You ’re addicted toThe Mandalorian , and you ’re looking forward toall those Marvel showson the elbow room . But yourDisney+subscription does n’t only stop must - see TV and nostalgia - buff Oscar winners ! The studio dug deep to fill up its young streaming avail , and it shake sluttish some wonderful weirdness .
While “ cult movie ” must be loosely applied here — this is Disney , after all — these 10 special ( yet still mostly wholesome ) break up all fit out the Federal Reserve note . Some of them are already beloved , if kinky , classic ; others are just so bizarre we had to hoist them into the public eye .
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Escape to Witch Mountain…or else.Image: Disney
1. The Black Hole (1979)
Disney made it all the way to 1979 before making a film rate PG — and it was this thriller about an explorative spaceship whose gang sink by a massiveblack holeon their elbow room back to Earth and then note a strange ballistic capsule lingering nearby . call on out it ’s the science vessel USS Cygnus , long believed fall back , and the only person aboard is the inauspicious Dr. Reinhardt ( Maximilian Schell , lark about a castaway - style bushy face fungus ) , along with an army of faceless helper droids he ’s apparently construct during his decades of solitude .
In the aftermath of Star Wars and even2001 : A Space Odyssey — which both clear influenced The Black Hole — the special effects arenot especially dazzling(though they did earn an Oscar nomination , as did the motion-picture photography ) , but we ’re a sucker for any story about an Internet Explorer “ walking a tightrope between flair and insanity ” ( with fillip points for itstremendously eerie abstruse - space context ) . Plus , the cast is outstanding . Schell channelize up an ensemble that also includes Anthony Perkins , Robert Forster , Yvette Mimieux , and Ernest Borgnine , plus the uncredited Roddy McDowall and Slim Pickens supplying the voices of the ships ’ googly - eyed robots .
2. Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959)
base on marketing that boast Sean Connery ’s heavyweight , smile brass , you ’d be forgive for assuming the next Bond is Darby O’Gill in this fairy tale . But the character is a much older human , so that honor in reality go to Albert Sharpe — playing an landed estate caretaker who ’s spirited aside by his fond frenemy , the local leprechaun king , on the eve of his retirement . He then must wheedle his way out of “ trivial people ” ( i.e. ,leprechaun ) imprisonment in a story that involves gilt coin , wizardly wish , enchanted horse , surpassing amount of whiskey , drink Song dynasty , a seemingly endless violin jam , a banshee wraith … pretty much an full Lucky Charms box of Irish folklore clichés . ( Not for nothing , but Darby O’Gill has one of those “ may take outdated ethnic depiction ” disclaimers in its Disney+ description . )
However , the moving picture — which use photographic camera trickery to make the leprechaun lineament shrink to check its story — takes some unexpectedly surreal turns , and even if Connery is n’t the tether , he does cut a dashing figure as O’Gill ’s replacement and ( it ’s imply ) future boy - in - law .
3. Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
Alexander Key ’s sci - fi novel was first adapted into thistraumatizing kid adventurestarring Ike Eisenmann andfuture Real Housewife Kim Richardsas orphan whose olympian list of superpowers — psychokinesis , ESP , psychically communicating with animals , etc . , all depicted using adorably lo - fi special effects — draw the attention of a villainous billionaire ( Ray Milland ) . He ’s obsess with the mind of tapping into the occult to increase his wealth , with a work party of henchman that includes an buttery lawyer work by Halloween ’s Donald Pleasence .
The youthful siblings go on the run — aided by a series of beast , including a horse , a bear , and their sassy pet cat , as well as a widower ( Eddie Albert ) whose curmudgeonly heart and soul is soon melted by their plight . Their pursuit is guided by vague retentiveness of their mysterious yesteryear , and a single-valued function that ’s the only concrete nexus to their blood … in the stars . If you need a double dose of innocent foreign kids getting the unspoiled of their grown - up oppressors , Disney+ also has the immediate sequel , 1978 ’s retort from Witch Mountain , in which the baddie are played by Bette Davis and Christopher Lee ; 2009’sDwayne Johnson - asterisk loose remakeRace to Witch Mountain will be added next year .
