Top 10 Darkest Moments LEFT OUT of the Films - Harry Potter Explained

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today discussing BOOKS vs FILMS - honing in on some of the darkest BOOK moments that, for varying reasons, simply never made their way on to the silver screen.

While the film adaptations brought the magic of Hogwarts to life on the big screen, they were not without their limitations. In the process of adapting the complex and intricate world of the books into a more visually-driven medium, certain dark and unsettling moments were omitted or altered, leaving fans with a somewhat diluted version of Rowling's original vision. Today, we’ll delve into these dark moments left out of the films, exploring the reasons behind their omissions and the impact of these changes on the overall story.

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[HarryPotterTheory]

Thanks for watching all! Which of these do YOU think was the darkest? Comment below!

[leesadrone]

I thought number 1 would've been Nagini coming out of the neck of a long dead Bathida Bagshot. I remember reading that back in the day and being horrified.

[Fregmazors]

Winky's story was so terribly sad. It's easy to overlook because the house elves are somewhat background characters in the early books. But she was so deeply traumatized that it destroyed her life. It's heart breaking.

[Dreadjaws]

The whole thing about Dumbledore's past is barely touched upon in the movies and it's pretty dark. Movie Dumbledore is basically kept as a clean hero through and through, but in the books it's made clear that in his youth he was all up on dominating the muggles and not caring about his family. It took his sister's death to finally get him to see reason, and it's still up in the air if it was his spell the one that killed her.

[grec.]

I remember being so terrified when Barty Crouch Jr was narrating his deeds and how he killed his father and transfigurated him into a bone. I found it so dark, even for a deatheater as cruel and soulless as Barty was.

[TheDrexxus]

I think one of the darkest and most disturbing things is that Fred and George tried to make 5 year old Ron make an unbreakable vow that would've killed him if he broke it.

They straight up nearly killed their brother. And even if Ron had somehow managed to keep the vow, who knows what it might have been that he would've been cursed to live with the rest of his life.

That is not a prank, that is downright cruelty and malice.

[keeferbigmick]

Molly's bogart was the worst. It is made worse when you realize that the reason she saw the twins together was that even in death she could not see them separated which would eventually happen anyway.

[lazerhoffmann]

The fact that Neviels parents were alive was revealed even earlier when Harry saw the trial of B.C.J in the Pencive but Dumbledore asked him not to tell anyone because he wanted Nevile to reveal this secret when he was ready, and Harry kept the promise

[Txepsiyu]

It was pretty dark when Dumbledore had to explain himself to Harry in the very clean King's Cross Station after Voldemort tried to kill him. Very little of that was in the movie.

[hamster]

The grey back part in the books was so insanely dark, it emphasised how far the books went from a pretty standard kids book to talking about raping hermione

[barbiquearea]

In Chamber of Secrets, there was a deleted scene where Harry apparates inside Borgans and Burke after shouting "Digan Ally". There he stumbles upon Lucius and Draco enter the store with Lucius pawning off some of the dark artifacts. In the book, this is alluded to again later on when Harry and Ron polyjuiced themselves into looking like Crabb and Goyle, when Draco was discussing with them how their fathers are hiding their dark magic artifacts in their homes. Information which Ron later passes onto Arthur, allowing him to confiscate his entire collection.

[laurab]

I would not consider the incident with Montague as the twins torturing him. Torture implies intent...their only intent was to put him out of action for a while. His ordeal after that were unintended consequences.

I do agree with a previous poster that they definitely tortured Filch, emotionally and mentally but never physically.

[pbyr]

Dumbledore drinking the poison in the cave and breaking down maybe deserved a mention. The most powerful and unflappable character in the series, the ultimate reassurance to Harry and the reader, breaking like that was hard to read as a kid.

[eranshachar]

I agree with the picks. Cutting Winky from movie 4 was a critical mistake because she is a crucial character in book 4. There are few tragic moments in the books that I want to see on screen: 1.The Longbottoms being tortured. The books told us about it but just imagine how powerful it will be to see it on screen. 2.The death of uncle Remy and Tonks. Give us the duels HBO Max between Lupin and Dolohov/Tonks and Bellatrix. 3.Speaking of The Battle Of Hogwarts it was a severe crime to cut out Fred's death and Percy's reaction. Anyone agreeing with me on those?

[oliverrudland-scorechannel]

Molly Weasley is also a mirror of Voldemort use of Horcruxes.

Like Voldemort, Molly Weasley splits her soul seven times (but unlike Voldemort not including on in herself) to immunise herself against death, but in her case openly in the form of her six children: Bill, Charlie, Percy, identical twins Fred and George, Ron, and Ginny. Like Voldemort she accidentally makes a seventh Horcrux (which in Molly’s case I’m going to call an Amorelux) in the form of Harry whom she unofficially adopts (takes into her heart) and who marries her beloved daughter, Ginny. Even if Molly dies her soul lives on through her children, but unlike a Horcrux, an Amorelux is not a selfish attempt to preserve oneself and in fact becomes stronger through self-sacrifice. In the case of an Amorelux, it is created through an act of love (not murder) and is another form of ancient magic discussed here far stronger than dark magic, which in many ways is a poor imitation of real magic.

[hank]

We find out about Neville’s parent a lot earlier when Dumbledore tell Harry and one of the most heartbreaking peers you left out is where Neville puts the wrapper in his pocket and evidently has kept every single one his mother has given him.

[robertbeisert]

The one time Harry was ever able to use Crucio effectively was when Amycus spat at McGonagall. Their relationship in the books isn't talked about as often as it should be.

[lisacox]

Kreacher's telling the trio about Regulas' death was dark.

[HeatherNickless-vtzr]

I guess the funniest irony between the Death Eaters is the fact that the Malfoys are too cowardly to actually kill people for the benefit to whom they serve; while Peter Pettigrew was too cowardly to choose to do what is right.

[AnthonyStonechild]

I spent a long time nursing the theory that Alice’s gift of a candy wrapper to Neville was actually some sort of charm that would become important in a later book. I was crushed when I realized that she had been tortured beyond the ability to protect her son.