Frankenstein Dracula Gun Metal Silver Coin Horror Films Books 1816 Scary Fantasy • £5.99 (2024)

Table of Contents
Frankenstein Dracula Gun Metal Silver Coin Horror Films Books 1816 Scary Fantasy PicClick Insights PicClick Exclusive More Like This PicClick Exclusive References
  1. Coins
  2. Coins
  3. British
  4. Commemorative Coins
  5. 2000s

  6. Frankenstein Dracula Gun Metal Silver Coin Horror Films Books 1816 Scary Fantasy

See Details on eBayavailable at

Unsold See similar items £5.99 0 Bids or Best Offer, £2.59 Shipping, 30-Day Returns, eBay Money Back Guarantee

See Also
The Daily Telegraph from London, Greater London, EnglandFrankenstein Dracula Gun Metal Silver Coin Horror Films Books 1816 Scary Fantasy • £5.99

Seller: anddownthewaterfall ✉️ (34,077) 99.8%, Location: Greater Manchester. Pleaselookatmyotheritems, GB, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 364929258899 Frankenstein Dracula Gun Metal Silver Coin Horror Films Books 1816 Scary Fantasy. Film(s): Halloween. Related Topics. Fact-checked by. The Magic Christian Christopher Lee. Written by. film by Whale [1931]. Other abilities. References & Edit History. Frankenstein Dracula Coin Horror Films This is a Uncirculated Gun Metal Silver Coin One side has an image Count Dracula holding his Candle Stick with candels burning with the word "Dracula" At the bottom the words are faded but appear to say "Bram Stoker 1897" the Author and year the book was first published The other side has Frankenstiens Monster with the Castle in the background and a lighting bolt It has the word "Frankenstein" but the last few leters have faded away Below are the words "Mary Shelley 1818" which is the Author and the year the book was published The coin is 40mm in diameter and weights about an ounce Comes in air-tight acrylic coin holder In Excellent Condition Would make an Excellent Gift or Collectable Keepsake souvineer for anyone who loves the horror genre Bidding Starts at one penny...With No Reserve..If your the only bidder then you win it for 1p....Grab a Bargain!!!! I have a lot of Similar items on Ebay so Please Check out my other items ! Bid with Confidence - Check My Almost 100% Positive Feedback from over 30,000 satisfied customers I have over 10 years of ebay selling experience Check out my other items ! All Payment Methods in All Major Currencies Accepted. Be sure to add me to your favourites list ! All Items Dispatched within 24 hours of Receiving Payment . Thanks for Looking and Best of Luck with the Bidding!! I have sold items to coutries such as Afghanistan * Albania * Algeria * American Samoa (US) * Andorra * Angola * Anguilla (GB) * Antigua and Barbuda * Argentina * Armenia * Aruba (NL) * Australia * Austria * Azerbaijan * Bahamas * Bahrain * Bangladesh * Barbados * Belarus * Belgium * Belize * Benin * Bermuda (GB) * Bhutan * Bolivia * Bonaire (NL) * Bosnia and Herzegovina * Botswana * Bouvet Island (NO) * Brazil * British Indian Ocean Territory (GB) * British Virgin Islands (GB) * Brunei * Bulgaria * Burkina Faso * Burundi * Cambodia * Cameroon * Canada * Cape Verde * Cayman Islands (GB) * Central African Republic * Chad * Chile * China * Christmas Island (AU) * Cocos Islands (AU) * Colombia * Comoros * Congo * Democratic Republic of the Congo * Cook Islands (NZ) * Coral Sea Islands Territory (AU) * Costa Rica * Croatia * Cuba * Curaçao (NL) * Cyprus * Czech Republic * Denmark * Djibouti * Dominica * Dominican Republic * East Timor * Ecuador * Egypt * El Salvador * Equatorial Guinea * Eritrea * Estonia * Ethiopia * Falkland Islands (GB) * Faroe Islands (DK) * Fiji Islands * Finland * France * French Guiana (FR) * French Polynesia (FR) * French Southern Lands (FR) * Gabon * Gambia * Georgia * Germany * Ghana * Gibraltar (GB) * Greece * Greenland (DK) * Grenada * Guadeloupe (FR) * Guam (US) * Guatemala * Guernsey (GB) * Guinea * Guinea-Bissau * Guyana * Haiti * Heard and McDonald Islands (AU) * Honduras * Hong Kong (CN) * Hungary * Iceland * India * Indonesia * Iran * Iraq * Ireland * Isle of Man (GB) * Israel * Italy * Ivory Coast * Jamaica * Jan Mayen (NO) * Japan * Jersey (GB) * Jordan * Kazakhstan * Kenya * Kiribati * Kosovo * Kuwait * Kyrgyzstan * Laos * Latvia * Lebanon * Lesotho * Liberia * Libya * Liechtenstein * Lithuania * Luxembourg * Macau (CN) * Macedonia * Madagascar * Malawi * Malaysia * Maldives * Mali * Malta * Marshall Islands * Martinique (FR) * Mauritania * Mauritius * Mayotte (FR) * Mexico * Micronesia * Moldova * Monaco * Mongolia * Montenegro * Montserrat (GB) * Morocco * Mozambique * Myanmar * Namibia * Nauru * Navassa (US) * Nepal * Netherlands * New Caledonia (FR) * New Zealand * Nicaragua * Niger * Nigeria * Niue (NZ) * Norfolk Island (AU) * North Korea * Northern Cyprus * Northern Mariana Islands (US) * Norway * Oman * Pakistan * Palau * Palestinian Authority * Panama * Papua New Guinea * Paraguay * Peru * Philippines * Pitcairn Island (GB) * Poland * Portugal * Puerto Rico (US) * Qatar * Reunion (FR) * Romania * Russia * Rwanda * Saba (NL) * Saint Barthelemy (FR) * Saint Helena (GB) * Saint Kitts and Nevis * Saint Lucia * Saint Martin (FR) * Saint Pierre and Miquelon (FR) * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * Samoa * San Marino * Sao Tome and Principe * Saudi Arabia * Senegal * Serbia * Seychelles * Sierra Leone * Singapore * Sint Eustatius (NL) * Sint Maarten (NL) * Slovakia * Slovenia * Solomon Islands * Somalia * South Africa * South Georgia (GB) * South Korea * South Sudan * Spain * Sri Lanka * Sudan * Suriname * Svalbard (NO) * Swaziland * Sweden * Switzerland * Syria * Taiwan * Tajikistan * Tanzania * Thailand * Togo * Tokelau (NZ) * Tonga * Trinidad and Tobago * Tunisia * Turkey * Turkmenistan * Turks and Caicos Islands (GB) * Tuvalu * U.S. Minor Pacific Islands (US) * U.S. Virgin Islands (US) * Uganda * Ukraine * United Arab Emirates * United Kingdom * United States * Uruguay * Uzbekistan * Vanuatu * Vatican City * Venezuela * Vietnam * Wallis and Futuna (FR) * Yemen * Zambia * Zimbabwe and major cities such as Tokyo, Yokohama, New York City, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Mexico City, Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Manila, Mumbai, Delhi, Jakarta, Lagos, Kolkata, Cairo, Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Moscow, Shanghai, Karachi, Paris, Istanbul, Nagoya, Beijing, Chicago, London, Shenzhen, Essen, Düsseldorf, Tehran, Bogota, Lima, Bangkok, Johannesburg, East Rand, Chennai, Taipei, Baghdad, Santiago, Bangalore, Hyderabad, St Petersburg, Philadelphia, Lahore, Kinshasa, Miami, Ho Chi Minh City, Madrid, Tianjin, Kuala Lumpur, Toronto, Milan, Shenyang, Dallas, Fort Worth, Boston, Belo Horizonte, Khartoum, Riyadh, Singapore, Washington, Detroit, Barcelona,, Houston, Athens, Berlin, Sydney, Atlanta, Guadalajara, San Francisco, Oakland, Montreal, Monterey, Melbourne, Ankara, Recife, Phoenix/Mesa, Durban, Porto Alegre, Dalian, Jeddah, Seattle, Cape Town, San Diego, Fortaleza, Curitiba, Rome, Naples, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Tel Aviv, Birmingham, Frankfurt, Lisbon, Manchester, San Juan, Katowice, Tashkent, f*ckuoka, Baku, Sumqayit, St. Louis, Baltimore, Sapporo, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Taichung, Warsaw, Denver, Cologne, Bonn, Hamburg, Dubai, Pretoria, Vancouver, Beirut, Budapest, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Campinas, Harare, Brasilia, Kuwait, Munich, Portland, Brussels, Vienna, San Jose, Damman , Copenhagen, Brisbane, Riverside, San Bernardino, Cincinnati and Accra Frankenstein fictional character Written and fact-checked by Article History Frankenstein (1931) Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein (left) and Boris Karloff as the monster in Frankenstein (1931), directed by James Whale. Frankenstein, the title character in Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, the prototypical “mad scientist” who creates a monster by which he is eventually killed. The name Frankenstein has become popularly attached to the creature itself, who has become one of the best-known monsters in the history of motion pictures. Mary Shelley and the birth of Frankenstein Mary Shelley and the birth of Frankenstein On January 1, 1818, a small London publisher printed 500 copies of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus on the cheapest paper available. This was only the beginning. See all videos for this article Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus (1818), is a combination of Gothic horror story and science fiction. The book tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a Swiss student of natural science who creates an artificial man from pieces of corpses and brings his creature to life. Though it initially seeks affection, the monster inspires loathing in everyone who meets it. Lonely and miserable, the monster turns upon its creator, who eventually loses his life. A child wearing a sheet for a Halloween ghost costume. Holiday Trick-or-treat Britannica Quiz Monsters, Ghouls, and Ghosts Quiz The first Frankenstein film was produced by Thomas Edison in 1910. Two German films, The Golem (1914) and Homunculus (1916), dealt with a similar theme derived from Jewish folklore. The Hollywood film Frankenstein (1931), with Boris Karloff as the monster, was based as much on The Golem as on Shelley’s novel. This film was a great success and was followed by dozens of variations on the Frankenstein story in films such as Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Frankenstein Conquers the World (1969), a Japanese-made version. The character of the monster has also been used as a vehicle for easy humour—as in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) and Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein (1974). The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Meg Matthias. Frankenstein Table of Contents Introduction Production notes and credits Cast References & Edit History Related Topics Images & Videos poster for FrankensteinBoris Karloff in FrankensteinFrankensteinFrankenstein Mary Shelley and the birth of Frankenstein Frankenstein (1931)Boris Karloff Quizzes A child wearing a sheet for a Halloween ghost costume. Holiday Trick-or-treat Monsters, Ghouls, and Ghosts Quiz Empty movie theater and blank screen (theatre, motion pictures, cinema). Oscar-Worthy Movie Trivia Publicity still with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman from the motion picture film "Casablanca" (1942); directed by Michael Curtiz. (cinema, movies) Best Picture Movie Quote Quiz USA 2006 - 78th Annual Academy Awards. Closeup of giant Oscar statue at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, film movie hollywood Pop Culture Quiz Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, with her dog, Toto, from the motion picture film The Wizard of Oz (1939); directed by Mervyn LeRay. (cinema, movies) Classic Closing Lines Related Questions What are some of the major film festivals? Read Next Tom Cruise as Maverick in Top Gun(1986) directed by Tony Scott. Can You Guess the Movie by the Scene? Frankenstein, Boris Karloff (1931). Directed by James Whale The Real Science Behind Frankenstein Bag end on Bagshot row from the movies Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit in Hobbiton, New Zealand, Australia You Ought to Be in Pictures: 8 Filming Locations You Can Actually Visit Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society 12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written” Orson Welles, film director, actor, and producer as Charles Foster Kane in the film "Citizen Kane" (1941) which he wrote, produced, directed and starred in. The film is based on the life of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst. 100 Years of Orson Welles Discover Nazi Germany, Nazi SS troops marching with victory standards at the Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, 1933. (Schutzstaffel, Nazi Party, Nurnberg) Why Was Nazi Germany Called the Third Reich? The field takes the turn one after the restart during the 103rd Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 26, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (auto racing, Indy 500) Why Is the Indy 500 Held on Memorial Day Weekend? The Belgian pride parade 2017. People marching through Brussels streets with LGBT flags and posters. How Did the Rainbow Flag Become a Symbol of LGBTQ Pride? Lightning over the outskirts of Oradea, Rom., during the thunderstorm of August 17, 2005. Does Ball Lightning Exist? Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.) All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society 12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written” Illustration by the CDC, reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes on the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, The Top COVID-19 Vaccine Myths Spreading Online Home Entertainment & Pop Culture Movies Frankenstein film by Whale [1931] Written by Fact-checked by Last Updated: May 24, 2024 • Article History poster for Frankenstein Poster for the film Frankenstein (1931), directed by James Whale and starring Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, and Boris Karloff. Boris Karloff in Frankenstein Boris Karloff as the monster in the film Frankenstein, directed by James Whale and released in 1931. Frankenstein, American horror film, released in 1931, that was based on a stage adaptation of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. The film’s hulking monster, portrayed by Boris Karloff with a flat head and protruding neck bolts, is one of the most recognizable characters in film history. Frankenstein Colin Clive (left) and Dwight Frye (right) in Frankenstein (1931), directed by James Whale. Frankenstein Boris Karloff and Marilyn Harris in Frankenstein (1931), directed by James Whale. The movie begins with a prologue in which the audience is warned about the horrifying tale to follow. At a castle in the Bavarian mountains, Dr. Henry Frankenstein (played by Colin Clive) and his hunchbacked assistant Fritz (Dwight Frye) succeed in piecing together a human body out of parts stolen from various corpses. As they prepare to give it life through the application of electricity, they are joined in the laboratory by Frankenstein’s former professor, Dr. Waldman (Edward Van Sloan), his fiancée, Elizabeth (Mae Clarke), and his friend Victor (John Boles), all of whom plead in vain for Frankenstein to reconsider the experiment. Unbeknownst to Frankenstein, the brain that Fritz has acquired for their creation is that of a criminal, which ostensibly explains the monster’s volatile outbursts once it has finally been animated. After killing both Fritz and Waldman in a violent rampage, the creature escapes from the castle. It later befriends a young girl (Marilyn Harris) in the nearby countryside but then inadvertently drowns her in a lake. Eventually, a village mob forms and traps the monster in an abandoned windmill, which the mob then sets ablaze, apparently destroying the monster. Empty movie theater and blank screen (theatre, motion pictures, cinema). Britannica Quiz Oscar-Worthy Movie Trivia Mary Shelley and the birth of Frankenstein Mary Shelley and the birth of Frankenstein On January 1, 1818, a small London publisher printed 500 copies of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus on the cheapest paper available. This was only the beginning. See all videos for this article Frankenstein (1931) Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein (left) and Boris Karloff as the monster in Frankenstein (1931), directed by James Whale. The film spawned a cottage industry of sequels, including Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Son of Frankenstein (1939), as well as multiple remakes. Scenes that were originally cut or censored from the film, such as the prologue and the drowning scene with the young girl, have since been restored. Makeup artist Jack Pierce, who was responsible for the monster’s distinctive look, went on to create the costumes for several other famous Universal Pictures creatures, including the title characters in The Mummy (1932) and The Wolf Man (1941). Production notes and credits Studio: Universal Pictures Director: James Whale Producer: Carl Laemmle, Jr. Writers: John L. Balderston, Garrett Fort, and Francis Edward Faragoh Music: Bernhard Kaun Running time: 70 minutes Cast Colin Clive (Henry Frankenstein) Mae Clarke (Elizabeth) John Boles (Victor Moritz) Boris Karloff (The Monster) Edward Van Sloan (Dr. Waldman) Dwight Frye (Fritz) Lee Pfeiffer Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus Table of Contents Introduction Writing and publication Plot summary Analysis and interpretation Adaptations References & Edit History Related Topics Images, Videos & Interactives frontispiece of Frankenstein; or, The Modern PrometheusMary Wollstonecraft ShelleyVilla Diodati Mary Shelley and the birth of Frankenstein Mary Shelley Family TreeFrankenstein Character TreeFrankenstein Plot MapBoris Karloff in Frankensteinpromotional photograph for Young Frankenstein Quizzes Portrait of young thinking bearded man student with stack of books on the table before bookshelves in the library Famous Novels, First Lines Quiz Young woman with glasses reading a book, student Famous Novels, Last Lines Quiz Textbook chalkboard and apple. Fruit of knowledge. Hompepage blog 2009, History and Society, school education students The Literary World (Famous Novels) Books. Reading. Publishing. Print. Literature. Literacy. Rows of used books for sale on a table. Name the Novelist Related Questions Where was science fiction invented? Where does science fiction get its name? Is human space colonization only science fiction? What is Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley best known for? When was Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley married? Read Next Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society 12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written” Britannica's Book Bingo. Take our reading challenge! Books range form greatest, banned, and counterculture. Britannica’s Book Bingo Frankenstein, Boris Karloff (1931). Directed by James Whale The Real Science Behind Frankenstein William Shatner and Leonard Nimroy as Captain James T. Kirk and Spock in the tv show Star Trek 1966-1969 50th Anniversary of Star Trek Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. 10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles Discover Turtle, tortoise, reptile. Uses assets 88582 & 89606 What’s the Difference Between a Turtle and a Tortoise? Start of Men's 100 meter sprint where Usain Bolt wins and sets a new world record at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games August 18, 2008 in Beijing, China. How Fast Is the World’s Fastest Human? Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society 12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written” The Belgian pride parade 2017. People marching through Brussels streets with LGBT flags and posters. How Did the Rainbow Flag Become a Symbol of LGBTQ Pride? Figure 13: A Maxim machine gun, belt-fed and water-cooled, operated by German infantrymen, World War I. 7 Deadliest Weapons in History Nazi Germany, Nazi SS troops marching with victory standards at the Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, 1933. (Schutzstaffel, Nazi Party, Nurnberg) Why Was Nazi Germany Called the Third Reich? Ice Sledge Hockey, Hockey Canada Cup, USA (left) vs Canada, 2009. UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver, BC, competition site for Olympic ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey. Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Olympics 10 Best Hockey Players of All Time Home Literature Novels & Short Stories Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus novel by Shelley Written by Fact-checked by Last Updated: May 28, 2024 • Article History On the Web: University of Pennsylvania - School of Arts and Sciences - On Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (May 28, 2024) frontispiece of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus Frontispiece of the 1831 edition of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley; illustration by Theodor von Holst. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Gothic horror novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley that was first published in 1818. The epistolary story follows a scientific genius who brings to life a terrifying monster that torments its creator. It is considered one of the first science-fiction novels. An international sensation, the story has been adapted hundreds of times in different media and has influenced pop culture at large. (Read Britannica’s explanation of the science behind “Frankenstein.”) Young woman with glasses reading a book, student Britannica Quiz Famous Novels, Last Lines Quiz Writing and publication Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, oil on canvas by Richard Rothwell, first exhibited 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s personal story, much like the focus of her fictional masterpiece, was mired in the struggle of giving life while surrounded by death. Her mother was radical author Mary Wollstonecraft, a trailblazing feminist who advocated for women’s education. Wollstonecraft attempted suicide two years before her daughter was born and died just 11 days after the birth, from puerperal fever. Wollstonecraft’s husband and the infant’s father, William Godwin, was also a radical writer and an anarchist philosopher committed to Enlightenment ideals of rationality. Born to these parents and introduced to the circle of writers in which they moved—which included, at various times, Thomas Paine, William Blake, and William Wordsworth—Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was uniquely positioned to make her own way in the literary scene. Villa Diodati Villa Diodati, a mansion in Cologny, Switzerland. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley began the first outline for her novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus while vacationing here during the summer of 1816. Godwin became pregnant at 16 and eloped with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who was 21 and frequently visited her father. The infant, a girl, would die soon after her birth in March 1815. Subsequently, Godwin wrote in her journal of a dream in which she coaxed her child back to life. She was pregnant a second time just weeks later and gave birth to William Shelley in January 1816. Percy Shelley was married to another woman who was pregnant at the time, and yet he fled with Godwin, their infant son, and her stepsister Claire Clairmont from the controversy of his situation. The travelers met the poet Lord Byron, who was dodging an extramarital scandal of his own, at a mansion known as Villa Diodati in Cologny, Switzerland, during the summer of 1816. The season was atypical—cold, gloomy, and rife with storms—possibly because of the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in what is now Indonesia, and 1816 became known as the “year without a summer.” Mary Shelley and the birth of Frankenstein Mary Shelley and the birth of Frankenstein On January 1, 1818, a small London publisher printed 500 copies of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus on the cheapest paper available. This was only the beginning. See all videos for this article On inclement evenings when forced indoors by the weather, the group regaled themselves with Fantasmagoriana, an anthology of German ghost stories translated into French in 1812. These tales had a profound impact on Godwin, who would, 15 years later, recall several of them with considerable clarity, including “The History of the Inconstant Lover” and “The Tale of the Sinful Founder of His Race.” One evening, for sport, Byron suggested that each person present attempt to write a story that could rival those in Fantasmagoriana. Byron’s physician John Polidori attained some success with “The Vampyre,” which he produced during his stay in Villa Diodati; it would later influence Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Yet it was Godwin who pieced together an outline for what would be the most enduring work to come out of Byron’s contest—and out of her career. “I have found it!” she wrote in 1831, recalling the moment in 1816 when she realized what she was creating, “What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow”: a monster, created by a mad scientist blinded by ambition, that tortures its creator. The months following that moment were full of challenges for Godwin, who was only 18 years old at the time. That same year, Shelley’s first wife took her own life, as did Godwin’s half sister. Godwin and Shelley married in December 1816. Mary Shelley, then living in Bath, England, became pregnant for a third time, although Percy Shelley was often absent. It was in these circ*mstances that she drafted the bulk of her novel. Special 67% offer for students! Finish the semester strong with Britannica. On the first day of the year 1818, 500 copies of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus were printed anonymously on the cheapest paper available by a largely unknown London publisher. Mary Shelley was 20 years old. She did not immediately claim authorship because of the novel’s controversial contents, but Frankenstein quickly exploded in popularity. By August a family friend of the Shelleys was telling them that Frankenstein “seems to be universally read.” The edition included a preface written by Percy Shelley and a dedication to Mary’s father, William Godwin, leading many to believe that either man was the author. While Percy Shelley did have some influence on the novel, Mary Shelley’s manuscripts show his role to have been that of an editor, not a creator. Four years later, after a popular theatrical production based on the story was staged, Mary Shelley released a new edition of Frankenstein, under her name and with minor edits likely from her father. In 1831 she published a third edition of Frankenstein, including an introduction describing her inspirations. She credited Fantasmagoriana, her childhood years spent in Scotland, contemporary theories of galvanism, discussions among the three men at Villa Diodati concerning the “principle of life,” the experiments on spontaneous vitality by Erasmus Darwin, and, finally, a waking nightmare she experienced that conjured a student horrified by the result of his own vivification of assembled human body parts. Other, possible connections between Mary Shelley’s life and her novel include a trip she and her husband-to-be took along the Rhine in 1814, where she may have spied Frankenstein Castle. There, during the 18th century, theologian and alchemist Johann Konrad Dippel was rumoured to have been studying artificial life—even, supposedly, engaging in grave robbing as part of his research. (How much Shelley actually knew of Dippel is unknown.) William Frankenstein, the monster’s first victim, is thought to have been based on William Shelley—the Shelleys’ beloved second child, who died of an illness at three years old in 1819. In Shelley’s text, Victor Frankenstein discusses at length his admiration for the mountains and lakes of his homeland in Switzerland—a sentiment perhaps born of the Shelleys’ 1816 vacation. Much like its eponymous character, Frankenstein was followed by tragedy: Polidori committed suicide in 1821; Percy Shelley drowned in 1822; Byron died of fever in 1824. Of Mary Shelley’s four children, only one would survive. Shelley herself died in 1851 at 53 years old. In her 1831 introduction, she wrote of Frankenstein: And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart. Its several pages speak of many a walk, many a drive, and many a conversation, when I was not alone. Just in 2016, nearly 50,000 copies of Frankenstein were sold—a testament to the novel’s enduring popularity, considering that this figure is 100 times the number of copies produced in the novel’s first printing. One of the original 500 copies of Frankenstein sold at auction in 2021 for $1.17 million, breaking the record for a printed work by a woman. Plot summary Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus opens with a series of letters from Robert Walton to his sister Margaret Saville in England. Walton describes his preparations for, and embarkation on, an exploratory sea voyage toward the North Pole. The trip begins easily enough, but the ship and crew are soon bogged down by impassable ice. As they wait for more-favourable conditions, they spy a hulking man on a dogsled speeding across the ice. The next day, another dogsled appears, this time beside the ship, bearing a haggard but gentlemanly European. A lonely Walton takes in the freezing traveler and nurses him back to health, finding the newcomer to be an intelligent, welcome companion, despite his concerning bouts of gloom. Encouraged by their growing friendship, the newcomer agrees to spill his tale of woe to Walton, who makes it his duty to record the story verbatim. The newcomer—Victor Frankenstein—goes on to tell his life story, beginning with his distinguished ancestry and the circ*mstances under which his father and mother came to be married. Victor is the firstborn of a wealthy Swiss family, and he describes an idyllic childhood. He had two brothers, Ernest and William, and a sister by adoption, Elizabeth, who was a dear friend to Victor and a natural choice for his future wife. His best friend, Henry Clerval, who spent nearly all his time with the Frankenstein family, was the son of a local merchant. In his youth, Frankenstein was set to travel to Ingolstadt, Bavaria, to pursue an interest in natural science at the town’s university, but his departure was delayed by the death of his mother from scarlet fever. Once in Ingolstadt, Frankenstein impressed his professors with his intensive work ethic. During this unrelenting period of study, Frankenstein unraveled the mysteries of life and death. He then set his mind to animating a creature in a human likeness, albeit on a gargantuan scale. His frenetic pursuit of this goal left no room for thought of his family or even his own health. He plundered graves and morgues with a dispassionate eye, seeing only components for his future creation, and heartlessly employed vivisection for his experiments. Then, “on a dreary night of November” at one o’clock in the morning, Frankenstein imbued his humanlike creation with the spark of life. Frankenstein fled at the sight of the unnatural creature, wandering through the night before fortuitously running into his old friend Clerval, who had just arrived to attend the university. Not long afterward, Frankenstein suffered a nervous breakdown stemming from the horrible memories of his experiment. A fever incapacitated him for months. Frankenstein recuperated slowly, but then he received a letter from his father relating the murder of his youngest brother, William. While on his journey back home, Frankenstein spotted the 8-foot- (2.4-metre-) tall monster on an inaccessible mountainside and became convinced that his creation was his brother’s killer. But when he arrived at home, he found that all evidence pointed to a family friend named Justine, who was soon executed for the murder. Frankenstein was wracked with guilt, knowing that he had created the true murderer but that no one would believe him. A couple of months later, Frankenstein once again came into contact with the monster. The scientist attempted to attack his creation before finally deciding to hear out the eloquent creature’s tale. The monster, after his inception, had survived in the woods with little knowledge of the world. It took time for him to understand his own senses, much less his environment. Early on, he ventured toward villages for shelter, but people chased him away with fear and violence. He ended up hiding in a hovel by a small cottage inhabited by a poor family. This family was teaching a foreigner how to speak and read French, and the monster followed these lessons diligently. He grew in knowledge but also in love for the good-natured inhabitants of the cottage, although they did not know of his existence. Finally, the monster decided to reveal himself to them and appeal to their compassion; disgusted and shocked by his appearance, one of the family members attacked him. The monster, enraged after such a rejection, made humanity his enemy and set his mind on revenge. Successive violent encounters with humans only deepened the monster’s misanthropy, all naivete and kindness leaving him. He sought out Frankenstein, his creator, to right the injustices he faced as an outcast. In a hiding place on the outskirts of Geneva, the monster noticed a child nearby. He believed he could kidnap the child and raise it not to fear him. As he grappled with the child, the monster learned that it was a Frankenstein. Consequently, he delighted in strangling the boy—William—and he planted evidence of the crime on Justine. The monster finished telling his saga with a request: that Frankenstein would create a female counterpart to the monster so that he would no longer suffer alone. Frankenstein reluctantly agreed after the monster swore to leave Europe with his mate and never return. It was supposedly to raise Frankenstein’s spirits that he and Clerval began a tour of England and Scotland, during which Frankenstein secretly gathered and prepared materials for his second creation. Frankenstein then separated from Clerval for some time, despite the latter’s protestations, so that he could hide in a hut on the remote Orkney Islands to complete the new creature. Finally, as the body of the monster’s intended companion lay before the scientist, fit for animation, Frankenstein had second thoughts. He considered the female monster’s autonomy, that she might not willingly follow her counterpart away from Europe, and the monsters’ possible proliferation, which could result in a race that threatened all of humanity. Then he saw the monster at the hut’s window, grinning devilishly. At this, Frankenstein tore apart the inanimate female body. The monster fled, swearing revenge. Frankenstein dumped the remains in the ocean, and when he returned to land, the locals had him arrested for murder. Frankenstein was shown the cadaver of the victim: Clerval. Seeing the marks of the monster’s hands on Clerval’s throat threw Frankenstein into a period of suicidal madness. It was not until after Frankenstein’s father arrived that the court cleared his name. He was allowed to leave, his state of mind having only slightly improved during his three months in prison. Frankenstein and his father returned to Geneva, where Frankenstein prepared to marry Elizabeth. The two were in love, despite Frankenstein’s deep sorrow and unrest. He feared that the monster would attempt to kill him on the night of the wedding, but he resolved to make such an encounter a worthwhile battle and an end to the exhausting clash of wills. The ceremony having concluded, the couple shared a moment of rare happiness during a peaceful boat ride to the inn where they would spend the night. Wishing to spare Elizabeth the distress of the oncoming battle, he then bid his new wife to retire but did not explain what he expected to happen. Then he heard Elizabeth scream. He rushed into their bedroom to find her also murdered by the monster. After Frankenstein’s father heard the news of Elizabeth’s death, the tragedy was too much for the elder man to bear, and he soon died. Frankenstein then plunged into a stretch of insanity so severe that later he could not recall any moment of it. He learned that he had been chained in solitary confinement. Once recovered, Frankenstein focused on revenge. He tracked the monster to the sea of ice around the North Pole. The monster sometimes left hints and taunts to ensure Frankenstein’s pursuit. As Frankenstein drew closer, the ice beneath him suddenly ruptured and left him and his sledge adrift. It was then that he happened upon Walton’s ship, and it is here that he concludes his history with a plea: if he should die before realizing his revenge, Walton must take any opportunity to slay his enemy. Walton’s letters to his sister resume. He tells of Frankenstein’s oratory and intelligence, which woo not only him but also his crew. Yet Frankenstein’s health continues to decline. After several days of danger at sea, the crew persuades Walton to turn the ship back south toward England. Frankenstein succumbs to his illness, reiterating his plea to Walton with his last words. Hearing a voice in Frankenstein’s quarters, Walton discovers none other than the monster hovering over the dead scientist, expressing his grief and remorse. Walton is horrified at the monster’s unnatural appearance and colossal proportions. However, he composes himself and chastises the monster for the violence and heartlessness of his actions. The monster responds by lamenting his wretched state of loneliness and the immense guilt he feels for the murders he committed in revenge. Yet he feels that the death of Frankenstein, his final victim, means his work is complete. He wants to end his mental anguish, and death is the only possible relief. He tells Walton that he will ride to the furthest point north and burn himself, so