8 Props That Were Originally Designed For Other Movies

8. Jerry's Final Form Was The Original Design For Ghostbusters' Librarian - Fright Night (1985)

Cult classic 1985 horror film Fright Night memorably climaxes with vampire-next-door Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon) transforming into a bat-monster-thing and eventually being killed when he's exposed to sunlight.

The sequence is best remembered for the brilliantly revolting prop of Jerry's skeleton which promptly explodes into nothing, and as fittingly terrifying as it looks, it was actually originally intended for Ghostbusters the year prior.

The monstrous skeleton was designed by special effects maestro Richard Edlund to be the final form of the librarian ghost from the start of the hit comedy, but depending on who you ask, Edlund scrapped it either because it was too scary for family audiences or too costly to complete.

Either way the nearly-finished prop was nixed for Ghostbusters, but Edlund cannily decided to recycle its skeletal structure for Fright Night's finale, helping save precious pennies on the relatively low-budget horror flick.