Top 10 Scariest Characters for Halloween
Some say John Carpenter's 1978 movie Halloween started the post-modern era of truly scary and horrifying genre of slasher horror movies as opposed to the early horror movies that are largely based on classic literature of the gothic/horror genre, such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Phantom of the Opera and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Others say the modern era of creepy and terrifying characters really began with Rosemary's Baby(1968) or The Exorcist(1973). Who really knows since it's a matter of subjective opinion? One thought is that "the mark of a great horror film is whether it sustains its vision of terror through several generations of increasingly desensitized viewers. Does the movie still make you jump or squirm or sweat or scream?"[1]
However, that hasn't prevented Halloween Monsters from compiling our 2009 list of some of the most memorable AND scariest, creepiest villains, monsters and horror movie characters that come to mind around Halloween season:
- Halloween: Michael Myers, the silent but deadly school-wandering rubber latex mask wearing murderer with a big butcher knife.
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- Friday the 13th: Jason Voorhees, hockey mask wearing, machete-wielding summer camp counselor stalking murderer.
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- Wes Craven's Nightmare on Elm Street: Freddy Krueger, hideously scarred face & razor sharp blade fingers glove.
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Leatherface, seven feet tall cannibal carrying a chainsaw and wearing a mask of human skin!
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You don't want to whip up a good batch of "Chili" without puttin on yer mask first. Add character to your costume with this Leatherface mask for boys on Halloween. An officially licensed Texas Chainsaw Massacre product... |
- Saw: Billy the Jigsaw Puppet, creepy whispering voice, bizarre puppet mask wearing, sadistic sick survival game playing monsterous torturer, John Kramer, the Jigsaw Killer.
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Officially licensed Saw mask. One size fits most. |
- Child's Play: Chucky, a serial killer's evil spirit inhabiting a mutilated doll's body.
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- Stephen King's IT: Pennywise The Clown, a blood-balloon popping, arm-ripping, psycho scary clown who didn't make the circus much fun.
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Whoever said clowns were not scary has not seen this guy! This Vinyl Half Cap mask is great as it allows for drinking, eating, speaking and breathing without removing your disguise! |
- Alien: The Alien, the original acid-spewing, stomach-piercing, metal-toothed sci-fi creature fits the horror genre perfectly.
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Prepare for the battle against the Predator race with this deluxe latex mask depicting the feared species of Alien. This officially licensed mask fits most teens and adults. |
- Silence of the Lambs: Hannibal Lecter, the cannibalistic psychotic, psychopathic psychiatrist who helps Clarice Starling capture the equally terrifying Buffalo Bill.
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Hannibal Lecter, M.D. is a fictional character in a series of novels by author Thomas Harris. Lecter is introduced in the thriller novel Red Dragon as a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer... |
- Stephen King's The Shining: Jack Nicholson as the snow-bound writer with an axe who goes completely insane and terrorizes his own family in a terrifying movie that builds and never relents — all with minimal traditional special effects.
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Bloody Weapons Scary Axe |
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Made of plastic and measures approximately 22" long. |
Honorable Mention: Hellraiser: Pinhead
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What would your list include?
References:
[1] http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=103115
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