5 Genuinely Terrifying Moments In Animated Movies

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Cartoons and animated movies deserve far more respect than they currently receive. The medium can be used to create some of the most moving and powerful standouts in any genre. Perhaps the best exemplifier is the feats of horror filmmaking achieved in animated films, whether the creators intended them or not.

Everyone has a memory deep within their soul of some film or TV project that held sway over their nightmares for the first decade or two of their life. Statistically, most of these haunting movie memories come from an animated film trying its hand at the world of horror and succeeding with a bit more aplomb than they expected — like the following scenes did.

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Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab's 2006 all-ages horror film was famously made less threatening than it could've been. The duo, who most famously worked on Rick and Morty, reportedly intended the nightmarish home's innards to resemble organic guts and viscera rather than its more architectural final product. Even without that grim choice, though, Monster House confronts the audience with some truly challenging visuals and concepts throughout. The film's narrative follows a trio of neighborhood youths who discover that a local house is a violent living creature, and struggle to convince the rest of the subdivision.

While the film is packed with thrilling moments, the most unsettling is likely when the house finally takes a more active role in the fight. When young DJ finally convinces Mr. Nebbercracker to release the spirit of his late wife who occupies the house, the house responds with violence. Ripping itself from the foundation with a pair of horrific arms, the house chases the innocents as