that no person could ever find his remains and possibly manufacture another monster. Then he disappears into the cold and darkness. Analysis and interpretation Frankenstein contains elements traditionally associated with both the Romantic and the Enlightenment eras. When Shelley’s novel was published, a Romantic sensibility was flourishing in Great Britain, and it was particularly apparent in the era’s poetry. Romanticism’s focus on subjectivity and the emotions of the individual are apparent in both Victor Frankenstein and his monster. Frankenstein is prone to intense bouts of despondency, his anxieties rendering him catatonic for months on end. Yet time spent with his loved ones or in the great expanse of European nature, which the novel describes with great vividness, induce feelings of elation in the young scientist. The monster, having lived outdoors for a significant period of his short lifetime, views nature more as an obstacle. However, he offers profound reflections on humanity from an outsider’s perspective, moved by people’s compassion and repulsed by their violence. Overflowing fits of rage, made fearsome by the monster’s physicality, belie his youth and naivete. Another component of the Romantic movement was philhellenism. Many in Europe became enthralled with Greek culture and the aesthetic of classical antiquity during the early 19th century, and that admiration was intensified by the outbreak of theWar of Greek Independence in 1821. Both Percy Shelley and Lord Byron were adamant philhellenes; Byron died in Greece after fighting in the war, and he was lauded as a Greek national hero. A philhellenic strand runs throughout Mary Shelley’s novel: its subtitle, The Modern Prometheus, invokes Greek mythology by referring to the Titan who created mortals out of clay and is associated with the divine power of fire. Frankenstein is first enraptured by the writings of St. Albertus Magnus, a German theologian who promoted the theories of the Greek philosopher Aristotle. Furthermore, the monster fits the archetype of the “noble savage,” a Romantic convention with roots in ancient Greek literature that portrays an inherent good nature in uncivilized characters. The monster begins life as innocent as a child but is quickly corrupted by the violence in society. The Enlightenment was an era that belonged more to the generation preceding Shelley’s. It valued reason, freedom, and skepticism. Frankenstein and his friend Henry Clerval are both scholars who are committed to the pursuit of knowledge. Shelley could have been critiquing Enlightenment ideology, since it is Frankenstein’s unrestrained appetite for progress—a hallmark of Enlightenment beliefs—that ultimately results in his own destruction. Frankenstein’s monster is considered by some to be an allegory for the French Revolution of 1789, in which Enlightenment philosophy was a crucial influence on the revolution’s early leaders. French philosophes such as Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau spread the ideals of liberty and equality, envisioning a rational societal structure instead of what they condemned as the arbitrary rule of the monarchy and nobility. Although the revolution began with a desire to improve upon society by using reason, it quickly devolved into rampant bloodlust that consumed even some of its principal originators. Frankenstein has also been interpreted as a metaphor for postpartum depression, especially in light of Shelley’s own struggles with motherhood. Although postpartum depression was not yet defined as such when Shelley was writing, its symptoms were explained by other means, and she would have been aware of contemporary theories that a pregnant woman’s lifestyle and even her state of mind could affect her baby. According to these theories, Frankenstein’s neglect of his own health during his “labours” in creating the monster would have influenced his creation. He also exhibits symptoms of postpartum depression immediately after the monster comes to life: he completely abandons his creation, sinking into a depression that includes suicidal thoughts or actions. The monster, in his own right, grows up without a parental figure and harbours a strong resentment toward his creator for having abandoned him, which in turn prompts the monster to question his own self-worth. The manner in which Victor Frankenstein differs from the novel’s women sheds further light on Shelley’s complex representation of motherhood and female identity. He lacks Elizabeth’s delicacy and compassion as well as the selflessness of his mother, Caroline. He acknowledges that he is sometimes “selfish,” shortsighted, and infatuated with what he believes to be his greatness. Faced with these qualities in Victor, the monster says that he needs a nurturing presence, a companion, and for this reason he wants a female counterpart—a complicated mix, arguably, of wife and mother. In Shelley’s own life can be found meaningful echoes of the mothers and wives in her novel: Caroline, for example, dies of an illness contracted from her adopted daughter, Elizabeth, early in the novel, and Elizabeth’s birth mother also died in childbirth—a situation that resembles Shelley’s mother having died of complications stemming from her own birth. In addition, there was no shortage of contention between Shelley and her stepmother (also named Mary, whom Shelley’s father had married in 1801): Shelley described her as “a woman I shudder to think of.” The characters in Shelley’s novel frequently debate the human condition, and traditional antithetical motifs are touted: male and female, good and evil, beauty and ugliness, love and hate, companionship and loneliness. Another common theme is religion: both Frankenstein and his monster liken themselves to Satan, and the monster addresses a “prayer” to Frankenstein, whom he calls his “creator”—only a majuscule away from his name for God, “Creator.” References to the biblical story of Adam and Eve and to Paradise Lost by John Milton—which is among the books that the monster reads—appear repeatedly. Some early readers of Frankenstein condemned it as a radical, immoral book: by giving life to a new being, Frankenstein seizes and then corrupts a power previously thought to be reserved for God. That accusation would seem to be well-suited for Percy Shelley, who was an atheist, but it fits awkwardly on Mary Shelley, whose diary reveals her devout Christian beliefs. Frankenstein has virtually limitless applicability, as one of its central messages is that excess, whether it be Frankenstein’s ambition or the monster’s rage, generates repercussions. The story of Frankenstein’s monster, for example, has been thought to represent the slave narrative, especially in the aftermath of the successful Haitian Revolution. (Both Shelleys were well-read on the emancipation debate and were staunch abolitionists.) The monster has also been identified as a metaphor for countless other people and developments, from Irish nationalists to the United Kingdom Independence Party to artificial intelligence to genetically modified “Frankenfood.” The novel can also be seen as summing up humanity’s relationship with the environment: ambition and progress have resulted in what many see as unsustainable production methods, and we may ultimately suffer from the machinations of our own hands. Religion battles science, passion begets suffering, reason clashes with madness, all across Shelley’s pages. Adaptations In the centuries since his debut, Frankenstein’s monster has become one of the most recognizable characters in popular culture, spawning an extensive, ever-growing list of adaptations and spin-offs. As of 2017, characters from Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus had appeared in 177 television and film adaptations and in 58 plays listed in a comprehensive U.K. theatre database. These adaptations can diverge wildly from Shelley’s timeless tale: today the name Frankenstein is more often given to the scientist’s creation than to the scientist himself, and the monster is often depicted as a green, nearly inarticulate, bumbling brute with bolts in his neck rather than as a sallow eloquent giant imbued with supernatural speed and strength. Boris Karloff in Frankenstein Boris Karloff as the monster in the film Frankenstein, directed by James Whale and released in 1931. Frankenstein first made the jump to cinema in 1910, in a silent film produced by Thomas Edison. But it was not until the appearance of James Whale’s 1931 classic, starring Boris Karloff as the monster, that Franken-mania spread through Anglo-American pop culture. The film was loved by critics, overperformed at the box office, and has been listed as one of the best movies of all time, although it has perhaps been outlived by just one line from it: “It’s alive! It’s alive!” Several sequels with Karloff followed, and numerous later variations and satires were strongly influenced by the series. Another notable group of film adaptations was launched in 1957 by Britain’s Hammer Films, which introduced a new focus on Victor Frankenstein’s character (played by Peter Cushing) in seven mostly nonserialized movies. promotional photograph for Young Frankenstein (From left) Mel Brooks, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Gene Wilder, and Teri Garr in a promotional photograph for Young Frankenstein (1974), directed by Brooks. Comedic films based on Shelley’s novel include Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) and Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein (1974). Children’s movies such as Igor (2008), Frankenweenie (2012), and the Hotel Transylvania series feature variations on Shelley’s characters. The cinematic retellings Frankenstein (2015) and Depraved (2019) have brought the novel to life in a modern setting. Frankenstein is beloved on screen as well as on the stage. Danny Boyle directed a theatrical adaptation of the novel at the Royal National Theatre, London, in 2011 starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, who alternated as Frankenstein and the creature from one show to the next. The two actors received an Olivier Award for their performances. Numerous authors have creatively resurrected Frankenstein in fiction for a wide range of audiences. Kenneth Oppel’s This Dark Endeavor (2011) is a prequel to Shelley’s original, following a teenage Frankenstein and his first dive into alchemy. Theodore Roszak’s The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein (1995), Kris Waldherr’s Unnatural Creatures: A Novel of the Frankenstein Women (2022), and Kiersten White’s The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein (2018) all put a spotlight on the female characters surrounding Frankenstein and his creation. Other novels, such as Dr. Frankenstein’s Daughters by Suzanne Weyn (2013) and Man Made Boy by Jon Skovron (2013), envision a world where the offspring of Frankenstein or his monster, respectively, must navigate the legacies of their parents. Pieces of Shelley’s own history are infused, alongside those of her characters, into Peter Ackroyd’s The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein (2008). Dean Koontz wrote a five-novel Frankenstein series of supernatural mysteries, which are set in New Orleans. Frankenstein in Baghdad is a modern retelling by Ahmed Saadwadi; first published, in Arabic, in 2013, it repaints Shelley’s story in the context of the Iraq War and the lives destroyed in its wake. Frankenstein’s influence has not been limited to the media above: the General Mills cereal Franken Berry sports a pink steampunk monster on the box; Frankenstein & Bier Keller is a Frankenstein’s monster−themed bar in Edinburgh featuring an animatronic version of the fiend; the monster, who goes by his creator’s name, can be spotted alongside Batman in the colourful pages of DC Comics; and Eddie Van Halen’s quintessential homemade electric guitar was given the moniker “Frankenstrat.” Count Dracula Article Talk Read Edit View history Tools From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Dracula (disambiguation). Count Dracula Dracula character Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula in the 1931 film Dracula First appearance Dracula (1897) Created by Bram Stoker Based on Vlad III Dracula Portrayed by See below In-universe information Aliases Vlad the Impaler Dracula Count De Ville[1] Mr. De Ville[2] Nickname Evil eye[3] Ördög Pokol Stregoika Vrolok Vlkoslag[4] D.[5] Nosferatu Drac Species Vampire (also has been classified as an undead human, a dhampir, and a werewolf[6][7]) Gender Male Title Transylvanian noble[8] Voivode[9] Solomonari[10] King Vampire[11] Spouse Possibly Brides of Dracula (unclear) Count Dracula (/ˈdrækjʊlə, -jə-/) is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel Dracula. He is considered the prototypical and archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction. Aspects of the character are believed by some to have been inspired by the 15th-century Wallachian prince Vlad the Impaler, who was also known as Vlad Dracula, and by Sir Henry Irving, an actor for whom Stoker was a personal assistant.[12] One of Dracula's most iconic powers is his ability to turn others into vampires by biting them and infecting them with the vampiric disease. Other characteristics have been added or altered in subsequent popular fictional works, including films, cartoons and breakfast cereals. Stoker's creation Bram Stoker's novel takes the form of an epistolary tale, in which Count Dracula's characteristics, powers, abilities, and weaknesses are narrated by multiple narrators, from different perspectives.[13] Count Dracula is an undead, centuries-old vampire, and a Transylvanian nobleman who claims to be a Székely descended from Attila the Hun.[14] He inhabits a decaying castle in the Carpathian Mountains near the Borgo Pass. Unlike the vampires of Eastern European folklore, which are portrayed as repulsive, corpse-like creatures, Dracula is handsome and charismatic, with a veneer of aristocratic charm. In his conversations with Jonathan Harker, he reveals himself as deeply proud of his boyar heritage and nostalgic for the past, which he admits has become only a memory of heroism, honour, and valour in modern times. Early life Details of his early life are undisclosed, but it is mentioned that he was in life a most wonderful man. Soldier, statesman, and alchemist. Which latter was the highest development of the scientific knowledge of his time. He had a mighty brain, a learning beyond compare, and a heart that knew no fear and no remorse... there was no branch of knowledge of his time that he did not essay.[15] Dracula studied the black arts at the academy of Scholomance in the Carpathian Mountains, overlooking the town of Sibiu (also known as Hermannstadt) and has a deep knowledge of alchemy and magic.[16] Taking up arms, as befitting his rank and status as a voivode, he led troops against the Turks across the Danube. According to his nemesis Abraham Van Helsing, "He must indeed have been that Voivode Dracula who won his name against the Turk, over the great river on the very frontier of Turkey-land. If it be so, then was he no common man: for in that time, and for centuries after, he was spoken of as the cleverest and the most cunning, as well as the bravest of the sons of the land beyond the forest."[17] Dead and buried in a great tomb in the chapel of his castle, Dracula returns from death as a vampire and lives for several centuries in his castle with three terrifyingly beautiful female vampires beside him.[18] Narrative Short story Cover of Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories, a collection of short stories authored by Bram Stoker In "Dracula's Guest", the narrative follows an unnamed Englishman traveller as he wanders around Munich before leaving for Transylvania. It is Walpurgis Night and the young Englishman foolishly leaves his hotel, in spite of the coachman's warnings, and wanders through a dense forest alone. Along the way, he feels that he is being watched by a tall and thin stranger. The short story climaxes in an old graveyard, where the Englishman encounters a sleeping female vampire called Countess Dolingen in a marble tomb with a large iron stake driven into it. This malevolent beautiful vampire awakens from her marble bier to conjure a snowstorm before being struck by lightning and returning to her eternal prison. The Englishman's troubles are not quite over, as he is dragged away by an unseen force and rendered unconscious. He awakens to find a gigantic wolf lying on his chest and licking his throat. It keeps him warm and protects him until help arrives. When the Englishman is finally taken back to his hotel, a telegram awaits him from his expectant host Dracula, with a warning about "dangers from snow and wolves and night". Novel In Dracula, the eponymous vampire has decided to move from Transylvania to London. He summons Jonathan Harker, a newly qualified English solicitor, to provide legal support for a real estate transaction overseen by Harker's employer. Dracula at first charms Harker with his cordiality and historical knowledge, and even rescues him from the clutches of the three female vampires in the castle. In truth, Dracula wishes to keep Harker alive long enough to complete the legal transaction and to learn as much as possible about England. Ruins of Whitby Abbey in Whitby. As a creature resembling a large dog which came ashore at the Whitby headland, Count Dracula runs up the 199 steps to the graveyard of St Mary's Church in the shadow of the abbey ruins Dracula leaves his castle and boards a Russian ship, the Demeter, taking along with him 50 boxes of Transylvanian soil, which he needs to regain his strength and rest during daylight. During the voyage to Whitby, a coastal town in northern England, he sustains himself on the ship's crew members. Only one body is later found, that of the captain, who is found tied up to the ship's helm. The captain's log is recovered and tells of strange events that had taken place during the ship's journey. Dracula leaves the ship in the form of a dog and runs up the 199 steps to the graveyard of St Mary's Church in the shadow of the Whitby Abbey ruins. Soon, the Count begins menacing Harker's fiancée, Wilhelmina "Mina" Murray, and her friend, Lucy Westenra. There is also a notable link between Dracula and Renfield, a patient in an insane asylum overseen by John Seward, who is compelled to consume spiders, birds, and other creatures—in ascending order of size—to absorb their "life force". Renfield acts as a kind of sensor, reacting to Dracula's proximity and supplying clues accordingly. Dracula visits Lucy's bed chamber on a nightly basis, draining her of blood while simultaneously infecting her with the curse of vampirism. Not knowing the cause for Lucy's deterioration, her three suitors – Seward, Arthur Holmwood and Quincey Morris – call upon Seward's mentor, the Dutch doctor Abraham Van Helsing. Van Helsing soon deduces her condition's supernatural origins, and tries to keep the vampire at bay with garlic. Nevertheless, Dracula attacks Lucy's house one final time, killing her mother and transforming Lucy herself into one of the undead after which Van Helsing and her suitors help lay Lucy's soul to rest by driving a stake through her heart. Colorized stills of Edward Van Sloan as Van Helsing confronting Bela Lugosi in Dracula (1931) Harker escapes Dracula's castle and returns to England, barely alive and deeply traumatized. On Seward's suggestion, Mina seeks Van Helsing's assistance in assessing Harker's health. She reads his journal and passes it along to Van Helsing. This unfolds the first clue to the identity of Lucy's assailant, which later prompts Mina to collect all of the events of Dracula's appearance in news articles, saved letters, newspaper clippings and the journals of each member of the group. This assists the group in investigating Dracula's movements and later discovering that Renfield's behaviour is directly influenced by Dracula. They then discover that Dracula has purchased a residence next door to Seward's. The group gathers intelligence to track down Dracula and destroy him. After the undead Lucy attacks several children, Van Helsing, Seward, Holmwood and Morris enter her crypt and destroy her to save her soul. Later, Harker joins them, and the party works to discover Dracula's intentions. Harker aids the party in tracking down the locations of the boxes to the various residences of Dracula and discovers that Dracula purchased multiple real estate properties throughout London[19] under the alias 'Count De Ville'.[20] Dracula's main plan was to move each of his 50 boxes of earth to his various properties in order to arrange multiple lairs throughout and around the perimeter of London.[19] The party pries open each of the graves, places sacramental wafers within each of them, and seals them shut. This deprives Dracula of his ability to seek safety in those boxes.[21] Dracula gains entry into Seward's residence by coercing an invitation out of Renfield. As he attempts to enter the room in which Harker and Mina are staying, Renfield tries to stop him; Dracula then mortally wounds him. With his dying breath, Renfield tells Seward and Van Helsing that Dracula is after Mina. Van Helsing and Seward discover Dracula biting Mina and forcing her to drink his blood. The group repels Dracula using crucifixes and sacramental bread, forcing him to flee by turning into a dark vapour. The party continues to hunt Dracula to search for his remaining lairs.[22] Although Dracula's 'baptism' of Mina grants him a telepathic link to her, it backfires when Van Helsing hypnotizes Mina and uses her supernatural link with Dracula to track him as he flees back to Transylvania. The heroes follow Dracula back to Transylvania, and in a climactic battle with Dracula's Romani bodyguards, finally destroy him. Despite the popular image of Dracula having a stake driven through his heart to kill him, Mina's narrative describes his decapitation by Harker's kukri while Morris simultaneously pierces his heart with a Bowie knife (Mina Harker's Journal, 6 November, Dracula Chapter 27). His body then turns into dust, but not before Mina sees an expression of peace on his face. Characteristics "Listen to them—the children of the night. What music they make!". — Count Dracula to Jonathan Harker, referring to the howling of the wolves. Dracula, Chapter 2.[23] Although early in the novel Dracula dons a mask of cordiality, he often flies into fits of rage when his plans are frustrated. When Dracula's brides attempt to seduce Jonathan Harker, Dracula physically assaults one and ferociously berates them for their insubordination. Dracula has an appreciation for ancient architecture and prefers purchasing old houses, saying "a new home would kill me" and that it takes a century to make one habitable.[24] Dracula is very proud of his warrior heritage, proclaiming his pride to Harker on how the Székely people are infused with the blood of heroes. He also expresses an interest in the history of the British Empire, speaking admiringly of its people. He has a somewhat primal and predatory worldview, pities ordinary humans for their revulsion to their darker impulses, feels human emotions and often says that he can love.[25] Though usually portrayed as having a strong Eastern European accent, the original novel only specifies that his spoken English is excellent, though strangely toned. His appearance varies in age. He is described early in the novel as thin, with a long white moustache, pointed ears and sharp teeth.[26] It is also noted later in the novel (Chapter 11 subsection "The Escaped Wolf") by a zookeeper who sees him that he has a hooked nose and a pointed beard with a streak of white in it. He is dressed all in black and has hair on his palms. Harker describes him as an old man, "cruel looking" and giving an effect of "extraordinary pallor".[26] I saw... Count Dracula... with red light of triumph in his eyes, and with a smile that Judas in hell might be proud of. — Jonathan Harker's journal, Dracula, Chapter 4 As the novel progresses, Dracula is described as taking on a more and more youthful appearance. After Harker strikes him with a shovel, he is left with a scar on his forehead which he bears throughout the course of the novel. Dracula also possesses great wealth, and has Romani people in his homeland who are loyal to him as servants and protectors. Powers and weaknesses Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula in 1931 Count Dracula is portrayed in the novel using many different supernatural abilities, and is believed to have gained his abilities through dealings with the devil. Chapter 18 of the novel describes many of the abilities, limitations and weaknesses of vampires and Dracula in particular. Dracula has superhuman strength which, according to Van Helsing, is equivalent to that of 20 strong men. He does not cast a shadow or have a reflection from mirrors. He is immune to conventional means of attack; a sailor tries to stab him in the back with a knife, but the blade goes through his body as though it is air.[27] He can defy gravity to a certain extent and possesses superhuman agility, able to climb vertical surfaces upside down in a reptilian manner. He can travel onto unhallowed ground, such as the graves of suicides and those of his victims. He has powerful hypnotic, telepathic and illusionary abilities. He also has the ability to "within limitations" vanish and reappear elsewhere at will. If he knows the path, he can come out from anything or into anything regardless of how close it is bound or even if it is soldered shut.[28] Dracula has amassed cunning and wisdom throughout centuries and is unable to die of senescence.[28] He can command animals such as rats, owls, bats, moths, foxes and wolves. His control is limited, as seen when the party first enters his house in London. He summons thousands of rats to swarm and attack the group and Holmwood summons his trio of terriers to battle them. The dogs prove very efficient rat killers. Terrified by their onslaught, the rats flee of their own volition.[29] Dracula can also manipulate the weather and, within his range, is able to direct the elements, such as storms, fog and mist.[28] Shapeshifting Dracula can change form at will, able to grow and become small, his featured forms in the novel being that of a bat, a large dog and a fog or mist. When the moonlight is shining, he can travel as elemental dust within its rays. He is able to pass through tiny cracks or crevices while retaining his human form or in the form of a vapour; described by Van Helsing as the ability to slip through a hairbreadth space of a tomb door or coffin. This is also an ability used by his victim Lucy as a vampire. When the party breaks into her tomb, they open the sealed coffin to find her corpse is no longer located within.[30] Vampirism One of Dracula's powers is the ability to turn others into vampires by biting them. According to Van Helsing: When they become such, there comes with the change the curse of immortality; they cannot die, but must go on age after age adding new victims and multiplying the evils of the world. For all that die from the preying of the Undead become themselves Undead, and prey on their kind. And so the circle goes on ever widening, like as the ripples from a stone thrown in the water. Friend Arthur, if you had met that kiss which you know of before poor Lucy die, or again, last night when you open your arms to her, you would in time, when you had died, have become nosferatu, as they call it in Eastern Europe, and would for all time make more of those Un-Deads that so have filled us with horror. — Dr. Seward's journal, Dracula, Chapter 16 The vampire bite itself does not cause death. It is the method vampires use to drain blood of the victim and to increase their influence over them. This is described by Van Helsing: The nosferatu do not die like the bee when he sting once. He is only stronger, and being stronger, have yet more power to work evil. — Dr. Seward's journal, Dracula, Chapter 18 Victims who are bitten by a vampire and do not die, are hypnotically influenced by them: Those children whose blood she suck are not yet so much worse; but if she live on, Un-Dead, more and more lose their blood and by her power over them they come to her. — Mina Harker's journal, Dracula, Chapter 18 Van Helsing later describes the aftermath of a bitten victim when the vampire has been killed: But if she die in truth, then all cease; the tiny wounds of the throats disappear, and they go back to their plays unknowing of whatever has been. — Mina Harker's journal, Dracula, Chapter 18 As Dracula slowly drains Lucy's blood, she dies from acute blood loss and later transforms into a vampire, despite the efforts of Seward and Van Helsing to provide her with blood transfusions.[31] He is aided by powers of necromancy and divination of the dead, that all who die by his hand may reanimate and do his bidding.[28] Bloodletting Dracula requires no other sustenance but fresh human blood, which has the effect of rejuvenating him and allowing him to grow younger. His power is drawn from the blood of others, and he cannot survive without it.[28][32] Although drinking blood can rejuvenate his youth and strength, it does not give him the ability to regenerate; months after being struck on the head by a shovel, he still bears a scar from the impact.[33] Dracula's preferred victims are women.[34] Harker states that he believes Dracula has a state of fasting as well as a state of feeding.[35] He tells Mina exerting his abilities raises a desire to feed.[36] Vampire's Baptism of Blood Count Dracula is depicted as the "King Vampire", and can control other vampires. To punish Mina and the party for their efforts against him, Dracula bites her on at least three occasions. He also forces her to drink his blood; this act curses her with the effects of vampirism and gives him a telepathic link to her thoughts.[37] Hypnotism only works before dawn.[38] Van Helsing refers to the act of drinking blood by both the vampire and the victim "the Vampire's Baptism of Blood".[39] you, their best beloved one, are now to me, flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood, kin of my kin, my bountiful wine-press for a while, and shall be later on my companion and my helper. You shall be avenged in turn, for not one of them but shall minister to your needs. But as yet you are to be punished for what you have done. You have aided in thwarting me. Now you shall come to my call. When my brain says 'Come!' to you, you shall cross land or sea to do my bidding.[40] The effects changes Mina physically and mentally over time. A few moments after Dracula attacks her, Van Helsing takes a wafer of sacramental bread and places it on her forehead to bless her; when the bread touches her skin, it burns her and leaves a scar on her forehead. Her teeth start growing longer but do not grow sharper. She begins to lose her appetite, feeling repulsed by normal food,[41] begins to sleep more and more during the day; cannot wake unless at sunset and stops writing in her diary. When Van Helsing later crumbles the same bread in a circle around her, she is unable to cross or leave the circle, discovering a new form of protection.[42] Dracula's death would release the curse on any living transformed vampire. Van Helsing reveals that even were he to escape, his continued existence would ensure whether or not he victimized Mina further, she would become a vampire upon her eventual natural death. Limitations of his powers Dracula is much less powerful in daylight and is only able to shift his form at dawn, noon, and dusk (he can shift his form freely at night or if he is at his grave). The sun is not fatal to him, as sunlight does not burn and destroy him upon contact, though most of his abilities cease. The sun that rose on our sorrow this morning guards us in its course. Until it sets to-night, that monster must retain whatever form he now has. He is confined within the limitations of his earthly envelope. He cannot melt into thin air nor disappear through cracks or chinks or crannies. If he goes through a doorway, he must open the door like a mortal. — Jonathan Harker's journal, Dracula, Chapter 22 His power ceases, as does that of all evil things, at the coming of the day. Only at certain times can he have limited freedom. If he be not at the place whither he is bound, he can only change himself at noon or exact sunrise or sunset. — Mina Harker's journal, Dracula, Chapter 18 Later interpretations of the character, and vampires in general, would amplify this trait into an outright fatal weakness, making it so that even the first rays of sunrise are capable of reducing a vampire to ash.[citation needed] He is also limited in his ability to travel, as he can only cross running water at low or high tide. Owing to this, he is unable to fly across a river in the form of a bat or mist or even by himself board a boat or step off a boat onto a dock unless he is physically carried over with assistance. He is also unable to enter a place unless invited to do so by someone of the household, even a visitor; once invited, he can enter and leave the premises at will.[28] Weaknesses Thirst Dracula is commonly depicted with a bloodlust which he is seemingly unable to control. Adaptations sometimes call this uncontrollable state 'the thirst'. Religious symbolism There are items which afflict him to the point he has no power and can even calm him from his insatiable appetite for blood. He is repulsed by garlic, as well as sacred items and symbols such as crucifixes and sacramental bread. ...at the instant I saw that the cut had bled a little, and the blood was trickling over my chin. I laid down the razor, turning as I did so half round to look for some sticking plaster. When the Count saw my face, his eyes blazed with a sort of demoniac fury, and he suddenly made a grab at my throat. I drew away and his hand touched the string of beads which held the crucifix. It made an instant change in him, for the fury passed so quickly that I could hardly believe that it was ever there. — Jonathan Harker's journal, Dracula, Chapter 2 Placing the branch of a wild rose upon the top of his coffin will render him unable to escape it; a sacred bullet fired into the coffin could kill him so that he remain true-dead.[28] Mountain-ash is also described as a form of protection from a vampire, although the effects are unknown.[43] This was believed to be used as protection against evil spirits and witches during the Victorian era. Death-sleep The state of rest to which vampires are prone during the day is described in the novel as a deathlike sleep in which the vampire sleeps open-eyed, is unable to awaken or move, and also may be unaware of any presence of individuals who may be trespassing. Dracula is portrayed as being active in daylight at least once to pursue a victim. Dracula also purchases many properties throughout London 'over the counter' which shows that he does have the ability to have some type of presence in daylight. on a pile of newly dug earth, lay the Count! He was either dead or asleep. I could not say which, for eyes were open and stony, but without the glassiness of death, and the cheeks had the warmth of life through all their pallor. The lips were as red as ever. But there was no sign of movement, no pulse, no breath, no beating of the heart. I bent over him, and tried to find any sign of life, but in vain... I thought he might have the keys on him, but when I went to search I saw the dead eyes, and in them dead though they were, such a look of hate, though unconscious of me or my presence, that I fled from the place, and leaving the Count's room by the window.[44] He requires Transylvanian soil to be nearby to him in a foreign land or to be entombed within his coffin within Transylvania in order to successfully rest; otherwise, he will be unable to recover his strength. This has forced him to transport many boxes of Transylvanian earth to each of his residences in London. He is most powerful when he is within his Earth-Home, Coffin-Home, Hell-Home, or any place unhallowed.[28][45] Further, if Dracula or any vampire has had their fill in blood upon feeding, they will be caused to rest in this dead state even longer than usual.[46] Other abilities While universally feared by the local people of Transylvania and even beyond, Dracula commands the loyalty of the Romani people, as well as a band of Slovaks who transport his boxes on their way to London and to serve as an armed convoy bringing his coffin back to his castle. The Slovaks and Romani appear to know his true nature, for they laugh at Harker when he tries to communicate his plight, and betray Harker's attempt to send a letter through them by giving it to the Count. Dracula seems to be able to hold influence over people with mental disorders, such as Renfield, who is never bitten but who worships Dracula, referring to him over the course of the novel as "Master" and "Lord". Dracula also afflicts Lucy with chronic sleepwalking, putting her into a trance-like state that allows them not only to submit to his will but also seek him and satisfy his need to feed. Dracula's powers and weaknesses vary greatly in the many adaptations. Previous and subsequent vampires from different legends have had similar vampire characteristics. Character development subsequent to the novel Main article: Count Dracula in popular culture Christopher Lee starred as Dracula in numerous British horror films produced by Hammer Films. Shown here is the 1958 film Dracula. Lee fixed the image of the vampire bearing dual elongated fangs in popular culture.