The Skeleton Dance (1929)

Directed by

Walt Disney

Genre

zombie film, animated cartoon

Country

United States

Runtime

6 min

Rated

NR

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 329 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Reanimated skeletons rise from their graves in a graveyard. They dance and make music together in a spooky but playful scene.

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What happens

The Skeleton Dance is a 1929 American animated comedy horror short film directed and produced by Walt Disney and animated by Ub Iwerks. In the film, reanimated human skeletons dance and make music around a spooky graveyard—a modern film example of medieval European "danse macabre" imagery. It is the first installment in the Silly Symphony series. The short's copyright was renewed in 1957, and as a published work from 1929, it entered the US public domain on January 1, 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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