Your favorite contemporary horror figure

Valigarmander · 05-22-2007, 12:26 AM

Contemporary can mean whatever you want.

I'd have to say Jigsaw. He's clever, makes interesting traps, and I agree with his ideals. People really don't value their lives until they're in danger of losing them. Saw is my favorite modern-day horror series (say what you want).

**Wyborn** · 05-22-2007, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Valigarmander

Contemporary can mean whatever you want.

I'd have to say Jigsaw. He's clever, makes interesting traps, and I agree with his ideals. People really don't value their lives until they're in danger of losing them. Saw is my favorite modern-day horror series (say what you want).

You don't want that.

And by "horror figure" do you mean a specific character? Probably Randal Flagg.

Dr.Tomari · 05-22-2007, 03:10 PM

Dracula! I think vampires are awesome. Plus, I've read the book Dracula. It's a very good book!.

Valigarmander · 05-22-2007, 06:16 PM

^^ No, no, go ahead.

**Booyakasha** · 05-23-2007, 12:27 AM

You agree with Jigsaw's ideals? Really? That's pretty messed up.

**Wyborn** · 05-23-2007, 01:43 AM

Close enough.

Hey Boo, you have a spooky name, you must have an opinion about who is the raddest horror figure (I assume that means character) from recent times.

**Booyakasha** · 05-23-2007, 03:19 AM

Hard to say. Against all odds, I don't go in much for horror movies. (Aside from zombie movies, but let's be honest here--zombie flicks are hardly horror movies at all. That's because people in zombie movies aren't the scared sissies that people in horror movies are. You know Ash wouldn't run like a bitch from Leatherface; no, he'd match him chainsaw for chainsaw, and I bet he'd win, too. But I digress.) It's almost a cop-out to say Hannibal Lecter (too obvious), and I'd about rather puke coat-hangers than apply a term as sacred as 'rad' to some brick-stupid 'invincible killing machine' type like Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers...
You know what? I'm going with the Mummy, for several reasons.
1. Undead = sweet.
2. Wracked with eternal torment--you feel sorry for the guy. (But he pulls it off without being all 'woe is me, darknyss fills my immortyl soul', the way vampires are these days thanks to Anne Goddamn Rice. Screw her.)
3. His powers are awesome. Control of sand/water, ability to enact Ten Biblical Plagues pretty much at will, devouring life-essence, super strength, general invulnerability, and horrifying devil-magic, among many, many others.
4. Egyptian. Affiliation with Ancient Egypt makes anything cooler. (Remember in 'Highlander' when Sean Connery says "Ay'm nut Shpanish, ye fool, Ay'm an Egypshan"? That was weird, wasn't it?)
5. Hatred of Brendan Fraser and cats.
6. Played by a good actor. (A lot of people don't think about this, but a horror movie is only as compelling as its villain. Arnold Vosloo did a great job, and he has a terrific last name.)

Valigarmander · 05-23-2007, 05:23 AM

^^^ Not the killing people part.

**Sean P Kelly** · 05-23-2007, 08:19 AM

Michael Myers in the ORIGINAL Halloween.

The only horror villain to make crossing the street look scary.

**Booyakasha** · 05-23-2007, 09:03 AM

It's still a little messed up. It's reductive to assume you have some special insight into someone just from observing them for a few hours, and it's elitist and condescending to arbitrarily decide you get to administer a wake-up call. If Jigsaw put me in a trap, I'd pretty much just say, 'You think you're better than me? You're not better than me, bitch.' Then I'd scan him and make his head explode. That's how I roll, baby. (Hey, there's another cool horror figure--Michael Ironside in 'Scanners'. And hey, how about that weird alien thing in 'The Hidden'? Neither one outclasses the Mummy, of course, but they're both pretty damn great.)

**Wyborn** · 05-23-2007, 04:21 PM

Do monsters count? Then that creature in John Carpenter's The Thing would get my vote.

If we're limiting ourself to movies, as I assume we are, I guess I'd have to choose the truck driver from Duel. He makes Jaws look like a guppy.

