The Gore Hounds' Top 66 Horror Icons
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By That Monster Guy on Sunday, October 17, 2004 - 7:36 pm:

With Halloween just around the cornor, it's apropritate that a list of the Top 66 Horror Icons be releashed.

The list was put together by local horror fan club, the Gore Hounds. The 66 icons come from all medias and are rated by respect, popularity, and influence.

Here they are:

66. Ghostface (Scream)
65. The Zuni Fetish Doll (Trilogy of Terror)
64. Pennywise the Dancing Clown (IT)
63. Henry (Eraserhead)
62. The Gecko Brothers (From Dust till Dawn)
61. Amityville House (Amityville Horror)
60. Lestat (Interview with a Vampire)
59. The Golem
58. Henry Lucas (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer)
57. Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
56. Sadeko/Samara (Ringu/The Ring)
55. Dr. Fu-Manchu
54. Blind Templar Knights (Tomb of the Blind Dead)
53. Princess Asa (Mario Bava’s Black Sunday)
52. John Ryder (The Hitcher)
51. Carl Kolchak (The Night Stalker)
50. Dr. Caligari (Cabinet of Dr. Caligari)
49. Predator Alien (Predator)
48. Edgar Allen Poe
47. Cujo (Cujo)
46. Krug (Last House on the Left)
45. Dr. Phibes (The Abominable Dr. Phibes)
44. Pumpkinhead (Pumpkinhead)
43. Chucky (Child’s Play)
42. The Thing (Thing from Another World and remake)
41. The Three Mothers (Films of Dario Argento)
40. Headless Horseman
39. The Shark (JAWS)
38. Damian (The Omen)
37. Pluto and the Family (The Hills Have Eyes)
36. Dr. Monroe (Island of Dr. Monroe)
35. Cthulu (Stories of H.P. Lovecraft)
34. The Fly (The Fly and remake)
33. Carrie White (Carrie)
32. Dr. Herbert West (Re-Animator)
31. Elvira (TV Horror Host)
30. The Gremlins (Gremlins)
29. The Martians (War of the Worlds)
28. King Kong (King Kong)
27. Jack the Ripper
26. Hunchback of Notre Dame
25. Godzilla (Toho’s Godzilla Series)
24. Sherlock Holmes
23. Pinhead (Hellraiser)
22. The Tall Man (Phantasm)
21. Ash (The Evil Dead)
20. Jack Torrance (The Shining)
19. Hannibal Lector (Silence of the Lamb)
18. The Monster’s Mate (Bride of Frankenstein)
17. The Invisible Man
16. Mr. Hyde
15. Leatherface and the Family (Texas Chain Saw Massacre)
14. Giant Spiders and other creepy crawlers of the larger persuasion
13. Phantom of the Opera
12. Freddy Kruger (Nightmare on Elm Street)
11. Xenomorph Alien (Alien)
10. Michael “The Shape” Myers (Halloween)
9. Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
8. The Mummy
7. Norman Bates (Psycho)
6. Gillman (Creature from the Black Lagoon)
5. Regan McNeil (The Exorcist)
4. The Romero Zombies (Night of the Living Dead)
3. The Werewolf
2. Frankenstein’s Monster
1. Count Dracula

Hope you enjoyed.

By Nove Rockhoomer on Saturday, October 23, 2004 - 12:00 pm:

I assume #36 is supposed to be Dr. Moreau, not Monroe.

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