Watching The Black Cauldron (1985) FOR THE FIRST TIME!! || Movie Reaction! (Part 1!) 

Hey everyone hope you enjoyed the reaction once again! For some reason this one had a lot of copyright issues for the music so I had to have this video in two parts, the second part is around 15 minutes and will be out in 30 minutes! Next up is Shrek Forever After!!

The reason why this princess was disgusted with him taking the sword is because 1) she's a princess and her family probably has semblance to things relating to their life including victory. 2) it's disrespectful to tomb raid, especially to royal families who's histories may be engraved in these objects.

The Horned King is my favorite Disney villain. When you don't have the villain singing songs or tripping over themselves for comedy's sake, and are focused on a singular wicked goal, you'd be surprised at how terrifying they can be.

I think the reason the princess was so shocked about the sword is because the boy essentially grave robbed a king

Not many people knew about this movie when I was growing up. Disney pulled it quick once it was in theaters. It lasted about a week. It's my favorite movie, probably cause it was different. Also the guy who played Olivander in Harry Potter voiced the Horned King. Btw, happy late halloween 🎃

"She's appalled. Him taking that sword was something bad......" Yeah, it's called grave robbing. In some places it's as a more serious crime than stealing from the living - which is why people like Indiana Jones or Lara Croft would be one step from a very nasty end if they were caught in some places.

"Oh! Did the Goblin King find them?" Wrong movie, pal. He takes baby brothers and challenges their older sister to booby trapped, death labyrinths. The Horned King is a skeleton with horns. 🤣

John Hurt was such an amazing actor. He'll be deeply missed.

Wow, two parts! This film is legendary in that it was in production for over a decade, had many talented artists work on it only to drop off (including Tim Burton before he jumped to live-action), then have it slashed to ribbons and rushed out the door bu clueless new executives just to be the biggest bomb in Disney Animated Canon history, nearly destroying the animation department until the modest successes of Great Mouse Detective and Oliver & Company allowed them to take a chance on Little Mermaid and the Disney Reneissance. But Cauldron itself was never spoken of in more that frightened sniggering whispers until an unassuming VHS release nearly 15 years later secured a small but dedicated cult following. As I said elsewhere, the film does suffer for what was removed. There's pieces that feel like SHOULD be there but aren't, so it could never be as great as the all-time greats. But I do legitimately adore what IS there, and I'm happy we have it even if I wish it could have lived up to its true potential and ambition.

My favorite Disney film! ALL HAIL THE HORNED KING!!!

Watching this movie today is more of a guilty pleasure now. After reading the SUPER awesome books it's based on, makes me sad that they didn't do them justice. The Chronicles of Prydain became one of my most favorite book series ever. The last book was the only one so far that has made me cry.

This is one of my favorite Disney films, even though it's lesser known. I love how dark and scary it is. I love the animation, and I love, love the story and characters. It's such a great "classic" fantasy story, and I wish we saw more. I'd love to see a full film adaptation of the Chronicles of Prydain.

It's Horned King, not Goblin King. Sorry for the correction

Fun fact black cauldron was considered to be Disney's first horror movie adventure

The book series this movie is based on(The Prydain Chronicles) NEEDS a full adaptation. If Disney still owns these rights, they need to do something or give them up so someone else can make them into a series.

Such an underrated movie!!!!!! It was my first "scary" movie as a little kid & what made me realize I love all things spooky! One of the Disney classics that has a very special place in my heart

This is part of a book series by Lloyd Alexander and it is a great series. I honestly enjoyed it as much as the Chronicles of Narnia, if not more.

I remember watching this when it was re-released. I was probably 5-6 when I first watched it and the Horned King legitimately terrified me.

I love how he keeps calling him the Goblin King throughout the whole movie 😂🤣 Every time he said it I kept thinking 'No David Bowie's not in this one' 😆😆

I did read the books the movie is based on "The Chronicles of Prydain" because I was curious and is a bit different. A few examples is that they adapt two of the first books into one which makes things a bit confusing, the Horned King wasn't a king but a dark knight that doesn't talk which makes him more of a treat, etc. But I did enjoyed this film when was a kid and only years later that I find out that it was a financial desaster for disney. I do hope they might make a better adaptation one day.

Ah yes, The Black Cauldron. The film that nearly killed Disney’s animation studio. Luckily, it was salvaged by The Great Mouse Detective, so it’s all good. 😌

Legit my favorite Disney movie. I used to watch this every single day after school when I was a kid. I’m pretty sure it’s based off a novel, though I haven’t read it unfortunately. What a much-needed dose of serotonin. Thank you so much. lol

Andy Serkis' portrayal of Gollum was reportedly heavily inspired by Gurgi.

I worked at a theater when this came out and little kids were screaming and crying a lot. This movie almost destroyed Disney animation until Little Mermaid came along.

