say, The Exorcist.
Judge for yourself--the morose call comes at about 6:10.
What's also disturbing is the fact the white mouse, a fairly sympathetic figure, is erradicated by getting blasted to pieces. Where as most cartoons have the characters recover from dynamite, falling off cliffs, getting crushed by a piano, etc. this particular guy gets blown to bits. It's all kind of freaky--and perfect to ponder on a rainy Thursday.
