8 Scrapped Horror Monsters That Would’ve Been TERRIFYING

8. The Conjuring 2 - A Black-Horned Demon

Believe or not, most of the film was filmed and edited with the understanding that our central monster would not be a nun-looking being, but instead a big hulking jet-black demon. Now this entry is not to say that the nun look didn’t work, as it was definitely scary in its own way, but this guy had the potential to be great too.

The demon was inspired by classic iterations of Dracula in part, and was initially created for a film director James Wan was attached to long ago: Castlevania. There exists a fully animatronic build of this villain, to which they planned to add sprawling CGI wings, but when it came down to it, the beastie just wasn’t the right fit.

When the film made it to the edit process Wan thought the whole ‘huge ugly demon’ thing just didn’t suit the film. He wanted something to feel closer to the central characters, something to personally challenge the Warrens, and so swerving towards religious imagery made sense.

Valak the nun is unsettling for sure and absolutely terrifying in her own way, but take one look at this guy and tell me he isn’t awesome…