[47][48] Dracula has been portrayed by more actors in more visual media adaptations of the novel than any other horror character.[49] Actors who have played him include Max Schreck, Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Christopher Lee, Francis Lederer, Denholm Elliott, Jack Palance, Louis Jourdan, Rudolf Martin, Frank Langella, Klaus Kinski, Gary Oldman, Leslie Nielsen, George Hamilton, David Niven, Charles Macaulay, Keith-Lee Castle, Gerard Butler, Duncan Regehr, Richard Roxburgh, Marc Warren, Rutger Hauer, Stephen Billington, Thomas Kretschmann, Dominic Purcell, Luke Evans, Claes Bang, Nicolas Cage and Javier Botet. In 2003, Count Dracula, as portrayed by Lugosi in the 1931 film, was named as the 33rd greatest movie villain by the AFI.[50] In 2013, Empire magazine ranked Lee's portrayal as Dracula the 7th Greatest Horror Movie Character of All Time.[51] The character is closely associated with the western cultural archetype of the vampire, and remains a popular Halloween costume. Count Dracula appears in Mad Monster Party? voiced by Allen Swift. This version is shown to be wearing a monocle. Count Dracula is among the monsters that Baron Boris von Frankenstein invites to the Isle of Evil to show off the secret of total destruction and announce his retirement from the Worldwide Organization of Monsters. Sesame Street character Count von Count is based on Bela Lugosi's interpretation of Count Dracula and Jack Davis' design for Dracula from Mad Monster Party?. Count Dracula appears in Mad Mad Mad Monsters (a "prequel of sorts" to Mad Monster Party?) voiced again by Allen Swift. He and his son are invited by Baron Henry von Frankenstein to attend the wedding of Frankenstein's monster and its mate at the Transylvania Astoria Hotel. Dracula is the primary antagonist of the Castlevania video game series, the first two seasons of the Castlevania Netflix series, and the main protagonist of the Lords of Shadow reboot series. Count Dracula appears in the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes episode "Spatula, Prinze of Dorkness", voiced by S. Scott Bullock. He relates a tale of how he once gave Dr. Putrid T. Gangreen a serum to transform tomatoes into vampire tomatoes. Though the doctor refused, Zoltan overheard their conversation and, mistaking the word serum for syrup, ingests the serum himself and renaming himself "Spatula, Prinze of Dorkness" who can turn people into vampires by kissing them in the neck (a stipulation that the Censor Lady put into place in fear of showing the biting and bloodshed associated with vampires on a Saturday morning cartoon). This spread to the other tomatoes and the entire town. When the Sun came up and disabled the vampires, Count Dracula in sunblock appears and deemed that the town is not worthy to be vampires. He then gives Chad Finletter the antidote to the vampirism and advises that the tomatoes be squashed immediately. Dracula appears as the lead character of Dracula the Un-dead, a novel by Stoker's great-grand nephew Dacre presented as a sequel to the original. In the Supernatural episode "Monster Movie", a shapeshifter that Sam and Dean Winchester fight considers his form of Count Dracula (portrayed by Todd Stashwick) his favourite form. It is in this form that Jamie killed him with Sam's gun loaded with silver bullets. Count Dracula is the main character of the Hotel Transylvania franchise, voiced by Adam Sandler in the first three movies and by Brian Hull in the fourth movie. Dracula, going by an inversion of his name, "Alucard", serves as the main character of the anime and manga series Hellsing and Hellsing Ultimate, where he serves Integra Hellsing, Abraham's great-granddaughter, as an anti-vampire warrior devoted to the British Crown. Dracula is the primary antagonist of the Showtime series Penny Dreadful, portrayed by Christian Camargo. This version of the character is the brother of Lucifer and, thus, a fallen angel. Modern and postmodern analyses of the character Full-size portrait of Vlad Țepeș in the "Gallery of the Ancestors" of the House of Esterházy, 17th century, Forchtenstein Castle Already in 1958, Cecil Kirtly proposed that Count Dracula shared his personal past with the historical Transylvanian-born Voivode Vlad III Dracula of Wallachia, also known as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Țepeș. Following the publication of In Search of Dracula by Radu Florescu and Raymond McNally in 1972, this supposed connection attracted much popular attention. This work argued that Bram Stoker based his Dracula on Vlad the Impaler.[52] Historically, the name "Dracula" is the family name of Vlad Țepeș' family, a name derived from a fraternal order of knights called the Order of the Dragon, founded by Sigismund of Luxembourg (king of Hungary and Bohemia, and Holy Roman Emperor) to uphold Christianity and defend the Empire against the Ottoman Turks. Vlad II Dracul, father of Vlad III, was admitted to the order around 1431 because of his bravery in fighting the Turks and was dubbed Dracul (dragon or devil), thus his son became Dracula (son of the dragon). From 1431 onward, Vlad II wore the emblem of the order and later, as ruler of Wallachia, his coinage bore the dragon symbol.[53] Shakespearean actor and friend of Stoker's Sir Henry Irving is widely considered to be a real-life inspiration for the character of Dracula. Stoker came across the name Dracula in his reading on Romanian history, and chose this to replace the name (Count Wampyr) that he had originally intended to use for his villain. Some Dracula scholars, led by Elizabeth Miller, have questioned the depth of this connection as early as 1998. They argue that Stoker in fact knew little of the historic Vlad III, Vlad the Impaler, and that he used only the name "Dracula" and some miscellaneous scraps of Romanian history.[54] Also, there are no comments about Vlad III in the author's working notes.[55] While having a conversation with Jonathan Harker in Chapter 3, Dracula refers to his own background, and these speeches show elements which Stoker directly copied from An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia: With Various Political Observations Relating to Them by William Wilkinson.[56] Stoker mentions the Voivode of the Dracula race who fought against the Turks after the defeat in the Battle of Kosovo, and was later betrayed by his brother, historical facts which unequivocally point to Vlad III, described as "Voïvode Dracula" by Wilkinson: Who was it but one of my own race who as Voivode crossed the Danube and beat the Turk on his own ground? This was a Dracula indeed! Woe was it that his own unworthy brother, when he had fallen, sold his people to the Turk and brought the shame of slavery on them! Was it not this Dracula, indeed, who inspired that other of his race who in a later age again and again brought his forces over the great river into Turkey-land; who, when he was beaten back, came again, and again, though he had to come alone from the bloody field where his troops were being slaughtered, since he knew that he alone could ultimately triumph! (Chapter 3, pp. 19) The Count's intended identity is later commented by Professor Van Helsing, referring to a letter from his friend Arminius: He must, indeed, have been that Voivode Dracula who won his name against the Turk, over the great river on the very frontier of Turkey-land. (Chapter 18, pp. 145) This indeed encourages the reader to identify the Count with the Voivode Dracula first mentioned by him in Chapter 3, the one betrayed by his brother: Vlad III Dracula, betrayed by his brother Radu the Handsome, who had chosen the side of the Turks. But as noted by the Dutch author Hans Corneel de Roos, in Chapter 25, Van Helsing and Mina drop this rudimentary connection to Vlad III and instead describe the Count's personal past as that of "that other of his race" who lived "in a later age". By smoothly exchanging Vlad III for a nameless double, Stoker avoided his main character being unambiguously linked to a historical person traceable in any history book. Similarly, the novelist did not want to disclose the precise site of the Count's residence, Castle Dracula. As confirmed by Stoker's own handwritten research notes, the novelist had a specific location for the Castle in mind while writing the narrative: an empty mountain top in the Transylvanian Kelemen alps near the former border with Moldavia.[57] Efforts to promote the Poenari Castle (ca. 200 km away from the novel's place of action near the Borgo Pass) as the "real Castle Dracula" have no basis in Stoker's writing; although it bears much similarity to the fictional Castle Dracula, no written evidence shows Stoker to have heard of it. Regarding the Bran Castle near Brașov, Stoker possibly saw an illustration of Castle Bran (Törzburg) in Charles Boner's 1865 book on Transylvania, Transylvania: Its Products and Its People.[58][59] Although Stoker may have been inspired by its romantic appearance, neither Boner, nor Mazuchelli nor Crosse (who also mention Terzburg or Törzburg) associate it with Vlad III; for the site of his fictitious Castle Dracula, Stoker preferred an empty mountain top. Stoker's detailed notes reveal he was well aware of the ethnic and geopolitical differences between the Roumanians/Wallachs/Wallachians, descendants of the Dacians, and the Székelys/Szeklers, allies of the Magyars or Hungarians, whose interests were opposed to that of the Wallachians. In the novel's original typewritten manuscript, the Count speaks of throwing off the "Austrian yoke", which corresponds to the Szekler political point of view. This expression is crossed out and replaced by "Hungarian yoke" (as appearing in the printed version), which matches the historical perspective of the Wallachians. Some take this to mean that Stoker opted for the Wallachian, not the Szekler interpretation, thus lending more consistency to his count's Romanian identity. Although not identical to Vlad III, the vampire is portrayed as one of the "Dracula race".[60] Portrayals This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Count Dracula" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Year Title Actor playing Dracula Notes 1921 Dracula's Death Erik Vanko Lost film 1922 Nosferatu Max Schreck Renamed Count Orlok for legal reasons 1931 Dracula Bela Lugosi Drácula Carlos Villarías Spanish version using the same sets as the Lugosi version, but with a different cast and crew. 1943 Son of Dracula Lon Chaney Jr. 1944 House of Frankenstein John Carradine 1945 House of Dracula 1948 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Bela Lugosi 1953 Drakula İstanbul'da Atıf Kaptan 1958 Dracula Christopher Lee The Return of Dracula Francis Lederer 1964 Batman Dracula Jack Smith 1966 Dracula: Prince of Darkness Christopher Lee Billy the Kid vs Dracula John Carradine 1967 Mad Monster Party? Allen Swift Animated film Blood of Dracula's Castle Alexander D'Arcy 1968 Dracula Has Risen from the Grave Christopher Lee Dracula Denholm Elliott Episode of UK TV series Mystery and Imagination 1969 Las vampiras John Carradine The Magic Christian Christopher Lee 1970 Count Dracula Taste the Blood of Dracula One More Time Scars of Dracula Cuadecuc, vampir Jonathan Paul Albert Krumm 1971 Dracula vs. Frankenstein Zandor Vorkov Night Gallery Francis Lederer Episode: "The Devil Is Not Mocked" 1972 Blacula Charles Macaulay Mad Mad Mad Monsters Allen Swift Animated film Dracula A.D. 1972 Christopher Lee Count Dracula's Great Love Paul Naschy 1973 The Satanic Rites of Dracula Christopher Lee 1974 Bram Stoker's Dracula Jack Palance Television film Blood for Dracula Udo Kier Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires John Forbes-Robertson Vampira David Niven Released in US as Old Dracula 1975 Lady Dracula Stephen Boyd Germany (theatrically released in 1977) 1976 Dracula and Son Christopher Lee 1977 Dracula's Dog Michael Pataki Count Dracula Louis Jourdan Television film 1978 Doctor Dracula John Carradine 1979 Nosferatu the Vampyre Klaus Kinski Remake of Nosferatu (1922) with the novel's character names restored. Cliffhangers Michael Nouri Episode: "The Curse of Dracula" Love at First Bite George Hamilton Nocturna John Carradine Dracula Frank Langella The Halloween That Almost Wasn't Judd Hirsch Television film 1985 Fracchia Vs. Dracula Edmund Purdom 1987 The Monster Squad Duncan Regehr 1988 Waxwork Miles O'Keeffe Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School Zale Kessler Animated film Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf Hamilton Camp Animated film 1989 The Super Mario Bros. Super Show Jim Ward Episode: "Bats in the Basem*nt" Captain N: The Game Master Garry Chalk Animated TV series Superboy Lloyd Bochner Episode: "Young Dracula" 1990 Attack of the Killer Tomatoes S. Scott Bullock Episode: "Spatula, Prinze of Dorkness" 1990–1991 Dracula: The Series Geordie Johnson TV series 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula Gary Oldman 1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Bob Peck Episode: "Transylvania, January 1918" Bram Stoker's Dracula Lee Carus-Wescott Video game U.F.O. Antony Georghiou 1994 Monster Force Robert Bockstael 1995 Monster Mash Anthony Crivello Dracula: Dead and Loving It Leslie Nielsen 1997 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Michael G. Video game The Creeps Phil Fondacaro 2000 Dracula 2000 Gerard Butler Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rudolf Martin Episode: "Buffy vs. Dracula" Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula Rudolf Martin Television film 2001 Dracula, the Musical Tom Hewitt 2002 Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary Zhang Wei-Qiang Dracula Patrick Bergin 2003 Dracula II: Ascension Stephen Billington Castlevania: Lament of Innocence Crispin Freeman Video game 2004 Van Helsing Richard Roxburgh Van Helsing Video game Blade: Trinity Dominic Purcell Dracula 3000 Langley Kirkwood 2005 Dracula Wins Dieus Indian Malayalam-language television series on Asianet. The Batman vs. Dracula Peter Stormare Animated film Dracula III: Legacy Rutger Hauer Castlevania: Curse of Darkness Douglas Rye Video game 2005–2008 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Phil LaMarr Animated TV series 2006 Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Douglas Rye Video game Dracula Marc Warren Television film 2006–2014 Young Dracula Keith-Lee Castle TV series 2007 Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles Patrick Seitz Video game 2008 Dracula Wins Dieus Indian Telugu-language television series on Gemini TV. Dracula: Origin Kevin Delaney Video game Supernatural Todd Stashwick Episode: "Monster Movie" Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia Patrick Seitz Video game Castlevania Judgment Video game The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice Bruce Davison 2009 House of the Wolf Man Michael R. Thomas Castlevania: The Arcade Charles Glover Video game Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth Patrick Seitz Video game 2010 Castlevania: Harmony of Despair Erik Davies Video game Patrick Seitz Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Robert Carlyle Video game 2012 Family Guy Seth MacFarlane Episode: "Livin' on a Prayer" Dracula 3D Thomas Kretschmann Hotel Transylvania Adam Sandler Animated film Dracula Reborn Stuart Rigby Television film 2013 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate Robert Carlyle Video game Dracula Jonathan Rhys Meyers TV series Dracula 2012 Sudheer Sukumaran Indian horror film Dear Dracula Ray Liotta Animated film Dracula: The Dark Prince Luke Roberts 2014 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Robert Carlyle Video game Dracula Untold Luke Evans 2015 Hotel Transylvania 2 Adam Sandler Animated film 2016 Penny Dreadful Christian Camargo TV series Welcome To Monster High Michael Sorich Animated film 2017 Monster High: Electrified Michael Sorich Animated film Monster Family Jason Isaacs Animated film 2017–2018 Monster High: The Adventures of the Ghoul Squad Michael Sorich Animated TV series 2017–2020 Hotel Transylvania David Berni Ivan Sherry Animated TV series 2017–2021 Castlevania Graham McTavish Animated TV series 2018 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Adam Sandler Animated film Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard Brock Powell Video game 2019 Van Helsing Tricia Helfer TV series Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls Jack Merluzzi Video game Vinay Murthy 2020 Dracula Claes Bang TV miniseries Dracula Sir Anirban Bhattacharya Indian Bengali-language film loosely based on the legend of the Dracula. 2021 Monster Pets Brian Hull Replacing Adam Sandler. Monster Family 2: Nobody's Perfect Jason Isaacs Animated film 2022 Hotel Transylvania: Transformania Brian Hull Replacing Adam Sandler. Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures Brian Hull Video game Monster High: The Movie Steve Valentine Television film Monster High Ken Marino Animated TV series Dracula: The Original Living Vampire Jake Herbert The Invitation Thomas Doherty 2023 Renfield Nicolas Cage The Last Voyage of the Demeter Javier Botet Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood — Video game 2024 Abigail Matthew Goode Nosferatu Bill Skarsgård Second Remake of Nosferatu (1922) with the novel's character names restored. See also Elizabeth Báthory Carmilla Clinical vampirism List of fictional vampires List of horror film antagonists References Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 20, Jonathan Harker's Journal, Letter, Mitchell, Sons & Candy to Lord Godalming, 1 October". Dracula (PDF). p. 391. "The purchaser is a foreign nobleman, Count de Ville" Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 6: Jonathan Harker's Journal". Dracula (PDF). p. 500. "He had received a letter from Mr. de Ville of London" Stoker, Bram. Dracula (PDF). pp. 10, 14, 499, 517. Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 2, Jonathan Harker's Journal". Dracula (PDF). p. 9. "'Ordog'—Satan, 'Pokol'—hell, 'stregoica'—witch, 'vrolok' and 'vlkoslak'—both mean the same thing, one being Slovak and the other Servian for something that is either werewolf or vampire." Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 23: Dr Seward's Diary". Dracula (PDF). p. 436. "Look out for D. He has just now, 12:45, come from Carfax hurriedly and hastened towards the South." Stoker, Bram. Dracula (PDF). pp. 9, 42. Stoker, Bram. Dracula's Guest (PDF). p. 11. "'A wolf—and yet not a wolf!' another put in shudderingly. 'No use trying for him without the sacred bullet.'" Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 2: Jonathan Harker's Journal". Dracula (PDF). p. 35. "We Transylvanian nobles love not to think that our bones may lie amongst the common dead." Stoker, Bram. Dracula (PDF). pp. 43, 344. Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 18, Dr. Seward's Diary". Dracula (PDF). p. 344. Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 27: Dr. Van Helsing's Memorandum, 5 November". Dracula (PDF). p. 531. "DRACULA This then was the Undead home of the King Vampire, to whom so many more were due." Warren, Louis S. (2002). "Buffalo Bill Meets Dracula: William F. Cody, Bram Stoker, and the Frontiers of Racial Decay". The American Historical Review. 107 (4). Washington DC: American Historical Association: 1124–57. doi:10.1086/ahr/107.4.1124. ISSN 0002-8762 – via Oxford Journals Online. Senf, Carol N. (Fall 1979). "Dracula: The Unseen Face in the Mirror". Journal of Narrative Technique. 9 (3). Ypsilanti, Michigan: Eastern Michigan University: 160–70. The Cambridge Companion to 'Dracula'. Cambridge University Press. 2018. p. 101. ISBN 9781107153172. Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 23". Dracula (PDF). p. 434. Dracula Chapter 18 and Chapter 23 Mina Harker's Journal, 30 September, Dracula, Chapter 18 Dracula Chapter 27 Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 20, Jonathan Harker's Journal". Dracula (PDF). pp. 373, 374. Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 20, Jonathan Harker's Journal, Letter, Mitchell, Sons, and Candy to Lord Godalming". Dracula (PDF). p. 329. Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 18, Dr. Seward's Diary". Dracula (PDF). p. 346. Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 21, Dr. Seward's Diary". Dracula (PDF). p. 404,405,406. Stoker, Bram (2011). Dracula. Oxford University Press. Oxford. p. 21. Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 2, Jonathan Harker's Journal". Dracula (PDF). p. 35. Stoker, Bram. "Ch 3, Jonathan Harker's Journal". Dracula (PDF). p. 57. "'Yes, I too can love. You yourselves can tell it from the past. Is it not so?" Dracula, Chapter 2 Stoker, Bram. "Ch 7, Jonathan Harker's Journal". Dracula (PDF). p. 123. "'knife went through It, empty as the air" Dracula, Chapter 18 Stoker, Bram. "Ch 19, Jonathan Harker's Journal". Dracula (PDF). pp. 360–361. Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 15, Dr Seward's Diary". Dracula (PDF). pp. 281, 282. "Taking the edge of the loose flange, he bent it back towards the foot of the coffin, and holding up the candle into the aperture, motioned to me to look. I drew near and looked. The coffin was empty. It was certainly a surprise to me, and gave me a considerable shock" Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 10, Dr. Seward's Diary". Dracula. p. 174. Stoker, Bram. "Ch 18, Dr. Seward's Diary". Dracula (PDF). p. 341. "on the blood of the living. Even more, we have seen amongst us that he can even grow younger, that his vital faculties grow strenuous, and seem as though they refresh themselves when his special pabulum is plenty." Stoker, Bram. "Ch 21, Jonathan Harker's Journal". Dracula (PDF). pp. 411–412. "I knew him at once from the description of the others. ...I knew, too, the red scar on his forehead where Jonathan had struck him." Stoker, Bram. "Ch 15, Westminster Gazette". Dracula (PDF). pp. 252–254. Stoker, Bram. "Ch 19, Jonathan Harker's Journal". Dracula (PDF). p. 358. "and when I had seen him he was either in the fasting stage of his existence in his rooms or, when he was bloated with fresh blood," Stoker, Bram. "Ch 21, Dr. Seward's Diary, 3 October". Dracula (PDF). p. 412. "First, a little refreshment to reward my exertions." Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 23, Dr. Seward's Diary". Dracula (PDF). p. 448. Stoker, Bram. "Ch 20, Jonathan Harker's Journal". Dracula (PDF). p. 376. "hypnotize before dawn" Stoker, Bram. Dracula (PDF). pp. 462, 492, 523. Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 21, Dr. Seward's Diary". Dracula (PDF). p. 413. Stoker, Bram. "Ch. 27, Mina Harker's Journal, 6 November". Dracula (PDF). p. 533. "But I could not eat, to even try to do so was repulsive to me, and much as I would have liked to please him, I could not bring myself to the attempt." Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 27, Memorandum by Abraham Van Helsing, 4 November". Dracula (PDF). pp. 519–527. Dracula, Chapter 3, second page Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 4, Jonathan Harker's Journal". Dracula (PDF). pp. 70, 71. Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 18, Doctor Seward's Diary". Dracula (PDF). p. 343. "Thus, whereas he can do as he will within his limit, when he have his earth-home, his coffin-home, his hell-home, the place unhallowed, as we saw when he went to the grave of the suicide at Whitby, still at other time he can only change when the time come." Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 22, Jonathan Harker's Journal, 23 October". Dracula (PDF). p. 424. "The Count may come to Piccadilly earlier than we think.' 'Not so!' said Van Helsing, holding up his hand. 'But why?' I asked. 'Do you forget,' he said, with actually a smile, 'that last night he banqueted heavily, and will sleep late?" "Fangs for the memories: The A-Z of vampires". The Independent. No. 31 October 2009. Melton, J. Gordon (1994). The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead. Detroit, Michigan: Visible Ink Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-1578592814. Guinness World Records Experience "AFI's 100 Greatest Heroes & Villains". AFI. 19 October 2017. "The 100 best horror movie characters". Empire. Retrieved 11 March 2019 Dearden, Lizzie (20 May 2014). "Radu Florescu dead: Legacy of the Romanian 'Dracula professor' remembered". The Independent. London, England. Retrieved 14 September 2017. "Vlad III". Encyclopædia Britannica. Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 13 April 2019. Davis, Lauren (21 October 2014). "No, Bram Stoker Did Not Model Dracula on Vlad The Impaler". Gizmodo. New York City: Univision Communications. Retrieved 13 April 2019. Cain, Jimmie E. (2006). "Notes – Chapter Four". Bram Stoker and Russophobia: Evidence of the British Fear of Russia in Dracula and The Lady of the Shroud. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. p. 182. ISBN 0-7864-2407-9. Cazacu, Matei (2017). "Dracula and Bram Stoker". In Reinert, Stephen W. (ed.). Dracula. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Publishers. p. 248. ISBN 978-9004349216. Corneel de Roos, Hans (2012). "The Dracula Maps". The Ultimate Dracula. Munich, Germany: Moonlake Editions. ISBN 978-3943559002. Boner, Charles (1865). Transylvania: Its Products and Its People. London, England: Longmans. ISBN 978-1146490337. Crişan, Marius (2008). "The Models for Castle Dracula in Stoker's Sources on Transylvania". Journal of Dracula Studies (10). Kutztown, Pennsylvania: Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. Corneel de Roos, Hans (2012). "Stoker's Vampire Trap: Vlad the Impaler and his Nameless Double". Linkoeping Electronic Articles in Computer and Information Science. 15 (2). Linkoeping, Sweden: Linkoeping University Electronic Press: 7. Bibliography Clive Leatherdale (1985) Dracula: the Novel and the Legend. Desert Island Books. Bram Stoker (1897) Dracula. Norton Critical Edition (1997) edited by Nina Auerbach and David J. Skal. Senf, Carol. Dracula: Between Tradition and Modernism (Twayne, 1998). Senf, Carol A. Bram Stoker. University of Wales Press, 2010. External links Media related to Count Dracula at Wikimedia Commons Dracula travel guide from Wikivoyage Bram Stoker Online – full text, PDF and audio versions of Dracula. vte Bram Stoker's Dracula Universe Characters Count Dracula Abraham Van Helsing Jonathan Harker Mina Harker Lucy Westenra Arthur Holmwood Dr. John Seward Quincey Morris Renfield Brides of Dracula Publications Dracula (1897) Powers of Darkness (1899) Icelandic Swedish "Dracula's Guest" (1914) Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories (1914) Dacre Stoker Dracula the Un-dead (2009) Dracul (2018) Possible inspirations Castle of Droch-fhola Vlad II Dracul Vlad Călugărul Vlad the Impaler Castles Castle Dracula Bran Castle Poenari Castle Corvin Castle Films Universal series Dracula (1931 English-language) Dracula (1931 Spanish-language) Dracula's Daughter (1936) Son of Dracula (1943) House of Frankenstein (1944) House of Dracula (1945) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Hammer Horror Dracula (1958) The Brides of Dracula (1960) Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) Scars of Dracula (1970) Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) Dracula 2000 Dracula 2000 (2000) Dracula II: Ascension (2003) Dracula III: Legacy (2005) Nosferatu films Nosferatu (1922) Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) Nosferatu in Venice (1988) Shadow of the Vampire (2000) Nosferatu (2024) Hotel Transylvania Hotel Transylvania (2012) Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022) Parodies Transylvania 6-5000 (1963) Mad Monster Party? (1967) Batman Fights Dracula (1967) Mad Mad Mad Monsters (1972) Blood for Dracula (1974) Vampira (1974) Son of Dracula (1974) Dracula in the Provinces (1975) Dracula and Son (1976) Dracula Sucks (1979) Love at First Bite (1979) The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (1979) Fracchia contro Dracula (1985) Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) The Monster Squad (1987) Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988) Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) Monster Mash (1995) Monster Mash (2000) Zora the Vampire (2000) Monster Family (2017) Other Drakula halála (1923) The Return of the Vampire (1943) Drakula İstanbul'da (1953) Blood of Dracula (1957) The Return of Dracula (1958) Batman Dracula (1964) Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966) Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969) Santo en el tesoro de Drácula (1969) Count Dracula (1970) Los Monstruos del Terror (1970) Cuadecuc, vampir (1971) Vampyros Lesbos (1971) Hrabe Drakula (1971) Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) Blacula (1972) Scream Blacula Scream (1973) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1974) Count Dracula's Great Love (1974) Deafula (1975) Dracula's Dog (1977) Count Dracula (1977) Doctor Dracula (1978) Dracula (1979) Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula (1979) Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned (1980) Dracula's Widow (1988) To Die For (1989) Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Nadja (1994) Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000) Bara no Konrei ~Mayonaka ni Kawash*ta Yakusoku~ (2001) Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002) Dracula (2002) Van Helsing (2004) Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004) The Vulture's Eye (2004) Dracula 3000 (2004) Blade: Trinity (2004) The Batman vs. Dracula (2005) Bram Stoker's Dracula's Curse (2006) Dracula (2006) Bram Stoker's Dracula's Guest (2008) The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008) House of the Wolf Man (2009) Young Dracula (2011) Dracula Reborn (2012) Dracula 3D (2012) Saint Dracula 3D (2012) Dracula 2012 (2013) Dracula: The Dark Prince (2013) Dracula Untold (2014) Renfield (2023) The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) Abigail (2024) Dracula: A Love Tale (TBA) Television Series Monster Squad (1976) Draculas ring (1978) Cliffhangers (1979) Drak Pack (1980) Count Duckula (1988–1993) Dracula: The Series (1990–1991) Little Dracula (1991–1999) Monster Force (1994) Ace Kilroy (2011–2012) Young Dracula (2006–2014) characters Dracula (2013–2014) Penny Dreadful (2014–2016) Decker (2014–2017) Van Helsing (2016–21) Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017–2020) Castlevania (2017–21) Dracula (2020) Episodes "Dracula" (Mystery and Imagination) (1968) "Buffy vs. Dracula" (2000) Young Dracula episodes (2006–2014) Penny Dreadful episodes (2014–2016) Hotel Transylvania: The Series episodes (2017–2020) The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror "Treehouse of Horror IV" (1993) "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (2010) Novels The Dracula Tape and sequels (1975–2002) Anno Dracula series (1992–present) Anno Dracula The Bloody Red Baron Dracula Cha Cha Cha The Revenge of Dracula (1978) Little Dracula (1986) Dracula the Undead (1997) The Historian (2005) The Book of Renfield (2005) Bloodline (2005) Young Dracula and Young Monsters (2006) Fangland (2007) Out of the Dark (2010) Radio Dracula (1938) Plays Dracula (1924) Dracula (1995) Dracula (1996) Musicals Dracula (Czech musical) (1995) Dracula: A Chamber Musical (1997) Dracula, the Musical (2004) Dracula – Entre l'amour et la mort (2006) Dracula – L'amour plus fort que la mort (2011) Comics Crossover Dracula (Marvel Comics) The Tomb of Dracula X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula Captain Britain and MI13: Vampire State Mrs. Deadpool and the Howling Commandos Dracula (Dell Comics) Don Dracula Dracula Lives! Hellsing Sword of Dracula Batman & Dracula trilogy Victorian Undead Wolves at the Gate Purgatori Rick and Morty – Let the Rick One In Video games The Count (1979) Dracula (1983) Ghost Manor (1983) Castlevania series 1986–present Dracula Dracula (1986) Dracula the Undead (1991) Drac's Night Out (unreleased) Dracula Hakushaku (1992) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1993) Bram Stoker's Dracula (handheld) (1993) Dracula Unleashed (1993) Dracula: Resurrection (2000) Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary (2000) Dracula: Crazy Vampire (2001) Van Helsing (2004) Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon (2008) Dracula: Origin (2008) Vampire Season Monster Defense (2012) Dracula 4: The Shadow of the Dragon (2013) Dracula 5: The Blood Legacy (2013) The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing (2013) Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood (2023) Pinball Dracula (1979) Taxi (1988) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1993) Monster Bash (1998) Tabletop games The Fury of Dracula Albums Dracula Dracula 2000 Iubilaeum Anno Dracula 2001 Perfect Selection: Dracula Battle Transylvania Van Helsing Songs "Love Song for a Vampire" Audio dramas Son of the Dragon Original characters Alternative versions of Dracula Alucard (Hellsing) Count Alucard Count Orlok Soma Cruz Relatives of Dracula Alucard (Castlevania) Vampire Hunter D Eva Janus Dracula Lilith Dracula Shiklah Dracula Other Blade Count von Count Simon Belmont Related Lugosi v. Universal Pictures Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories Count Dracula in popular culture Transylvanian Society of Dracula Dracula Daily Dracula Society Dracula tourism Bibliography of works on Dracula Category (Dracula) Category (derivatives) Portals: icon Novels icon Speculative fiction/Horror Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata International FAST VIAF 2 WorldCat National Germany Israel United States Czech Republic Australia Poland Categories: DraculaDracula charactersCultural depictions of Vlad the ImpalerLiterary characters introduced in 1897Fictional alchemistsFictional characters based on real peopleFictional characters who can levitateFictional characters who can teleportFictional characters who can turn intangibleFictional characters who use magicFictional characters with fog or smoke abilitiesFictional characters with superhuman strengthFictional characters with weather abilitiesFictional counts and countessesFictional Hungarian peopleFictional hypnotistsFictional mass murderersFictional Romanian peopleFictional shapeshiftersFictional slave ownersFictional therianthropesFictional telepathsFictional vampiresFictional werewolvesHorror villainsMale characters in literatureMale characters in filmMale characters in televisionMale horror film villainsMale literary villainsSupervillains with their own comic book titlesMythopoeiaVampire supervillains THE 200 BEST HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME New year, new boo! We’ve re-vamped, fangs and all, our guide to the 200 best horror movies of all time, with critics and audiences now coming together in hellacious harmony to pick the freakiest, frightiest, and Freshest from horror movie history! To assist in scheduling your film fright night, we guide you through German expressionism (Nosferatu, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) and Universal monsters (Dracula, The Wolf Man). Creature features (King Kong, The Fly) nestle with Best Picture nominees (The Exorcist, Get Out). Slashers (Scream), zombies (Dawn of the Dead), vampires (Let the Right One In) abound with terror of the more psychological persuasion (Don’t Look Now, The Innocents). Plus, we honor the recent stabs and strides made by female horror directors (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, The Babadook, The Invitation) and directors abroad (Under the Shadow, The Wailing). To sort the list, we’re using our recommendation formula, which calculates a movie’s Tomatometer rating AND its Audience Score, along with the film’s number of reviews and year of release. And how did we pick what to initially throw into our bubbling recommendation cauldrong? We hand-picked only Certified Fresh movies with a positive Audience Score, with recent movies needing at least 100 critics reviews. What’s recent? Anything after 2016, which is when we expanded our critics pool and criteria. Ready to settle in for dark nights of Fresh fear? Then flip the switch on the 200 best horror movies of all time. It’s alive! It’s alive!! ALIEN (1979) 93% #1 Critics Consensus: A modern classic, Alien blends science fiction, horror and bleak poetry into a seamless whole. Synopsis: In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey... [More] Starring: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright Directed By: Ridley Scott LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008) 98% #2 Critics Consensus: Let the Right One In reinvigorates the seemingly tired vampire genre by effectively mixing scares with intelligent storytelling. Synopsis: When Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant), a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy