5 Most Unhinged Beauty and The Beast Adaptations That Will Give You Nightmares

The unusual love story of a beauty and a young man with a beautiful soul but a monstrous body, is almost several hundred years old.

Directors are finding new ways to show that when it comes to love, neither geography nor even belonging to the human race matters, and sometimes beauty and the beast can even become Vikings.

1. Beauty and the Beast, 1962

This version of Beauty and the Beast is considered one of the worst adaptations ever made. Here the Beast does not hold Beauty captive – the main characters behave friendly.

At night Duke Eduardo turns into the Beast and does not want Lady Althea to know his secret. But she discovers the truth and preserves her loved one's secret – moreover, she bravely stands up for him when an angry crowd wants to lynch the unfortunate count.

This is a touching melodrama featuring the world's strangest hairy man, with makeup by Jack Pierce, who created the unique face of Bela Lugosi's Dracula.

2. Beauty and the Beast, 1976

This is a 1976 TV movie, so its cheapness is noticeable, but even more noticeable is the Beast, which in this version has acquired a pig's snout for some reason.

The characters are surprisingly polite, exchanging witty lines and behaving like longtime partners. And the antagonists turn out not to be Belle's sisters, but her father, which is also a big surprise – he is usually portrayed as a much more positive character.

3. Beauty and the Beast, 1978

This is a rare version that gives the Beast avian features. The makeup makes this one of the most surreal adaptations.

The relationship between Beauty and the Beast in this movie is the least warm – a mysterious being tells the Beast that love brings pain and makes you weak, monstrosity gives freedom, and Beauty must be killed and eaten.

This conflict differs from the traditional idea of the Beast as a nobleman who has lost his human appearance through a fatal mistake.

4. Beauty and the Beast, 2005

Beauty and the Beast is the second best basis for low-budget horror movies after Little Red Riding Hood. 2005’s Beauty and the Beast (also known as Blood of Beasts) is an exploitation from South Africa about... Vikings.

Less of a fairy tale, the movie uses the mythological basis of the classic story, elevating the relationship between a terrifying creature and a beautiful girl to tribal conflicts and magical curses.

And the movie is worth seeing at least for the ending, which is surprisingly epic for a B-movie.

5. Spike, 2008

Spike was released in the same year as Twilight, and while both were based on a beauty-and-the-beast story, Spike went largely unnoticed and remained relegated to the niche of low-budget indie horror.

The movie tells the story of an extremely lonely boy covered in spikes who lives in the forest and whose only dream is to find his true love. And one day, the one he has been searching for so long accidentally falls into his possession.