The Most Surprisingly Dark Fairy Tales

3. Snow White

Snow white is one of Disney’s all-time favourites, due to its endearing finale. The story is simple: snow white is more beautiful than her evil step mother, who hires one of her hunters to kill her in the woods. Moved by her innocence and love of nature, the hunter sets her free, telling her to run far away. After finding the cabin with seven dwarfs, she lives comfortably until her stepmother poisons her with an apple and she falls in a coma, from which only a prince can awaken her. The original tale, written by the brothers Grimm, depicts snow white as seven year old child, so her living with dwarfs and being rescued by a Prince are a little peculiar. But also, the queen actually asks for most of her internal organs, so as to eat them.