What happens when a terrified field mouse, a dying child, a mysterious amulet, and a colony of hyper-intelligent laboratory rats collide? You get The Secret of NIMH—Don Bluth’s beautifully animated, surprisingly dark childhood nightmare.
In this episode of The VHS Vault, we revisit the 1982 animated classic and discuss its gorgeous artwork, unsettling atmosphere, terrifying villains, complicated mythology, and one of the bravest animated mothers ever put on screen. We also try to determine how a movie filled with magical stones, gruesome sword fights, animal experimentation, and nightmare-fuel owls somehow became a children’s film.
Is The Secret of NIMH still an animated masterpiece, or were we simply too traumatized to question it as kids? Grab your mysterious glowing jewelry, avoid the farmer’s plow, and join us as we unlock the secrets of NIMH!
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