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You thought that [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells Crom Cruach]] and [[WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea Macha]] were all freaky and scary? Then came this film which was the most darkest and horrid animated film that Cartoon Saloon ever made -- so much horrid violence, child kidnapping, religious violence, terrorism, and other dark elements in this film, not to mention that there's blood when some characters get injured. And what's more, this film is set in the year 2001 (the year of the [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror 9/11 attacks]])!

* The story's premise is prime AdultFear material, with its prominent display of political violence, privation, child abuse and enforced misogyny.

You thought that [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells Crom Cruach]] and [[WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea Macha]] were all freaky and scary? Then came this film which was the most darkest and horrid animated film that Cartoon Saloon ever made -- so much horrid violence, child kidnapping, religious violence, terrorism, and other dark elements in this film, not to mention that there's blood when some characters get injured. And what's more, this film is set in the year 2001 (the year of the 9/11 attacks)!

You thought that [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells Crom Cruach]] and [[WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea Macha]] were all freaky and scary? then came this film which was the most darkest and horrid animated film that Cartoon Saloon ever made, so much horrid violence, child kidnapping, Religious violence and Terrorism and other dark elements in this film, not to mention that there's blood when some characters injure and this film is set in the year 2001 (The Same year as 9/11)!

* The Elephant King (pictured) is plenty intimidating with its red eyes glaring form its huge, powerful shadowed form.

* The Taliban barging into the Alizai household and dragging the crippled Nurullah out, with his family unable to do anything but watch.

* [[spoiler:When travelling to the prison to protest her husband's arrest, Fattema is stopped by a Taliban patrol and brutally beaten in a dark, dirty alley. We're [[GoryDiscretionShot spared the sight of the act]], but the sound of her pained screaming and the bruises we see afterwards paint a very clear picture of what's happening.]]
* An enraged and wild-eyed Idrees [[spoiler:chasing Parvana and Shauzia down a rocky hillside, eventually cornering them inside a small cave. He only gives it up once he's called back to join the fight]]. The sexually predatory overtone of the whole scene doesn't help matters.
* To viewers who have experienced domestic abuse or kidnapping, the part of the film where [[spoiler:Fattema's cousin tries to drag her and her children to Mazar-i-Sharif by force]] can hit far too close to home.

You thought that [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells Crom Cruach]] and [[WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea Macha]] were all freaky and scary? then came this film which was the most darkest and horrid animated film that Cartoon Saloon ever made, so much horrid violence, child kidnapping, Religious violence and Terrorism and other dark elements in this film.

You thought that [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells Crom Cruach]], [[WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea Macha]] were all freaky and scary? then came this film which was the most darkest and horrid animated film that Cartoon Saloon ever made, so much horrid violence, child kidnapping, Religious violence and Terrorism and other dark elements in this film.

* The sight and noise of American jets raining fire on the horizon, like mythical monsters coming down from the sky to break the mountains apart.

* Idrees [[spoiler:chasing Parvana and Shauzia down a rocky hillside, eventually cornering them inside a small cave. They only escape once he's called back to join the fight]].

* With the war approaching, the Taliban begin to round up all the prisoners who won't fight for them. We see a group of frightened men [[spoiler:GoryDiscretionShot being herded out of sight]], then [[SoundOnlyDeath a burst of gunfire]].