5 favourite horror stars?

[iamragmar]

Mine are in order.

1) Lon Chaney Sr
2) Max Schreck
3) Boris Karloff
4) Vincent Price
5) Bela Lugosi

[evil_deadman]

altho certainly taking nothing away from the legendary masters of horror..mine are a bit more modern i suppose..

5.Donald Pleasence
4.Doug Bradley
3.Kane Hodder(altho a stuntman,i guess he can also qualify as an actor
2.Robert Englund
1.Bruce Campbell

[dantehorrorfan]

5.Donald Pleasence 4.Doug Bradley 3.Bruce Campbell 2.Kane Hodder 1.Robert Englund

[StaggerLee]

1. Max Schreck
2. Boris Karloff
3. Bela Lugosi
4. Robert Englund
5. Doug Bradley

[The_Return]

1.Vincent Price

[tom-tom]

1. Christopher Lee...the best Dracula ever
2. Peter Cushing
3. Boris Karloff

[tom-tom]

1. Christopher Lee...the best Dracula ever
2. Peter Cushing
3. Boris Karloff
4. Bruce Cambell
5. Anyone who plays Micheal Myers has my respect

[phantomstranger]

Vincent Price
Boris Karloff
Bela Lugosi
Christopher Lee
Bruce Campbell

[taylorsmommy]

Christopher Lee
Peter Cushing
Boris Karloff
Bela Lugosi
Vincent Price

[jedicow]

5)bela lugosi
4)lon chaney sr.
3)the guy in the godzilla suit
2)lon chaney jr.
1)boris karloff

[gordytheghoul]

Bruce Campbell
Lance Henriksen
Christopher Lee
Donald Pleasance
Vincent Price

I would also like to make mention of Terry O'Quinn, he was great THE STEPFATHER, PIN and the TV series MILLENNUIM, I'm just not sure how much of a horror star he is.

[DraculaInDallas]

1. Christopher Lee
2. Peter Cushing
3. Vincent Price
4. Bela Lugosi
5. Boris Karloff

#1 female horror star....the one and only Ingrid Pitt :D

[bwind22]

5-Sherman Howard (Bub from Day of the Dead)
4-James Karen (Poltergeist, RotLD, RotLD2, Apt Pupil)
3-R. Lee Ermey (TCM remake, Willard, The frighteners, Se7en, Body Snatchers)
2-Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead, ED2, AoD, Bubba Ho-Tep,
1-Vincent Price

Best Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis by a mile.

[hollywoodgothiq]

Originally posted by taylorsmommy
Christopher Lee
Peter Cushing
Boris Karloff
Bela Lugosi
Vincent Price

I was wondering whether someone would come up with my list before I got around to it!

I just want to add that Robert Englund is the pporest example of a horror star since Lon Chaney Jr. Both were great in the horror role that made them famous (Chaney, the Wolfman; Englund, Freddy Krueger), but neither did anything else worth celebrating.

[chrisbarnesfan1]

1.Vincent Price
2.Bela Lugosi
3.Boris Karloff
4.Lon Chaney
5.Bruce Campbell or John Saxon

[immortalem]

Vincent Price
Boris Karloff
Bela Lugosi
Donald Pleasance
Bruce Campbell

[hebgbzz]

In no particular order...

1. Frank Langella (Dracula, although he was compelling in the remake of "Lolita" for very different reasons.)
2. Angus Scrimm (Phantasm)
3. Gloria Holden (Dracula's Daughter)
4. Boris Karloff
5. Bela Lugosi (Dracula's finest)

[jenna26]

Bruce Campbell
Peter Cushing
Bela Lugosi
Doug Bradley
Tie: Robert England/Boris Karloff

[freddy69]

1 donald pleasence 2 robert england 3 kane hodder 4 the guy who plays micheal myers 5 wes craven

[spookychild]

Vincent Price
Christopher Lee
Robert Englund
Mila Jolivich
and of course the count himself
Bela Lugosi

[The_Return]

1. Vincent Price
2. Bruce Campbell
3. Bela Lugosi
4. Lon Cheney
5. Robert Englund

[chucksees]

5. Bela Lugosi
4. Robert Englund
3. Peter Cushing
2. Christopher Lee
1. Vincent Price

[hammerfan]

Christopher Lee
Peter Cushing
Lon Chaney, Jr.
Vincent Price
Donald Pleasance

[urgeok]

Originally posted by hammerfan
Christopher Lee
Peter Cushing
Lon Chaney, Jr.
Vincent Price
Donald Pleasance


just trade lon chaney for Boris Karloff and my list is pretty much the same ..

like everyone elses.

for the average person there arent that many 'classic' horror film stars to choose from...

[The_Return]

Originally posted by The_Return
1. Vincent Price
2. Bruce Campbell
3. Bela Lugosi
4. Lon Cheney
5. Robert Englund


Nooooooo! I forgot one of the best!!!

