
Unlike the rest of the castle denizens, Forte prefers his new body as he was once the castle’s resident composer who now embellishes the Beast’s tortured soul with melancholy tones. Along with being the film’s saving grace thanks to Curry’s unique brand of sultry over-the-top villainy, Forte and his motivation take the idea of the enchanted castle and the Beast’s curse to a chillingly dark place. Along with being narratively redundant, it introduces a slew of new characters that were nowhere to be seen in the original feature, the best of which is the evil pipe organ Maestro Forte ( Tim Curry). It tells the story of the Christmas the titular couple spent together in the castle during the time-jump in the original Beauty and the Beast. RELATED: The Best Movies on Disney+ Right Nowīeauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas is about as unnecessary as a straight-to-video Disney sequel can get. While these villains may not have blockbuster solo films under their belt to tell their side of the story, they are just as delightfully cruel as the best of them. Let’s take a deeper dive into the magic kingdom’s underground and highlight some of the most underrated Disney villains.

From wicked stepmothers to otherworldly demons, Disney villains are in a league of their own in the history of cinematic ne'er do wells. Facilier or sinisterly two-faced like Mother Gother and Frollo.

They can be fantastically bombastic like Ursula and Dr.

What draws us to the mouse house’s rogues’ gallery is how unapologetically evil they are, almost taking gleeful abandon in their devious undertakings and gambles for power. They’ve spawned tons of merchandise, entire theme park events and even spun off into their own stories like 2014’s Maleficent and 2021’s Cruella. Much like the studio’s pantheon of morally upright princesses, the deliciously malicious Disney villains have become recognizable icons in their own right beyond the films they originated from and are among Disney’s most beloved characters. Next to classic literary monsters, towering kaiju, and slasher movie killers, Disney’s animated villains are some of the most popular evil characters of all time.
