10 Dark Harry Potter Scenes That Were Excluded From The Films

10. Harry's Constant Abuse From The Dursleys

After Harry’s parents were murdered by Voldemort, he was forced to live with his abusive relatives throughout his years of attending Hogwarts. While the films show the Dursleys hatred towards Harry and they treat him poorly, they don’t show as much as the books do.

In many ways, the Dursleys were neglectful and abusive towards Harry by forcing him to sleep in a cupboard under the stairs, locking him in his room (only letting him out to use the bathroom) with little to no food for days and being verbally abusive towards him.

Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia have both tried to physically abuse Harry. In the Order of the Phoenix, Vernon attempts to strangle Potter after he thinks he's done magic, and, in the Chamber of Secrets, Petunia tries to hit Harry in the head with a frying pan, which the wizard luckily dodged.

The Dursleys also abandoned Harry at Kings Cross Station when he was 11 years old after they thought Harry had been lied to about the Hogwarts Express because platform 9 ¾ didn’t exist.

On top of all this, the Dursleys were emotionally neglectful, by always treating Harry as a slave, forgetting his birthday, showing no interest in his wellbeing and letting their own son openly bully him (many fans theorise Vernon and Petunia encouraged the bullying).

It’s no wonder why Harry grew up to have anger issues later on in his life.