living with his mother in suburban Sweden, meets his new neighbor,... [More] Starring: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl Directed By: Tomas Alfredson ALIENS (1986) 98% #3 Critics Consensus: While Alien was a marvel of slow-building, atmospheric tension, Aliens packs a much more visceral punch, and features a typically strong performance from Sigourney Weaver. Synopsis: After floating in space for 57 years, Lt. Ripley's (Sigourney Weaver) shuttle is found by a deep space salvage team.... [More] Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser Directed By: James Cameron JAWS (1975) 97% #4 Critics Consensus: Compelling, well-crafted storytelling and a judicious sense of terror ensure Steven Spielberg's Jaws has remained a benchmark in the art of delivering modern blockbuster thrills. Synopsis: When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island,... [More] Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary Directed By: Steven Spielberg THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) 95% #5 Critics Consensus: Director Jonathan Demme's smart, taut thriller teeters on the edge between psychological study and all-out horror, and benefits greatly from stellar performances by Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster. Synopsis: Jodie Foster stars as Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn) wants Clarice... [More] Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine Directed By: Jonathan Demme GET OUT (2017) 98% #6 Critics Consensus: Funny, scary, and thought-provoking, Get Out seamlessly weaves its trenchant social critiques into a brilliantly effective and entertaining horror/comedy thrill ride. Synopsis: Now that Chris and his girlfriend, Rose, have reached the meet-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend... [More] Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford Directed By: Jordan Peele PSYCHO (1960) 97% #7 Critics Consensus: Infamous for its shower scene, but immortal for its contribution to the horror genre. Because Psycho was filmed with tact, grace, and art, Hitchco*ck didn't just create modern horror, he validated it. Synopsis: Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away... [More] Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin Directed By: Alfred Hitchco*ck ONE CUT OF THE DEAD (2017) 100% #8 Critics Consensus: Brainy and bloody in equal measure, One Cut of the Dead reanimates the moribund zombie genre with a refreshing blend of formal daring and clever satire. Synopsis: Real zombies attack a hack director and a film crew who are shooting a low budget zombie film in an... [More] Starring: Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi Shuhama, Kazuaki Nagaya Directed By: Shinichiro Ueda KING KONG (1933) 97% #9 Critics Consensus: King Kong explores the soul of a monster -- making audiences scream and cry throughout the film -- in large part due to Kong's breakthrough special effects. Synopsis: Actress Ann Darrow (Fay Wray) and director Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) travel to the Indian Ocean to do location shoots... [More] Starring: Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot, Robert Armstrong, Frank Reicher Directed By: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack A QUIET PLACE (2018) 96% #10 Critics Consensus: A Quiet Place artfully plays on elemental fears with a ruthlessly intelligent creature feature that's as original as it is scary -- and establishes director John Krasinski as a rising talent. Synopsis: If they hear you, they hunt you. A family must live in silence to avoid mysterious creatures that hunt by... [More] Starring: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe Directed By: John Krasinski HALLOWEEN (1978) 96% #11 Critics Consensus: Scary, suspenseful, and viscerally thrilling, Halloween set the standard for modern horror films. Synopsis: On a cold Halloween night in 1963, six year old Michael Myers brutally murdered his 17-year-old sister, Judith. He was... [More] Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles Directed By: John Carpenter SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004) 92% #12 Critics Consensus: Shaun of the Dead cleverly balances scares and witty satire, making for a bloody good zombie movie with loads of wit. Synopsis: Shaun is a 30-something loser with a dull, easy existence. When he's not working at the electronics store, he lives... [More] Starring: Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Nick Frost Directed By: Edgar Wright WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (2014) 96% #13 Critics Consensus: Smarter, fresher, and funnier than a modern vampire movie has any right to be, What We Do in the Shadows is bloody good fun. Synopsis: Vampire housemates (Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh) try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a... [More] Starring: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonny Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer Directed By: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi DIABOLIQUE (1955) 95% #14 Critics Consensus: Cruel, dark, but undeniably effective, Diabolique is a suspense thriller as effective as Hitchco*ck's best work and with a brilliant twist ending. Synopsis: In this classic of French suspense, the cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle (Paul Meurisse), becomes... [More] Starring: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel Directed By: Henri-Georges Clouzot THE INVISIBLE MAN (2020) 92% #15 Critics Consensus: Smart, well-acted, and above all scary, The Invisible Man proves that sometimes, the classic source material for a fresh reboot can be hiding in plain sight. Synopsis: After staging his own suicide, a crazed scientist uses his power to become invisible to stalk and terrorize his ex-girlfriend.... [More] Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid Directed By: Leigh Whannell NOSFERATU (1922) 97% #16 Critics Consensus: One of the silent era's most influential masterpieces, Nosferatu's eerie, gothic feel -- and a chilling performance from Max Schreck as the vampire -- set the template for the horror films that followed. Synopsis: In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok (Max Schreck) summons Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to... [More] Starring: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schroeder Directed By: F.W. Murnau INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) 98% #17 Critics Consensus: One of the best political allegories of the 1950s, Invasion of the Body Snatchers is an efficient, chilling blend of sci-fi and horror. Synopsis: In Santa Mira, California, Dr. Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) is baffled when all his patients come to him with the... [More] Starring: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Carolyn Jones, Larry Gates Directed By: Don Siegel ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968) 96% #18 Critics Consensus: A frightening tale of Satanism and pregnancy that is even more disturbing than it sounds thanks to convincing and committed performances by Mia Farrow and Ruth Gordon. Synopsis: A young wife comes to believe that her offspring is not of this world. Waifish Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow) and... [More] Starring: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer Directed By: Roman Polanski THE WAILING (2016) 99% #19 Critics Consensus: The Wailing delivers an atmospheric, cleverly constructed mystery whose supernatural thrills more than justify its imposing length. Synopsis: Suspicion leads to hysteria when rural villagers link a series of brutal murders to the arrival of a mysterious stranger... [More] Starring: Kwak Do-won, Jun Kunimura, Hwang Jung-min, Chun Woo-hee Directed By: Na Hong-jin BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) 98% #20 Critics Consensus: An eccentric, campy, technically impressive, and frightening picture, James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein has aged remarkably well. Synopsis: After recovering from injuries sustained in the mob attack upon himself and his creation, Dr. Frankenstein (Colin Clive) falls under... [More] Starring: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson Directed By: James Whale THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1919) 96% #21 Critics Consensus: Arguably the first true horror film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari set a brilliantly high bar for the genre -- and remains terrifying nearly a century after it first stalked the screen. Synopsis: At a carnival in Germany, Francis (Friedrich Feher) and his friend Alan (Rudolf Lettinger) encounter the crazed Dr. Caligari (Werner... [More] Starring: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover, Friedrich Feher Directed By: Robert Wiene THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE (2001) 93% #22 Critics Consensus: Creepily atmospheric and haunting, The Devil's Backbone is both a potent ghost story and an intelligent political allegory. Synopsis: After losing his father, 10-year-old Carlos (Fernando Tielve) arrives at the Santa Lucia School, which shelters orphans of the Republican... [More] Starring: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve Directed By: Guillermo del Toro EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960) 97% #23 Critics Consensus: A horrific tale of guilt and obsession, Eyes Without a Face is just as chilling and poetic today as it was when it was first released. Synopsis: Dr. Génessier (Pierre Brasseur) is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter,... [More] Starring: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Edith Scob, Juliette Mayniel Directed By: Georges Franju A QUIET PLACE PART II (2021) 91% #24 Critics Consensus: A nerve-wracking continuation of its predecessor, A Quiet Place Part II expands the terrifying world of the franchise without losing track of its heart. Synopsis: Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family must now face the terrors of the outside world as they... [More] Starring: Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe Directed By: John Krasinski THE BABADOOK (2014) 98% #25 Critics Consensus: The Babadook relies on real horror rather than cheap jump scares -- and boasts a heartfelt, genuinely moving story to boot. Synopsis: A troubled widow (Essie Davis) discovers that her son is telling the truth about a monster that entered their home... [More] Starring: Essie Davis, Daniel Henshall, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney Directed By: Jennifer Kent TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016) 95% #26 Critics Consensus: Train to Busan delivers a thrillingly unique -- and purely entertaining -- take on the zombie genre, with fully realized characters and plenty of social commentary to underscore the bursts of skillfully staged action. Synopsis: A man (Gong Yoo), his estranged daughter and other passengers become trapped on a speeding train during a zombie outbreak... [More] Starring: Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Choi Woo-sik Directed By: Yeon Sang-ho THE RING (1998) 98% #27 Critics Consensus: Ringu combines supernatural elements with anxieties about modern technology in a truly frightening and unnerving way. Synopsis: When her niece is found dead along with three friends after viewing a supposedly cursed videotape, reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako... [More] Starring: Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Miki Nakatani, Yuko Takeuchi Directed By: Hideo Nakata HIS HOUSE (2020) 100% #28 Critics Consensus: Featuring genuine scares through every corridor, His House is a terrifying look at the specters of the refugee experience and a stunning feature debut for Remi Weekes. Synopsis: A refugee couple makes a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, but then they struggle to adjust to their new... [More] Starring: Wunmi Mosaku, Sope Dirisu, Matt Smith, Cornell John Directed By: Remi Weekes NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) 95% #29 Critics Consensus: George A. Romero's debut set the template for the zombie film, and features tight editing, realistic gore, and a sly political undercurrent. Synopsis: A disparate group of individuals takes refuge in an abandoned house when corpses begin to leave the graveyard in search... [More] Starring: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Keith Wayne Directed By: George A. Romero TALK TO ME (2023) 95% #30 Critics Consensus: With a gripping story and impressive practical effects, Talk to Me spins a terrifically creepy 21st-century horror yarn built on classic foundations. Synopsis: When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new... [More] Starring: Sophie Wilde, Miranda Otto, Otis Dhanji, Alexandra Jensen Directed By: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID (2017) 97% #31 Critics Consensus: Tigers Are Not Afraid draws on childhood trauma for a story that deftly blends magical fantasy and hard-hitting realism - and leaves a lingering impact. Synopsis: When a girl's mother disappears leaving her on her own, she goings a gang of street children, leading to a... [More] Starring: Paola Lara, Ianis Guerrero, Rodrigo Cortés, Hanssel Casillas Directed By: Issa López REPULSION (1965) 96% #32 Critics Consensus: Roman Polanski's first English film follows a schizophrenic woman's descent into madness, and makes the audience feel as claustrophobic as the character. Synopsis: In Roman Polanski's first English-language film, beautiful young manicurist Carole (Catherine Deneuve) suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction... [More] Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Yvonne Furneaux, Ian Hendry, John Fraser Directed By: Roman Polanski FRANKENSTEIN (1931) 94% #33 Critics Consensus: Still unnerving to this day, Frankenstein adroitly explores the fine line between genius and madness, and features Boris Karloff's legendary, frightening performance as the monster. Synopsis: This iconic horror film follows the obsessed scientist Dr. Henry Frankenstein as he attempts to create life by assembling a... [More] Starring: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff Directed By: James Whale VAMPYR (1932) 98% #34 Critics Consensus: Full of disorienting visual effects, Carl Theodor Dreyer's Vampyr is as theoretically unsettling as it is conceptually disturbing. Synopsis: After Allan Gray (Julian West) rents a room near Courtempierre in France, strange events unfold: An elderly man leaves a... [More] Starring: Julian West, Henriette Gérard, Jan Hieronimko, Maurice Schutz Directed By: Carl Theodor Dreyer FREAKS (1932) 95% #35 Critics Consensus: Time has been kind to this horror legend: Freaks manages to frighten, shock, and even touch viewers in ways that contemporary viewers missed. Synopsis: When trapeze artist Cleopatra (Olga Baclanova) learns that circus midget Hans (Harry Earles) has an inheritance, she marries the lovesick,... [More] Starring: Wallace Ford, Olga Baclanova, Leila Hyams, Roscoe Ates Directed By: Tod Browning THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955) 93% #36 Critics Consensus: Featuring Robert Mitchum's formidable performance as a child-hunting preacher, The Night of the Hunter is a disturbing look at good and evil. Synopsis: The Rev. Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) is a religious fanatic and serial killer who targets women who use their sexuality... [More] Starring: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Evelyn Varden Directed By: Charles Laughton A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984) 95% #37 Critics Consensus: Wes Craven's intelligent premise, combined with the horrifying visual appearance of Freddy Krueger, still causes nightmares to this day. Synopsis: In Wes Craven's classic slasher film, several Midwestern teenagers fall prey to Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), a disfigured midnight mangler... [More] Starring: John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss Directed By: Wes Craven THE INNOCENTS (1961) 95% #38 Critics Consensus: Creepily atmospheric, The Innocents is a stylishly crafted, chilling British ghost tale with Deborah Kerr at her finest. Synopsis: Based on the Henry James story "The Turn of the Screw," a psychological thriller about a woman who takes a... [More] Starring: Deborah Kerr, Martin Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Michael Redgrave Directed By: Jack Clayton PREY (2022) 94% #39 Critics Consensus: The rare action thriller that spikes adrenaline without skimping on character development, Prey is a Predator prequel done right. Synopsis: Set in the Comanche Nation 300 years ago, "Prey" is the story of a young woman, Naru, a fierce and... [More] Starring: Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Stormee Kipp, Michelle Thrush Directed By: Dan Trachtenberg UNDER THE SHADOW (2016) 99% #40 Critics Consensus: Under the Shadow deftly blends seemingly disparate genres to deliver an effective chiller with timely themes and thought-provoking social subtext. Synopsis: After Shideh's building is hit by a missile during the Iran-Iraq War, a superstitious neighbor suggests that the missile was... [More] Starring: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Ray Haratian Directed By: Babak Anvari NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (1979) 95% #41 Critics Consensus: Stunning visuals from Werner Herzog and an intense portrayal of the famed bloodsucker from Klaus Kinski make this remake of Nosferatu a horror classic in its own right. Synopsis: Jonathan Harker is sent away to Count Dracula's castle to sell him a house in Virna, where he lives. But... [More] Starring: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor Directed By: Werner Herzog BORDER (2018) 97% #42 Critics Consensus: Thrilling, unpredictable, and brilliantly acted, Border (Gräns) offers a singular treat to genre fans looking for something different. Synopsis: Customs officer Tina is known for her extraordinary sense of smell. It's almost as if she can sniff out the... [More] Starring: Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Viktor Åkerblom, Matti Boustedt Directed By: Ali Abbasi M3GAN (2022) 93% #43 Critics Consensus: Unapologetically silly and all the more entertaining for it, M3GAN is the rare horror-comedy that delivers chuckles as effortlessly as chills. Synopsis: M3GAN is a marvel of artificial intelligence, a life-like doll programmed to be a child's greatest companion and a parent's... [More] Starring: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Ronny Chieng, Brian Jordan Alvarez Directed By: Gerard Johnstone DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978) 91% #44 Critics Consensus: One of the most compelling and entertaining zombie films ever, Dawn of the Dead perfectly blends pure horror and gore with social commentary on material society. Synopsis: As hordes of zombies swarm over the U.S., the terrified populace tries everything in their power to escape the attack... [More] Starring: David Emge, Ken Foree, Gaylen Ross, Scott H. Reiniger Directed By: George A. Romero GODZILLA (1954) 93% #45 Critics Consensus: More than straight monster-movie fare, Gojira offers potent, sobering postwar commentary. Synopsis: A fire-breathing behemoth terrorizes Japan after an atomic bomb awakens it from its centuries-old sleep.... [More] Starring: Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kochi, Akira Takarada, Akihiko Hirata Directed By: Ishirô Honda PEEPING TOM (1960) 95% #46 Critics Consensus: Peeping Tom is a chilling, methodical look at the psychology of a killer, and a classic work of voyeuristic cinema. Synopsis: Loner Mark Lewis (Carl Boehm) works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of... [More] Starring: Karlheinz Böhm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, Maxine Audley Directed By: Michael Powell A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (2014) 96% #47 Critics Consensus: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night blends conventional elements into something brilliantly original -- and serves as a striking calling card for writer-director Ana Lily Amirpour. Synopsis: Residents of a worn-down Iranian city encounter a skateboarding vampire (Sheila Vand) who preys on men who disrespect women.... [More] Starring: Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Marnò Directed By: Ana Lily Amirpour RE-ANIMATOR (1985) 94% #48 Critics Consensus: Perfectly mixing humor and horror, the only thing more effective than Re-Animator's gory scares are its dry, deadpan jokes. Synopsis: A medical student (Jeffrey Combs) brings his headless professor back from the dead with a special serum.... [More] Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale Directed By: Stuart Gordon THE FLY (1986) 93% #49 Critics Consensus: David Cronenberg combines his trademark affinity for gore and horror with strongly developed characters, making The Fly a surprisingly affecting tragedy. Synopsis: When scientist Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) completes his teleportation device, he decides to test its abilities on himself. Unbeknownst to... [More] Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel Directed By: David Cronenberg SUSPIRIA (1977) 94% #50 Critics Consensus: The blood pours freely in Argento's classic Suspiria, a giallo horror as grandiose and glossy as it is gory. Synopsis: Suzy (Jessica Harper) travels to Germany to attend ballet school. When she arrives, late on a stormy night, no one... [More] Starring: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Joan Bennett, Eva Axén Directed By: Dario Argento PEARL (2022) 92% #51 Critics Consensus: Pearl finds Ti West squeezing fresh gore out of the world he created with X -- and once again benefiting from a brilliant Mia Goth performance. Synopsis: Filmmaker Ti West returns with another chapter from the twisted world of X, in this astonishing follow-up to the year's... [More] Starring: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland Directed By: Ti West ZOMBIELAND (2009) 89% #52 Critics Consensus: Wickedly funny and featuring plenty of gore, Zombieland is proof that the zombie subgenre is far from dead. Synopsis: After a virus turns most people into zombies, the world's surviving humans remain locked in an ongoing battle against the... [More] Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin Directed By: Ruben Fleischer THE BIRDS (1963) 94% #53 Critics Consensus: Proving once again that build-up is the key to suspense, Alfred Hitchco*ck successfully turned birds into some of the most terrifying villains in horror history. Synopsis: Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) meets Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco pet store and decides to follow him... [More] Starring: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Jessica Tandy Directed By: Alfred Hitchco*ck THE INNOCENTS (2021) 97% #54 Critics Consensus: The Innocents chillingly subverts the purity of youth in a powerfully acted thriller that lingers long after the credits roll. Synopsis: During the bright Nordic summer, a group of children reveal mysterious powers. But what starts out innocent soon takes a... [More] Starring: Rakel Lenora Fløttum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad, Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim, Sam Ashraf Directed By: Eskil Vogt WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962) 91% #55 Critics Consensus: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? combines powerhouse acting, rich atmosphere, and absorbing melodrama in service of a taut thriller with thought-provoking subtext. Synopsis: Jane Hudson (Bette Davis) is an aging child star left to care for her wheelchair-bound sister Blanche (Joan Crawford), also... [More] Starring: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Marjorie Bennett Directed By: Robert Aldrich X (2022) 94% #56 Critics Consensus: A fresh spin on the classic slasher formula, X marks the spot where Ti West gets resoundingly back to his horror roots. Synopsis: In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their... [More] Starring: Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Martin Henderson, Brittany Snow Directed By: Ti West MISERY (1990) 91% #57 Critics Consensus: Elevated by standout performances from James Caan and Kathy Bates, this taut and frightening film is one of the best Stephen King adaptations to date. Synopsis: After a serious car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon (James Caan) is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), who... [More] Starring: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Frances Sternhagen, Richard Farnsworth Directed By: Rob Reiner THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (2011) 92% #58 Critics Consensus: The Cabin in the Woods is an astonishing meta-feat, capable of being funny, strange, and scary -- frequently all at the same time. Synopsis: When five college friends (Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams) arrive at a remote forest cabin... [More] Starring: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz Directed By: Drew Goddard THE AMUsem*nT PARK (1973) 96% #59 Critics Consensus: A blunt yet visceral depiction of society's treatment of the elderly, The Amusem*nt Park sees George A. Romero exploring a different -- yet still chilling -- type of terror. Synopsis: Recently discovered and restored 46 years after its completion by the George A. Romero Foundation and produced by Suzanne Desrocher-Romero,... [More] Starring: Lincoln Maazel, Harry Albacker, Phyllis Casterwiler, Pete Chovan Directed By: George A. Romero IT FOLLOWS (2014) 95% #60 Critics Consensus: Smart, original, and above all terrifying, It Follows is the rare modern horror film that works on multiple levels -- and leaves a lingering sting. Synopsis: After carefree teenager Jay (Maika Monroe) sleeps with her new boyfriend, Hugh (Jake Weary), for the first time, she learns... [More] Starring: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary Directed By: David Robert Mitchell RAW (2016) 93% #61 Critics Consensus: Raw's lurid violence and sexuality live up to its title, but they're anchored with an immersive atmosphere and deep symbolism that linger long after the provocative visuals fade. Synopsis: Stringent vegetarian Justine (Garance Marillier) encounters a decadent, merciless and dangerously seductive world during her first week at veterinary school.... [More] Starring: Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Joana Preiss Directed By: Julia Ducournau DEAD OF NIGHT (1945) 93% #62 Critics Consensus: With four accomplished directors contributing, Dead of Night is a classic horror anthology that remains highly influential. Synopsis: Architect Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns) goes to Pilgrim's Farm to see a potential client. When he arrives at the house,... [More] Starring: Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Roland Culver, Mary Merrall Directed By: Alberto Cavalcanti, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer, Charles Crichton DRACULA (1931) 94% #63 Critics Consensus: Bela Lugosi's timeless portrayal of Dracula in this creepy and atmospheric 1931 film has set the standard for major vampiric roles since. Synopsis: The dashing, mysterious Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi), after hypnotizing a British soldier, Renfield (Dwight Frye), into his mindless slave, travels... [More] Starring: Bela Lugosi, Edward Van Sloan, Dwight Frye, David Manners Directed By: Tod Browning CARRIE (1976) 93% #64 Critics Consensus: Carrie is a horrifying look at supernatural powers, high school cruelty, and teen angst -- and it brings us one of the most memorable and disturbing prom scenes in history. Synopsis: In this chilling adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel, withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) faces taunting from... [More] Starring: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, William Katt, Amy Irving Directed By: Brian De Palma THE HOST (2006) 93% #65 Critics Consensus: As populace pleasing as it is intellectually satisfying, The Host combines scares, laughs, and satire into a riveting, monster movie. Synopsis: Careless American military personnel dump chemicals into South Korea's Han River. Several years later, a creature emerges from the tainted... [More] Starring: Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doo-na Directed By: Bong Joon Ho 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE (2016) 90% #66 Critics Consensus: Smart, solidly crafted, and palpably tense, 10 Cloverfield Lane makes the most of its confined setting and outstanding cast -- and suggests a new frontier for franchise filmmaking. Synopsis: After surviving a car accident, Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) wakes up to find herself in an underground bunker with two... [More] Starring: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr., Douglas M. Griffin Directed By: Dan Trachtenberg KWAIDAN (1964) 91% #67 Critics Consensus: Exquisitely designed and fastidiously ornate, Masaki Kobayashi's ambitious anthology operates less as a frightening example of horror and more as a meditative tribute to Japanese folklore. Synopsis: Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai... [More] Starring: Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Tetsurô Tanba, Katsuo Nakamura Directed By: Masaki Kobayashi 28 DAYS LATER (2002) 87% #68 Critics Consensus: Kinetically directed by Danny Boyle, 28 Days Later is both a terrifying zombie movie and a sharp political allegory. Synopsis: A group of misguided animal rights activists free a caged chimp infected with the "Rage" virus from a medical research... [More] Starring: Cillian Murphy, Noah Huntley, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson Directed By: Danny Boyle DON'T LOOK NOW (1973) 93% #69 Critics Consensus: Don't Look Now patiently builds suspense with haunting imagery and a chilling score -- causing viewers to feel Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie's grief deep within. Synopsis: Still grieving over the accidental death of their daughter, Christine (Sharon Williams), John (Donald Sutherland) and Laura Baxter (Julie Christie)... [More] Starring: Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, Clelia Matania Directed By: Nicolas Roeg THELMA (2017) 92% #70 Critics Consensus: Thelma plays with genre tropes in unexpected ways, delivering a thoughtfully twisty supernatural thriller with a lingering impact. Synopsis: A college student starts to experience extreme seizures while studying at a university in Oslo, Norway. She soon learns that... [More] Starring: Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen Directed By: Joachim Trier ATTACK THE BLOCK (2011) 91% #71 Critics Consensus: Effortlessly mixing scares, laughs, and social commentary, Attack the Block is a thrilling, briskly-paced sci-fi yarn with a distinctly British flavor. Synopsis: South London teenagers (John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones) defend their neighborhood from malevolent extraterrestrials.... [More] Starring: John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones Directed By: Joe Cornish THE ORPHANAGE (2007) 87% #72 Critics Consensus: Deeply unnerving and surprisingly poignant, The Orphanage is an atmospheric, beautifully crafted haunted house horror film that earns scares with a minimum of blood. Synopsis: Laura (Belén Rueda) has happy memories of her childhood in an orphanage. She convinces her husband to buy the place... [More] Starring: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Geraldine Chaplin, Montserrat Carulla Directed By: J. A. Bayona BARBARIAN (2022) 93% #73 Critics Consensus: Smart, darkly humorous, and above all scary, Barbarian offers a chilling and consistently unpredictable thrill ride for horror fans. Synopsis: Traveling to Detroit for a job interview, a young woman books a rental home. But when she arrives late at... [More] Starring: Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, Justin Long, Matthew Patrick Davis Directed By: Zach Cregger WEREWOLF BY NIGHT (2022) 89% #74 Critics Consensus: A spooky yarn told with taut economy, Werewolf by Night is a standout Marvel entry that proves Michael Giacchino as atmospheric and skilled a director as he is a composer. Synopsis: On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the foreboding... [More] Starring: Gael García Bernal, Laura Donnelly, Harriet Sansom Harris Directed By: Michael Giacchino US (2019) 93% #75 Critics Consensus: With Jordan Peele's second inventive, ambitious horror film, we have seen how to beat the sophom*ore jinx, and it is Us. Synopsis: Accompanied by her husband, son and daughter, Adelaide Wilson returns to the beachfront home where she grew up as a... [More] Starring: Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker Directed By: Jordan Peele UPGRADE (2018) 88% #76 Critics Consensus: Like its augmented protagonist, Upgrade's old-fashioned innards get a high-tech boost -- one made even more powerful thanks to sharp humor and a solidly well-told story. Synopsis: A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers... [More] Starring: Logan Marshall-Green, Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson, Christopher Kirby Directed By: Leigh Whannell EVIL DEAD 2 (1987) 88% #77 Critics Consensus: Less a continuation than an outright reimagining, Sam Raimi transforms his horror tale into a comedy of terrors -- and arguably even improves on the original formula. Synopsis: The second of three films in the Evil Dead series is part horror, part comedy, with Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell)... [More] Starring: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Denise Bixler Directed By: Sam Raimi AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981) 89% #78 Critics Consensus: Terrifying and funny in almost equal measure, John Landis' horror-comedy crosses genres while introducing Rick Baker's astounding make-up effects. Synopsis: David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne), two American college students, are backpacking through Britain when a large wolf attacks... [More] Starring: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine Directed By: John Landis READY OR NOT (2019) 89% #79 Critics Consensus: Smart, subversive, and darkly funny, Ready or Not is a crowd-pleasing horror film with giddily entertaining bite. Synopsis: Grace couldn't be happier after she marries the man of her dreams at his family's luxurious estate. There's just one... [More] Starring: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Henry Czerny Directed By: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett THE LIGHTHOUSE (2019) 90% #80 Critics Consensus: A gripping story brilliantly filmed and led by a pair of powerhouse performances, The Lighthouse further establishes Robert Eggers as a filmmaker of exceptional talent. Synopsis: Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the... [More] Starring: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman, Logan Hawkes Directed By: Robert Eggers IT (2017) 85% #81 Critics Consensus: Well-acted and fiendishly frightening with an emotionally affecting story at its core, It amplifies the horror in Stephen King's classic story without losing touch with its heart. Synopsis: Seven young outcasts in Derry, Maine, are about to face their worst nightmare -- an ancient, shape-shifting evil that emerges... [More] Starring: Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard Directed By: Andy Muschietti ERASERHEAD (1977) 89% #82 Critics Consensus: David Lynch's surreal Eraserhead uses detailed visuals and a creepy score to create a bizarre and disturbing look into a man's fear of parenthood. Synopsis: Henry (John Nance) resides alone in a bleak apartment surrounded by industrial gloom. When he discovers that an earlier fling... [More] Starring: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates Directed By: David Lynch GREEN ROOM (2015) 90% #83 Critics Consensus: Green Room delivers unapologetic genre thrills with uncommon intelligence and powerfully acted élan. Synopsis: Members (Anton Yelchin, Alia Shawkat) of a punk-rock band and a tough young woman (Imogen Poots) battle murderous white supremacists... [More] Starring: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole Directed By: Jeremy Saulnier BEAST (2017) 92% #84 Critics Consensus: Beast plays like bleak poetry, unfurling its psychological thrills while guided by its captivating leads and mesmerizing, visceral visuals. Synopsis: In a small island community, a troubled young woman falls for a mysterious outsider who empowers her to escape her... [More] Starring: Jessie Buckley, Geraldine James, Johnny Flynn, Charley Palmer Rothwell Directed By: Michael Pearce HEREDITARY (2018) 90% #85 Critics Consensus: Hereditary uses its classic setup as the framework for a harrowing, uncommonly unsettling horror film whose cold touch lingers long beyond the closing credits. Synopsis: