10 Monsters In Buffy The Vampire Slayer That Kept You Up At Night
3. Gnarl
Another of the many demons to make Sunnydale their feeding ground, Gnarl is one of the most horrific. After the Scoobies discover flayed bodies, Willow discovers this Gollum like cave dweller.
Gnarl, like many demons, feeds on human flesh. He does this by cutting their skin which releases a paralytic agent into their body. The victim is completely immobile but fully conscious, he then eats his victim alive by peeling off small strips of flesh at a time. Alongside his razor sharp fingernails and unnerving eyes, there is a childlike quality to his voice that makes him haunting. The only way to be freed from the paralysis is by killing the Gnarl, a fact which is unclear until after Buffy kills him.
Added to this horror, Willow ends up trapped alone with him whilst invisible to her friends. He taunts her saying her friends have abandoned her, whilst beginning to feed on her.