Lord of the Rings Turned Into a Horror Movie With This Deleted Scene

The Big Picture In a high fantasy world such as J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, there are bound to be a few creatures out there to scare us. Throughout Tolkien's legendarium, evil is personified in various ways, from giant spiders and werewolves to orcs, goblins, and trolls. So, when Peter Jackson brought the story to life in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, it's no wonder he would take things a step further.

Even Gandalf nearly succumbs to grief and despair over the news, almost believing it impossible that Frodo or Sam could have gotten away from Sauron's seemingly unlimited armed forces––especially those within Mordor's borders. But not everyone gives into the fear, and Aragorn rides forth and beheads the Mouth of Sauron in one fell swoop. "Guess that concludes negotiations," Gimli mutters as Aragorn stirs his friends back to their faith in the halflings.

Of course, the Mouth of Sauron is only an acolyte, and one with far less power than his master , but he still feels something like Sauron himself. We don't see his eyes , but his ghoulish features, horrid teeth, and chapped skin that bypasses the lips entirely, unsettles the audience to the core. If everything beautiful in Middle-earth can be seen in characters like Arwen , then everything wicked about it manifests physically in the Mouth of Sauron.

But many fans weren't too pleased with Aragorn's brash actions in the Peter Jackson adaptation. Because of how kingly and honorably Aragorn carries himself in the books, and because of Tolkien's themes of compassion and mercy for one's enemies , it felt to many as an out-of-character sequence meant to just excite the audience. Maybe that's why this scene was cut out of the theatrical edition in the first place.

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