When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter and grandchildren begin to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying... [More] Starring: Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Ann Dowd Directed By: Ari Aster DRAG ME TO HELL (2009) 92% #86 Critics Consensus: Sam Raimi returns to top form with Drag Me to Hell, a frightening, hilarious, delightfully campy thrill ride. Synopsis: Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) has a loving boyfriend (Justin Long) and a great job at a Los Angeles bank. But... [More] Starring: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Dileep Rao Directed By: Sam Raimi THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985) 91% #87 Critics Consensus: A punk take on the zombie genre, The Return of the Living Dead injects a healthy dose of '80s silliness to the flesh-consuming. Synopsis: When foreman Frank (James Karen) shows new employee Freddy (Thom Mathews) a secret military experiment in a supply warehouse, the... [More] Starring: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews Directed By: Dan O'Bannon THE WICKER MAN (1973) 91% #88 Critics Consensus: This intelligent horror film is subtle in its thrills and chills, with an ending that is both shocking and truly memorable. Synopsis: Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) arrives on the small Scottish island of Summerisle to investigate the report of a missing child.... [More] Starring: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento Directed By: Robin Hardy DEAD ALIVE (1992) 89% #89 Critics Consensus: The delightfully gonzo tale of a lovestruck teen and his zombified mother, Dead Alive is extremely gory and exceedingly good fun, thanks to Peter Jackson's affection for the tastelessly sublime. Synopsis: Overprotective mother Vera Cosgrove (Elizabeth Moody), spying on her grown son, Lionel (Timothy Balme), as he visits the zoo with... [More] Starring: Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin Directed By: Peter Jackson YOU WON'T BE ALONE (2022) 93% #90 Critics Consensus: Although it may strike some as too artsy for its own good, You Won't Be Alone puts a thoughtfully fresh spin on familiar horror tropes. Synopsis: Set in an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, YOU WON'T BE ALONE follows a young girl who is... [More] Starring: Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta Directed By: Goran Stolevski THE FLY (1958) 95% #91 Critics Consensus: Deliciouly funny to some and eerily presicient to others, The Fly walks a fine line between shlocky fun and unnerving nature parable. Synopsis: When scientist Andre Delambre (Al Hedison) tests his matter transporter on himself, an errant housefly makes its way into the... [More] Starring: David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price, Herbert Marshall Directed By: Kurt Neumann LET ME IN (2010) 88% #92 Critics Consensus: Similar to the original in all the right ways -- but with enough changes to stand on its own -- Let Me In is the rare Hollywood remake that doesn't add insult to inspiration. Synopsis: Bullied at school, neglected at home and incredibly lonely, 12-year-old Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) spends his days plotting revenge on his... [More] Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Cara Buono Directed By: Matt Reeves VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (1960) 93% #93 Critics Consensus: Chilling performances and a restrained, eerie atmosphere make this British horror both an unnerving parable of its era and a timeless classic. Synopsis: One day the peaceful village of Midwich is cast into a mysterious sleep for several hours, but with no obvious... [More] Starring: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Michael Gwynn, Laurence Naismith Directed By: Wolf Rilla DON'T BREATHE (2016) 88% #94 Critics Consensus: Don't Breathe smartly twists its sturdy premise to offer a satisfyingly tense, chilling addition to the home invasion genre that's all the more effective for its simplicity. Synopsis: Rocky (Jane Levy), Alex and Money are three Detroit thieves who get their kicks by breaking into the houses of... [More] Starring: Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto, Stephen Lang Directed By: Fede Alvarez THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974) 89% #95 Critics Consensus: Thanks to a smart script and documentary-style camerawork, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre achieves start-to-finish suspense, making it a classic in low-budget exploitation cinema. Synopsis: When Sally (Marilyn Burns) hears that her grandfather's grave may have been vandalized, she and her paraplegic brother, Franklin (Paul... [More] Starring: Marilyn Burns, Gunnar Hansen, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain Directed By: Tobe Hooper THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) 90% #96 Critics Consensus: Decades later, it still retains its ability to scare -- and Lon Chaney's performance remains one of the benchmarks of the horror genre. Synopsis: In this silent horror classic, aspiring young opera singer Christine Daaé (Mary Philbin) discovers that she has a mysterious admirer... [More] Starring: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe Directed By: Rupert Julian THE CONJURING (2013) 86% #97 Critics Consensus: Well-crafted and gleefully creepy, The Conjuring ratchets up dread through a series of effective old-school scares. Synopsis: In 1970, paranormal investigators and demonologists Lorraine (Vera Farmiga) and Ed (Patrick Wilson) Warren are summoned to the home of... [More] Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston Directed By: James Wan CAT PEOPLE (1942) 92% #98 Critics Consensus: Influential noir director Jacques Tourneau infused this sexy, moody horror film with some sly commentary about the psychology and the taboos of desire. Synopsis: Irena Dubrovna (Simone Simon), a New York City--based fashion designer who hails from Serbia, begins a romance with marine engineer... [More] Starring: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph Directed By: Jacques Tourneur HORROR OF DRACULA (1958) 91% #99 Critics Consensus: Trading gore for grandeur, Horror of Dracula marks an impressive turn for inveterate Christopher Lee as the titular vampire, and a typical Hammer mood that makes aristocracy quite sexy. Synopsis: On a search for his missing friend Jonathan Harker (John Van Eyssen), vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) is... [More] Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling Directed By: Terence Fisher THE BLACKENING (2022) 87% #100 Critics Consensus: While it could stand to be a little funnier and quite a bit scarier, The Blackening is a thoughtful satire that skewers horror tropes and racial stereotypes. Synopsis: The Blackening centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves... [More] Starring: Antoinette Robertson, Dewayne Perkins, Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler Directed By: Tim Story GRINDHOUSE (2007) 84% #101 Critics Consensus: Grindhouse delivers exhilarating exploitation fare with wit and panache, improving upon its source material with feral intelligence. Synopsis: Filmmakers Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez pay tribute to exploitation films of the 1970s with two features in one. Tarantino... [More] Starring: Kurt Russell, Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodríguez, Marley Shelton Directed By: Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez THE THING (1982) 84% #102 Critics Consensus: Grimmer and more terrifying than the 1950s take, John Carpenter's The Thing is a tense sci-fi thriller rife with compelling tension and some remarkable make-up effects. Synopsis: In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at... [More] Starring: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, Richard Dysart Directed By: John Carpenter HOUSE OF WAX (1953) 93% #103 Critics Consensus: House of Wax is a 3-D horror delight that combines the atmospheric eerieness of the wax museum with the always chilling presence of Vincent Price. Synopsis: Wax sculptor Henry (Vincent Price) is horrified to learn that his business partner, Matthew (Roy Roberts), plans on torching their... [More] Starring: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones Directed By: Andre de Toth THE SHINING (1980) 83% #104 Critics Consensus: Though it deviates from Stephen King's novel, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is a chilling, often baroque journey into madness -- exemplified by an unforgettable turn from Jack Nicholson. Synopsis: Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer's block.... [More] Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers Directed By: Stanley Kubrick THE LOVE WITCH (2016) 95% #105 Critics Consensus: The Love Witch offers an absorbing visual homage to a bygone era, arranged subtly in service of a thought-provoking meditation on the battle of the sexes. Synopsis: Elaine (Samantha Robinson), a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian... [More] Starring: Samantha Robinson, Gian Keys, Laura Waddell, Jeffrey Vincent Parise Directed By: Anna Biller BONE TOMAHAWK (2015) 91% #106 Critics Consensus: Bone Tomahawk's peculiar genre blend won't be for everyone, but its gripping performances and a slow-burning story should satisfy those in search of something different. Synopsis: In the Old West, a sheriff (Kurt Russell), his deputy (Richard Jenkins), a gunslinger (Matthew Fox),and a cowboy (Patrick Wilson)... [More] Starring: Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins, Matthew Fox Directed By: S. Craig Zahler THE DESCENT (2005) 87% #107 Critics Consensus: Deft direction and strong performances from its all-female cast guide The Descent, a riveting, claustrophobic horror film. Synopsis: A year after a severe emotional trauma, Sarah (Shauna Macdonald) goes to North Carolina to spend some time exploring caves... [More] Starring: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder Directed By: Neil Marshall DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1931) 91% #108 Critics Consensus: A classic. The definitive version of the Robert Louis Stevenson novella from 1931, with innovative special effects, atmospheric cinematography and deranged overacting. Synopsis: Testing his theory that in every man dwells a good and an evil force, the reserved Dr. Jekyll (Fredric March)... [More] Starring: Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert Directed By: Rouben Mamoulian MANDY (2018) 90% #109 Critics Consensus: Mandy's gonzo violence is fueled by a gripping performance by Nicolas Cage -- and anchored with palpable emotion conveyed between his volcanic outbursts. Synopsis: In the Pacific Northwest in 1983, outsiders Red Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and peaceful existence. When their... [More] Starring: Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Ned Dennehy Directed By: Panos Cosmatos DUEL (1971) 89% #110 Critics Consensus: Duel makes brilliant use of its simple premise, serving up rock-solid genre thrills while heralding the arrival of a generational talent behind the lens. Synopsis: David Mann (Dennis Weaver), a mild mannered electronics salesman, is driving cross-country on a two-lane highway when he encounters an... [More] Starring: Dennis Weaver, Tim Herbert, Charles Seel, Eddie Firestone Directed By: Steven Spielberg THE CAT AND THE CANARY (1927) 93% #111 Critics Consensus: Bringing its sturdy setup thrillingly to life, The Cat and the Canary proves Paul Leni a director with a deft hand for suspenseful stories and expertly assembled ensembles. Synopsis: The relatives of Cyrus West gather at his estate on the 20th anniversary of his death to hear the reading... [More] Starring: Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall Directed By: Paul Leni THE WOLF MAN (1941) 91% #112 Critics Consensus: A handsomely told tale with an affecting performance from Lon Chaney, Jr., The Wolf Man remains one of the classics of the Universal horror stable. Synopsis: When his brother dies, Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney) returns to Wales and reconciles with his father (Claude Rains). While there,... [More] Starring: Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy, Evelyn Ankers Directed By: George Waggner SAINT MAUD (2019) 92% #113 Critics Consensus: A brilliantly unsettling blend of body horror and psychological thriller, Saint Maud marks an impressive debut for writer-director Rose Glass. Synopsis: The debut film from writer-director Rose Glass, Saint Maud is a chilling and boldly original vision of faith, madness, and... [More] Starring: Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle, Lily Frazer, Lily Knight Directed By: Rose Glass POLTERGEIST (1982) 88% #114 Critics Consensus: Smartly filmed, tightly scripted, and -- most importantly -- consistently frightening, Poltergeist is a modern horror classic. Synopsis: Strange and creepy happenings beset an average California family, the Freelings -- Steve (Craig T. Nelson), Diane (JoBeth Williams), teenaged... [More] Starring: Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne Directed By: Tobe Hooper HOUSE (1977) 91% #115 Critics Consensus: House is a gleefully demented collage of grand guginol guffaws and bizarre sequences. Synopsis: In an effort to avoid spending time with her father and his creepy new lover, young Gorgeous (Kimiko Ikegami) resolves... [More] Starring: Kimiko Ikegami, Ai Matsubara, Miki Jinbo, Eriko Tanaka Directed By: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi THE ENDLESS (2017) 92% #116 Critics Consensus: The Endless benefits from its grounded approach to an increasingly bizarre story, elevated by believable performances by filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. Synopsis: Two brothers receive a cryptic video message inspiring them to revisit the UFO death cult they escaped a decade earlier.... [More] Starring: Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, Callie Hernandez, Tate Ellington Directed By: Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson THE EVIL DEAD (1981) 86% #117 Critics Consensus: So scrappy that it feels as illicit as a book found in the woods, The Evil Dead is a stomach-churning achievement in bad taste that marks a startling debut for wunderkind Sam Raimi. Synopsis: Ashley "Ash" Williams (Bruce Campbell), his girlfriend and three pals hike into the woods to a cabin for a fun... [More] Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker, Richard DeManincor Directed By: Sam Raimi VIOLATION (2020) 88% #118 Critics Consensus: Violation presents a powerful depiction of one woman's trauma -- and its uncomfortably gripping aftermath. Synopsis: With her marriage about to implode, Miriam returns to her hometown to seek solace in the comfort of her younger... [More] Starring: Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Anna Maguire, Jesse LaVercombe, Obi Abili Directed By: Dusty Mancinelli, Madeleine Sims-Fewer MARTIN (1978) 90% #119 Critics Consensus: George A. Romero's contribution to vampire lore contains the expected gore and social satire -- but it's also surprisingly thoughtful, and boasts a whopper of a final act. Synopsis: Young Martin (John Amplas) is entirely convinced that he is an 84-year-old blood-sucking vampire. Without fangs or mystical powers, Martin... [More] Starring: John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest, Elyane Nadeau Directed By: George A. Romero TUCKER & DALE VS EVIL (2010) 85% #120 Critics Consensus: Like the best horror/comedies, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil mines its central crazy joke for some incredible scares, laughs, and -- believe it or not -- heart. Synopsis: Two scruffy pals' (Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk) backwoods vacation takes a bloody turn when ignorant college students mistake them for... [More] Starring: Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden, Jesse Moss Directed By: Eli Craig NANNY (2022) 90% #121 Critics Consensus: Led by Anna Diop's strong central performance, the smartly disquieting Nanny is a promising debut for writer-director Nikyatu Jusu. Synopsis: In this psychological horror fable of displacement, Aisha (Anna Diop), a woman who recently emigrated from Senegal, is hired to... [More] Starring: Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls, Morgan Spector Directed By: Nikyatu Jusu A TALE OF TWO SISTERS (2003) 86% #122 Critics Consensus: Restrained but disturbing, A Tale of Two Sisters is a creepily effective, if at times confusing, horror movie. Synopsis: After being institutionalized in a mental hospital, Korean teen Su-mi (Yum Jung-ah) reunites with her beloved sister, Su-yeon (Im Soo-jung),... [More] Starring: Yum Jung-ah, Kim Kap-soo, Moon Geun-young, Lim Soo-jung Directed By: Kim Jee-woon THE WITCH (2015) 90% #123 Critics Consensus: As thought-provoking as it is visually compelling, The Witch delivers a deeply unsettling exercise in slow-building horror that suggests great things for debuting writer-director Robert Eggers. Synopsis: In 1630 New England, panic and despair envelops a farmer, his wife and their children when youngest son Samuel suddenly... [More] Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw Directed By: Robert Eggers ANNIHILATION (2018) 88% #124 Critics Consensus: Annihilation backs up its sci-fi visual wonders and visceral genre thrills with an impressively ambitious -- and surprisingly strange -- exploration of challenging themes that should leave audiences pondering long after the end credits roll. Synopsis: Lena, a biologist and former soldier, joins a mission to uncover what happened to her husband inside Area X --... [More] Starring: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson Directed By: Alex Garland THE DEAD ZONE (1983) 89% #125 Critics Consensus: The Dead Zone combines taut direction from David Cronenberg and and a rich performance from Christopher Walken to create one of the strongest Stephen King adaptations. Synopsis: When Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) awakens from a coma caused by a car accident, he finds that years have passed,... [More] Starring: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom Directed By: David Cronenberg FEAR STREET PART TWO: 1978 (2021) 87% #126 Critics Consensus: A smart and subversive twist on slasher horror, Fear Street Part II: 1978 shows that summer camp has never been scarier thanks to stellar performances from Sadie Sink, Emily Rudd, and Ryan Simpkins. Synopsis: Shadyside, 1978. School's out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin. But when another Shadysider... [More] Starring: Sadie Sink, Emily Rudd, Ryan Simpkins, Chiara Aurelia Directed By: Leigh Janiak ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1933) 88% #127 Critics Consensus: Led by a note-perfect performance from Charles Laughton, Island of Lost Souls remains the definitive film adaptation of its classic source material. Synopsis: In this adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel "The Island of Doctor Moreau," Edward Parker (Richard Arlen) is shipwrecked on a... [More] Starring: Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams Directed By: Erle C. Kenton THE OTHERS (2001) 84% #128 Critics Consensus: The Others is a spooky thriller that reminds us that a movie doesn't need expensive special effects to be creepy. Synopsis: Grace (Nicole Kidman), the devoutly religious mother of Anne (Alakina Mann) and Nicholas (James Bentley), moves her family to the... [More] Starring: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Alakina Mann, James Bentley Directed By: Alejandro Amenábar RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE (2010) 89% #129 Critics Consensus: Rare Exports is an unexpectedly delightful crossbreed of deadpan comedy and Christmas horror. Synopsis: A young boy named Pietari (Onni Tommila) and his friend Juuso (Ilmari Järvenpää) think a secret mountain drilling project near... [More] Starring: Onni Tommila, Jorma Tommila, Ilmari Järvenpää, Peeter Jakobi Directed By: Jalmari Helander ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (2013) 86% #130 Critics Consensus: Worth watching for Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton's performances alone, Only Lovers Left Alive finds writer-director Jim Jarmusch adding a typically offbeat entry to the vampire genre. Synopsis: Artistic, sophisticated and centuries old, two vampire lovers (Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston) ponder their ultimate place in modern society.... [More] Starring: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Anton Yelchin, Mia Wasikowska Directed By: Jim Jarmusch HATCHING (2022) 93% #131 Critics Consensus: A message movie in a hard horror shell, Hatching perches between beauty and revulsion -- and establishes director Hanna Bergholm as a bright new talent. Synopsis: In HATCHING, 12-year-old gymnast, Tinja (Siiri Solalinna), is desperate to please her image-obsessed mother, whose popular blog 'Lovely Everyday Life'... [More] Starring: Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä, Jani Volanen, Oiva Ollila Directed By: Hanna Bergholm SANTA SANGRE (1989) 86% #132 Critics Consensus: Those unfamiliar with Alejandro Jodorowsky's style may find it overwhelming, but Santa Sangre is a provocative psychedelic journey featuring the director's signature touches of violence, vulgarity, and an oddly personal moral center. Synopsis: In Mexico, the traumatized son (Axel Jodorowsky) of a knife-thrower (Guy Stockwell) and a trapeze artist bonds grotesquely with his... [More] Starring: Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell, Sabrina Dennison Directed By: Alejandro Jodorowsky THEATER OF BLOOD (1973) 88% #133 Critics Consensus: Deliciously campy and wonderfully funny, Theater of Blood features Vincent Price at his melodramatic best. Synopsis: Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price) is incensed that his last season of performances in Shakespearean plays did not win him a... [More] Starring: Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Robert Morley, Ian Hendry Directed By: Douglas Hickox GREMLINS (1984) 86% #134 Critics Consensus: Whether you choose to see it as a statement on consumer culture or simply a special effects-heavy popcorn flick, Gremlins is a minor classic. Synopsis: A gadget salesman is looking for a special gift for his son and finds one at a store in Chinatown.... [More] Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Frances Lee McCain Directed By: Joe Dante THE HAUNTING (1963) 87% #135 Critics Consensus: Both psychological and supernatural, The Haunting is a chilling character study. Synopsis: Dr. John Markway, an anthropologist with an interest in psychic phenomena, takes two specially selected women to Hill House, a... [More] Starring: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn Directed By: Robert Wise FEAR STREET PART THREE: 1666 (2021) 88% #136 Critics Consensus: Fear Street Part Three: 1666 sends the slasher series back in time for a trilogy-concluding installment that caps things off on a screaming high note. Synopsis: The origins of Sarah Fier's curse are finally revealed as history comes full circle on a night that changes the... [More] Starring: Kiana Madeira, Ashley Zukerman, Gillian Jacobs, Olivia Welch Directed By: Leigh Janiak THE NIGHT HOUSE (2020) 88% #137 Critics Consensus: Led by Rebecca Hall's gripping central performance, The Night House offers atmospheric horror that engages intellectually as well as emotionally. Synopsis: Reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth (Rebecca Hall) is left alone in the lakeside home he built... [More] Starring: Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Vondie Curtis Hall, Evan Jonigkeit Directed By: David Bruckner SPUTNIK (2020) 88% #138 Critics Consensus: Effective space alien horror with a Soviet-era twist, Sputnik proves there are still some scary good sci-fi thrillers left in the galaxy. Synopsis: Summoned to a secluded research facility, a controversial young doctor examines a cosmonaut who returned to Earth with an alien... [More] Starring: Pyotr Fyodorov, Oksana Akinshina, Fedor Bondarchuk, Anna Nazarova Directed By: Egor Abramenko THE BLACK PHONE (2021) 82% #139 Critics Consensus: The Black Phone might have been even more frightening, but it remains an entertaining, well-acted adaptation of scarily good source material. Synopsis: Finney, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sad*stic killer and trapped in a soundproof basem*nt where... [More] Starring: Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies Directed By: Scott Derrickson CRONOS (1993) 90% #140 Critics Consensus: Guillermo del Toro's unique feature debut is not only gory and stylish, but also charming and intelligent. Synopsis: Antique dealer Jesus Gris (Federico Luppi) stumbles across Cronos, a 400-year-old scarab that, when it latches onto him, grants him... [More] Starring: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel Directed By: Guillermo del Toro THE DARK AND THE WICKED (2020) 91% #141 Critics Consensus: The Dark and the Wicked delivers on its title with an unsettling horror story whose deep dread and bleak outlook further compound its effective jolts. Synopsis: Plagued by waking nightmares, two siblings suspect that something evil is taking over their family at an isolated farmhouse.... [More] Starring: Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr., Xander Berkeley, Lynn Andrews Directed By: Bryan Bertino THE INVITATION (2015) 90% #142 Critics Consensus: The Invitation makes brilliant use of its tension-rich premise to deliver a uniquely effective -- and surprisingly clever -- slow-building thriller. Synopsis: While attending a dinner party at his former house, a man (Logan Marshall-Green) starts to believe that his ex-wife (Tammy... [More] Starring: Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, Michiel Huisman, Emayatzy Corinealdi Directed By: Karyn Kusama FREAKY (2020) 83% #143 Critics Consensus: An entertaining slasher with a gender-bending, body-swapping twist, this horror-comedy juggles genres with Freaky fun results. Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Millie Kessler spends her days trying to survive high school and the cruel actions of the popular crowd. But... [More] Starring: Vince Vaughn, Kathryn Newton, Katie Finneran, Celeste O'Connor Directed By: Christopher Landon TREMORS (1990) 88% #144 Critics Consensus: An affectionate throwback to 1950s creature features, Tremors reinvigorates its genre tropes with a finely balanced combination of horror and humor. Synopsis: Repairmen Val McKee (Kevin Bacon) and Earl Bassett (Fred Ward) are tired of their dull lives in the small desert... [More] Starring: Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross Directed By: Ron Underwood THE EXORCIST (1973) 78% #145 Critics Consensus: The Exorcist rides its supernatural theme to magical effect, with remarkable special effects and an eerie atmosphere, resulting in one of the scariest films of all time. Synopsis: One of the most profitable horror movies ever made, this tale of an exorcism is based loosely on actual events.... [More] Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb Directed By: William Friedkin EVIL DEAD RISE (2023) 84% #146 Critics Consensus: Offering just about everything longtime fans could hope for while still managing to carry the franchise forward, Evil Dead Rise is all kinds of groovy. Synopsis: In the fifth Evil Dead film, a road-weary Beth pays an overdue visit to her older sister Ellie, who is... [More] Starring: Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, Gabrielle Echols Directed By: Lee Cronin THE MUMMY (1932) 89% #147 Critics Consensus: Relying more on mood and atmosphere than the thrills typical of modern horror fare, Universal's The Mummy sets a masterful template for mummy-themed films to follow. Synopsis: A team of British archaeologists led by Sir Joseph Whemple (Arthur Byron) discover the mummified remains of the ancient Egyptian... [More] Starring: Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan Directed By: Karl Freund CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962) 87% #148 Critics Consensus: Carnival of Souls offers delightfully chilling proof that when it comes to telling an effective horror story, less can often be much, much more. Synopsis: Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circ*mstances. Trying to put the incident... [More] Starring: Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger, Stan Levitt Directed By: Herk Harvey THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES (1971) 88% #149 Critics Consensus: The Abominable Dr. Phibes juggles horror and humor, but under the picture's campy façade, there's genuine pathos brought poignantly to life through Price's performance. Synopsis: In a desperate attempt to reach his ill wife, organist Anton Phibes (Vincent Price) is horrifically disfigured in a car... [More] Starring: Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Terry-Thomas, Hugh Griffith Directed By: Robert Fuest CANDYMAN (2021) 84% #150 Critics Consensus: Candyman takes an incisive, visually thrilling approach to deepening the franchise's mythology -- and terrifying audiences along the way. Synopsis: For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini-Green neighborhood were terrorized by a word-of-mouth ghost... [More] Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo Directed By: Nia DaCosta HOUNDS OF LOVE (2016) 88% #151 Critics Consensus: Smartly constructed and powerfully acted, Hounds of Love satisfies as a psychological thriller with a few nasty surprises -- and marks writer-director Ben Young as a promising talent. Synopsis: In 1987, murderous couple John and Evelyn roam the streets of Perth, Australia, searching for their latest victim. Fate leads... [More] Starring: Emma Booth, Ashleigh Cummings, Stephen Curry, Susie Porter Directed By: Ben Young AUDITION (1999) 83% #152 Critics Consensus: An audacious, unsettling Japanese horror film from director Takashi Miike, Audition entertains as both a grisly shocker and a psychological drama. Synopsis: This disturbing Japanese thriller follows Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi), a widower who decides to start dating again. Aided by a film-producer... [More] Starring: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Jun Kunimura, Miyuki Matsuda Directed By: Takashi Miike PIGGY (2022) 91% #153 Critics Consensus: Brought hauntingly to life by Laura Galán's committed performance, Piggy deftly deploys genre thrills in service of sharp social commentary. Synopsis: With the summer sun beating down on her rural Spanish town, Sara hides away in her parent's butcher shop. A... [More] Starring: Laura Galán, Richard Holmes, Carmen Machi, Irene Ferreiro Directed By: Carlota Pereda DEAD RINGERS (1988) 85% #154 Critics Consensus: Dead Ringers serves up a double dose of Jeremy Irons in service of a devilishly unsettling concept and commandingly creepy work from director David Cronenberg. Synopsis: Elliot (Jeremy Irons), a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly (also Irons). Elliot is... [More] Starring: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon Directed By: David Cronenberg NOPE (2022) 83% #155 Critics Consensus: Admirable for its originality and ambition even when its reach exceeds its grasp, Nope adds Spielbergian spectacle to Jordan Peele's growing arsenal. Synopsis: A man and his sister discover something sinister in the skies above their California horse ranch, while the owner of... [More] Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Michael Wincott Directed By: Jordan Peele SLITHER (2006) 87% #156 Critics Consensus: A slimy, B-movie homage oozing with affection for low-budget horror films, Slither is creepy and funny -- if you've got the stomach for it. Synopsis: Wheelsy is a small town where not much happens and everyone minds his own business. No one notices when evil... [More] Starring: Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker, Gregg Henry Directed By: James Gunn CRAWL (2019) 84% #157 Critics Consensus: An action-packed creature feature that's fast, terrifying, and benefits greatly from a completely game Kaya Scodelario, Crawl is a fun throw-back with just enough self-awareness to work. Synopsis: When a massive hurricane hits her Florida town, young Haley ignores the evacuation orders to search for her missing father,... [More] Starring: Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark, Ross Anderson Directed By: Alexandre Aja DOCTOR SLEEP (2019) 78% #158 Critics Consensus: Doctor Sleep forsakes the elemental terror of its predecessor for a more contemplative sequel that balances poignant themes against spine-tingling chills. Synopsis: Struggling with alcoholism, Dan Torrance remains traumatized by the sinister events that occurred at the Overlook Hotel when he was... [More] Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis Directed By: Mike Flanagan DAY OF THE DEAD (1985) 87% #159 Critics Consensus: Day of the Dead may arguably be the least haunting entry in George A. Romero's undead trilogy, but it will give audiences' plenty to chew on with its shocking gore and scathing view of society. Synopsis: The living dead regroup above while humans (Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato) sweat it out below in a Florida... [More] Starring: Lori Cardille, Terence Alexander, Joseph Pilato, Jarlath Conroy Directed By: George A. Romero THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (1970) 85% #160 Critics Consensus: Combining a deadly thriller plot with stylized violence, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage marks an impressive horror debut for Dario Argento. Synopsis: An American writer, Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante), is living in Rome with his girlfriend, Julia (Suzy Kendall). While visiting an... [More] Starring: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Eva Renzi, Enrico Maria Salerno Directed By: Dario Argento THE OMEN (1976) 85% #161 Critics Consensus: The Omen eschews an excess of gore in favor of ramping up the suspense -- and creates an enduring, dread-soaked horror classic along the way. Synopsis: American diplomat Robert (Gregory Peck) adopts Damien (Harvey Stephens) when his wife, Katherine (Lee Remick), delivers a stillborn child. After... [More] Starring: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw Directed By: Richard Donner THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE (2016) 86% #162 Critics Consensus: The Autopsy of Jane Doe subverts the gruesome expectations triggered by its title to deliver a smart, suggestively creepy thriller that bolsters director André Ovredal's growing reputation. Synopsis: When father and son coroners investigate the death of a beautiful "Jane Doe," they find increasingly bizarre clues.... [More] Starring: Emile Hirsch, Brian Cox, Ophelia Lovibond, Michael McElhatton Directed By: André Øvredal SCREAM VI (2023) 76% #163 Critics Consensus: Certain aspects of horror's most murderously meta franchise may be going stale, but a change of setting and some inventive set pieces help keep Scream VI reasonably sharp. Synopsis: Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.... [More] Starring: Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Courteney Cox, Jasmin Savoy Brown Directed By: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett FRESH (2022) 81% #164 Critics Consensus: As gripping as it is upsetting, Fresh makes a provocative meal out of the horror of modern dating. Synopsis: FRESH follows Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones), who meets the alluring Steve (Sebastian Stan) at a grocery store and -- given her... [More] Starring: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sebastian Stan, Jonica T. Gibbs, Andrea Bang Directed By: Mimi Cave COLOR OUT OF SPACE (2019) 86% #165 Critics Consensus: A welcome return for director Richard Stanley, Color Out of Space mixes tart B-movie pulp with visually alluring Lovecraftian horror and a dash of gonzo Nicolas Cage. Synopsis: After a meteorite lands in the front yard of their farm, Nathan Gardner and his family find themselves battling a... [More] Starring: Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Tommy Chong, Madeleine Arthur Directed By: Richard Stanley THE CONJURING 2 (2016) 80% #166 Critics Consensus: The Conjuring 2 can't help but lose a bit of its predecessor's chilly sting through familiarity, but what remains is still a superior ghost story told with spine-tingling skill. Synopsis: In 1977, paranormal investigators Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren come out of a self-imposed sabbatical to travel to Enfield,... [More] Starring: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Madison Wolfe, Frances O'Connor Directed By: James Wan BETTER WATCH OUT (2016) 89% #167 Critics Consensus: Carried by its charismatic young cast, Better Watch Out is an adorably sinister holiday horror film. Synopsis: Ashley travels to the suburban home of the Lerners to baby-sit their 12-year-old son Luke at Christmastime. She