The Lost Director's Cut of The Black Cauldron

Some fun fantasy trivia: the original cut of Disney's The Black Cauldron was extremely dark. In addition to a scene of partial nudity after Princess Eilonwy's dress gets torn, there were many graphic deaths, such as a henchman's skin melting off, the undead army slitting one villager's throat and slashing another across the torso, Taran killing several henchmen with his sword, etc. This was fully animated, scored by Elmer Bernstein, and ready for theatres. Unfortunately, executive meddling resulted in the said footage being cut at the last minute to avoid a PG-13 or R rating. Given the popularity of the fantasy genre, wouldn't it be cool if Disney released the uncut version of The Black Cauldron on Blu-ray or Disney+?

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