The best horror film character/villian?

[D'wards]

I'm going for Pinhead. His design and back story are fantastic.

Although i have a soft spot for dear Freddie Krueger too.

 

[platinumsage]

Annie Wilkes

 

[Reno]

 

[D'wards]

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I wasn't sure if the vast majority of Alien films could be described as horror films, so didn't include the scamp

 

[Knotted]

 

[Reno]

I wasn't sure if the vast majority of Alien films could be described as horror films, so didn't include the scamp

They are horror/sci-fi genre hybrids, very much in the Lovecraftian vein.

 

[krtek a houby]

Perhaps "best" doesn't quite fit, but the fella in Wolf Creek was terrifying.

 

[ruffneck23]

Perhaps "best" doesn't quite fit, but the fella in Wolf Creek was terrifying.

quite possibly the scariest film ive seen

( tbh I dont watch many horror films anymore though )

 

[Knotted]

I think this character will get more and more love as time passes:

 

[sunnysidedown]

 

[SpookyFrank]

Init. Human monsters are always the scariest.

 

[Knotted]

Scaredy Matt from Scaredy Cats makes a case for Freddy

 

[Reno]

Recently watched all 5 Phantasm films and The Tall Man often gets forgotten among ongoing horror villains. Better than the similar Freddy Krüger, he never turned into a clown. Also, he’s got balls !

 

[Orang Utan]

Candyman, because he’s such an interesting character with his backstory and cos I will still never look in the mirror and say Candyman five times, else a fictional supernatural entity will disembowel me

 

[The Octagon]

I think this character will get more and more love as time passes:

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Is that Pete from The League?

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Candyman, because he’s such an interesting character with his backstory and cos I will still never look in the mirror and say Candyman five times, else a fictional supernatural entity will disembowel me

Saw a trailer for a new Candyman film that Jordan Peele is involved in. Could be good methinks/hopes.

 

[Knotted]

Is that Pete from The League?

It's Josef/Aaron from Creep (the 2014 film)

 

[Reno]

It's Josef/Aaron from Creep (the 2014 film)

Third film is in the works

 

[Orang Utan]

Saw a trailer for a new version of Candyman that Jordan Peele is involved in. Could be good methinks/hopes.

Aye, looking forward to seeing that. Have you read the original story, The Forbidden, by Clive Barker? Different backstory and set in a Liverpool council estate. The whole set of Books Of Blood, the collection the story is part of, is excellent, and some have been adapted as films but Candyman is the only one worth a watch. Would love to see an adaptation of In The Hills, The Cities, which is the best story in the collection but they’d probably sanitise it and fuck it up

 

[Reno]

....and let’s hear it for the ladies: Sadako from the original Ring films.

 

[Orang Utan]

....and let’s hear it for the ladies: Sadako from the original Ring films.

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Lockdown hair

 

[Reno]

Aye, looking forward to seeing that. Have you read the original story, The Forbidden, by Clive Barker? Different backstory and set in a Liverpool council estate. The whole set of Books Of Blood, the collection the story is part of, is excellent, and some have been adapted as films but Candyman is the only one worth a watch. Would love to see an adaptation of In The Hills, The Cities, which is the best story in the collection but they’d probably sanitise it and fuck it up

There is anthology film coming out:

Hulu’s Books of Blood Movie Based On Horror Anthology Gets Poster & Release Date

Hulu's film of Clive Barker's books releases soon.

www.google.de

Would have preferred a tv series, so many great stories.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Aye, looking forward to seeing that. Have you read the original story, The Forbidden, by Clive Barker? Different backstory and set in a Liverpool council estate. The whole set of Books Of Blood, the collection the story is part of, is excellent, and some have been adapted as films but Candyman is the only one worth a watch. Would love to see an adaptation of In The Hills, The Cities, which is the best story in the collection but they’d probably sanitise it and fuck it up

Yeah I was a bit of a Clive Barker fan back in the day so the film version of Candyman confused me somewhat!

 

[A380]

We're going to need a bigger poll.

 

[Spandex]

Zombies.

Demonstrating the power of collective action since 1968.

 

[Reno]

Yeah I was a bit of a Clive Barker fan back in the day so the film version of Candyman confused me somewhat!

Bonfire night is so central to the story, so setting it in Chicago was a bit odd.

 

[Chilli.s]

I find Anton Chigurh particularly menacing.



Yeah I know it's not a horror film

 

[Sprocket.]

Sadly not in a film but a tv series.
Tim Curry as Billy Flynn, the Prince of Darkness in Criminal minds.

 

[Orang Utan]

Sadly not in a film but a tv series.
Tim Curry as Billy Flynn, the Prince of Darkness in Criminal minds.
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wasn't aware of that. Big fan of Curry - he's very good value on Twitter - doesn't suffer fools gladly, but is funny with it. He had a stroke a while back and now uses a wheelchair, but he's still working and snarling at nobheads online

 

[belboid]

....and let’s hear it for the ladies: Sadako from the original Ring films.

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You’ve already had one. Although maybe her in Alien isn’t exactly a ‘lady’