must soon... [More] Starring: Levi Miller, Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Dacre Montgomery Directed By: Chris Peckover SCREAM (1996) 81% #168 Critics Consensus: Horror icon Wes Craven's subversive deconstruction of the genre is sly, witty, and surprisingly effective as a slasher film itself, even if it's a little too cheeky for some. Synopsis: The sleepy little town of Woodsboro just woke up screaming. There's a killer in their midst who's seen a few... [More] Starring: Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard Directed By: Wes Craven SAW X (2023) 80% #169 Critics Consensus: Led by a franchise-best performance from Tobin Bell, Saw X reinvigorates the series with an installment that has a surprising amount of heart to go with all the gore. Synopsis: John Kramer (Tobin Bell) is back. The most chilling installment of the SAW franchise yet explores the untold chapter of... [More] Starring: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Synnøve Macody Lund, Steven Brand Directed By: Kevin Greutert THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS (2016) 85% #170 Critics Consensus: The Girl with All the Gifts grapples with thought-provoking questions without skimping on the scares -- and finds a few fresh wrinkles in the well-worn zombie horror genre along the way. Synopsis: In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into a thoughtless, flesh-eating monster. When a scientist and a... [More] Starring: Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Paddy Considine, Anamaria Marinca Directed By: Colm McCarthy PREDATOR (1987) 80% #171 Critics Consensus: Predator: Part sci-fi, part horror, part action -- all muscle. Synopsis: Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a soldier of fortune, is hired by the U.S. government to secretly rescue a group of politicians... [More] Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, Elpidia Carrillo Directed By: John McTiernan GOODNIGHT MOMMY (2014) 85% #172 Critics Consensus: Dark, violent, and drenched in dread, Goodnight Mommy is perfect for extreme horror enthusiasts -- or filmgoers who prefer to watch between splayed fingers. Synopsis: Twin boys who do everything together, from collecting beetles to feeding stray cats, welcome their mother home after her reconstructive... [More] Starring: Susanne Wuest, Elias Schwarz, Lukas Schwarz, Hans Escher Directed By: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala FRIGHT NIGHT (1985) 83% #173 Critics Consensus: Fright Night deftly combines thrills and humor in this ghostly tale about a man living next to a vampire. Synopsis: Teenage Charley Brewster is a horror-film junkie, so it's no surprise that when a reclusive new neighbor moves next-door, Brewster... [More] Starring: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Roddy McDowall, Amanda Bearse Directed By: Tom Holland MIDSOMMAR (2019) 83% #174 Critics Consensus: Ambitious, impressively crafted, and above all unsettling, Midsommar further proves writer-director Ari Aster is a horror auteur to be reckoned with. Synopsis: A young American couple, their relationship foundering, travel to a fabled Swedish midsummer festival where a seemingly pastoral paradise transforms... [More] Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter Directed By: Ari Aster WARM BODIES (2013) 81% #175 Critics Consensus: Warm Bodies offers a sweet, well-acted spin on a genre that all too often lives down to its brain-dead protagonists. Synopsis: A terrible plague has left the planet's population divided between zombies and humans. An unusual zombie named R (Nicholas Hoult)... [More] Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Rob Corddry Directed By: Jonathan Levine SISTERS (1973) 85% #176 Critics Consensus: Clever yet clearly indebted to the masters of the genre, Sisters offers an early glimpse of De Palma at his stylishly crafty peak. Synopsis: Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier (Jennifer Salt) is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton (Margot Kidder), violently... [More] Starring: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, William Finley Directed By: Brian De Palma SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE (2000) 82% #177 Critics Consensus: Shadow of the Vampire is frightening, compelling, and funny, and features an excellent performance by Willem Dafoe. Synopsis: F. W. Murnau (John Malkovich) is struggling to create his silent classic "Nosferatu" on location in Eastern Europe. The director... [More] Starring: John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Cary Elwes, Aden Gillett Directed By: E. Elias Merhige I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (1943) 85% #178 Critics Consensus: Evocative direction by Jacques Tourneur collides with the low-rent production values of exploitateer Val Lewton in I Walked with a Zombie, a sultry sleeper that's simultaneously smarmy, eloquent and fascinating. Synopsis: Canadian nurse Betsey Connell (Frances Dee) is hired to care for Jessica Holland (Christine Gordon), a woman on a Caribbean... [More] Starring: James Ellison, Frances Dee, Tom Conway, Edith Barrett Directed By: Jacques Tourneur NEAR DARK (1987) 83% #179 Critics Consensus: Near Dark is at once a creepy vampire film, a thrilling western, and a poignant family tale, with humor and scares in abundance. Synopsis: Cowboy Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar) meets gorgeous Mae (Jenny Wright) at a bar, and the two have an immediate attraction.... [More] Starring: Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton Directed By: Kathryn Bigelow HOUSE OF USHER (1960) 84% #180 Critics Consensus: Scary, strange, and maybe a little silly, House of Usher represents an early high mark for Vincent Price and a career triumph for director Roger Corman. Synopsis: Based on the classic story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe and directed by legendary... [More] Starring: Vincent Price, Myrna Fahey, Mark Damon, Harry Ellerbe Directed By: Roger Corman THIRST (2009) 81% #181 Critics Consensus: The stylish Thirst packs plenty of bloody thrills to satisfy fans of both vampire films and director Chan Wook Park. Synopsis: Sang-hyun (Song Kang-ho), a respected priest, volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly... [More] Starring: Song Kang-ho, Kim Ok-bin, Shin Ha-kyun, Kim Hae-sook Directed By: Park Chan-wook SPLIT (2016) 78% #182 Critics Consensus: Split serves as a dramatic tour de force for James McAvoy in multiple roles -- and finds writer-director M. Night Shyamalan returning resoundingly to thrilling form. Synopsis: Though Kevin (James McAvoy) has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), there remains one still... [More] Starring: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Haley Lu Richardson Directed By: M. Night Shyamalan THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (2009) 85% #183 Critics Consensus: Though its underlying themes are familiar, House of the Devil effectively sheds the loud and gory cliches of contemporary horror to deliver a tense, slowly building throwback to the fright flicks of decades past. Synopsis: Desperate to make some money so she can move into a new apartment, college student Samantha Hughes (Jocelin Donahue) takes... [More] Starring: Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig Directed By: Ti West SMILE (2022) 79% #184 Critics Consensus: Deeply creepy visuals and a standout Sosie Bacon further elevate Smile's unsettling exploration of trauma, adding up to the rare feature that satisfyingly expands on a short. Synopsis: After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she... [More] Starring: Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. Usher, Kyle Gallner, Robin Weigert Directed By: Parker Finn WEREWOLVES WITHIN (2021) 86% #185 Critics Consensus: Werewolves Within is the rare horror comedy that offers equal helpings of either genre -- and adds up to a whole lot of fun in the bargain. Synopsis: After a proposed pipeline creates divisions within the small town of Beaverfield, and a snowstorm traps its residents together inside... [More] Starring: Sam Richardson, Milana Vayntrub, George Basil, Sarah Burns Directed By: Josh Ruben BUBBA HO-TEP (2002) 79% #186 Critics Consensus: The best movie to star both the King and JFK. Synopsis: After falling into a lengthy coma following a freak accident involving hip gyration, a now aged Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell)... [More] Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Bob Ivy, Reggie Bannister Directed By: Don Coscarelli HALLOWEEN (2018) 79% #187 Critics Consensus: Halloween largely wipes the slate clean after decades of disappointing sequels, ignoring increasingly elaborate mythology in favor of basic - yet still effective - ingredients. Synopsis: It's been 40 years since Laurie Strode survived a vicious attack from crazed killer Michael Myers on Halloween night. Locked... [More] Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton Directed By: David Gordon Green VIDEODROME (1983) 83% #188 Critics Consensus: Visually audacious, disorienting, and just plain weird, Videodrome's musings on technology, entertainment, and politics still feel fresh today. Synopsis: As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn (James Woods) is desperate for new programming to attract viewers.... [More] Starring: James Woods, Deborah Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky Directed By: David Cronenberg OVERLORD (2018) 81% #189 Critics Consensus: Part revisionist war drama, part zombie thriller, and part all-out genre gorefest, Overlord offers A-level fun for B-movie fans of multiple persuasions. Synopsis: On the eve of D-Day, American paratroopers drop behind enemy lines to penetrate the walls of a fortified church and... [More] Starring: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Pilou Asbæk, Mathilde Ollivier Directed By: Julius Avery SCREAM (2022) 76% #190 Critics Consensus: The fifth Scream finds the franchise working harder than ever to maintain its meta edge -- and succeeding surprisingly often. Synopsis: Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the... [More] Starring: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Melissa Barrera Directed By: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett COME TO DADDY (2019) 88% #191 Critics Consensus: Bloody horror with barbed wit, Come to Daddy anchors its brutal violence in a surprisingly mature approach to provocative themes. Synopsis: A privileged man-child arrives at the beautiful and remote coastal cabin of his estranged father, whom he hasn't seen in... [More] Starring: Elijah Wood, Stephen McHattie, Martin Donovan, Michael Smiley Directed By: Ant Timpson BONES AND ALL (2022) 81% #192 Critics Consensus: Although its subject matter may be hard to stomach, Bones and All proves a deeply romantic and thought-provoking treat. Synopsis: BONES AND ALL is a story of first love between Maren, a young woman learning how to survive on the... [More] Starring: Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, André Holland Directed By: Luca Guadagnino THE LOST BOYS (1987) 77% #193 Critics Consensus: Flawed but eminently watchable, Joel Schumacher's teen vampire thriller blends horror, humor, and plenty of visual style with standout performances from a cast full of young 1980s stars. Synopsis: Teenage brothers Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam (Corey Haim) move with their mother (Dianne Wiest) to a small town in... [More] Starring: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Barnard Hughes Directed By: Joel Schumacher DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004) 76% #194 Critics Consensus: A kinetic, violent and surprisingly worthy remake of George Romero's horror classic that pays homage to the original while working on its own terms. Synopsis: When her husband is attacked by a zombified neighbor, Ana (Sarah Polley) manages to escape, only to realize her entire... [More] Starring: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer Directed By: Zack Snyder FEAR STREET PART ONE: 1994 (2021) 84% #195 Critics Consensus: Fear Street Part One: 1994 kicks off the trilogy in promising fashion, honoring the source material with plenty of retro slasher appeal. Synopsis: A circle of teenage friends accidentally encounter the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued... [More] Starring: Kiana Madeira, Olivia Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Gillian Jacobs Directed By: Leigh Janiak BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992) 74% #196 Critics Consensus: Overblown in the best sense of the word, Francis Ford Coppola's vision of Bram Stoker's Dracula rescues the character from decades of campy interpretations -- and features some terrific performances to boot. Synopsis: Adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic vampire novel. Gary Oldman plays Dracula whose lonely soul is determined to reunite with his... [More] Starring: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola FRAILTY (2002) 75% #197 Critics Consensus: Creepy and disturbing, Frailty is well-crafted, low-key horror. Synopsis: Set in present day Texas, "Frailty" centers on the FBI's search for a serial killer who calls himself "God's Hands."... [More] Starring: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matt O'Leary Directed By: Bill Paxton 1408 (2007) 80% #198 Critics Consensus: Relying on psychological tension rather than overt violence and gore, 1408 is a genuinely creepy thriller with a strong lead performance by John Cusack. Synopsis: Mike Enslin (John Cusack) is a successful author who enjoys worldwide acclaim debunking supernatural phenomena -- before he checks into... [More] Starring: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Jasmine Anthony Directed By: Mikael Håfström LITTLE MONSTERS (2019) 79% #199 Critics Consensus: Led by typically outstanding work from Lupita Nyong'o, Little Monsters is a horror/rom-com hybrid that proves the zombie genre still has fresh brains to savor. Synopsis: ... [More] Starring: Lupita Nyong'o, Josh Gad, Stephen Peaco*cke, Kat Stewart Directed By: Abe Forsythe SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK (2019) 77% #200 Critics Consensus: Like the bestselling series of books that inspired it, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark opens a creepy gateway into horror for younger genre enthusiasts. Synopsis: The shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large in the small town of Mill Valley for generations. It's in... [More] Starring: Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Abrams Directed By: André Øvredal The 100 Best Horror Movie Characters The Shining By Empire | Updated On31 10 2020 Horror movies are filled with iconic roles in all kinds of archetypes – scream queens, psycho killers, possessed children, noble heroes, doomed lovers and nefarious conjurers among them. The very best horror characters can take the shape of an unforgettable image, or something deeper – delivering explorations of fear, grief, and death. And sometimes they’re just supremely entertaining killing fodder, there to rack up the bodycount and giving good gusto while they die horribly. From the villains to the victims, Empire presents a list of the 100 greatest horror movie characters – dating right back to the earliest days of the genre, and with inclusions from the most memorable scary movies of 2020. Because in recent years, the horror genre has been in a very, very good place, with brilliant filmmakers delivering all-time-great spooky works. Turn off all the lights, and get reading. READ MORE: The 50 Best Horror Movies READ MORE: The 20 Best Zombie Movies 100 - Father McGruder FatherMcGruder Played by: Stuart Devensie Film(s): Braindead "I kick arse for the Lord!" announces Stuart Devenie's zealous priest, before proving - rather conclusively - that God is taking a sabbatical. Still, points for trying. Intriguingly, Zombie McCruder was played by a different actor. 99 - Jemma Host Played by: Jemma Moore Film: Host (2020) Horror movies have total disdain for rule-breakers – and in Host, the rules are laid out as clearly as can be: don’t disrespect the sanctity of the seance, even if it’s over Zoom. Taking no notice of this is prankster Jemma, who makes up a morbid story when the spirit-summoning session isn’t moving fast enough for her liking – and kicks off a world of sh*t for everyone in the meeting. Like all the characters in this ingenious lockdown horror, Jemma feels real – when she’s joking about, terrified out of her mind, or being clonked on the head by a bottle of wine. 98 - Kevin Wendell Crumb Split Played by: James McAvoy Film(s): Split (2016), Glass (2019) Technically, 24 places on this list could be filled by McAvoy in Shyamalan’s Unbreakable spin-offs – his multiple personalities ranging from the silly (lispy kid Hedwig) to the sinister (kidnapper Dennis) to the downright savage (The Beast). It’s a bravura performance, with McAvoy managing to provide such distinct turns for each role – and providing physical hulking menace when his supernaturally-strong inner predator is unleashed. 97 - The Alien Alien Played by: Bolaji Badejo Film(s): Alien It was written by Dan O'Bannon, directed by Ridley Scott, played by Bolaji Badejo, sketched by H.R. Giger and plucked straight from the blackest excesses of your nightmares. The Nostromo's reckoning is beautifully summed up by Ian Holm's Ash: "Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility... I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality." Plus, it has a head shaped like a willy. 96 - Charlie Graham Hereditary Played by: Milly Shapiro Film(s): Hereditary (2018) Grief hits us all in different ways, and Charlie Graham is merely doing her best to get by when her grandmother passes away. She wanders and stares, she worries, she tries to get noticed and bad things, inevitably, happen. Oh, and she cuts the heads off birds. As you do. Shapiro manages to be terrifying without saying a word, or with the mere cluck of a tongue. And when that scene comes, her role takes on a whole new kind of emotional terror. Scariest of all: she’s now a major TikTok star. 95 - Thomasin The Witch Played by: Anya Taylor-Joy Film: The Witch (2016) Anya Taylor-Joy kick-started her Scream Queen career in Robert Eggers’ bone-crunching folktale. Poor Thomasin is labelled a Witch by the puritanical patriarchy until she finally becomes one, choosing to “live deliciously” with devil-goat Black Phillip and a coven in the woods. Agony, ecstasy, liberation, demonisation – for Thomasin, it’s all the same thing. 94 - Father Karras Father Karras Played by: Jason Miller Film(s): The Exorcist Jason Miller's Damien Karras is a priest racked by guilt, fear, doubt, and memories (or are they visions?) of his dead mother, descending into what looks like the Chicago subway and which therefore might as well be Hell. So he's the perfect person to take on the wily demon, Pazuzu. Miller is fantastic as a weeping wound of a man whose belief is slowly restored by exposure to the most awful proof that God does, in fact, exist. He returned as a form of Karras for the surprisingly excellent Exorcist III. 93 - Tree Gelbman Happy Death Day Played by: Jessica Rothe Film(s): Happy Death Day (2017), Happy Death Day 2U (2019) Odd arboreal name and all, Tree is one of the most game slasher queens in recent memory – a college student who goes from victim to detective when she’s trapped in a timeloop that always ends with her being murdered by a baby-masked killer, forced to decipher the culprit in order to move beyond her doomed birthday. Rothe commits brilliantly – and cranks up the comedy in the Back To The Future Part II-inspired sequel, through suicide montages, multiple alternate-timelines, and unmasking another mystery murderer. 92 - Mrs Voorhees Mrs Voorhees Played by: Betsy Palmer Film(s): Friday The 13th It's always been a mystery why the Friday The 13th series never resurrected Betsy Palmer's psychotic camp counsellor. Yes, she may have had her head lopped off at the end of the original movie, but she's so much more interesting than her son, Jason, and deserves to be remembered as more than just a trick question at the beginning of Scream. 91 - Conal Cochran Conal Cochran Played by: Dan O'Herlihy Film(s): Halloween III: Season Of The Witch Played with chilling understatement by Dan O'Herlihy, this demented loon is perhaps the only toymaker on the planet who wants children to choke on the small moving parts. 90 - Danny Torrance Danny Torrance Played by: Danny Lloyd, Ewan McGregor Film(s): The Shining (1980), Doctor Sleep (2019) 'Redrum... redrum'. Danny Lloyd has one film, and one film only (he also has a TV movie shot in 1982, but as that spoils the narrative let's ignore it), on his CV, but what a film, and what a performance. True, as Danny Torrance, the young boy blessed / cursed with the Shining in a hotel filled with ghosts that see him as a psychic Twinkie, Lloyd isn't called upon to do much more than ride a tricycle very fast and look afraid. But he does that like a champ, clamping his fingers over his eyes, mouth wide in terror. Wonder if Kubrick made him do each take 99 times? 89 - Richie Tozier It Chapter Two Played by: Finn Wolfhard, Bill Hader Film(s): It (2017), It Chapter Two (2019) The members of the Losers’ Club are all loveable – but it’s Trashmouth who steals the show. In the kids timeline, Wolfhard delivers stellar brash insults as the wisecracking wonder, hiding his vulnerability behind the biggest of mouths, and he gets the final act’s greatest rallying cry: “Now, I’m going to have to kill this f*cking clown!” It’s a mantle effortlessly picked up by Hader in the second film, who obviously aces the comedy – but the revelation in Chapter Two is the emotional heart of Richie being exposed. He suffers real loss, and Hader makes you feel every ounce of it. 88 - Theo Theo Played by: Claire Bloom Film(s): The Haunting Claire Bloom's stylish, somewhat sniffy psychic (perhaps her sniffiness, in some perverse way, comes from being overlooked by Hill House in favour of Julie Harris' Eleanor) broke new ground for horror as an openly gay character. To this day, though, most lesbian characters in horror fiction remain, regrettably, buxom vampires. 87 - Jessie Burlingame Gerald's Game Played by: Carla Gugino Film: Gerald’s Game In survival horror movies, characters go through the wringer – and Jessie is no stranger to trials and tribulations. For one, she’s handcuffed to a bed with no hope of unlocking them. Secondly, she’s taunted by the spectre of her husband Gerald who just died of a heart attack, as well as her own inner demons, an entire childhood of repressed trauma, and a hungry dog who sounds like Cujo. And that’s before the Moonlight Man comes into play. And when she – spoiler alert – rips all the skin from her hand, right down to the bone, in order to escape? That takes guts. 86 - Grandpa Grandpa Played by: Barnard Hughes Film(s): The Lost Boys Everybody wants a Grandpa like Barnard Hughes in Joel Schumacher's garish and gory '80s comedy-horror. Sure, he's a cantankerous old sod, the sort of guy who's very protective of his own special shelf and who thinks a driving lesson involves turning the engine on and off again, but when it comes to wiping out vampires with a truck loaded with wooden stakes, he's your man. Plus, he wears a bandana. At his age. A bandana. 85 - Stevie Wayne Stevie Wayne Played by: Adrienne Barbeau Film(s): The Fog The best big-screen DJ this side of Wally Banter, Adrienne Barbeau is magnificent once more for her then-husband John Carpenter as the velvet-voiced coastal town radio host who gradually becomes aware of the dangers lurking in the fog, and then spends the second half of the movie delivering the kind of weather updates that would turn Wincey Willis green. Topical reference, there. 84 - Randy Randy Played by: Jamie Kennedy Film(s): Scream, Scream 2 Given that he's been astonishingly unlikeable in virtually everything else he's done, it's a huge surprise that Jamie Kennedy's cine-literate Randy is so adorable in the first two Scream movies. Maybe it's because film fans so readily identify with him, just one more reason why Craven's decision to kill him (in broad daylight) takes Scream 2 to the next level. If Randy - or, essentially, the audience - is dead, then nobody's safe. 83 - The Tall Man Tall Man Played by: Angus Scrimm Film(s): Phantasm Angus Scrimm, in a suit that's too tight for him to accentuate his slender frame, squints and scowls for all he's worth as the iconic bad guy of Don Coscarelli's completely (and we mean this with love) bonkers franchise. An inter-dimensional alien being who poses as an undertaker while he prepares to wage war with his army of psycho dwarves and flying balls (stop snigg*ring), The Tall Man is just one of many (maybe even millions) - which makes him that much harder to stop. 82 - Maud Saint Maud Played by: Moryfdd Clark Film(s): Saint Maud (2020) Maud is the nice, sweet, harmless private nurse who is here to save our souls. Except, obviously that’s not quite true – as Rose Glass’ terrifying and terrific debut Saint Maud presents our protagonist as a young woman with a dark past capable of dangerous things. She has a very… special relationship with God, which, naturally, means she’ll do anything for him. Morfydd Clark plays the self-flagellating Maud with both quiet brilliance and quick wit – buried under mounds of pain and unprocessed trauma – in her quest to find salvation for us all. 81 - Dr. Génessier Dr Genessier Played by: Pierre Brasseur Film(s): Eyes Without A Face Pierre Brasseur's surgeon scientist only wants to do what's right for his dear, darling, disfigured daughter Christiane. If that means kidnapping and, by default, murdering a string of young girls so he can conduct a revolutionary face transplant, then so be it. Brasseur is unforgettable as one of cinema's very best takes on Frankenstein in Georges Franju's classic. 80 - Mark Lewis Mark Lewis Played by: Karlheinz Bohm Film(s): Peeping Tom Is it the soft German accent? His quivering presence? Those empty, wide, sad eyes? Karlheinz Bohm's subtle, timid killer plays a huge part in Peeping Tom's success, underplaying against Michael Powell's vividly voyeuristic kills, catching his victim's death throes on tick-tick-ticking camera. Either way, his demise is no moral triumph - it's tragedy. 79 - Pale Man Pale Man Played by: Doug Jones Film(s): Pan's Labyrinth Nightmarish craziness from the mind of Del Toro, The Pale Man carries his eyeballs in his hands. Bizarrely, it's still all the better to see you with. 78 - Lawrence Talbot Wolf Man Played by: Lon Chaney Jr. Film(s): The Wolf Man Sorry Benicio. There's only room enough for one Wolf Man on this list and that goes to Chaney Jr., whose quiet, tormented dignity makes his monster Universal. 77 - Grace Le Domas Ready Or Not Played by: Samara Weaving Film: Ready Or Not (2019) The most badass bride since Beatrix Kiddo. After a seemingly idyllic wedding, Grace learns that her new husband’s family are crackers – beholden to a superstition that means they’ll hunt her in a killer game of Hide and Seek. But Grace doesn’t take her fate lying down, fighting back against the Le Domas gang with gusto. She punches children, smashes a boiling teapot on someone’s head, withstands a bullet through the hand, and bludgeons brains. In her own words: “I want a divorce.” 76 - Dani Ardor Midsommar Played by: Florence Pugh Film(s): Midsommar (2019) Listen, just don’t dump a girl when she’s dealing with the death of her entire family. Ari Aster makes the scariest break-up movie you’ve ever seen, in which Florence Pugh proves she wears both a frown and a flower crown like nobody else. Dani is looking forward to fun frolics in the Swedish countryside as much as anyone would – but what she finds there, and how she deals with it, reveals something so much more sinister than your usual summer holiday. It might be all sunshine and rainbows, actually – but there’s still a lot to fear when it comes to this particular May Queen too. 75 - Father Malone The Fog Played by: Hal Holbrook Film(s): The Fog "Why not me, Blake?" asks Hal Holbrook's sozzled priest at the end of The Fog, before getting his answer in spectacular fashion. Prior to that, Holbrook is excellent as Malone, gradually putting together the pieces of the true fate of the Elizabeth Dane and its crew of lepers, in which his ancestors were involved, and not at all happy about it. Armed with this knowledge, and a gold cross, Malone - previously a shambles of a man - decides to redeem himself, and his family name. 74 - Annie Wilkes Annie Wilkes Played by: Kathy Bates Film(s): Misery The monstrously wholesome Annie (played by a ferocious Kathy Bates, who won an Oscar for her troubles) is completely, terrifyingly, batsh*t co*ckadoody crazy. Don't let her anywhere near your ankles. 73 - Candyman Candyman Played by: Tony Todd Film(s): Candyman Tony Todd's hook-handed legend has, unusually for a franchise fiend, layers of emotional depth and something of a tragic sheen. We know what happens if you say his name five times into a mirror, but what happens if you type it? Candyman. Candyman. Candyman. Candyman. Can... actually, let's leave it there. 72 - Darryl Revok Darry Revok Played by: Michael Ironside Film(s): Scanners (1981) Michael Ironside's co*cksure scanner will blow your mind. Sometimes literally, on live TV. 71 - Rose The Hat Doctor Sleep Played by: Rebecca Ferguson Film: Doctor Sleep (2019) “It’s the special ones that taste best.” Right from its opening scene, Rebecca Ferguson steals Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Shining sequel novel. Her Stevie Nicks attire and lilting tones hide an ancient devouring force which occasionally comes more transparently into view in a cheshire-cat grin. She can be soft – and has her own plight to face as her immortal cult, The True Knot, face the decline of the Steam that keeps them alive – but brutal too, not least in a scene where she murders innocent little Jacob Tremblay. How could she! 70 - Chief Brody Chief Brody Played by: Roy Scheider Film(s): Jaws One of the wonders of Jaws is that its three heroes seem like ordinary guys, played by men who didn't wander straight out of modelling school and onto a movie set. When Roy Scheider's Martin Brody takes his shirt off, there's no rippling six-pack underneath. Brody is an ordinary guy catapulted into extraordinary circ*mstances, and Scheider makes him rich, relatable, human; the perfect man, then, to dispose of a villain that's everything but. Smile, you sonofabitch. 69 - Peter Vincent Peter Vincent Played by: Roddy McDowall Film(s): Fright Night Roddy McDowall's prissy, hammy horror show host, forced to discover his faith and become the thing he's pretended to be for thirty years when he's confronted with real vampires, is a delight. Miles away from David Tennant's vulgar creation in the murky remake, McDowall's turn is a reminder of a more innocent time in horror. 68 - Ed and Lorraine Warren The Conjuring Played by: Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga Film(s): The Conjuring (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016), Annabelle Comes Home (2019) Sure, the frights are good – but The Conjuring films would be nothing without the Warrens, the fictionalised versions of the real-life paranormal investigators whose cases sparked the franchise. Wilson and Farmiga bring such lived-in warmth to this married couple whose devotion to each other can’t be shaken by any level of demonic activity – bringing a surprisingly romantic heart to one of the defining horror franchises of the 2010s. 67 - Prince Prospero Prince Prospero Played by: Vincent Price Film(s): The Masque Of The Red Death Vincent Price starts Roger Corman's movie as a Satan-worshipping despot who orders the burning of a village, kidnaps a girl to be his sex slave, and then throws a big old party for the rich, figuratively fiddling while Rome burns. From there, it's downhill for Prospero, but Price is on fine form throughout. 66 - Carole Ledoux Carole Ledoux Played by: Catherine Deneuve Film(s): Repulsion Catherine Deneuve is on superlative form as the repressed recluse whose awkwardness and disdain for men and sexual contact begins to eat into her psyche, first manifesting itself as hallucinations (the image of hands coming through the wall to grab at Carole has been stolen by a number of directors, most famously George A. Romero for Day Of The Dead), then as bloody murders, then as catatonia. Startling. 65 – Rose Armitage Get Out Played by: Allison Williams Film: Get Out (2017) Talk about villainy – the moment Rose stops pretending to look for her car keys in Get Out’s final reel, all pretences are dropped: she’s in on the Armitages’ Black body-snatching scheme, and she delivered Chris to her nefarious parents on purpose, a pure psychopathic wolf in sheep’s clothing. She’s a total monster – and that’s before you find out she eats her Fruit Loops dry, with a separate glass of milk on the side. 64 - Michel Delasalle Michel Delasalle Played by: Paul Meurisse Film(s): Les Diaboliques Meurisse's cheating husband is a grade-A scumbag, whose emotional and physical abuse of his wife, Christina, continues even after his 'murder'. Meurisse is, thanks to the very nature of the film's plot, off-screen for much of the movie, but his presence is everywhere, while he's front-and-centre of one of horror cinema's most famous shock twists. 63 - Dick Hallorann Dick Hallorann Played by: Scatman Crothers Film(s): The Shining As played by Scatman Crothers, Hallorann - the chef at the Overlook Hotel - is a kindly old man who, blessed with his own Shining, acts as Danny Torrance's guide to the dos and don'ts of the evil old hotel. As set up by Stephen King, he's the knight in armour who travels half the country to save the day. As set up by Stanley Kubrick, he's a rug pulled from under your feet. 62 - Miss Giddens Miss Giddens Played by: Deborah Kerr Film(s): The Innocents (1961) Deborah Kerr is on fine form in Jack Clayton's elegant and creepy horror as the governess who comes to suspect that her two young charges are possessed, while we, the audience, come to suspect that she may not be the full shilling. 61 - Roger Roger Played by: Scott Reiniger Film(s): Dawn of the Dead OK, so Scott Reiniger's devil-may-care SWAT guy may border on the psychopathic, and contributes to his own demise, but we defy you not to will the little guy to fulfil his promise to Ken Foree's Peter that "I'm going to try not to come back". Anyone who's ever seen the back of a Dawn of the Dead VHS cover will know that he doesn't succeed. 60 - Duc de Richleau Duc de Richleau Played by: Christopher Lee Film(s): The Devil Rides Out A rare good guy turn for the great Christopher Lee in, arguably, Hammer's greatest movie. As the occult expert charged with saving Patrick Mower's rich kid from a fate worse than Emmerdale, Lee is fantastic as an uptight, upright, unswerving bastion of moral invincibility. And the facial hair - neatly devilish itself - is a winner. 59 - Derek Derek Played by: Peter Jackson Film(s): Bad Taste Forced to take the lead role in Bad Taste because he had no other real option, Peter Jackson plays Derek as a dithering idiot who becomes dangerously unhinged when he falls off a cliff and spends most of the movie holding his brains in via judicious deployment of a belt. Jackson displays such a nifty instinct for comedy that it's a real shame that he hasn't given acting a go since; and Derek's Ash-like transformation into chainsaw-wielding badass is ludicrously satisfying. He's a Derek, and Dereks don't run. 58 - The Babadook The Babadook Played by: Tim Purcell Film(s): The Babadook (2014) One of the most striking bogeymen of recent years, the creaking, croaking Babadook – conjured from the creepiest pop-up book of all time – brings terror to the traumatised pair of young Sam and his mother Amelia (Essie Davis). There’s no shaking his sharp fingers and horrifying grin, or that signature rattling cry: ‘Baaaa-baaa-doooook!’ And his real identity (a – SPOILER ALERT – physical manifestation of Amelia’s grief over her late husband) brings poignancy beyond that terrifying silhouette. All that, and he became an unlikely LGBTQ+ icon – who else has that kind of range? 57 - Henry Henry Played by: Michael Rooker Film(s): Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Michael Rooker's frighteningly humdrum performance as a no-nonsense monster in John MacNaughton's dead-eyed character study gave audiences everywhere chills... and Rooker a career that sees him playing heavies and weirdos to this day. 56 - Tangina Tangina Played by: Zelda Rubinstein Film(s): Poltergeist 'When your little girl/Has been kidnapped by The Beast, who you gonna call?' Zelda Rubinstein, apparently. The 4'3" actress, with a voice that sounds like a possessed doll, is a weird and unforgettable presence in Tobe Hooper's brilliant haunted house movie, showing up near the end to do battle with the darkness armed with nothing but a rope, some tennis balls and unshakeable faith. 