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Sleeping Beauty: Maleficent's Eyes in the Fireplace

Surely, we can all agree that Maleficent is one of Disney's best villains, and she earns that title in Sleeping Beauty with one moment that's so unexpectedly chilling it totally overshadows her transformation at the end of the movie. Just before Sleeping Beauty pricks her finger on the spinning wheel, Maleficent manifests in the fireplace, but for one bone-chilling moment the only thing we can see are her disembodied eyes staring back at us. That scene is why we still can't relax in front of roaring fire without feeling like someone is staring at us.

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