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* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': Alucard is revealed to be Dracula/Vlad the Impaler. The Dracula [[Literature/{{Dracula}} in the original novel]] was a powerful vampire capable controlling beasts and the weather, possessing the strenght of 20 men and shapeshifting into mist, but otherwise didn't stray much from what vampires are traditionally capable of. Alucard, however, is an UndeadAbomination who can shapeshift into a mass of angry darkness and eyes, and [[YourSoulIsMine has the souls of all his victims within him]].

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* The [[Website/{{Reddit}} subreddit]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/imsorryjon/ "imsorryjon"]] is dedicated to art reinterpreting ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', of all characters, as one of these. It can range from darkly hilarious to extremely creepy in execution. Worse [[(WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons or better?)]], it's attracted and inspired people to give the same treatment to other properties (it's where ''Webcomic/TheBikiniBottomHorror'' originated, for one).

** In Myth/CelticMythology, Diarmuid ua Duibhne was killed by a demonic boar. This game shows that the boar was closer to an AnimalisticAbomination, who ''eats'' magic runes and strikes fear even to dragonkind.

* In ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'', the rhinoceros which ate James's parents isn't really described as anything else other than just an animal (which makes it even more surreal in a way). In the live-action/animated film, it is a malevolent supernatural entity from beyond which manifests itself as a storm cloud shaped like a rhinoceros more closely related to the book's Cloud People.

* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': Alucard is revealed to be Dracula/Vlad the Impaler. The Dracula [[Literature/{{Dracula}} in the original novel]] was a powerful vampire, but otherwise didn't stray much from what vampires are traditionally capable of. Alucard, however, is an UndeadAbomination who can shapeshift into a mass of angry darkness and eyes, and [[YourSoulIsMine has the souls of all his victims within him]].

* In the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series, Dracula is more than just a powerful vampire. He is the commander of a seemingly endless army of demons, including [[TheGrimReaper Death himself]], has various forms of powerful black magic at his disposal, including ResurrectiveImmortality, owns a castle [[GeniusLoci that in itself is another demon]] and [[ChaosArchitecture is known for changing forms]], and he has the ability to [[OneWingedAngel turn into all sorts of demonic forms]]. In the ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Chronicles of Sorrow]]'' duology, it's revealed that Dracula is also known as The Dark Lord, which is basically this universe's equivalent to {{Satan}}.

* In the ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' film series, Freddy Krueger was a child murderer give dream powers, but ultimately still still human. The Freddy Krueger of ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare'', on the other hand, was never even human to begin with. Justified as this is not actually the Freddy that we know and love, but an EldritchAbomination masquerading as him who has taken other forms throughout the ages.

* ''Film/It2017'': In terms of presentation, it is only downplayed with the titular Pennywise/It. While It was as much of an EldritchAbomination [[Literature/{{It}} in the books]], its traits are exaggerated and more overtly demonstrated in the 2017 adaptation. The original Pennywise was mostly capable of [[FauxAffablyEvil putting on the act of a flashy, friendly clown]], however, Creator/BillSkarsgard's interpretation is more feral and [[ObviouslyEvil obviously monstrous]], rarely bothering to even act human. Pennywise is clearly inhuman from the get go, while in the books it only becomes apparent later on and the humanoid form is a very poor disguise that quickly falls off. The [[Film/ITChapterTwo second half]] plays with this. Pennywise never assumes the spider form of the book [[spoiler:only a clown-headed spider form]], but more emphasis is given to the fact that Its true form is the [[LightIsNotGood Deadlights]], a trio of lights akin to three suns.

This trope is not for such adaptations.

** In Marvel canon, the Phoenix Force is a cosmic firebird that takes hosts and occasionally eats stars, operating to an uncertain purpose. Eldritch enough. Here, it's UpToEleven, being the primary aspect of Destruction of the Endless, and even the most stable hosts being mild {{Humanoid Abomination}}s. A fully fledged Dark Phoenix is a galaxy eating EldritchAbomination.

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' often has Ganon be depicted as a PigMan SorcerousOverlord GeniusBruiser. In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', this iteration of Ganon, dubbed Calamity Ganon, is more akin to a force of nature, a monstrous and horrifying behemoth composed of Malice. There is no great schemes or cunning, just a feral maddened beast destroying all in her path.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' often has Ganon be depicted as a PigMan SorcerousOverlord GeniusBruiser. In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', this iteration of Ganon, dubbed Calamity Ganon, is more akin to a force of nature, a monstrous and horrifying behemoth composed of Malice. There is no great schemes or cunning, just a feral maddened beast destroying all in her path.

* ''VideoGame/LegendOfZelda'' often has Ganon be depicted as a PigMan SorcerousOverlord GeniusBruiser. In ''VideoGame/LegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', this iteration of Ganon, dubbed Calamity Ganon, is more akin to a force of nature, a monstrous and horrifying behemoth composed of Malice. There is no great schemes or cunning, just a feral maddened beast destroying all in her path.

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* In Literature/TheBible, the idea of [[AngelicAbomination angels as looking like utterly bizarre eldritch beings]] is a later addition. The earliest angels in the first written books of the Bible, like Genesis and the rest of the Pentateuch, looked [[HumanAlien entirely human]] and could even [[AngelUnaware pass as humans]] if they wanted to.

* In the ComicBook/SubMariner story ''Sub-Mariner: The Depths", Namor is portrayed as a silent HumanoidAbomination who defends the EldritchOceanAbyss that is Atlantis. Deviations from his main stream counterpart include pale white skin and BlackEyesOfEvil and being Really700YearsOld, being far older than his mainstream counterpart should during the 1950's (his thirties) with him being blamed for the disappearance of a Spanish ship that was sent to the New World in 1610, the beaching of the Meduse in 1810 and the sinking of Titanic in 1912.

* In the ComicBook/SubMariner story ''Sub-Mariner: The Depths", Namor is portrayed as a silent HumanoidAbomination who defends the EldritchOceanAbyss that is Atlantis.

** ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'': Invoked and subverted with the Elementals, who are portrayed by Mysterio as immortal beings who have inspired myths throughout history and are capable of ''destroying the entire planet''. [[spoiler:Except actually don't exist at all, at least in the incarnations Mysterio presents, as they are his illusions he uses to pretend to be a hero. Morris Bench, the "real" Hydro-Man, is mentioned to supposedly exist as a "mere" superpowered human.]]

While in the source material a character may have been a simple, easy-to-understand monster, or wizard, or what have you, in the adaptation they are ''far'' from ordinary. For example, the original may have just been a man with superpowers may become a HumanoidAbomination, either to [[PlayedForHorror make the audience afraid of his powers]], or even [[DoingInTheWizard as a way to ''explain'' his powers]]. Sometimes it's a case of AscendedFridgeHorror, and sometimes it's just the adaptation being DarkerAndEdgier... that is, if the eldritch nature of the adaptation has a basis in the original work at all, and isn't just the new author ''completely'' changing things up.

* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': Inverted by [[spoiler: Horde Prime, who is the being Hordak was a failed clone of in this version, though it certainly doesn’t reduce his overall villainy. The inversion is also possibly averted, depending on whether you consider his form when exorcised by Adora to be his true form or not]].