Yeah, good call. Superb portrayal by Hopkins, in that film anyway. I also enjoyed Brian Cox's version in the OG Red Dragon too.
Film Film monster / alien / baddie you'd least like to bump into
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Yeah, agreed. I also think Mads Mikkelsen played the role well in the series.
The troll from Ernest Scared Stupid comes to mind immediately. Honorable mentions to Bob from Twin Peaks and Gmork from The Neverending Story.
The Thing from The Thing (the original). Could be anyone, could be your dog ffs, basically no way to stop it spreading, and you know it hurts because of the fact you can hear the scream of each of its past victims in its own scream.
Yeah, as himself he was scary but when he was Leland, that was just as scary. Reminds me, it must be about time for a TP rewatch.
Another of my all time favourite films. Just perfect.
Arachnids from Starship Troopers and Freddy.
In my opinion the greatest horror film ever made.
Tbh I’m surprised it took for so long on here. Truly terrifying monster.
Freddy Krueger because of the whole dream thing.
Chucky as well for being a complete psycho. Makes John Kramer look like a kitten.
Chucky as well for being a complete psycho. Makes John Kramer look like a kitten.
Possibly the entity in It Follows.
The Carpenter one you mean I assume rather than the original?
Yes sorry. Although isn’t that other (50s) one called “the thing from another world” ?
Begbie from Trainspotting. He's mental
Absolutely, NOES 1, 2 and 3 were totally the horrors of my teenage years. Great character and great films ... back then, they've dated a bit now. Still, old Freddy Kruger was a brilliant character.
Begbie from Trainspotting. He's mental
one of British cinemas best ever characters.Since Lynch has been mentioned, got to add in
I remember watching this round my mates on VHS when I was a kid and I remember the tension i felt during the blood test scene. Genius screenplay and Carpenter fecking nailed it.
As a kid the scene I was most terrified off was Indiana Jones and the temple of doom, when they pull the heart of that guy that is to be sacrificed and it still beats.
Others: Freddy Krueger, The Thing and frankly everything with ghosts. I can comfortably watch any gore or slasher movie, but ghosts are terrible
Others: Freddy Krueger, The Thing and frankly everything with ghosts. I can comfortably watch any gore or slasher movie, but ghosts are terrible
Lynch is the master at making things seem so slightly 'askew' they become terrifying.Since Lynch has been mentioned, got to add in
Air Bud
You're correct, I re-watched the movie a few years but as a child they were absolutely monstrous. I used to have nightmares about the things!
I also used to have nightmares about the giant scorpions in Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation. My dad got banned from playing it as a result
We watched it this Christmas just gone, I still love that film. There's a real purity and innocence about it and if released today, it would be little more than a straight to TV B Movie.
Hereditary.
I'd be shitting it if the zombies from 28 days later were real.
Or if Jigsaw were real, I'd suddenly become a saint
Yes, it is. If you love the film, it's based on a fairly lengthy short story called, from memory, "Who Goes There".
It's a crime it doesn't get mentioned more often in discussions about the best Christmas movies. It's second behind Die Hard for me.
Mothman. What a cnut.
Begbie was a violence-addicted, sadistic and brutal maniac who loved nothing more than causing commotion and hurting people for no apparent reason. On top of this he was an extremely wrathful individual and would often times brutally beat and even stab someone who he deemed as either insulting him or annoying him. Begbie was also eager to impress those around him and often twisted the truth about certain stories to make himself seem grander and tougher. He was also a fairly pretentious man who looked down on his friends for their drug addiction and saw himself as superior for not putting heroin in his body.
Indeed, read that a few years ago when I first found out about it!
Agreed. It's one of the three pillars of our christmas viewing. Die Hard (yes it is), Gremlins and Planes Trains and Automobiles. In fact, John Candy / Del Griffiths was the Anti-Alien.
Krampus and Rare Exports!! Great Christmas viewing! And Home Alone for the kids in the morning of course...
Never heard of either, after a quick Google, I'll stick them on the festive viewing list this year
Xenomorph and the Grudge.
Candyman, Freddie Krueger or It
Yep! One of the scariest films I've ever seen. The OG btw, not the soulless and unnecessary remake
