There are a lot of different ways to define demons.
An overarching description would be: a supernatural being prevalent in religion, literature, mythology,
and assorted media.
Thanks Wikipedia.
But we know that demons are much more than a dry definition could ever hope to describe.
In fact, these spirits and divine powers are a lot stronger than most want to give them
credit for.
Sure, lots of demons are physical representations of human traits, and are often confined to
far-off regions of Hell that could never reach Earth under normal circumstances.
Who cares about normal circumstances though!
There’s nothing normal about the demon’s we’re about to talk about!
In fact, they are all most definitely burly enough to put an end to all life as we know
it!
Sweet!
Hello horror heads, and welcome back to the scariest channel on YouTube: Top5ScaryVideos.
I’m your horror host, Keegan Hughes, and today we’re gonna be taking a look at the
Top 5 Scary Demons That Could End the World.
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ROLL THE CLIP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLr8gnYpVsg 2:25-2:31
Oh that takes me back.
If you couldn’t tell, that’s Dave Grohl as the Devil absolutely rocking it on the
drums in Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny.
Truly a demon who could destroy the world with some tasty licks, if only he could turn
down a rock-off.
Now that we’re in a suitably demonic mood, let’s start the list!
NUMBER FIVE: YALDABAOTH This one is a super big Persona 5 spoiler,
so if you haven’t played it yet, or are still waiting for the Switch version (sorry),
maybe skip to the next number!
The Holy Grail, the God of Control, the Fake Igor, this is the absolute biggest bad in
Persona 5.
After the Phantom Thieves defeat all of the other, more publically menacing enemies and
assume it’ll be smooth sailing to the end, this guy shows up to ruin everything!
And he totally does ruin everything!
As the manifestation of humanity’s wish for order and control, this mecha-angel can
control people’s desires and their cognition of the world around them.
He considers himself a god, above all other beings!
Talk about a superiority complex.
As such, he is also representative of the seven deadly sins.
Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, Pride, you name it!
He has the power to destroy the world through a hard reset of everything, or by enslaving
humanity through a false reality.
Although, he didn’t begin with all that power.
Yaldabaoth holds the human world in the palm of his hand, and is made more powerful by
the will of humans as a whole.
The more people wish for a strong leader, and to be told what to do, the more mighty
he becomes.
Upon gaining sentience, he saw how corrupt society was, and decided that humanity should
be met with ruin.
This is a little bit paradoxical, however, because he has the ability to influence the
will of the public.
As such, he could steer them in a better direction, but instead allows them to to continue on
the same path in order to ensure his rule over the world.
All this power makes him arrogant, believing that he is the ultimate being.
That kind of arrogance makes me suspect that he would destroy the whole world on a whim.
And he would have got away with it too, if it weren’t for those meddling theives…
NUMBER FOUR: BEELZEBUB No, not Beelzeboss.
This demon isn’t quite as sick-nasty on the drums.
This is the Demon of Gluttony, the devil of pride, the false god!
One of the three most prominent and powerful of fallen angels, alongside Satan and Leviathan.
This guy sits atop Hell’s hierarchy like it’s nothing.
Known for causing jealous murders and inciting wars, this is another demon who loves to watch
the world burn.
His aim is to cover the world with terror and corruption, and that’s not too hard
for a demon with dominion over decay and decomposition.
You’ll know it’s him by the swarms of flies that surround him, or if he decides
to transform into a giant, hideous fly himself.
And unlike Seth Brundle, Beelzebub can change back into human form.
These flies can even carry souls into the abyss.
There are a few ways this firey fly fellow might end the world.
One would be raising an army of chaos at the drop of a hat.
Yeah that would be bad.
Although, if I know anything about demons, I would say he might try some other stuff
first.
As demon of gluttony, it’s likely that his plans are already in effect.
He could very well be influencing powerful humans, getting them to encourage overconsumption
across the board.
Why else would we be eating fast food and throwing away unused groceries when there
are starving people out there?
What other reason could there be behind the insane burning of fossil fuels and the constant
purchasing of plastic gadgets we don’t need?
It’s Beelzebub trying to make us hollow out our planet!
It’s gotta be!
If its up to him, we won’t go out with a bang, but with a whimper.
NUMBER THREE: CENOBITES Speaking of bangs and whimpers, if these terrifying
extra-dimensional torture-play demons take over we’ll be doing a lot of both.
Hailing from Clive Barker’s extended universes, the Cenobites have collective power unlike
any other.
To quote Pinhead himself, they are explorers in the further regions of experience, demons
to some, and angels to others.
Clad in leather, with lots of open wounds to boot, these BDSM-loving aliens can only
come to Earth through schisms in time and space opened by unearthly artifacts.
When summoned, they are known to subject their victims to emotional and psychological torture
far beyond what any human could have previously imagined.
With a variety of powers, this is no big deal to the Cenobites.
Hooks and chains that can be summoned from any shadow to rip and tear at the flesh of
those under their influence, telekinetic powers, and otherworldly strength are just a few of
the ways they can drive humans mad with pain and pleasure.
The pain obviously being delivered in much higher quantities.
As detailed in Hellraiser II, they live in another maze-like dimension, and bring their
quarry into this Labyrinth for unimaginable torture.
There are also beastly abominations dwelling in this dimension that could be released into
the human world, looking for some flesh to consume.
Horrible monstrosities aren’t well-known for their self-regulation either.
