History ForcedTransformation / LiveActionFilms

* In "Film/TheBrothersGrimm", a girl named Sasha gets forcibly transformed into a Gingerbread Man [[BodyHorror in a rather horrific way]] so she could be taken to the Mirror Queen's tower for a ritual.

* In the 1979 Disney comedy ''Film/ASpacemanInKingArthursCourt'', the beautiful maiden Alisande carries around a goose ([[InsistentTerminology actually a gander]]) which she thinks is her father transformed by an evil spell, not knowing her father is actually being held prisoner in Mordred's dungeon (she returned to find her father vanished and the gander in their locked house). The hero gives up trying to convince her otherwise, and just pretends after rescuing her father that he got the magician Merlin to change him back.

* ''Film/{{Troll}}'':

* ''Film/{{Willow}}'':
** [[EvilOverlord Evil empress]] Bavmorda transforms all of an army into pigs this way. The pig transformation is also used as a temporary status effect in the NES {{RPG}} based on the movie.
** The sorceress Fin Raziel is also subjected to this treatment, though Bavmorda turns her into a possum, not a pig. And then Willow himself transforms her into... a bunch of other animals, with nary a pause in between. [[spoiler:She (finally) gets better]].
--->'''Goat Fin Raziel:''' Maad Maartigan...\\
'''Madmartigan:''' What the Hell happened to you?
* In ''Film/TimeBandits'', the Source of All Evil turns one of the dwarves into a pig.
* The movie ''Film/{{Russell}}'' is about a man who gets turned into a koala.
* ''Film/{{Troll}}'':
** In the original film, Torok transformed the residents of the apartment complex into various magical creatures, judging by Peter's transformation it's quite painful.
** In ''Film/Troll2'', people get turned into plant things by the goblins. Although if the reactions of one victim are anything to go by, it's not exactly painful.
* ''Film/TheGuyver'' does this to [[spoiler:Creator/MarkHamill's [[WTHCastingAgency character]] by turning him into a giant cockroach thing.]] [[KickTheDog Then he dies]].
* The film ''Film/{{Ladyhawke}}'' has a double case of this, orchestrated by an evil priest. Two lovers are cursed so that the man, Etienne Navarre, becomes a wolf by night, and the woman, Isabeau, becomes a hawk by day. They can only both be human at exact sunrise and sunset, but they can never touch.

* This is used as a disturbing visual element in ''Film/BlackSwan'', where the protagonist imagines herself morphing into an actual black swan as she struggles psychologically with her role in the ballet. Unless it's really happening...
* In ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'', Miss Price turns several people into rabbits. It's a running gag that no matter what the actual target animal is supposed to be the spell always turns them into a rabbit.
* In ''Film/HighSchoolMusical 2'', the "Humuhumunukunukuapua'a" skit is about a lonely Hawaiian princess who seeks to break the spell on a prince who's been turned into a fish.
* In the Turkish [[http://www.sinematurk.com/film/6254-tatli-cadinin-maceralari/ film ]] ''Tatlı Cadının Maceraları'' (''Adventures of the Sweet Witch'') (based on ''Series/{{Bewitched}}''), a magical evil woman promptly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8Bwxoz-qIU&feature=player_detailpage#t=378s transforms]] a man into a goldfish on a frying pan when he is unresponsive to her advances. He is later rescued by his magical wife.
* In ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet4TheDreamMaster'', Freddy turns [[spoiler:Debbie]] into a giant, helpless cockroach and then crushes her.

* ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'': Maleficent turns the raven Diaval into a man to save him from being beaten to death. When he later pledges his service to her, she changes him into whatever form best suits her needs.
-->'''Maleficent:''' I need a horse...
* In the 2003 TV film ''Film/{{Quigley}}'', Archie is turned into the titular Pomeranian after an untimely car crash and is sent back to Earth in his new form in order to prove that he can change his selfish and unforgiving ways.
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'': Humorously subverted when Sam eavesdrops on Gandalf and Frodo's conversation about the One Ring in Bilbo's former house. Samwise begs Gandalf not to use his magic to turn him into something "unnatural". Then the scene cuts to a shot of Gandalf walking with a horse and telling Sam to keep up, only for Sam to run along after them.
* In ''Film/TheLobster'', those who fail to find a partner in 45 days are turned into animals. At least they get to choose what animal they become.
* In ''Film/NineLives2016'', the main character is trapped in the body of a cat for a good deal of the film.
* ''Film/SpyKids1'': The OSS agents [[BigBad Floop]] captures get turned into "Fooglies", wacky-looking characters that co-star with him on [[DepravedKidsShowHost his TV show]] and speak in [[SubliminalSeduction backwards English]]. [[spoiler: After Floop pulls a HeelFaceTurn, it happens to his DragonAscendant Alexander Minion, though unlike the others he's still able to speak properly.]]
* ''Film/ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark2019'': In what is considered to be one of the film's most terrifying scenes, [[JerkJock Tommy]] is stalked by the [[ScaryScarecrows farm's scarecrow, Harold]], who has suddenly come to life. As it chases after him, Tommy stabs him with his pitchfork... only for Harold to completely NoSell the attack, grab the pitchfork, and stab ''him'' with it. But instead of blood, ''straw'' seeps out of Tommy's wounds. He stumbles away, screaming for help, and more straw comes out of his mouth and clothes. The next morning, Tommy's vanished without a trace... but the scarecrow is wearing his clothes.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/{{Krull}}.'' IneptMage Ergo the Magnificent tries to turn Colwyn into a duck for making fun of him, but it backfires, duck-ifying Ergo instead. He eventually decides to work with it, turning himself into a tiger when the group storms the Black Fortress.
* In the 1979 Disney comedy ''Film/ASpacemanInKingArthursCourt'', the beautiful maiden Alisande carries around a goose ([[InsistentTerminology actually a gander]]) which she thinks is her father transformed by an evil spell, not knowing her father is actually being held prisoner in Mordred's dungeon (she returned to find her father vanished and the gander in their locked house). The hero gives up trying to convince her otherwise, and just pretends after rescuing her father that he got the magician Merlin to change him back.

* In ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks',' Miss Price turns several people into rabbits. It's a running gag that no matter what the actual target animal is supposed to be the spell always turns them into a rabbit.

* The movie ''Russell'' is about a man who gets turned into a koala.

* In the 1979 Disney comedy ''A Spaceman in King Arthur's Court'', the beautiful maiden Alisande carries around a goose ([[InsistentTerminology actually a gander]]) which she thinks is her father transformed by an evil spell, not knowing her father is actually being held prisoner in Mordred's dungeon (she returned to find her father vanished and the gander in their locked house). The hero gives up trying to convince her otherwise, and just pretends after rescuing her father that he got the magician Merlin to change him back.

* In the 1979 Disney comedy ''A Spaceman in King Arthur's Court'', the beautiful maiden Alisande carries around a goose ([[InsistentTerminology actually a gander]]) which she thinks is her father transformed by an evil spell, not knowing her father is actually being held prisoner in Mordred's dungeon. The hero gives up trying to convince her otherwise, and just pretends after rescuing her father that he got the magician Merlin to change him back.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/{{Krull}}.'' IneptMage Ergo the Magnificent tries to turn Colwyn into a duck for making fun of him, but it backfires, duck-ifying Ergo instead. He eventually decides to work with it, turning himself into a tiger when the group storms the Black Fortress.