Forget about Psycho’s shower scene; if you want grisly suspense just watch the first five minutes of Finding Nemo. And do you think Tarantino is violent? Then pity Snow White’s stepmother who, scientists note, “was struck by lightning, forced off a cliff and crushed by a boulder while being chased by seven vengeful dwarves”.
A study in the British Medical Journal has found that major characters are far more likely to die — and often die badly — in cartoons meant for children than they are in films made for adults.
By comparing each of the 45 highest-grossing animated films in history with the top adult film from the same year, a team from University College London concluded that cartoons were “rife with death