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- Jason Voorhees. From: Friday the Thirteenth Films. Jason Voorhees is from The Friday the Thirteenth franchise and is one of the most recognizable horror villains out there.
- Michael Myers. Michael Myers, aka The Shape, has remained one of the top terrifying horror villains throughout time. The Halloween franchise is famous for struggling with mask consistency during filming, but The Shape has always been a force to be reckoned with.
- Freddy Krueger. From: Nightmare on Elm Street Films. One of the most famous villains from slasher films is Freddy Krueger. He is one of the scarier characters found in film because of his cruelty, his burned flesh and the way he kills.
- Chucky. From: Child’s Play Movies. You may think a scary little doll can’t make a great horror villain, but Chucky actually contains the soul of notorious serial killer Charles Lee Ray.
- Vampire. These mythical creatures have had stories told about them for centuries, as far back as Mesopotamians in the fertile crescent. While their lore has changed over the centuries and differs from culture to culture, the basic idea is that vampires are undead and need human blood to survive.
- Werewolf. One of the first references to a werewolf-like creature comes from Petronius, a courtier at the time of the emperor Nero. Yet the idea of the modern-day werewolf has its roots in Medieval history, where writers spread stories of men turning into wolves as fact.
- Zombie. The idea of the zombie, an undead, reanimated corpse, comes from Haiti, where a witch or sorcerer could supposedly bring back to life a dead person.
- Ghost. The belief in ghosts can actually be traced to pre-literate societies – it seems that for as long as there have been people (and dead people), there has been a belief in spirits and apparitions.
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- Halloween’s creepy creatures. The perfect Halloween night should involve a full moon, a cloudy sky, a cool breeze and stories about creatures we hope we never have to encounter.
- Vampires. Long before Edward Cullen and the Twilight vampires, Slavic folklore came up with the idea of the dead drinking the blood of the living in order to explain contagious diseases.
- Zombies. Although modern zombies are not very smart, which makes them easy to kill, their sheer numbers can overpower and then consume the living. The origin of this Halloween monster, while less gory, is just as horrific: Slaves in Haiti, drawing on African religion, developed the idea as a metaphor for the brutal conditions they lived under.
- Mummies. The ancient Egyptians preserved bodies and buried them in hidden tombs in the desert along with all the goods they would need for the afterlife.
Portrayed by Anne Bruner. Appears in: Halloween II (1981) Status: Deceased. Died in: Halloween II (1981) Alice Martin is a teenager from Haddonfield, Illinois who is at home alone on Halloween night of 1978 and hears her neighbor, Mrs. Elrod, scream.
CharacterContinuity A(halloween)Continuity A(halloween Ii)Continuity A ...(halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers)Nick Castle Tony Moran (unmasked) Will ...Dick Warlock Adam Gunn YGeorge P. Wilbur Tom Morga (ambulance/gas ...Jamie Lee Curtis Nichole Drucker YJamie Lee Curtis PSheriff Leigh BrackettMentioned- Vampire. How long have vampires been around? There are stories of vampire-like creatures from as early as ancient Greece! This centuries-old monster is said to be undead, meaning they are animated and act similar to a living human, but with no actual vitality.
- Zombie. Stories of zombies date back to 17th-century Haiti. Zombies are said to be the result of voodoo. A voodoo practitioner, called a bokor, would utilize a mixture of herbs, bones, shells and other animal parts as part of their practice.
- Mummy. Mummification originated in ancient Egypt. It was a special preservation method used in burial rituals. References to the mummy as an undead monster gained popularity around the 20th century after King Tut's tomb was found.
- Werewolf. Werewolves are cursed humans that involuntarily turn into large, strong wolf-like monsters during each full moon. Some legends say they look like a human/wolf hybrid while others say they are all wolf.
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