Valigarmander · 05-23-2007, 06:43 PM

^ Did I ever say anything about movies?

**Booyakasha** · 05-23-2007, 07:10 PM

Not that anyone asked, but, for my money, Bela Lugosi was the best Dracula. His interpretation was courtly and charming, and, if I may say so without sounding like a femme, he really carried off that animal magnetism thing that vampires are supposed to have. Christopher Lee might have been scarier, but he was also about as subtly evil as Emperor Palpaltine. (Incidentally, I heard that Lugosi didn't actually understand any English when he filmed 'Dracula', but rather learned all of his lines phonetically; it really speaks to his abilities as an actor that he could carry off the role so well under those conditions.

SephirothKirby · 05-23-2007, 07:31 PM

Hm.
Pumpkin Head.

I above all hate horror movies, however, this was a good one.

It had an actual plot, rather than "Kill these people. Die, come back in a sequel."

I know some horror movies have plot, but the majority of horror movies are just killing sprees.

It was nice to see one with some actual sense.

But then again, I'm talking about the movie.

Pumpkin head is awesome by himself.

hferg · 05-24-2007, 05:43 PM

how about the Alien from the first Alien movie?

granted the sequels progressively got worse (Alien Resurrection was an action/sci fi movie, not a horror movie) but the original movie scared the crap outta me the first time i saw it

05-22-2007, 12:26 AM	#1
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05-23-2007, 12:27 AM	#5
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05-23-2007, 03:19 AM	#7
Booyakasha Mod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 6,840 Thanks: 75 Thanked 354 Times in 228 Posts Points: 10,805.99 Bank: 21,470.81 Total Points: 32,276.80 Donate	Hard to say. Against all odds, I don't go in much for horror movies. (Aside from zombie movies, but let's be honest here--zombie flicks are hardly horror movies at all. That's because people in zombie movies aren't the scared sissies that people in horror movies are. You know Ash wouldn't run like a bitch from Leatherface; no, he'd match him chainsaw for chainsaw, and I bet he'd win, too. But I digress.) It's almost a cop-out to say Hannibal Lecter (too obvious), and I'd about rather puke coat-hangers than apply a term as sacred as 'rad' to some brick-stupid 'invincible killing machine' type like Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers... You know what? I'm going with the Mummy, for several reasons. 1. Undead = sweet. 2. Wracked with eternal torment--you feel sorry for the guy. (But he pulls it off without being all 'woe is me, darknyss fills my immortyl soul', the way vampires are these days thanks to Anne Goddamn Rice. Screw her.) 3. His powers are awesome. Control of sand/water, ability to enact Ten Biblical Plagues pretty much at will, devouring life-essence, super strength, general invulnerability, and horrifying devil-magic, among many, many others. 4. Egyptian. Affiliation with Ancient Egypt makes anything cooler. (Remember in 'Highlander' when Sean Connery says "Ay'm nut Shpanish, ye fool, Ay'm an Egypshan"? That was weird, wasn't it?) 5. Hatred of Brendan Fraser and cats. 6. Played by a good actor. (A lot of people don't think about this, but a horror movie is only as compelling as its villain. Arnold Vosloo did a great job, and he has a terrific last name.) __________________ Boo--the only dude bad enough to rescue the president

05-23-2007, 09:03 AM	#10
Booyakasha Mod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 6,840 Thanks: 75 Thanked 354 Times in 228 Posts Points: 10,805.99 Bank: 21,470.81 Total Points: 32,276.80 Donate	It's still a little messed up. It's reductive to assume you have some special insight into someone just from observing them for a few hours, and it's elitist and condescending to arbitrarily decide you get to administer a wake-up call. If Jigsaw put me in a trap, I'd pretty much just say, 'You think you're better than me? You're not better than me, bitch.' Then I'd scan him and make his head explode. That's how I roll, baby. (Hey, there's another cool horror figure--Michael Ironside in 'Scanners'. And hey, how about that weird alien thing in 'The Hidden'? Neither one outclasses the Mummy, of course, but they're both pretty damn great.) __________________ Boo--the only dude bad enough to rescue the president

