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There were a couple of countries where it was banned because it was thought to be "too scary." The later Mad Doctor met the same fate.Another Halloween Cartoon, this one from the golden age Silly symphonies era.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vOGhAV-84iICan you believe in some states this cartoon was banned because the bible thumpers found it "obscene" and thought it "promoted Satanism?"
Back in the old days towns had censor boards that could ban things, and they all had their agendas. Boston had a famously prudish censor board ("Banned in Boston" was once a slang term for something with racy content), while Chicago, in the late 30s, banned any film with an anti-Nazi agenda - ostensibly to avoid upsetting the German population there, but there were suspicions the homegrown fascists controlled the censor board.
You should all be glad they don't exist anymore.