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Scary Tales

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"Scary Tales" refers to several different versions of a Halloween-themed compilation of Walt Disney shorts, as well as an alternate and condensed version of "Disney's Halloween Treat" (1982) by the same name or derivation debuting in different years across various formats and countries:

  1. Scary Tales is a compilation of Walt Disney shorts. The compilation was released in 1983 on both VHS and laser disc and is the third volume in a release of Walt Disney Cartoon Classics. The running time is 52 minutes, not 43 minutes as the artwork contains this error.[1][2][3]
  2. Scary Tales is a compilation of Walt Disney shorts released exclusively in Japan on LaserDisc in 1986. The running time is 91 minutes.[4]
  3. Disney's Scary Tales of Halloween, as it referred to sometimes by the channel announcer, refers to an alternative title and condensed version of "Disney's Halloween Treat" (1982), released in 60-minute block formats as both syndicated and network broadcast formats on television.[5]

1983 version

Shorts

  1. Donald Duck and the Gorilla (1944)
  2. Duck Pimples (1945)
  3. The Skeleton Dance (1929)
  4. The Haunted House (1929)
  5. Donald's Lucky Day (1939)
  6. Pluto's Judgement Day (1935)

Releases

  • VHS (1983)
  • LaserDisc (1983)

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1986 LaserDisc version

Shorts

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1986 TV version

"Disney's Scary Tales of Halloween" is a Halloween-themed television special which originally aired on October 19, 1986, on ABC. It is a condensed version of the 1982 special "Disney's Halloween Treat".

Shorts

Note: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"'s "Headless Horseman" segment appeared in network versions.

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See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Scary Tales Volume 3 Cartoon Classics". Amazon.
  2. ^ "Disney Shorts Cartoon Classics (First Series)". Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
  3. ^ http://www.cartoonreviewsite.com/videos/disney/cc/v3st.html
  4. ^ a b "Scary Tales (1983) [SF078-1105]". LaserDisc Database.
  5. ^ a b "Sunday listings". Sunday News "Showtime". October 19, 1986. p. 7.