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What scared you the most the last time you watched a horror movie? We'd bet money on the menacing demeanor of famous villains like Freddy Kreuger, Jason Vorhees, and Michael Myers. It may surprise you to see, however, that the faces behind these ghastly ghouls are just ordinary people that bear little or no resemblance to the sheer terror their characters embody.
See each remarkable transformation below, and vote for the stares that spooked you to the bone.
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#1
Valak - Bonnie Aarons (The Conjuring 2, 2016)
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#2
Pennywise - Tim Curry (It, 1990)
Marika Stanway 8 years ago
I read the books when I was quite young. I was only 14 whe it came out and it was all the rage, had to read it. Since then, I have had deep seated fear towards clowns of any kind. They creep me out. And I only had my imagination back then... no internet to show you pictures like that one above. Although, surprisingly, my imagined Pennywise was very similar to the one later portrayed in the film by the magnificent Tim Curry.
Tracy Sellars 8 years ago
Strangely enough Tim Curry was actually a sufferer.
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#3
Samara - Daveigh Chase (The Ring, 2002)
Potatos r cool 8 years ago
First picture: "hold on mom yeah sure I'm getting up!!" Second picture:"I'm ready"
Kerri Russ 8 years ago
That doesn't even look like Daveigh on the right, either... she's grown up since "Big Love."
#4
Pale Man - Doug Jones (Pan's Labyrinth, 2006)
jacluckycat 8 years ago
I love that movie, and this creature gave me more creeps than anything i've seen in a movie before.
Meryl Saxton 8 years ago
Doug Jones has been in many many horror movies, mostly as creatures. For example her was 90% of the ghosts in Crimson Peak, he was the bye bye man in the film of the same name, nosferatu in the remak of the movie, and a s**t ton of horror tv shows as well!
#5
Kayako - Takako Fuji (The Grudge, 2004)
Faced Ventura 8 years ago
I wonder what you are asked to do at auditions for these movies, and what sets you aside? Was she like crawling all over the place and wierding people out, and then they bee like: woow! That gurl can CRAWL! You hired!
Jill McCarley 8 years ago
My little girl would make that sound and she had never seen the movie. Use to creep me the hell out...
Veronika Galiakbérova 8 years ago
I’ve seen a lot of horror movies. The grudge is the scariest one so far. Brrr, now I’m scared just reminding it..
Lara Jane W 8 years ago
Actually thats Aiko Horiuchi on the left. She portrayed Kayako in the Grudge 3 (where that picture is from). Fuji quit playing Kayako after the Grudge 2 in 2006 :)
Potatos r cool 8 years ago
Geez I'm rude, I'm just gonna go die, *falls off back of couch* ahhhhhhhaaaaaahahhaBAM!! Ghargh bleh meh
#6
Toshio - Yuya Ozeki (Ju-On, 2002)
Jazmyn B (Jaz) 8 years ago
They didn't actually do much to make him a horror movie character. They just put some dark makeup around his eyes and got each shot at a spooky angle like the one above but still pretty cool (the transformation I mean)
Ildiko Okido 8 years ago
Wow, you need great make-up and lighting to make such a cute boy look so creepy.
Ayva Pernela 8 years ago
Is he in ummmmmmm uhhhh ummmm uhhhh ummmm uhh the mooovvie that I can't think of riiiiighghhhttt know...... the other... oh!! Good god I remember now whew! Isn't he in the grudge also?
#7
Alien - Bolaji Badejo (Alien, 1979)
Mel Schmidt 8 years ago
What is amazing is that common objects we use turn into the coolest things in Scy Fy shows or movies. The Medical analyzer that Dr. Mc Coy used was a salt shaker.
Ayva Pernela 8 years ago
True Lyrics :) I've been watching you For some time Can't stop staring at those oceans eyes Burning cities and napalm skies Fifteen flares inside those ocean eyes Your ocean eyes No fair You really know how to make me cry When you gimme those ocean eyes I'm scared I've never fallen from quite this high Falling into those ocean eyes Your ocean eyes I've been walking through a world gone blind Can't stop thinking of your diamond mind Careful creature made friends with time He left her lonely with a diamond mind And those ocean eyes No fair You really know how to make me cry When you gimme those ocean eyes I'm scared I've never fallen from quite this high Falling into those ocean eyes Your ocean eyes
#8
Freddy Krueger - Robert Englund (A Nightmare On Elm Street, 1984)
Jeffrey Montgomery 8 years ago
He did a great job eating mice, too... "Here, mousey mousey mousey"
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Potatos r cool 8 years ago
I've only seen the 4th Freddy Krueger movie and he still haunts my dreams heheh 😏 Jk
#9
Regan Macneil - Linda Blair (The Exorcist, 1973)
Stephen Vozoff 8 years ago
Not a lot of surprise here ... seeing as she appears in the movie without makeup ...
And bacon strips 8 years ago
Linda Blair...Blair witch!!!!we should've known!!regan MacNeil is the Blair which as a kid!
Michelle Brown 8 years ago
Linda Blair did not wear the scary make up; Eileen Dietz did. These are not the same people.
Susanna Vesna 8 years ago
It must have been mentally traumatizing for a kid to play this character?!
#10
Bride In Black - Tom Fitzpatrick (Insidious: Chapter 2, 2013)
Yd0uw4nnanomyname 2 years ago (edited)
I'm sorry but he lowkey looks like a drag queen in costume 😅😂
Makynzie Shires 8 years ago
I wonder how long it takes them to do all this makeup.. Just for like a 2 hour movie
#11
Leprechaun — Warwick Davis (Leprechaun, 1993)
Celestial Lynx 8 years ago
I can't imagine how uncomfortable that makeup has to be though... I wouldn't want to have to wear it any longer than I had to!