I think this movie is pretty good despite not being on brand with Disney’s main films. I think my only gripe is the story pacing and that Tarren is an unlikable protagonist. It’s better than Chicken Little and Home On The Range, just has a bad rep so people are hesitant to give it a try. It lost to the Care Bears movie in the box office.

Lloyd Alexander, the author of the series this movie is based on, liked this film a lot. But he said he knew what he was getting into. That it was going to be a Disney cartoon and therefore going to be simplified and sanitized like all Disney cartoons. I mean let’s be honest, none of there fairy tales are super accurate either. But he said going in knowing that, he loved it.

So happy u reacted to this. In my opinion, The Black Cauldron is one of the best underrated Disney films ever.

I hope Disney makes a live action version of this classic film in the future because it definitely deserves it.

… Nick… King Arthur’s sword was Excalibur, THE magic sword. It’s scabbard made you invincible as long as you wore it, and it shattered any weapon or armor it touched.

Have you ever seen "the last unicorn"? That movie scared me for life as a child!

This was loosely based on a series of novels, which in turn were based on Welsh mythology. Dallben, Hen Wen, all are characters from the Mabinogion.

I loved this film as a kid, especially since my family is Welsh

A very underrated Disney film, but with a VERY memorable villain

The dragon, the magic effects, and just the whole vibe of this movie has Don Bluth’s fingerprints all over it. If you like this one, you should check out The Swan Princess for a movie just as filled with magic, but much much more light-hearted lol

Yess!! This is definitely one of my favourite movies 😁 love all your reactions but I'll definitely be rewatching this a lot 😊

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS omg I’m so excited to see what you think 🖤

Yessss i been waiting for u to watch this! Thanks for doing it! One of my favorite disney movies because its the scariest looking one

Today has been super rough on me. Thank you for cheering me up when I need it!

Eilonwy, the one Disney Princess they keep denying

Based on all the violence and scary images, this film bombing when it came out makes total sense...

YEEEEESSS, YEEEEESSS. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Sorry I got a little excited.

Fun fact: both John Hurt who voiced the Horned King and the actor who voiced Dallben also played in The Elephant Man.

i realy love prinses Eilonwy! she is one of the best old prinses and one of the yungest and disney just forgot about her, there is not merch of her nothing! even the pics are fan arts, there is almost noting of her and i so love her! im so glad you reatec to this movie

This was always one of my favorites!! The Horned King is one of my favorite villains of all time!! And Gurgi was always one of my go-to impressions as a kid 😂

Please watch "Harry and the Hendersons" from 1987! It's one of my favourite childhood movies!

Him: goblin king. Me: it’s the Horned King.

I love this movie!

And to think thats the late Olivander from Harry Potter! I recognized his voice right away when I fist saw the sorcerer's stone.

Hope not to argue with anyone but I can understand why this movie is by far not everyone's favorite Disney movie however I grew up watching this along with other animated movies and I personally still love it

I’m so happy you lot are sharing the same experience as I had when I was a child this movie was truly a masterpiece at its time, plus the horned king scared me so much when I was a kid I was screaming at his appearance and even to today’s standards he holds up as one of the most evil villains still as terrifying with malicious intentions..this was such a blast to the past :)

YAAAAY ITS OUT! HEY NICKY! HOWS IT SOARIN?

childhood classic!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

this movie was one of my favorites as a kid i had it on VHS

I vaguely remember watching this movie as a kid.

"I'm A wArRiOr!" - This is why people seriously dislike the main character. He just doesn't shut up.

Funny enough, as a kid people told me this movie didn't exist. No matter how much I insisted that I had seen it people thought I was crazy. I wasnt until 8th or 9th grade when it was release on video that I was finally vindicated. Then everyone was like "Oh yeah, I remember that!". 🙄

Saw this is the theaters and played the apple IIc thereafter. Still love it and watched it Disney Plus day 1! It was a wild time for Disney around that time! Black Hole, Tron, Etc. Disney had balls!

So excited. I still have this on vhs.

The music in this movie was done by Elmer Bernstein who also did the music for Ghostbusters. Bernstein did The Black Cauldron after he did Ghostbusters which does explain why the music in both movies are quite similar. For example, if you listen to the music when the Horned King appears, it's quite similar to Gozer's music.

Actually, the flying creatures aren't dragons but wyverns, creatures who are in french legends. If you didn't understand what happened with the harp, it breaks itself when the guy is lying 🤭

one of most underated disney movies of all time honestly it may be very dark but its such a good movie

'Black Cauldron' is a largely-forgotten film among Disney animations. If you want another rather dark animated fantasy, try 'The Last Unicorn,' or Ralph Bakshi's trippy 'Wizards.' There's a really bizarre (and strangely compelling) short animated film called 'Double King' that is a real experience. You should definitely look at 'The Secret of NIMH,' which was Don Bluth's masterpiece, and another 80s animated fantasy, 'Flight of Dragons.'