55 - Tommy Jarvis Tommy Jarvis Played by: Corey Feldman, John Shepherd, Thom Mathews Film(s): Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) The only opponent worthy of defeating Jason Voorhees, Tommy was played across three different films by three actors, beginning with Corey Feldman in the laughably-titled Final Chapter. Back then, he was a kid obsessed with movie make-up who uses his skills to lure Jason to his death. Part V's A New Beginning saw him become a borderline Jason himself; Jason Lives saw genre favourite Thom Mathews inadvertently resurrect Jason, then spend the rest of the movie Keystone Kopping his way around Camp Crystal Lake while scores of innocents perished. Dr. Loomis he ain't. 54 - Blade Blade Played by: Wesley Snipes Film(s): Blade, Blade II, Blade: Trinity Unusually violent for a Marvel property, Blade avoids the moral ambiguities of the similarly trigger-happy Punisher by only slaughtering vampires. He's also cooler than Steve McQueen at the South Pole. 53 - Asami Asami Played by: Eihi Shiina Film(s): Audition She's a serial seducer and torturer who keeps her victims in sacks. Remember, words create lies but pain can be trusted. Kiri kiri kiri... 52 - Pazuzu Pazuzu Played by: Mercedes McCambridge (voice) Film(s): The Exorcist It's the mocking, malevolent entity that seizes hold of an innocent young girl and proceeds to turn her into a hellish shock jock, so that it can settle old scores with two priests. Besides that, Pazuzu has a lot to answer for: virtually every screen demon since has been a thinly-veiled rip-off, down to the face (yes, Pazuzu's true visage is glimpsed subliminally, but there's no doubt that it can also be seen in Regan's twisted, mutated features) and Mercedes McCambridge's eggs-fa*gs-and-whiskey voice. 51 - Van Helsing Van Helsing Played by: Peter Cushing Film(s): Horror of Dracula (1958) Not the original iteration of Bram Stoker's vampire killing Dutch doctor, of course, but by far the best. Cushing plays his Van Helsing with a cut-glass English accent, and a sense of moral rectitude and purpose as sharp as his stakes. His look of triumph upon reducing Christopher Lee's Dracula to ash in the original Hammer movie is as dastardly as this good Doctor (Cushing actually played the role several times, although it wasn't always the same Van Helsing) ever gets. 50 - Count Orlok Count Orlok Played by: Max Schreck Film(s): Nosferatu Monster monster! The original - and some would say, best - screen vampire is a balding, rat-like, inhuman creature whose very shadow has more personality and menace than a thousand imitators. 49 – Pennywise IT Chapter 2©NOW TV Played by: Tim Curry, Bill Skarsgard Film(s): It (1990), It (2017), It Chapter Two (2019) Of all the guises that ‘It’ takes across Stephen King’s tale, it’s telling that the shape-shifting cosmic entity of purest evil takes on the form of a clown. Because who isn’t terrified of clowns? If Tim Curry’s incarnation made the TV miniseries iconic, Bill Skarsgard still managed to make the Dancing Clown his own in Andy Muschietti’s films, the actor using his very own real-life special effect: the ability to make one of his eyes veer off at a creepy angle. Nightmare-fodder. 48 - Jack Griffin Jack Griffin Played by: Claude Rains Film(s): The Invisible Man Rains is unnervingly crazy as the scientist who accidentally disappears himself. The invisibility effects, to this day, border on magic. "What do you think of that, eh?!" 47 - Cesare Cesare Played by: Conrad Veidt Film(s): The Cabinet of Dr Caligari The great Conrad Veidt is touching as the sleepwalking slave - very nearly a homunculus - of Dr. Caligari, forced to murder innocents until he's beguiled by the beauty of Lil Dagover's Jane. Cesare meets his end, in somewhat unorthodox fashion for a Big Bad, from exhaustion. 46 - Victor Frankenstein Frankenstein Played by: Peter Cushing Film(s): The Curse Of Frankenstein For a man who was known as the Nicest Guy In Showbiz, Peter Cushing did have an amazing talent for playing rotten bastards. His take on Baron Victor Frankenstein is a bold one, a 180 from Colin Clive's noble scientist in the Universal films. Victor is a wild-eyed nutter, entirely focused on his goal of creating life from death - and if, along the way, he has to create a few deaths from life in order to get that little bit closer to being a living God, then so be it. Cushing, steely-eyed and dastardly from the off, is fantastic here, creating a character that would reappear in six sequels (one of which doesn't star Cushing). 45 - John Rider John Rider Played by: Rutger Hauer Film(s): The Hitcher Enigmatic evil from Rutger Hauer, as the hitch-hiking psychopath desperate to be stopped by a worthy opponent. He's ruthless enough to tear someone in half with a truck, playful enough to place a severed finger in a plate of French fries. 44 - Carrie White Carrie White Played by: Sissy Spacek Film(s): Carrie Oppressed, bullied and ignored, Carrie White (a gift of a role for Sissy Spacek) is a powder keg of burgeoning telekinetic power, just waiting to explode at her school prom. Many die at Carrie's hand - or, more accurately, mind - that night, but impressively she remains the film's true victim. 43 - Herbert West Herbert West Played by: Jeffrey Combs Film(s): Re-Animator One of cinema's greatest mad scientists, Jeffrey Combs' nerdish psychopath is a morbid delight, whether it's beating a zombie cat to death or struggling to escape from killer intestines. 42 - The Phantom The Phantom Played by: Lon Chaney Film(s): The Phantom Of The Opera Lon Chaney was famously known as The Man Of A Thousand Faces, but really one stands out above the other 999: Erik, the masked madman who lurks in the bowels of the Paris Opera House and develops a dangerous obsession with a young ingenue. When she finally pulls off his mask, the results, especially for a 1925 audience, were horrifying. Chaney, of course, came up with the make-up, redolent of Skeletor's chartered accountant cousin Norman - himself. 41 – Chris Washington Get Out Played by: Daniel Kaluuya Film: Get Out (2017) It might be the defining horror image of the 2010s: Daniel Kaluuya sat in a brown leather chair, eyes wide and horrified, tears streaming down his cheeks as his consciousness sinks into a starry void. He’s a Black man in a world of literal bodily appropriation, fighting for survival against the racism lingering just beneath the surface of supposed liberal Western civilisation – and watching him let rip in the final act is pure catharsis. 40 - Jason Voorhees Jason Voorhees Played by: Various Film(s): Jason X, Freddy vs. Jason, Friday the 13th, Friday The 13th Part 2 (1981), Friday the 13th Part III (1981), Friday the 13th Part III (1982), Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989), Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985), Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) Let's be frank: when it comes to chopping up teenagers, Jason may be more creative than Michael Myers, but he has none of the genuine menace or the interesting backstory. In fact, when Jason shows up as a readymade killing machine in Friday The 13th Part 2, it makes next-to-no-sense, given the events of the first film. Still, the mask, the machete and the massacring are all too iconic for him not to rank highly, even if he did descend into self-parody long before the end. 39 - Robert Thorn Robert Thorn Played by: Gregory Peck Film(s): The Omen Played with sublime gruffness and unfolding layers of guilt by Gregory Peck (who, along with Richard Donner, believed he was making a thriller, rather than a supernatural horror), Thorn gives The Omen a rock-solid foundation on which to ladle the scares. It's hard to imagine anyone but Peck selling the 'When the Jews return to Zion' speech. Just ask Liev Schreiber. 38 - Ben Ben Played by: Duane Jones Film(s): Night of the Living Dead George A. Romero's debut was groundbreaking for the horror genre in a number of ways, including its protagonist. It's hard, now, to overstate the impact that Duane Jones's Ben had at the time. Not only was he a black hero at the height of the Civil Rights movement, in the same year that Martin Luther King was assassinated, but he was a black hero who was smart, sassy, proactive, and who survived. That is, of course, until Romero's pointed ending, in which Ben is 'mistaken' for a zombie and shot by a bunch of rednecks. 37 – Red / Adelaide Us (2019) Played by: Lupita Nyong’o Film(s): Us (2019) Good luck ever getting her voice out of your head. Adelaide is a woman just trying to mind her own business and take care of her family, but a group of doppelgängers, who we’ll come to know as the Tethered, have other ideas. The way Nyong’o shifts between Adelaide and her Tethered, Red, is nothing short of masterful – the terror in her eyes and the horrifying rasp in her voice, as if always gasping for air, is enough to give you nightmares for weeks. You’re welcome. 36 - Laurie Strode Laurie Strode Played by: Jamie Lee Curtis Film(s): Halloween Jamie Lee Curtis' stalked 'sitter becomes, arguably, less interesting later when she's saddled with being Michael Myers' stalked sister. But she's still the resourceful, indefatigable horror heroine to beat. 35 - Henry Frankenstein Henry Frankenstein Played by: Colin Clive Film(s): Frankenstein Although he shouts "It's alive!" in a manner that sparked hundreds of imitators, Colin Clive's Henry Frankenstein isn't the insaniac that many screen Frankensteins are. He's clearly one bolt short, but Clive plays Frankenstein as a driven, hungry young scientist who is almost immediately consumed by regret and guilt once he sees what he has created. Perhaps because audiences in the 1930s needed someone to root for, Clive is alive by the movie's end, and is more heroic still in Bride Of Frankenstein, where he's coerced into continuing with his experiments. 34 - Dracula Dracula Played by: Bela Lugosi Film(s): Dracula (1931) "Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make." Bela Lugosi made an impact that few actors have equalled before or since as the scheming, fiendish Transvylanian c(o)unt in Tod Browning's 1931 version. Based on a stage play, Lugosi's is by far the most verbose of screen Draculas, wrapping that magnificent Hungarian accent around lines like the above while, with his burning stare and Ray Reardon hair, he's possibly the most iconic screen vampire of them all. Maybe even more so than Christopher Lee's version. 33 - Sgt. Howie Howie Played by: Edward Woodward Film(s): The Wicker Man Why does Sgt. Howie burn so easily? Because he's made of Wood! Ward. Dammit. Anyway, The Artist Formerly Known As Eewah Woowah is hugely impressive in Robin Hardy's classic as the puritanical Scottish cop whose moral rectitude and outrage at the pagan rituals he finds on Summerisle is outweighed only by the sheer size of the brick in his boxers when he spies the Wicker Man and realises his imminent fate. Oh, Christ! Oh, Jesus Christ! 32 - Sadako Sadako Played by: Rie Inō Film(s): Ring, Ring 2 The most chilling of the stream of raven-haired J-horror ghosts, Sadako is the ultimate video nasty. Hideo Nakata's original Japanese version is much more terrifying than Gore Verbinski's American remake precisely because it has the balls not to show us Sadako's face, trusting instead that a close-up of a vengeful eye will be enough to make us rush to unplug the telly. 31 - Dr. William Weir William Weir Played by: Sam Neill Film(s): Event Horizon It's clear that Sam Neill's Dr. William Weir is a mite crazy even before he gets on board the ship that he created; a ship that has become, literally, a gateway to Hell. He's plagued by visions of his dead wife, something that's only exacerbated by the presence on board, a presence that soon claims the good Doctor and puts the 'Weir' in 'weird'. Before you can say 'Jurassic Park', Weir has plucked his eyes out and is running around naked, bumping off the crew one by one with gleeful abandon while hissing lines like 'Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see'. Who'd have thought a naked, eyeless Sam Neill would be so terrifying? Don't answer that. 30 - Eli Eli Played by: Lina Leandersson Film(s): Let The Right One In Lina Leandersson's wicked inversion of the girl next door, reinvented as an age-old vampire trapped in the body of a wide-eyed teen, forms a morbid and mutually dependent relationship with her young death-obsessed neighbour, Oskar. 29 - Jack Goodman Jack Goodman Played by: Griffin Dunne Film(s): An American Werewolf In London "Have you ever tried talking to a corpse? It's boring." Griffin Dunne's ever-decomposing zombie best friend lights up American Werewolf every time he appears, putting the 'dead' in deadpan. 28 - Pinhead Pinhead Played by: Doug Bradley Film(s): Hellraiser Although his impact was watered down by a phalanx of terrible sequels, it's no surprise that Doug Bradley's demonic torturer - billed simply as 'Lead Cenobite' in the first movie - became the focal point of the Hellraiser series. His appearance alone is startling, as is the deep, treacly British accent, but Pinhead's a fascinating character far removed from Freddy or Jason or any other '80s movie monster. He's not, initially at least, a stalk'n'slasher, but a complex character who's only interested in one thing: meting out punishment to those who deserve it. Or is it pleasure? As far as Pinhead's concerned, it's one and the same thing, the kinky bastard. 27 - Regan Regan Played by: Linda Blair Film(s): The Exorcist In many ways, expecting Linda Blair to forge a successful career post-Exorcist was unfair, because this is a role, and a performance, that 99% of actors could never top. Blair is extraordinarily brave as the young girl corrupted by Pazuzu, going to a host of dark places and enduring a number of indignities with the fearlessness that only children can possess. Yes, Dick Smith's astonishing make-up and Mercedes McCambridge's rasping voice does some of the heavy lifting, but without Blair's rock-solid base upon which to build, Regan wouldn't have half the lasting impact she does. Also, some of the most affecting scenes show Regan pre-transformation, when Blair perfectly captures the panic of a young girl who doesn't understand why her body is, all of a sudden, betraying her. 26 - Rosemary Woodhouse Rosemary's Baby Played by: Mia Farrow Film(s): Rosemary's Baby An unforgettable Mia Farrow is the gentle soul driven to distraction and madness when she suspects that she's at the centre of a supernatural conspiracy. Of course, she's absolutely bang on about that, but the most disturbing moment in Roman Polanski's movie comes at the end when the conspiracy is revealed and Rosemary comes face-to-face and eye-to-lizardy-eye with her baby, the scion of Satan, and begins cooing like any devoted mother would. 25 - Quint Quint Played by: Robert Shaw Film(s): Jaws Robert Shaw was a force of nature as a man, so it's only fitting that his most memorable screen role follows suit. Quint, the Ahab-a-like shark hunter who becomes obsessed with hunting down the Great White munching on tourists in Amity, has one of the most memorable entrances (nails down the blackboard) and exits (bitten in half, blood spurting from his nose in distressing fashion) in movie history. Inbetween, Quint is a roaring, raving maniac, singing old sea shanties and snarling for New England. And then comes the speech about the Indianapolis, the origins of which have been forever debated. But here's one thing that's incontrovertible: whoever wrote the words, Shaw says 'em with a gusto and a gravitas that tips Quint over from larger-than-life a-hole to tragic hero. Genius. 24 - Nancy Thompson Nancy Thompson Played by: Heather Langenkamp Film(s): A Nightmare On Elm Street, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Heather Langenkamp is the original Dream Scream Queen, the first nemesis of Freddy Krueger, smart enough and plucky enough to take on the four-fingered fiend not once, not twice, but three times (if you count Wes Craven's brilliant New Nightmare, in which Langenkamp plays herself). The key to confronting Freddy seems to be in Nancy's demeanour. From the off, she seems a lot older, wiser and more self-assured than her years. She's far from the flighty teenagers who usually populate movies like this, and that level-headedness comes in handy when she's confronting Krueger in his boiler room, or running up porridge stairs. 23 - Bum Bum Played by: Bonnie Aarons Film(s): Mulholland Drive Inexorable nightmare logic and an atmosphere of utter dread leads to this massive jump scare behind the Winkies diner. If you're wondering how a character that appears in just one scene can be so high up on this list, just count the nightmares. 22 - Ripley Ripley Played by: Sigourney Weaver Film(s): Alien, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, Aliens The role that made a star out of Susan Alexandra Weaver, Ellen Ripley (of course, we don't learn that she's called Ellen until Aliens) is a put-upon, long-suffering but steely warrant officer on board the good ship Nostromo, who finds that she must step up to the plate when a slimy bastard with acid for blood starts treating her crew as an all-you-can-eat buffet. Ripley has always been painted as an indomitable force of nature, but what's interesting about Alien, in particular, is how willing Weaver was to show that she's absolutely bloody terrified, even as she musters up the courage to blow the thing out of the goddamn airlock. 21 - Rhodes Rhodes Played by: Joe Pilato Film(s): Day Of The Dead Joe Pilato's blackhearted soldier is insane when we first meet him, and only spirals downwards from there, his raging bloodlust way more dangerous than any zombie. His comeuppance, yelling "CHOKE ON 'EMMMMMMM!'" at a group of zombies as they rip him in two and feast on his intestines, is iconic, influential and still not half of what the bastard deserves. 20 - The Bride The Bride Played by: Else Lanchester Film(s): Bride of Frankenstein English actress Elsa Lanchester only has a few minutes of screentime as the eponymous bride in James Whale's 1935 sequel (she bolsters that by starring as Mary Shelley in the framing device), but pound-for-pound, second-for-second, it's arguable that no horror character makes so much with so little. Jerking her face and body like a prototype Harryhausen creation, with her beehive hairdo streaked through with white, Lanchester is an instant icon. Such a shame that The Bride - specifically built so that Boris Karloff's Monster can have someone to love and bump really uglies with - instantly rejects her betrothed. These mail order marriages never work out. 19 - Jigsaw Jigsaw Played by: Tobin Bell Film(s): Saw, Saw 3D, Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV, Saw V, Saw VI Walter White isn't the only cancer victim to break bad. When Tobin Bell's John Kramer is diagnosed with an inoperable tumour, he attempts to take his own life, but fails. In that moment, he becomes his very own Heisenberg as The Jigsaw Killer, a twisted genius who traps his victims in elaborate scenarios designed to make them appreciate the fact that they're alive - if they survive, of course. Kramer's curious moral code (look back at the films and you could even argue that he never directly kills anyone; his victims all contribute to their own downfall) makes him, by some distance, the most interesting screen monster since Freddy Krueger. It's a shame that Bell was relegated to flashback work for the last few instalments. 18 - Dr. Loomis Loomis Played by: Donald Pleasance Film(s): Halloween "I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and the blackest eyes... the devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... evil." With that one statement, Donald Pleasance's psychiatrist, the man charged with finding out just what the hell is wrong with impassive killer Michael Myers, blows doctor-patient confidentiality out of the window. Later on, he blows Myers himself out of the window with six shots from a revolver, and hippocratic oath be damned. Sam Loomis is, of course, the only person who knows how dangerous Michael Myers can be, and so tracks him all the way from his escape from the lunatic asylum to Haddonfield, where he's fairly sure Michael is going to go loco once more. Pleasance, here starting a fruitful relationship with John Carpenter, is brilliant: part Basil Exposition, part hero, never unafraid to show that Loomis is utterly bricking it and, perhaps more importantly, that prolonged exposure to those blackest eyes, the devil's eyes, has driven Loomis more than a little bit mad himself. 17 - Clarice Starling Clarice Starling Played by: Jodie Foster Film(s): The Silence Of The Lambs Jodie Foster bagged her second Oscar for her beautiful portrayal of a young, nervous FBI agent who becomes locked into a dangerously intrusive relationship - far, far from quid pro quo - with Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal Lecter. Surrounded on all sides by leering male figures (the loathesome Dr. Chilton, Lecter, Buffalo Bill), Foster is amazing as a green-behind-the-ears but astoundingly capable and intelligent woman desperately trying to forge her way in a world dominated by men. 16 - Harry Powell Harry Powell Played by: Robert Mitchum Film(s): The Night Of The Hunter Robert Mitchum's preacher has 'love' tattooed on one hand, and 'hate' on the other, but there's never any doubt in Charles Laughton's superb directorial debut (and one-off) about which way Harry Powell leans. A cold-blooded killer who bashes more than the Bible, Powell is an implacable, unstoppable predecessor of characters like The Terminator, taking his sweet time to hunt down two cute kids who have run off with a bag of cash that he thinks should be his. Often seen in silhouette, Mitchum is never more chilling than in the sequence where he sings hymns with Lillian Gish's Rachel, as she stands guard over the children with a shotgun at her lap and God by her side. 15 - Leatherface LEATHERFACE Played by: Gunnar Hansen Film(s): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre The poster child of Tobe Hooper's horrifying original (and all the unfortunate sequels, remakes and remake prequels that followed), Leatherface is the sort of guy who gives DIY enthusiasts a bad name. A maniac of a manchild who, in the original at least, has a mask for every occasion (made out of the skin of former victims, a trait nicked from the real-life killer Ed Gein), Leatherface is the attack dog of the Sawyer family, looming out of the darkness to kill people with one blow of a hammer, hang others on hooks, and wave a chainsaw around in a manner that would frankly infuriate Tim The Toolman Taylor. Played with genuine menace by Gunnar Hansen, Leatherface was divested of much of his scariness in the subsequent sequels, but we'll always have Texas. 14 - Jack Torrance Jack Torrance Played by: Jack Nicholson Film(s): The Shining All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes jack a dull boy All work and no lay makes Jack a dul boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 13 - Ed ED Played by: Nick Frost Film(s): Shaun of the Dead There's a very real possibility that, had Ed been played by any other actor, he wouldn't be on this list. For Shaun's best friend is, and let's be frank here, an absolute tit, a sponging freeloader who says inappropriate things at the worst possible times, makes hideous life choices, and takes his friends for granted. If he hadn't been played by the innately likeable Nick Frost, there's a chance we'd have been begging for him to be bitten by the end of the first act. As it is, when Ed does go down, there's a note of real tragedy. 12 - Bub BUB Played by: Howard Sherman Film(s): Day Of The Dead The greatest zombie of all time: fact. Howard Sherman's Bub - presumably named after Wolverine's favourite term of endearment (it can't be a coincidence that another character in Day Of The Dead is named 'Logan') - is the natural culmination of the evolution of zombies throughout his original Dead trilogy. Bub is a 'good' zombie, one who vaguely remembers his past life as a soldier, who salutes when he sees superior officers, who revels in culture (he listens to Beethoven and 'reads' Stephen King) and doesn't necessarily want to eat human flesh. Brilliantly played by Sherman, who makes the character almost childlike in his movements, Bub is a bright spot of innocence in a movie filled with some horrible deeds and characters. Intriguingly, at the end, he becomes the hero, gunning down the movie's villain, Rhodes. Even then, though, there's a sense of regret that his purity has been corrupted. 11 - R. J. MacReady Macready Played by: Kurt Russell Film(s): The Thing Snake Plissken has the patch and the flash, but R.J. MacReady is the greatest product of the fruitful friendship between John Carpenter and Kurt Russell. A cynic and budding drunk, MacReady, an outsider in the camp who lives apart from the rest of the men, comes into his own when the sh*t starts assailing the fan. Effortlessly cool (and sometimes cold), Mac is a wonderful character: smart enough to come up with the blood test theory, dumb enough to mistake Norwegians for "crazy Swedes" and noble enough to sacrifice himself, and his colleagues, for the rest of mankind. And even then, he goes out on his own terms, swigging Scotch straight from the bottle while the camp burns all around him. 10 - Father Merrin Father Merrin Played by: Max von Sydow Film(s): The Exorcist Years after playing chess with Death, Max von Sydow donned a dog collar and seamless old-age make-up to play Rock Paper Scissors with the Devil himself. Father Lankester Merrin is a noble, implacable soul who, unlike Jason Miller's Damien Karras, has faced demons before, and knows how deceitful they can be. It's just a shame that his flesh isn't quite as unwavering as his spirit. Merrin is, of course, the star of the film's poster and the title itself, but - prologue aside - Merrin doesn't really show up until near the film's end and, once there, he's virtually straight into compelling Pazuzu with the power of Christ. Nevertheless, the impact von Sydow makes as Merrin cannot be overstated: just check out any Exorcist parody, and there'll always be a Merrin figure there, while Karras is often overlooked. 9 - Norman Bates Norman Bates Played by: Anthony Perkins Film(s): Psycho "We all go a little mad sometimes," says Anthony Perkins, so unforgettably quirky as the proprietor of the world's worst motel. Well, yes, but we don't all stab innocent people in the shower, hide their bodies in a swamp, or keep the corpse of our mums in the basem*nt while dressing up as them to carry out unspeakable murders now, do we? Five stars in Empire, one star on TripAdvisor. Swings and roundabouts. 8 - Damien Thorn Damien Thorn Played by: Harvey Stephens Film(s): The Omen A walking advert for contraception, Harvey Stephens' teeny terror – product of the unholy union between the Devil and a jackal – is perhaps even more unsettling given that, in The Omen, he's unaware of his propensity for evil. He's just a kid, a tremendously creepy kid around whom bad things just happen to occur. As good as Jonathan Scott-Taylor and Sam Neill are as the teenage Damien and suave older Thorn in Damien: Omen II and Omen III: The Final Conflict, it's Stephens' ability to convey implacable, albeit unwitting evil in an innocent vessel that really clinches it. 7 - Dracula Dracula Played by: Christopher Lee Film(s): Horror Of Dracula (1958) Tall, domineering and genuinely aristocratic, Christopher Lee was a far better fit for Count Dracula's cape than he was for the rags of Frankenstein's creature. Lee was in his mid-30s when he bagged the role that would come to define his career, and he understood from the off that his vampire would have to differ substantially from previous incumbent Bela Lugosi. And so it does. Lee's Dracula is a force of nature: red-eyed, blood dripping from fangs, often in the grip of rage. He's hypnotic, physically powerful, well-spoken, but Lee also understood - crucially - that an important layer from Bram Stoker's novel had been missing from Lugosi's performance: sexuality. Lee's Dracula is a rampant sex fiend, using that stare to make buxom ladies everywhere come over a little faint. Of course, this being the 1950s, we never see Dracula seal the deal, so to speak, but we like to think it involves at least one verse of The Impossible Dream. 6 - Frankenstein's Monster Frankenstein Played by: Boris Karloff Film(s): Bride Of Frankenstein, Frankenstein The first and best version of Dr. Frankenstein's (well, really, Mary Shelley's) cobbled-together creation, James Whale's classic made a jobbing British character actor into a huge star. His numerous appearances on this list indicate that he was able to forge a career outside the nuts and bolts of the Monster, but William Henry Pratt - sorry, Boris Karloff - will always be inextricably linked with his lumbering creation. Karloff's trick was not just to create a visual template that defines the Monster to this day, but to see the creature as much more than a creature, to imbue it with a genuine longing to be whole again, to be human, to have a friend, to have a soul. These moments of calm - smoking with the blind hermit, or throwing stones into a lake with a young girl - make the tragedy of the inevitable storm all the greater. 5 - Michael Myers Midsommar Played by: Nick Castle Film(s): Halloween At first glance, there's precious little that's interesting about Michael Myers. Yes, he shares a name with Austin Powers. Yes, he wears an inside-out, dyed William Shatner mask. But otherwise, he's just a blank, remorseless, mute killing machine like Jason Voorhees, slaughtering transgressive teens in their dozens, right? Well, wrong. As imagined by John Carpenter and brilliantly played by stuntman Nick Castle, Myers - aka The Shape, aka The Haddonfield Hacker (ok, we made that one up) - is the literal embodiment of pure evil, an unstoppable, glassy-eyed abyss staring right back at us. This particular abyss just happens to have a thing for butcher knives. Myers is also far more psychologically interesting than Jason or any of the myriad copycats that followed in his wake; for him, it's mostly about family. There's also an interesting wrinkle with Myers that you sense Carpenter wanted to leave hanging, open to interpretation. The last lines of Halloween are "Was it the boogeyman?"; "As a matter of fact, it was". Then we see that Myers has survived six bullets and a fall from a second-storey window. He now lurks everywhere, his breathing dominating the soundtrack. Why? Because there's a supernatural tinge here. How else can you explain his indestructibility? His penchant for appearing and disappearing, seemingly at will? Because he is the Boogeyman. 4 - Peter Happy Death Day Played by: Ken Foree Film(s): Dawn of the Dead The coolest character in any Romero zombie film (and, by extension, any zombie film), Ken Foree's SWAT guy is cooler than a cucumber Cornetto, equally adroit at wearing turtlenecks and cooking romantic meals as he is roundhouse-kicking zombies and ominously intoning, 'When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth'. When the world goes to pot, we'd like to be like Peter. He's the reason why Simon Pegg's Shaun works at Foree Electric, and Foree is electric here. Knowing our luck, we'll be more like Peter Mannion. 3 - Hannibal Lecter The Conjuring Played by: Anthony Hopkins Film(s): Hannibal, Red Dragon, The Silence Of The Lambs Jonathan Demme's adaptation of Thomas Harris' serial killer novel is magnificent, but every time that Anthony Hopkins appears on screen, it becomes a fully-fledged masterpiece. His Hannibal Lecter is parceled out throughout the film, dispensed to us in, appropriately enough, bitesized chunks, offering sinister advice and wisdom to Jodie Foster's Clarice Starling. Hopkins played Lecter, the brilliant psychiatrist turned incarcerated cannibal, as part-bird, part-Dracula. The combination is unforgettable. There are still those who would lobby to have Brian Cox's Lecktor, from Michael Mann's Manhunter, recognised as the best screen iteration of Hannibal, but it's the Oscar-winning, iconic, endlessly quoted Hopkins who gleefully sank his teeth into the zeitgeist. Let's hope he washed it down with a nice chianti. 2 - Freddy Kreuger Saint Maud Played by: Robert Englund Film(s): A Nightmare on Elm Street, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, Freddy vs. Jason, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Wes Craven's New Nightmare Wes Craven reached into his nightmares and pulled out the greatest screen monster of them all. Craven fused Freddy Krueger from a combination of real-life experiences (he once had a scary encounter with a homeless man upon whose look he would base Freddy's appearance) and a fanciful notion about a monster who could operate in the dreamscape, a terrifying notion. Robert Englund - then best known as the nice alien, Willy, from V - revelled in the chance to give vent to his inner demons, pocking his voice with cruel, taunting hate, his face scarred and blemished beyond recognition. It was a marriage made in, well, Not Heaven. Freddy was built to be an instantly recognisable icon, with the hat and the scars and the glove made of four razor-sharp knives. What's interesting, though, is how the character mutated. His first and last appearances, both directed by Craven (we're ignoring Freddy Vs Jason for the sake of our theory and our sanity), see a truly sinister, frightening Freddy: a coldblooded killer, preying on kids (a child molester was, Craven has said, the very worst thing he could think of) with nary a one-liner in sight. But as the sequels (some of which have merit) progressed, and Freddy became the star of the show, the deaths became more elaborate, and Krueger himself became almost comedic, almost like Roger Moore's Bond, a wisecracking machine built of pure irony. It's testament to the character's strong foundations, and Englund's brilliant performance, that both versions of Freddy remain equally memorable. 1 - Ash It Chapter Two Played by: Bruce Campbell Film(s): Army of Darkness, Evil Dead II, The Evil Dead Here is your number one, and The Chin has it by an overwhelming margin. Good thing, too, as we didn't want to have to get out our boomstick. Let's be very clear here: the Ashley Williams of The Evil Dead is not the number one horror character of all time. He's a very different creation, a passive, almost cowardly character who becomes the hero of the film almost through default (being best mates with the director didn't exactly hurt). And as much as we love Army Of Darkness it's hard to make a case for that Ash – an unapologetic idiotic American abroad who shoots first, asks questions later – being number one as well. The Ash of Evil Dead II, though? That's a different story altogether, and it was clear from your votes that you feel the same. When Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell came together on Evil Dead II, they were a more confident acting/directing team, but they had also (Raimi especially) just come off a flop in Crimewave. They had nothing to lose, and so they built the kind of horror hero they wanted to see: a swaggering, stone-faced, super-cool ass-kicker, as if someone had parachuted Clint Eastwood into the middle of a horror film. But Evil Dead II's Ash is much more than that. Raimi and Campbell's impish shared sense of humour saw to it. It's about the evolution of a hero, the birth of a badass, as Ash is dragged – sometimes literally – kicking and screaming – again, sometimes literally – from a hapless haunted husk of a man to the sort of grizzled action hero who can look a giant demon in the face and slide a chainsaw into its eye. Raimi has often said that torturing Campbell is fun. It may even be his raison d'etre, and it's fascinating to see the sheer hell that Ash is put through in Evil Dead II. He's possessed, near drowned, hit with branches (wielded by Raimi himself), flung through car windshields, smacked on the head with pottery, chucked down wooden stairs, driven mad by laughing household objects, covered in more blood and goo than you could shake a large stick covered in blood and goo at and, of course, has his right hand seized by demonic bailiffs. But it's all part of this particular hero's torturous journey as he finally mans up and does what anyone would do in that situation: weld a chainsaw to the bloody stump, arm himself with a sawn-off shotgun, and start speaking almost entirely in one-liners. Groovy. We asked Bruce Campbell how he felt on being voted number one: "How do I feel? I feel pretty f*cking good. I think your readers are fine, intelligent, discerning people with obviously a lot of taste. The Ash character we like doing because he's an evolving character, a very flawed character. In the first Evil Dead he's a worthless git who slowly learns how to survive. The second one, he's got a little more abilities, he's like a Vietnam veteran in the second, and by the third one he's a full, ugly American who causes the deaths of hundreds of innocent people through his ignorance. What a great leading character. Hollywood would never allow that character, which is why I love those movies so much. But audiences eat it up. I think the Ash character is endearing to some people because he doesn't really know what he's doing!"