05-23-2007, 07:10 PM	#13
Booyakasha Mod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 6,840 Thanks: 75 Thanked 354 Times in 228 Posts Points: 10,805.99 Bank: 21,470.81 Total Points: 32,276.80 Donate	Not that anyone asked, but, for my money, Bela Lugosi was the best Dracula. His interpretation was courtly and charming, and, if I may say so without sounding like a femme, he really carried off that animal magnetism thing that vampires are supposed to have. Christopher Lee might have been scarier, but he was also about as subtly evil as Emperor Palpaltine. (Incidentally, I heard that Lugosi didn't actually understand any English when he filmed 'Dracula', but rather learned all of his lines phonetically; it really speaks to his abilities as an actor that he could carry off the role so well under those conditions. __________________ Boo--the only dude bad enough to rescue the president

05-22-2007, 03:10 PM	#3
Dr.Tomari Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Somewheres... Gender: Posts: 39 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Points: 721.51 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 721.51 Donate	Dracula! I think vampires are awesome. Plus, I've read the book Dracula. It's a very good book!.

05-22-2007, 06:16 PM	#4
Valigarmander Frankly, more awesome than you. Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Either UN's bed or Andre's bed. Gender: Posts: 12,876 Thanks: 764 Thanked 1,282 Times in 642 Posts Points: 420.16 Bank: 114,939.15 Total Points: 115,359.31 Donate	^^ No, no, go ahead.

05-23-2007, 01:43 AM	#6
Wyborn Zelda Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: All over the place Gender: Posts: 12,326 Thanks: 86 Thanked 439 Times in 269 Posts Points: 16,064.94 Bank: 78,965.31 Total Points: 95,030.25 Donate	Close enough. Hey Boo, you have a spooky name, you must have an opinion about who is the raddest horror figure (I assume that means character) from recent times.

05-23-2007, 05:23 AM	#8
Valigarmander Frankly, more awesome than you. Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Either UN's bed or Andre's bed. Gender: Posts: 12,876 Thanks: 764 Thanked 1,282 Times in 642 Posts Points: 420.16 Bank: 114,939.15 Total Points: 115,359.31 Donate	^^^ Not the killing people part.

05-23-2007, 08:19 AM	#9
Sean P Kelly SMBHQ Mod Movies Mod Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Gender: Posts: 3,269 Thanks: 9 Thanked 43 Times in 33 Posts Points: 181,174.10 Bank: 70,395.38 Total Points: 251,569.47 Donate	Michael Myers in the ORIGINAL Halloween. The only horror villain to make crossing the street look scary.

05-23-2007, 04:21 PM	#11
Wyborn Zelda Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: All over the place Gender: Posts: 12,326 Thanks: 86 Thanked 439 Times in 269 Posts Points: 16,064.94 Bank: 78,965.31 Total Points: 95,030.25 Donate	Do monsters count? Then that creature in John Carpenter's The Thing would get my vote. If we're limiting ourself to movies, as I assume we are, I guess I'd have to choose the truck driver from Duel. He makes Jaws look like a guppy.

05-23-2007, 06:43 PM	#12
Valigarmander Frankly, more awesome than you. Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Either UN's bed or Andre's bed. Gender: Posts: 12,876 Thanks: 764 Thanked 1,282 Times in 642 Posts Points: 420.16 Bank: 114,939.15 Total Points: 115,359.31 Donate	^ Did I ever say anything about movies?

05-23-2007, 07:31 PM	#14
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05-24-2007, 05:43 PM	#15
hferg Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Gender: Posts: 228 Thanks: 4 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Points: 3,386.21 Bank: 1,438.97 Total Points: 4,825.18 Donate	how about the Alien from the first Alien movie? granted the sequels progressively got worse (Alien Resurrection was an action/sci fi movie, not a horror movie) but the original movie scared the crap outta me the first time i saw it