The Horned King always freaked me out when i was a kid and to this day still does

That voice-over at the beginning (the narrator?) Is the same person who voiced Gandalf in the old animated versions of The Hobbit & the Lord Of The Rings.

Honestly, this an inferior adaptation/compression of a 5 book series by Lloyd Alexander that I loved as a kid: The Book of Three, The Black Cauldron, The Castle of Llyr, Taran Wanderer, and The High King. The last book won the Newbury Award.

Yes!!!! I love this movie!!!

Dunno if anyone else, but as a child my bad hearing thought they were calling the pig Henry, despite her being female. I thought it was sort for Henritta or soemthing.

Nice amazing video man

This film had to be thoroughly edited down to keep from a pg-13 or even an R rating and it lost at the box office to The Care Bears Movie which was already in theaters for a couple of weeks. It has slowly gained a cult following, but Disney still doesn’t like to talk about it. One of the scenes that was edited out was this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M8zQHO40Cys.html Also the score is by Elmer Bernstein who also did the Ghostbusters music and John Hurt who voices the Horned King people will be more familiar with as the crew in Alien who had an unfortunate dinner.

I don’t care if people don’t like it, I love this movie!

This is one of Disney's darkest films. It also takes inspiration from Welsh folklore and fantasy, hence why some names seem unpronounceable.

Yes finally!! I love this movie

btw, it's a bit odd hearing this movie being called "The black cauldron", because directly translated from Swedish, it would be called "The Magical Couldron", not the black one.

Please, react to Return to Oz. That movie was released around the same time as The Black Cauldron and, like Cauldron, it wasn't well recieved by critics and audiences because they thought it was too dark and eerie, compared to the 1939 MGM movie, and was a box office bomb, as well. But as time went by, the movie became a cult classic.

Lord of the rings with the Lych from Adventure Time 🤔 (I know it’s based on The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander)

Hey nick, kind of random, but I would love to see you do a reaction for anorher series. My tip would be Ted lasso. You will love this show from the beginning to the end, it's heartwarming and breaking some times to. And also very funny. Thanks for reading this and have a lovely day😊

OMG yes a classic

The original cut was going to get an R rating so they had to cut several minutes off with the goriest scenes featuring decapitations etc. That cut still isn't available to the public and hasn't been seen since test screenings. This movie was originally darker. Truly the black sheep of the animated Disney classics, even this tame version of it doesn't quite feel like Disney

Now here is a movie that deserves a remake. I read the book. It is so much better than this movie but I like it anyway. You want to see another Dark Disney movie see the original Watcher In the Woods. It is a great movie but it isn’t on Disney Plus. You may have to find it on Blu-ray or DVD.

Gurgi was my favorite! I loved trying to do an impression of his voice... I'm better at Stitch 😅

8:15 Is that me or does this forest looks like the one from Snow White?

Agghhhhh my fav film 😁😁😁😁😁 I can't wait to see Nick's reation to gurgie

#PleaseReactTo : "THE MAGIC SWORD: QUEST FOR CAMELOT" Its a very underrated medieval adventure movie. With swords and dragons and songs~

this is the only disney movie to give me nightmares. if i have dreams of being a knight in armor, and doing anything heroic, i get loud drumms playing, an army of the dead marching herded by the Horned king. so i end up fighting him, and its always scarry ans spooky, really is disneys darkest movie

A film suggestion check out Oliver 1968, good film, quite dark but still good

The Black Cauldron ties with Hunchback of Notre Dame in terms of being the darkest of their animated features canon. The film analysts at the time had difficulty figuring out who the target audience was for this 1985 movie. I believe it was Jeffrey Katzenberg who was brought in to help salvage Disney’s animation studio before it could even be destroyed by the financial failure of this flick.

One of most watched

PSA: Read the books. This movie doesn't do them justice whatsoever.

Oh please Nick. I would loooooovveee to see your reaction to Aristocats and Thumbelina~ Not many people react to these. And you’re my favourite reactor~ pleaaaseee

Can't wait fir shrek forever after!!!

Fun fact: Well more of a embarrassing fact: This movie lost out to the Care Bears movie.

My muchies and crunchies is here somewhere... lol

the horned king is probably one of my favorite villains, genuinely scary, but he doesn't get as much attention as other Disney bad guys I guess because the film wasn't as popular :(

Did you know "The Black Cauldron" movie was the first rated PG for Disney's animated movie?

Oh my goodness

The has always given me big Lotr vibes. One of my favorites. ❤

I think if this movie written the protagonist and Gurgi differently it would be a better movie. Maybe like Disney did the Gargoyles series.

I wasn't really a fan of this movie as a child. It doesn't have that "Disney Magic" vibe to me; it feels like it could've been made by a random animation studio. THAT SAID, as a Disney fan, I love seeing their underrated films get appreciation.

What was the name of this film with a villain who could mix weapons with people and there was a nice dragon with 2 heads and so on....😅

"If the pig is psychic, why can't they use it find the black cauldron before the king does." - Gene Siskel