Sadako in RINGU. Freddy Kreuger in the original NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. The bear in THE EDGE. Nurse Ratchet in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST. The demon/Linda Blair in EXORCIST. Hannibal Lector in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. Dick Cheney in W.

Seriosky, the original Thing. Every actor and director and writer should see this — dialog crackles, literally, as they shot in a Downtown LA cold storage facility. Watch the cast step on each other’s lines. This is all FYI, friends.

The monster, Jim Arness with a foam head, was seldom seen, like the shark, but way scary .

As I child, I had a fear of not clowns but of spear wielding zuni or tiki dolls per Trilogy of Terror. A further update on scary midget totems that spring to life – see Mike Dougherty’s ‘Trick or Treat’ which features a creepy pumpkin-headed trick or treater.