The Cenobites don’t seem too concerned with destroying the planet in earlier iterations
of the Hellraiser series, but starting in Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, it seems like
some will break free of whatever was limiting this urge before.
Pinhead acts on his own, flying in the face of previous Cenobite behaviour, and uses his
powers to cause all sorts of pain and destruction on a larger scale.
This implies that other Cenobites have the capacity to do the same, which could spell
out major calamity on Earth if they chose to hop over one dimension en masse.
Y’all better get ready for some intense pain and pleasure, or you’re in for a bad
time.
They have such sights to show us.
NUMBER TWO: ICON OF SIN SOMEBODY CALL DOOM GUY WE NEED A LITTLE HELP!
The final boss in DOOM II: Hell on Earth, this baphomet-headed demon-spawner could end
our world in a heartbeat.
In fact, it already did in DOOM II.
Just because it was killed in the end doesn’t mean the world isn’t still blasted to smithereens.
There’s no taking back that kind of worldwide collapse.
The earth is already ruined by the time our heroic space marine shows up to kick ass and
chew bubblegum.
Wait, wrong FPS.
Getting back to how this giant robo-devil would destroy the world; it literally infinitely
spawns demons from Hell into our world.
How does it do this?
Well, in the doom universe, humans have come up with some pretty ingenious teleportation
technology.
However, as teleportation tech is bound to do, it malfunctions and opens a portal to
Hell on Mars.
We’re led to believe that this problem only exists on Mars in the first game, but that
would be too convenient, wouldn’t it?
In DOOM II, more portals open on Earth, and the Icon of Sin gets to chill in the bowels
of hell and fire demon after demon through these portals to cause humans a whole lot
of trouble.
And lets be real, nobody on Earth even comes close to the demon-slaying capabilities of
the fictional DOOMGUY.
So if these portals open, and if this metal-headed brain-demon decides to spawn a bunch of hellions
in the city streets, it’s all over.
NUMBER ONE: THE SAINT OF KILLERS Of all the demons on this list, only one has
successfully killed both Satan and God.
Yes I said a demon killed God.
That deity-ending demon is the Saint of Killers from Preacher.
Once a bloodthirsty Confederate soldier known as the Butcher of Gettysberg, The Saint of
Killers decided to settle down with a woman and find peace.
Still a man at this point, he fell in love and had a family, and was happy.
Sadly, he lived in a time where medicine was scarce, and happy endings even scarcer.
Disease took its toll, and his family died while he was out looking for a cure.
Upon finding their corpses, the last sliver of good inside him disappeared, and he became
a force of pure hatred.
He walked through the town of Ratwater and slaughtered every single citizen.
Upon emptying out the local saloon, he took a shot and was killed by a tornado.
His hate did not max out there though, no way.
Instead, he was damned to Hell and forced to re-live his family’s death over and over.
Each time, he also lived through his slaughter of the Ratwater populace.
Soon enough, he is sprung to seek out and kill Jesse Custer.
And well, the rest is history.
Immortal, and on a bloody quest for revenge against the world, The Saint of Killers is
a killing machine.
You probably already knew that bit.
His guns, a pair of Colt 1847 Walkers, were gifted to him by the Angel of Death.
They never run out of ammunition, never jam, and are omnideadly.
That means they will not miss their target, and one shot will always kill, regardless
of circumstance.
Like aimbot in real life.
Can’t kick this guy from the lobby.
The guns can penetrate a dozen walls, and actually drill a hole from one end of the
Earth to the other.
Plus, The Saint of Killers retains them after dying.
Which, coincidentally, is how he killed God.
So now he’s up in heaven, ruling over Paradise.
And if he chose to do so, he could kill every last person on Earth without breaking a sweat.
And knowing the amount of hatred deep in his heart, he probably would without a second
thought.
OUTRO Soooooooooo yeah.
Basically we’re all done for.
It was nice knowing you all!
I’ll be in my fallout shelter, in the fetal position.
Call me when the world is nice and well-done!
Do you think we have a chance if any of these demons decide to end the world?
Are there any planet-busters that I left off the list?
Let me know down in the comments!
And I’ll use that to segway right into some comments from last time!
Steampunk Pixie says “Just to be clear I AM NOT A HORROR HEAD.
I am a Horror Fan” Ok, I’ll be clear as well.
I don’t actually have the power or influence to tell you who you are, I’m just greeting
the folks in the audience who do consider themselves Horror Heads!
Salud 74 says “You Folks are just to simple to understand tall grass”
Oh I understand tall grass just fine, that’s what happens when you don’t mow your lawn.
In the Tall Grass on the other hand was less than deep, but I’ve already said enough
about it.
Ain’t That Picture Dusty says “I thought that La Whatever movie was pretty good.
I’m pretty sure there are only so many ghost types out there.
What do you want from her?
She’s just a cursed woman.”
The fact that you’re calling her La Whatever speaks volumes.
Demand more from your entertainment folks!
There are lots of great movies out there that get passed over for mediocre ones every day!
Just Some Guy without a Mustache says “I personally didn’t think Escape Room was
a horror, it was more like “How to get annoyed by watching dumb characters doing dumb things”
I would have to agree with you on this one, although it was marketed as a thriller / horror,
so we have to take that at face value.
FATLACES THEDON says “Countdown was basically final destination with a timer”
And less cool kills too!
And with that we’ll bring this video to a close!
Thanks for watching, and I’ll see you next time.