When a horror movie gets it right, it’s easy to forget that what you’re watching is ‘just a movie’. A believable premise, relatable characters, and gripping fear can make nightmarish creations uncannily believable.
Some monsters, creatures, and characters have remained in our collective consciousness and have become iconic for horror film buffs everywhere. These characters are the stuff that nightmares are made of. Viewers’ sleep is often disturbed for weeks after first witnessing these horrific tales. Such is the power of a good psychological thriller, or slasher film, or any other subgenre that fits the ‘horror’ mould. The following are the most iconic, terrifying creatures and characters in film history that have haunted our collective consciousness since their inception.

Please kindly add yours and let the fun begins....




1. Sadako/Samara Morgan, The Ring(1998/2002).

The zombies in walking dead

2. Freddy Krueger, Nightmare on Elm Street(1984/2010).

killzone:
The zombies in walking dead

I hate them...Thanks bro.

3. The Creeper, Jeepers Creepers(2001).

4. Name undocumented, Predators(1987/2010).

Sile12 following you like hunchback

every scene in paranormal

5. Cave dwellers/Crawlers, Descent(2005).

6. Hillbillies.

* Wrong Turn(2003/2014).

* Hill Have Eyes(2006/2007).

Gidoka:
Sile12 following you like hunchback

**smiles**

Explorers:


I hate them...Thanks bro.

when I saw them I didn't watch again oooo

Freddy kruger and predator haunted my childhood..gosh

Funny how time flies

They remind me of the night after watching predator, the next movie was ' taste the blood of dracula'...the fear generated that day practically eliminated all fears for horrors and scary movies till date

killzone:
The zombies in walking dead

still waiting on Walking Dead season 7 oh.....since last year....or is it out already??

I am so chicken that an ordinary advert of a horror movie will give me both day and nightmares. yikes!

Me and horror movies don't go well.

As a kid, na Willie Willie make me fear!

But today when I see some of them, rather than being afraid, I simply laugh cos all na makeup.

Go on youtube and watch the making of some of these horror movies; for example The Walking Dead and more recently "Fear of the Walking dead".

When you see how these horrific characters are created, your fear for them would be reduced.

I for like see the making of Willie Willie, mak my fear for am reduce cos even as I don old like dis I still dey fear am everytime I tink of am

7. Ferriman, Ghost Ship(2002).


In May 1962, an italian oceanliner carrying dozens of wealthy passengers disappeared without a trace.
Forty years later, a marine salvage crew discovered the vessel running adrift in the Bering Sea. Because the ship is in international waters, it can be claimed by whoever brings it to port. They discover the ship is the Antonia Graza, which was believed to be lost at sea many years ago. They discovered large quantity of gold on it, when they prepare to tow it, Strange things begin to happen.

ModiKen:
Me and horror movies don't go well.

As a kid, na Willie Willie make me fear!

Lol.

8. Zombies/walkers;


* Resident Evil, (2002), Resident Evil(Apocalypse2004), Resident Evil(Extinction, 2007), Resident Evil (Afterlife, 2010) and Resident Evil (Retribution, 2012).


* Dawn Of The Dead, (2004).


* Walking Dead, (2010).

I hate horror movies... Thanks!


Op you forgot to add 'smeagol' in lord of the rings... That dude mehn fvcking ugly!

Horllamideh:

still waiting on Walking Dead season 7 oh.....since last year....or is it out already??

by October or November

killzone:
by October or November

thanks man

hatux:
I hate horror movies... Thanks!


Op you forgot to add 'smeagol' in lord of the rings... That dude mehn fvcking ugly!

Lol..Its just ugly, not scary.

Explorers:


Lol..Its just ugly, not scary.

Its ugly and scary man.. Both!

freddy Kruger & jason voorhiees..

Heath Ledger's portrayal of the joker in the dark Knight was don de marco as well

9. Jigsaw, Saw(2003/2010).

No movie can be raw like Saw....mehn that fiilm is something else

10. Ckukky, Child's Play(1988/2013).

olajorn:
No movie can be raw like Saw....mehn that fiilm is something else

Lol..Freaks.

Jus love horror movies a lot... Thanks for the list.