Here's what the monster in Bird Box was meant to look like
They decided to leave it out
Bird Box starring Sandra Bullock and Sarah Paulson has been a massive hit with fans, even spawning the Bird Box Challenge, which Netflix had to warn the public against doing. However, throughout the entire Netflix Original film viewers don't get to see the monster that causes people to commit suicide, that is until now!
Photos have emerged online of what is believed to be the monster, originally intended to appear in the popular film. However, a decision was made to leave out the monster, creating more suspense. According to a series of photos posted by SFX Atlas on Instagram, the Bird Box monster looks like an accentuated bald human, with a lot of visible blood vessels.
The photos were accompanied by a caption reading, 'The unseen creature from Bird Box created at @knb_efx that was sadly cut from the final film', with special makeup effects artist Howard Berger saying, "It’s always a bit disappointing when so much effort goes into something that ends up in the cutting room floor, but I get it and it’s always what is best for the final product."'
Judging by the reaction to these new photos, it looks like cutting it from the final edit was the best decision. Fans of the feature have been leaving comments such as, 'Maybe there could've, at a stretch, made this to work but I'm glad it was cut', sic 'better without', and another said, 'Glad this did not make it to the end film. If it was up to me I would also remove all spoken references to the word "creatures". '
According to the film's director Susanne Bier, "The creatures mess with your mind; they tap into your deepest fear."
She told the Radio Times, "And, because they tap into your deepest fear, we can't ever see them, because that deepest fear is going to be different whoever you are."
Bird Box has taken the world by storm, having been released late last year. The film sees a deadly force taking over the world, causing mass suicides whenever anyone sees it. Pregnant Malorie (Sandra Bullock) finds herself inside a stranger's house, but after six years in the house, she has to find undertake the perilous two-day journey, blindfolded, in search of hope.
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Nightflyers
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Star Trek: Discovery Season 2
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The Umbrella Academy
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The Rain Season 2
The first season of The Rain was released in 2018 and has been so successful it's back once again in 2019. The Rain is set six years after a brutal virus carried by the rain wipes out almost all humans in Scandinavia. However, two Danish siblings have survived and emerge from the safety of their bunker to find all remnants of civilisation gone.
Our Planet
Our Planet was filmed over four years, and combines the spectacular photography of Planet Earth with an unprecedented look at the planet's remaining wilderness areas and their animal inhabitants.
ELITE Season 2
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Disenchantment Season 2
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Stranger Things 3
Another popular Netflix series that we can watch is Stranger Things 3.
After the success of Bird Box some fans of the show started to do the Bird Box challenge which saw people doing mundane tasks while blindfolded. In a tweet, Netflix US had to reiterate that people should not be doing the challenge, tweeting, 'Can’t believe I have to say this, but: PLEASE DO NOT HURT YOURSELVES WITH THIS BIRD BOX CHALLENGE. We don’t know how this started, and we appreciate the love, but Boy and Girl have just one wish for 2019 and it is that you not end up in the hospital due to memes.'