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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Michael Myers Deluxe Mask Adult List Price: $83.99 Sale Price: $48.88 Average Rating:   |
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Includes full over-the-head latex Michael Myers mask with attached hair. This is an officially licensed Michael Myers Halloween product. Copyright 1978 Falcon International Pictures. |
- Friday the 13th: Jason Voorhees, hockey mask wearing, machete-wielding summer camp counselor stalking murderer.
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Deluxe Jason Voorhees Mask Sale Price: $49.99 Average Rating:  |
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Deluxe Jason Mask from Friday the 13th. Adult, Latex Mask with sparse hair, and removeable hockey mask. This is the Part 7, New Blood Voorhees version. Perfect for Halloween night parties. |
- Wes Craven's Nightmare on Elm Street: Freddy Krueger, hideously scarred face & razor sharp blade fingers glove.
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Freddy Krueger Deluxe Mask List Price: $49.99 Sale Price: $39.99 |
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Freddy Deluxe collector quality latex mask. This scary Freddy Krueger horror mask is easy to wear. This is a great Halloween Mask! |
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Leatherface, seven feet tall cannibal carrying a chainsaw and wearing a mask of human skin!
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Leatherface Deluxe Mask List Price: $53.99 Sale Price: $34.98 |
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Leatherface Deluxe Overhead Latex Mask looks just like the real thing! This mask is a collector's item must-have! An officially licensed Texas Chainsaw Massacre product. Leatherface Mask with synthetic fiber hair is available in Adult Size, One Size Fits Most. |
- 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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New Scary Adult Sawvie Jigsaw Puppet Halloween Mask Adult Standard List Price: $31.04 Sale Price: $22.99 |
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Jigsaw Puppet Mask |
- Child's Play: Chucky, a serial killer's evil spirit inhabiting a mutilated doll's body.
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Chucky Mask Adult List Price: $55.00 Sale Price: $25.90 |
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Become the fiendishly evil Chucky on Halloween. Go on a quest to retrieve the Heart of Damballa and by soul transference, re-animate your lifeless body. An officially licensed Seed of Chucky product. Chucky mask with synthetic fiber hair is available in Adult Size, One Size Fits Most... |
- 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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Adult Original Design Circus Psycho Clown Mask |
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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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ALIEN DELUXE OVERHEAD LATEX MASK List Price: $59.99 Sale Price: $44.99 |
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Prepare for the battle against the Predator race with this deluxe latex mask depicting the feared species of Alien. |
- 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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NEOPRENE WINTER FULL FACE MASK with NOSE, MOUTH and EAR VENTS This is a great mask for all climate conditions: Biking, Motorcycling, Hunting, Snowmobiling, Snowboarding, Skiing, Paintball, Construction and a host of other outdoor sports and activities... |
- 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 Sale Price: $2.46 |
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Made of plastic and measures approximately 22" long. |
Honorable Mention: Hellraiser: Pinhead
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Hellraiser Pinhead Mask Sale Price: $49.99 Average Rating:  |
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Adult Sized, Latex Mask. Licensed. Pin Assembly Required. |
What would your list include?
References:
[1] http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=103115
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