Joe Hale, who spent 35 years as an animator, layout artist and producer at Disney and received an Oscar nomination for his effects work on the 1979 film The Black Hole, has died. He was 99.

The biggest hit came when Disney's first PG-rated animated film, The Black Cauldron (1985), was released to dismal reviews.

Consider Walt Disney’s classic Haunted Mansion or Pirates ... Eddie and Roger get to the bottom of a plot by the black-clad Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd). It’s revealed that the seemingly ...

Dark, scary themes in Disney movies date back to old classics like "Sleeping Beauty" and "Snow White." Animated films like "The Black Cauldron" and "The Rescuers" touch upon real, grim subjects ...