Hell's Bells is a 1929 comedy horror animated short film directed by Ub Iwerks and produced by Walt Disney.
[1] Another is "Funeral March of a Marionette" by French composer Charles Gounod, which is also known as the theme tune to the television series "Alfred Hitchcock Presents".
A spider descends from a web above and swings backward and forward over the fire pit, swallowing the camera a couple of times as well.
The orchestra is a mix of traditional instruments and nonsensical ones -- one of the creatures plays a saxophone, whilst another comically uses a stringed spine and pelvis in place of a cello.
Upon hearing the bell, demon servants squeeze a cow-like creature for some milk that is as hot as fire and bring it to Satan.
Hell's Bells received mixed reviews by cinema magazines at the time.
With Hades as the scene of action and a set of grotesque animals of all sizes as the performers, the reel is continuously amusing as well as fascinating.
[6] Variety (November 20, 1929): "Moving cartoon picturing Hades as the weirdest of places with its inhabitants in odd animal forms.
Lot of laughs from the unnatural comedy effects a cartoonist can create and a peach filler".
[8] The short was released on December 19, 2006, on Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies, Volume Two.