  • Condition: In Excellent Condition
  • Number of Pieces: 1
  • Collections/ Bulk Lots: No
  • Certification Number: Dracula
  • Time Period: 2000s
  • Fineness: Dracula
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • Modified Item: No
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Colour: Gun Metal Silver
  • Denomination: Commerative
  • Year of Issue: 2024
  • Collection: Frankenstein
  • Features: Commemorative
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Country of Origin: Great Britain

PicClick Insights PicClick Exclusive

  • Popularity - 1 watcher, 0.1 new watchers per day, 7 days for sale on eBay. Normal amount watching. 0 sold, 1 available.

    • Popularity - Frankenstein Dracula Gun Metal Silver Coin Horror Films Books 1816 Scary Fantasy

    1 watcher, 0.1 new watchers per day, 7 days for sale on eBay. Normal amount watching. 0 sold, 1 available.

  • Best Price -

    • Price - Frankenstein Dracula Gun Metal Silver Coin Horror Films Books 1816 Scary Fantasy

  • Seller - 34,077+ items sold. 0.2% negative feedback. Great seller with very good positive feedback and over 50 ratings.

    • Seller - Frankenstein Dracula Gun Metal Silver Coin Horror Films Books 1816 Scary Fantasy

    34,077+ items sold. 0.2% negative feedback. Great seller with very good positive feedback and over 50 ratings.

    Recent Feedback

More Like This PicClick Exclusive

  • Frankenstein Dracula Gun Metal Silver Coin Horror Films Books 1816 Scary Fantasy

    £5.99 0 Bids 2d 9h

  • 2018 Mary Shelley Frankenstein £2 Two Pound Coin Uncirculated PCGS MS67

    £3.20 4 Bids 9d 9h

  • The Frankenstein's Monster Silver 1oz Antique Coin

    £75.00 Buy It Now 23d 2h

Frankenstein Dracula Gun Metal Silver Coin Horror Films Books 1816 Scary Fantasy • £5.99 (2024)

References

Top Articles
Former St. Catherine University dean of nursing, lover accused of embezzling over $400K
7-Eleven hiring Senior Real Estate Rep in Queens, NY | LinkedIn
Mp4Moviez In Filmyzilla
'She was living in absolute fear': Mother of Greg Lynn's former wife held him responsible for daughter's self-inflicted overdose death
Craigslist Bloomington Normal Il
BET Awards 2024: Usher is honored, Will Smith returns, and the election is top of mind
Trump could cause "angst" for VP favorite, former Republican governor warns
What Joe Biden Needs To Do To Win Back Hollywood Donors & “Show People He’s Up To The Job”
fort myers cars & trucks - by owner "cars" - craigslist
fort myers cars & trucks - by owner "cars for sale" - craigslist
Pathé Amsterdam Noord
Mahoning County Ohio Cjis
Latest Posts
Journal articles: 'Archives of American Art (Washington, D.C.)' – Grafiati
Las Vegas girl, 12, kills herself after being tormented by bullies
Article information

Author: Duncan Muller

Last Updated:

Views: 5702

Rating: 4.9 / 5 (79 voted)

Reviews: 86% of readers found this page helpful

Author information

Name: Duncan Muller

Birthday: 1997-01-13

Address: Apt. 505 914 Phillip Crossroad, O'Konborough, NV 62411

Phone: +8555305800947

Job: Construction Agent

Hobby: Shopping, Table tennis, Snowboarding, Rafting, Motor sports, Homebrewing, Taxidermy

Introduction: My name is Duncan Muller, I am a enchanting, good, gentle, modern, tasty, nice, elegant person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.