10 Most Cringeworthy Moments In The Harry Potter Movies

3. Dre Head - Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

Another ill-judged addition courtesy of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban comes in the form of "Dre Head," which is basically just a shrunken head that Harry stumbles upon whilst riding the Knight Bus, but is oh so much worse than that. Obviously created as an attempt to keep Lenny Henry out of the actual movie and instead reduce him to a voice role with a few lines, Dre Head is cringeworthy and out of place. Seriously: what the heck? Because, for some reason, this thing talks in Jamaican accent, which isn't really a problem, but also it totally is, because who decided that this would be a good idea? Dre Head, you won't be surprised to learn, wasn't in Rowling's original novel, and was created purely for the movie experience. It also has a terribly irritating catchphrase, which seems to be "Mind your head!" Basically, it's pretty much like a "dad joke" made it into the film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpP5DLjjaFM
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