If youve ever thought Disneys Chernabog from Fantasia looked a little familiar—especially to horror fans—youre not imagining things. The resemblance between Disneys winged demon and Universals classic Dracula isnt just a coincidence. Its cinematic ancestry. In fact, Bela Lugosi, the man who made Dracula a pop culture icon in 1931, briefly served as a model for Chernabog during Fantasia s early...
