The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It Director Reveals the Demon Cut From the Film

Take a look at the demon that was cut from The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It:

During the recent official Watch Party for The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, child actor Julian Hilliard revealed a look at the demonic creature that was cut from the film. Michael Chaves echoed that by explaining to fans that “@Davis10omatic is the #LostDemon you can see him in the waterbed. #TheConjuringWatchParty”. Clearly, that creepy waterbed scene in The Devil Made Me Do It was supposed to lead to a bigger story of how that entity came to be – which is the signature strategy of these Conjuring Universe films.

In his original quote to /Film, Chaves explained a bit more about why this waterbed demon ended up being cut down in the film:

“We actually did have what we thought was going to be the new [spin-off] demon, and this is something that was true to the story,” Chaves said. “We had a demon that was full-on pulled from little David’s interview and description. Arne said he saw the same thing. And it felt like this was going to be the iconic demon. And [producer James Wan] was with this from the very beginning – James, Monster Maestro. And we shot it. We had a cut of the film with this demon in it. The demon worked with Occultist [Eugenie Bondurant]. It was the two of them together.”

Ultimately the problem was that having the demon featured more in the film took away from the novelty that The Conjuring 3 was offering fans:

“We [were] introducing a human adversary, which was the first time that’s ever happened in the Conjuring Universe,” Chaves pointed out. “So all of a sudden, [the] relationship [between the Occultist and the demon] seemed a little hinky… we had this story, [and] it was getting a little too complicated. The demon just wasn’t quite connecting.”

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It will be made available on HBO Max at a date TBA.