4. The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
An impossibly not bad paper birdsong introduces this tale of happily average college student Dexter ( played by an 18 - year - oldKurt Russell ) , who gets microwave by lightning while he ’s tinkering with the schooling ’s stain - new computer . ( Since The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes came out in 1969 , the computer , which is tremendous , is portrayed as a princely knickknack . ) He emerges from the accident with an amazingly enhanced intellect , which turn him into a quiz - bowl grinder — but also draws the ire of a sinister mogul ( Cesar Romero , the iconic original TV Joker ) when Dexter ’s mega - brainpower uncover the man ’s been play a high - tech play ring .
finally , the smarts wear upon off and Dexter returns to his goofy self , but Disney cash in on The Computer hold out Tennis Shoes ’ popularity by releasing two continuation , both also have Russell and Romero : Now You See Him , Now You Do n’t , in which Dexter makes himself invisible ; and The inviolable Man in the World , which moderately much gives away Dexter ’s “ oops ! ” in the championship . Bad news for completists , though : Only the latter is currently useable on Disney+ .
5. Return to Oz (1985)
You wo n’t find the original Wizard of Oz on Disney+ , but the Disney - made sequel is available to rattle your nightmares withits decidedly obscure take on the state of Oz . When Dorothy ( a pre - Craft Fairuza Balk ) wo n’t halt verbalise about her grand dangerous undertaking over the rainbow , which everyone wear were wholly made up , Aunt Em ( Twin Peaks ’ Piper Laurie ) sends her away for impact treatment , and things only get more awkward from there .
The return promised by the title shortly happens ( via a flood lamp this time , rather than a crack ) , but the candy - colored land Dorothy leave alone behind has deteriorate into a much more malevolent place , enhanced by nightmarish , Oscar - put up special effects . Dorothy ’s companions this time around include Tik - Tok , Jack Pumpkinhead , a Gump , and her chicken Belina . Princess Ozma , Mombi , and the Nome King , of the L. Frank Baum book , also make coming into court in this one .
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Image: Disney
If Return to Oz awakens your hungriness for more live - activity 1980s fantasy epics , make it a Disney+ double feature and watchWillownext — they both star Jean Marsh in tremendously creepy scoundrel roles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRlcPRTFK88
6. Mr. Boogedy (1986)
Is Mr. Boogedy a cult favourite , or is it just one of the odd deed on this ( or any ) streaming service ? Perhaps its inclusion on Disney+ will bring it the peculiar renown it merit . This 45 - minute slice of weird Begin as a family in the novelty business — their computer memory is called “ Gag City”—pull up to their new digs in the quaint New England town of … Lucifer Falls . While the house is wide , the tiddler ( including Married … With Children ’s David Faustino andO.G. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Kristy Swanson ) presently realize it ’s also crawling with ghosts , so they refer the local historiographer ( John “ Gomez Addams ” Astin , ostentate imitation eyebrows and mustache ) , who interweave a notional tale using a pop - up leger about one of the sphere ’s early settlers , whose unpleasant nature earned him the nickname “ Mr. Boogedy . ” It was a well - bring in contumely , because the man also made a deal with the devil — and that ’s why he and the unfortunate souls catch up in his wrath are still haunting the land where his theatre once stood .
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For a minor flick , Mr. Boogedy go to some surprisingly sorry place ; one of the baddie ’s victims is a slight boy who ’s been seek to find his mother for hundred of years . But mostly , it ’s goofy beyond belief , list heavily into the home ’s pranks - as - a - life style - pick esthetic so it can specify up its big finis , in which a vacuum dry cleaner rig as a “ gotcha ” joke becomes the only weapon that can demolish the deed of conveyance spook . And really , it ’s impossible to actually venerate someone whose name sound like a mix of “ bugbear ” and “ bogeyman . ” Alas , Disney+ has yet to add the continuation , entitle … hold back for it … Bride of Boogedy .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuaqybKPa04
7. The Black Cauldron (1985)
Four years before The fiddling Mermaid restored resplendence to Disney animation , this legitimately skittish tale — based on Welsh mythology andchildren ’s books by fantasy writer Lloyd Alexander — was made for a then - munificent $ 40 million , and was hold a flop after earn just a fraction of that at the box office . It was also the first Disney invigorate film to be rated PG ( now such a vernacular occurrence nobody even mention it anymore ; the upcomingFrozen IIis PG , for instance ) , and was n’t made useable for home wake until 1998 .
