Top Ten Tuesdays

[bleakshaun]

Herbert West - Reanimator
Freddy Krueger - Nightmare on Elm Street series
Sadako - Ringu
Pinhead - Hellraiser
Jason Voorhees - Friday the 13th series
Dracula - Dracula series (Hammer)
Frankenstein's Monster - Frankenstein series (Universal)
Baron Frankenstein - Frankenstein series (Hammer)
Xenomorph - Alien series
Leatherface - Texas Chainsaw Massacre

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by MrBarlow

Jack Torrance. The Shinning 1980.

Are you trying not to get sued?



Seriously, superb list and highlight the explanations for why each character is a horror icon.

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

Are you trying not to get sued?



Seriously, superb list and highlight the explanations for why each character is a horror icon.

Nothing wrong with a bit of a parody Nos, even though the film wasnt close to the book but with Kubrick's vision and Jack Nicholson's acting it certainly was a remembered performance.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by MrBarlow

Nothing wrong with a bit of a parody Nos, even though the film wasnt close to the book but with Kubrick's vision and Jack Nicholson's acting it certainly was a remembered performance.

I love the film and Jack Torrance will be on my list. I posted the Simpsons clip because you misspelled the film title as The Shinning on your list and wondered whether it was intentional or not.

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I love the film and Jack Torrance will be on my list. I posted the Simpsons clip because you misspelled the film title as The Shinning on your list and wondered whether it was intentional or not.

It was intended because when I was thinking of the list I was watching The Simpsons and had Grounds keeper Wullie in my head a little Scottish humour.

[Rik]

Top Ten Horror Icons in no particular order as usual

1. Count Dracula (Lee, 1958)
2. Leatherface (Hansen, 1974)
3. Pinhead (Bradley, 1987)
4. Herbert West (Combs, 1985)
5. Otis B Driftwood (Moseley, 2005)
6. Michael Myers (Moran, 1978)
7. Fred Krueger (Englund, 1984)
8. Norman Bates (Perkins, 1960)
9. Hannibal Lector (Hopkins, 1991)
10. Ash Williams (Campbell,1981)

[keirarts]

Leatherface - gunner Hansen.
Jason Voorhies - Ted white. F13th final chapter.
Freddy Kreuger - Robert Englund.
Norman bates - Psycho
Dracula - Christopher Lee.
The Baron Frankenstein - Peter Cushing.
Frankenstein's creature - Boris Karloff.
Bride of Frankenstein - Elsa Lanchester.
Herbert West - Jeffrey Combs.
The Tall man - Angus Scrimm.

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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Top Ten Horror Icons

Count Dracula as played by Christopher Lee in Hammer's Dracula films (1958 -1973)
Pinhead as played by Doug Bradley in the Hellraiser series (1987-2005)
Michael Myers as played by various actors in the Halloween series (1978-2002)
Pumpkinhead as played by various actors in the Pumpkinhead series (1988-2007)
Jason Vorhees as played by various actors in the Friday the 13th series (1980-2009)
Frankenstein's Monster as played by Boris Karloff in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935) & Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Baby Firefly as played by Sheri Moon Zombie in House of 1000 Corpses (2003) and The Devil's Rejects (2005)
Eric Draven / The Crow as played by Brandon Lee in The Crow (1994)
Candyman as played by Tony Todd in the Candyman series (1992-1999)
The Angel Gabriel as played by Christopher Walken in The Prophecy films (1995-2000)*

[Demoncrat]

Nosferatu ( Max Schreck)
Micheal Myers (aka 'The Shape' as played by Nick Castle)
Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen)
Karloff (in Frankenstein, Old Dark House, Black Cat et al)
Dracula (Christopher Lee, Hammer, 1st film)
The Thing (as created by Bottin etc for Carpenter's film)
Baron Frankenstein (as played by Colin Clive)
Baron Frankenstein (as played by Peter Cushing)
Barbara Steele
The Werewolf (AAWIL)

[nosferatu42]

When we was told Horror icons, i was thinking more along the likes of iconic monster bad guys like Freddy, Myers and Voorhees and characters that had been in more than one film.

Didn't even think about individual one off creatures or horror stars, or good guys as some people have mentioned.

If i had Barbara Steele would have featured somewhere i'm sure.

still it made narrowing stuff down a bit easier.