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#12
Pinhead - Doug Bradley (Hellraiser, 1987)
#13
Michael Myers - Nick Castle (The Halloween, 1978)
#14
Leatherface - Gunnar Hansen (the Texas Chain Saw Massacre, 1974)
#15
The Creeper - Jonathan Breck (Jeepers Creepers, 2001)
Jeanne Deaux 8 years ago
Yeah, the first one was terrifying. The second one... I wish I could forget all about it, it was so dumb and uninteresting.
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Kathy Hannold 8 years ago
His audition video was really creepy. He didn't have any props or makeup and started sniffing the people in the audition room and freaked everyone out. He really went for it.
#16
Sam - Quinn Lord (Trick 'r Treat, 2007)
Margaret Buckley 8 years ago
He's still handsome today, at 18. He plays in The Man in the High Castle, the role of Thomas Smith.
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#17
Captain Spaulding - Sid Haig (The Devil's Rejects, 2005)
tara 3 years ago
He was really sick filming 3 from hell. Maybe this was from that time.
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Terri Owens 8 years ago
Scares the sheeet outta me! Clowns are creepy but this is the ultimate freaky clown!
#18
Jason Voorhees - Kane Hodder (Friday The 13th, 1980)
#19
Pumpkinhead - Tom Woodruff Jr. (Pumpkinhead, 1988)
Steve Bowman 8 years ago
Wasn't he in the Alien costume as well? (In another one of the Alien movies maybe?)
#20
Ghostface - Dane Farwell (Scream, 1996)
Jeanne Deaux 8 years ago
I admit I still have the posters in my bedroom and the mask on the wall above my bed. Oh, and I still watch the series when I feel nostalgic (just the first 3, the 4th was c**p).
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Jeanne Deaux 8 years ago
What? No, it can't be him, it's supposed to be BIP and BIP (can't say, it would be spoilers, already said too much).
#21
The Collector - Juan Fernández (The Collector, 2009)
Sapphire Kozak 8 years ago
Aaaahhhhhhh!!!! One if the villians from crocodile dundee. Holy cow!!!
Morticia Goth 8 years ago
Oh wow... I didn't know it was THAT guy. I used to work out with him in an old gym in Hollywood 25 years ago. Wondered what happened to him.. Now I know!
#22
Radford - Arthur Roberts (Midnight Movie, 2008)
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Cheesybeansy 8 years ago
We horror fans need a good horror film. The last genuinely scary one for me was insidious. horror films are more than just jump scares!
Daria B 8 years ago
Try Asian ones, if you haven't already. Now, I'm not sure about the newest east Asian horror films, but, as you may know, their tradition of ghost films that creep under your skin is pretty famous. Leaving you with a mixture of fright and sadness, because in the end... All these are sad stories that make you sympathise with the ghost.
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Robert Goldberg 8 years ago
Great article. I'd add Javier Botet, the title character in "Mama." He was also in Conjuring 2 and others. Wonderful creature performer. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2306701/
Ayva Pernela 8 years ago
Lyrics :) I've been watching you For some time Can't stop staring at those oceans eyes Burning cities and napalm skies Fifteen flares inside those ocean eyes Your ocean eyes No fair You really know how to make me cry When you gimme those ocean eyes I'm scared I've never fallen from quite this high Falling into those ocean eyes Your ocean eyes I've been walking through a world gone blind Can't stop thinking of your diamond mind Careful creature made friends with time He left her lonely with a diamond mind And those ocean eyes No fair You really know how to make me cry When you gimme those ocean eyes I'm scared I've never fallen from quite this high Falling into those ocean eyes Your ocean eyes
Rob Cochran 8 years ago
Do a little more research if you're going to post an article. Ari Lehman only played Jason as a child. He most certainly did not play Jason in part seven which is the picture on the left.
Rajkunwar Dhunna 8 years ago
The valak one still looks the same even with the makeup and why didn't they include the sinister guy? He was very scay
Begzat Dali 8 years ago
I would kill them all if i see for ruining my mind :D especially Tim Curry :(
Cheesybeansy 8 years ago
We horror fans need a good horror film. The last genuinely scary one for me was insidious. horror films are more than just jump scares!
Daria B 8 years ago
Try Asian ones, if you haven't already. Now, I'm not sure about the newest east Asian horror films, but, as you may know, their tradition of ghost films that creep under your skin is pretty famous. Leaving you with a mixture of fright and sadness, because in the end... All these are sad stories that make you sympathise with the ghost.
Load More Replies... Robert Goldberg 8 years ago
Great article. I'd add Javier Botet, the title character in "Mama." He was also in Conjuring 2 and others. Wonderful creature performer. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2306701/
Ayva Pernela 8 years ago
Lyrics :) I've been watching you For some time Can't stop staring at those oceans eyes Burning cities and napalm skies Fifteen flares inside those ocean eyes Your ocean eyes No fair You really know how to make me cry When you gimme those ocean eyes I'm scared I've never fallen from quite this high Falling into those ocean eyes Your ocean eyes I've been walking through a world gone blind Can't stop thinking of your diamond mind Careful creature made friends with time He left her lonely with a diamond mind And those ocean eyes No fair You really know how to make me cry When you gimme those ocean eyes I'm scared I've never fallen from quite this high Falling into those ocean eyes Your ocean eyes
Rob Cochran 8 years ago
Do a little more research if you're going to post an article. Ari Lehman only played Jason as a child. He most certainly did not play Jason in part seven which is the picture on the left.
Rajkunwar Dhunna 8 years ago
The valak one still looks the same even with the makeup and why didn't they include the sinister guy? He was very scay
Begzat Dali 8 years ago
I would kill them all if i see for ruining my mind :D especially Tim Curry :(
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