With all that notoriety in its past , a spooky write up enhanced by some legitimately scary imagery ( not to mentionJohn Hurt ’s majestically evil performance as the Horned King , who uses the cauldron to raise a ghoulish army of the dead ) , and the fact that nobody ever break up into song at any time throughout the movie — is it any wonder The Black Cauldron became a cult classic ? The visuals are gorgeous , and it ’s still the close matter Disney animation has to a repugnance movie , though some of its dread is balanced out by its more whimsical elements — like bumbling wood critter Gurgi , a bunch of well-disposed fairies , and Hen Wen , the adorable psychical copper .
8. Flight of the Navigator (1986)
David ( Joey Kramer ) , a 12 - year - old Florida boy , pop off missing in 1978 , only to reappear eight years later not having aged a day and erroneously assuming he ’s been gone just a few hr . His parents are thrilled — but so are the NASA scientists who quickly surmise the nipper ’s disappearing has something to do with the blobby UFO that ’s just clank - landed nearby . Since David ’s curious about what exactly happened to him , he sneak aboard the ship ( with the supporter of a sweet NASA intern with totally rad mismatched earring , played by a just - past times - Footloose Sarah Jessica Parker ) and actualize the ship — or rather , the dominating automaton that pilots it ( voiced by Paul “ Pee - wee Herman ” Reubens!)—needs David ’s assistance , specifically all the info that ’s been stored in his puny human brainpower , to chart a course of study back home .
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flight of steps of the Navigator has all the element of a Graeco-Roman Disney coming - of - historic period tale , especially its propellant chronicle about a boy who feel like an foreigner until he suddenly finds himself on an dangerous undertaking beyond his wildest dreams ( with bonus persecution by adults who Do n’t empathise , and twofold - incentive cunning foreign critter ! ) , and then actualize all he desire is to be back home with his family and friends . Watch it now beforethe long - gestating remakeslaps a bunch of snazzy 21st - century special effects all over its relatively unsubdivided story .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWuGrelLFQU
9. Fuzzbucket (1986)
author - theatre director Mick Garris is best known for his work in the revulsion musical style ( he make Showtime anthology serial Masters of Horror and co - wroteHocus Pocus ) . But Fuzzbucket — which has around the same runtime ( not to remark the same queerly matte flavor and , from the look of it , the same approximate budget ) as Mr. Boogedy — is kind of unintentionally horrifying .
Though Mikey ( Chris Hebert , the younger chum fromThe Last Starfighter ) is about to start out third-year high , he ’s still clinging to childhood by hang out in his treehouse and make one - sided conversation with his imaginary friend . Except the Quaker — Fuzzbucket — isn’t really imaginary , he ’s just temporarily unseeable , and the aptness of his name is soon revealed : He ’s essentially a flyspeck Bigfoot with a tail ( or perhaps an overgrown swampland - rat E.T. rakehell - off ? ) with a weirdly humanoid face .
So much of this movie comprise of people — including Robyn “ Teen Witch ” Lively , who plays Mikey ’s worsen older sis — running around yelling “ There ’s no such affair as Fuzzbucket ! ” or “ Fuzzbucket , is that you ? ” or “ Fuzzbucket love Mikey ! ” or just “ Fuzzbucket ! ” that you could make a drinking game out of it , if you do n’t beware shortening your liveliness span by a few dozen years .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mopycxkXmEM
10. The Cat From Outer Space (1978)
Before there wasGoose , there was Zunar - J-5/9 Doric-4 - 7 , also known as “ Jake , ” a suspiciously feline brute whose spacecraft makes an unexpected landing place on Earth . While the U.S. military blusters around endeavor to make do with the likely mien of an alien in their midst , and a corporal undercover agent ( Roddy McDowall ) does his ripe to unearth their secret , the psychically - gifted animal finds an ally in Dr. Frank Wilson ( Ken Berry)—an eccentric physicist who actually is n’t all that freaked out to meet a genius computerized tomography who wears a special arrest that can enhance his powers , which include communicating with humans via “ thought conveyance . ”
Jake and Frank set out to repair Jake ’s ship , but roguishness inevitably result . Somehow , there ’s way to shove subplots about sports betting , pocket billiards sharks , and criminal kingpin ; bud romance for Frank and Jake ; and an airborne pursuit succession ( that proceed on mode too long ) into a motion-picture show called The Cat From Outer Space , which does indeed also fully deliver on that ridiculous premise and title .
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