This is the gallery page for the Horned King.
Animation[]
The Black Cauldron[]
The Horned King in Hen Wen's visions.
The King on his throne.
The King slowly enters.
The Horned King begins the ritual.
"Now, I call my army of the dead…"
"Now, I call my army of the dead…"
"…the Cauldron-Born!"
"Arise, my messengers of death!"
"OUR TIME… HAS… ARRIVED…!"
The King guiding the magic of the Black Cauldron.
The power of the Cauldron is released.
The King revels in his victory as the Cauldron's effect spreads through the chamber.
"GO FORTH, my deathless warriors! DESTROY ALL IN YOUR PATH!…"
"Only moments away…"
"…from victory."
The enraged Horned King holding Creeper.
The King prepares to murder Taran.
The King grabs Taran, intending to sacrifice him to the Black Cauldron.
The King is pulled into the Black Cauldron.
The King attempts to walk away from the Cauldron, leaving Taran for dead.
Pulled towards his doom.
"No! You'll not have me! My power cannot die!!!"
Last-ditch attempt to resist the Cauldron's mystical attraction.
"CURSE YOUUUU!"
The demon finally gives in.
His hand makes contact with the Cauldron.
"NO!!!…"
"NO!!!…"
The Horned King's destruction begins as he screams in agony.
The King's body disintegrates.
The King continues struggling and screaming even as his skeleton is melted away.
Mystical fire from the Cauldron gathers into what remains of the King's body.
Final explosion.
Moments after the explosion, the last few scraps of the Horned King are blown away.
House of Mouse[]
Concept Art[]
Tim Burton's concept sketches of the Horned King as a gruff patchwork creature whose horns resemble branches.
The same version of the King playing with handpuppets.
More sketches of same, also a slightly different bearded version.
Same bearded Tim Burton character.
Concept art of Milt Kahl for the King.
Different views of the same design.
The same King acting dramatically, using a scepter.
In an early concept painting by Melvin Shaw, the Horned King (in his book design of a muscular warlord with a helmet) witnesses some magical event.
Concept painting by Melvin Shaw of a closely book-based version of the climax, wherein the King dies as his true name is spoken.
Mevin Shaw's concept art of the King leading a raid on a village, on horseback.
Melvin Shaw's Horned King (close to final design) orders Hen Wen to use her Gift.
Mevin Shaw artwork: Taran is brought before the King.
Melvin Shaw concept sketch of an alternate demise for the King: the Cauldron-Born turn on him instead of dying off.
A sinister picture of a horse-riding Horned King, possibly Melvin Shaw.
A painting based on that same sketch.
A sketch fo a physically foreboding King on horseback, by Andreas Deja.
A slightly different death for the King, engulfed by the Cauldron's fume rather than disintegrated by its power.
The flesh-and-blood, abrasive, larger-than-life version of the Horned King of Vance Gerry; he seems the same species as the Hunter.
Sketches of the King by Andreas Deja; similar to the final design, but less undead and more monstrous still.
A surprisingly muscular version of that same design, also by Deja (resembling Chernabog).
Entire concept sheet of Horned King concept art by Andreas Deja; in keeping with Deja's consistent design of the King as still a very lively character showing emotion through grand, theatrical gestures.
More of Deja's Horned King.
Same.
Concept painting of same.
Later Deja art, more in keeping with the King's final design as an undead, skeletal being. He still possesses the body language of Deja's earlier concepts, however.
Final model sheet of the King, now fully a skeletal humanoid, by Andreas Deja.
Concept art of the King's rotitng face by Mike Ploog, more gruesome but similar in spirit to the final character.
Video Games[]
Castle of Illusion[]
"The Phantom" comes face to face with Mickey Mouse in the final level of Castle of Illusion.