1. Vincent Price
2. Dwight Frye
3. Bruce Campbell
4. Bela Lugosi
5. Lon Cheney

[Angelakillsluts]

Vincent Price
Christopher Lee
Peter Cushing
Jeffrey Combs (one of my favorite actors in any genre)
Bruce Campbell

[Number 6]

Vincent Price
Barbara Steele
Christopher Lee
Peter Cushing
Boris Karloff

[CHRIS24]

boris karloff
Christopher lee
Peter Cushing
Vincent Price
Bela lugosi

[JBE]

1, Bela Lugosi
2, Max Schreck
3, Dwight Frye
4, Claude Rains (I love his voice)
5, Boris Karloff

[a mccuaig]

# 1) anthony perkins
2) bela
3) vincent price
4) boris
5) bruce

[Bee-otch]

1. Angus Scrimm
2. Bruce Campbell
3. Reggie Bannister
4. Donald Pleasance
5. Christopher Lee

[punk666]

1.Vincent Price
2.Christopher Lee
3.Peter Cushing
4.Boris Karloff
5.Bela Lugosi

[Roderick Usher]

Colin Clive

[dabruce16]

bruce campbell
jeffrey combs
tony todd
kane hodder
boris karloff

[dabruce16]

every actor we are naming are great. but in the future, will we be naming the same actors or will another great generation of actors who like to delve into horror come along. cuz right now, most horror movies have teenieboppers in them. and i'll be damn if they ever go on a list like this.
oh yeah. i would have to add michaell berryman into my list.

[urgeok]

i see a lot of current actors creeping into lists .. isnt this supposed to be 'classic' movie stars - by a date range ?

[dabruce16]

how old do the classics need to be. cuz come on. every actor that has been on a list has been in a classic horror movie. how old does a movie have to be to be consider a classic.
just because a movie is old doesn't make it a classic. i consider movies up to this year classics.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by dabruce16
how old do the classics need to be. cuz come on. every actor that has been on a list has been in a classic horror movie. how old does a movie have to be to be consider a classic.
just because a movie is old doesn't make it a classic. i consider movies up to this year classics.

yep, we've had this discussion before ..

i'm just going by the forum heading :

Classic Horror Movies
Horror and monster movies from the 1960's and before.

[dabruce16]

alrighty then........
1. boris karloff
2. bela lugosi
3. lon chaney
4. vincent price
5. duane jones

[CrimsonFiend138]

Mr. Pleasance, Mr. Karloff, Mr. lugosi, Mr. Price, Mr. Schreck

[voorhees92]

Bruce Campbell
Sid Haig
Boris Karloff
Ken Foree
Bela Lugosi

[rapidheart.com]

Christopher Lee
Reggie Nalder
Sheila Keith
Bette Davis/Joan Crawford
and of course...
George W. Bush!

[Phalanx]

These folks aren't all exclusive to horror, but they've definately forayed close enough...not so much any of the "classics" either, just people I think "work" for the genre.

Tony Todd
Lance Henrikksen ?sp?
Liev Schreiber
Sigourney Weaver
Bill Nighy

...I think presence is what it comes down to.

[bwind22]

5-Bill Moseley
4-Vincent Price
3-Robert Englund
2-Abbott & Costello
1-Bruce Campbell

[mictlan]

Vincent Price
Barbara Steele
Christopher Lee

are probably my top 3. I like Karloff a lot but not as much as Price, Steele, or Lee.

B-movie bonuses:
Christopher George
Reggie Bannister
Karen Black

[Karras]

1 Peter Cushing

2 Christopher Lee

3 Boris Karloff

4 Vincent Price

5 Bela Lugosi

[neverending]

Mine are pretty much the same as everyone elses- Boris, Bela, PETER LORRE, Price and Chris Lee

[Madison]

1. Lon Chaney, Sr. (Not really a Sr. considering Chaney Jr. is not actually a Jr. Real name Creighton Chaney).
2. Vincent Price
3. Peter Lorre (only mentioned twice!?!)
4. Boris Karloff
5. Bela Lugosi

[neverending]

I'm with you, Madison- Lorre is definitely underappreciated. Right from his first film- M - he showed how frightening he could be. Those eyes and that voice alone make him a horror icon. That's what sets the classic horror greats apart for me- each one had such a distinctive vocal quality- Lorre, Lugosi, Karloff, Price, Raines- they could make you shiver just listening to them.

[Madison]

I have an old copy of The Man Who Knew too Much (1934). The quality is crappy (I should probably get a new copy) but I still watch it because Lorre is incredible.

[tic]

In no particular order:

Lon Chaney Jr
Christopher Lee
Peter Cushing
Boris Karloff
Bela Lugosi

[gorbyak]

When any of these guys are in the movie I will go out of my way to watch it.


5. Bruce, do I really have to put a last name here
4. Vincent Price
3. Peter Cushing
2. Boris Karloff
1. Bela Lugosi


Honarble mention
Claude Rains, Barbara Steele, Lon Chaney SR & JR. Robert Englund probably as well, even though its been a long time since I watched anything of his.

[swiss tony]

number one would be vincent price. followed closely by vincent price. then, who could forget vincent price? next up? vincent price. and finally, i'm gonna have to say vincent price. p.s. loved gene wilder in haunted honeymoon. is that a horror?:rolleyes:

[La Maschera del Demonio]

also some woman :)

1 - Boris Karloff
2 - Christopher Lee
3 - Barbara Steele
4 - Vincent Price
5 - Alida Valli

[incubust]

Christopher Lee
Peter Cushing
Vincent Price
Boris Karloff
Karen Black

[tcardenas]

vincent price
boris karloff
christopher lee
bruce campbell
bela lugosi

[Doc Faustus]

Peter Lorre
Boris Karloff
Christopher Lee
Lon Chaney sr.
John Barrymore

[neverending]

Great to see another vote for Lorre!

[Doc Faustus]

Great to see another vote for Lorre!
Well, ya know...M.

[neverending]

Not to mention Mad Love, The Raven (comedy version) and a lot of other great films.

[freddy69]

the guy that does micheal myers, the guy that plays jason, robert england,the guy that plays pinhead,the guy from phantasm

[TypH]

-Vincent Price
-Boris Karloff
-Bela Lugosi
-Tony Todd(Night Of The Living Dead 90 & Candyman AWESOME!!!)
-Robert Englund

[AMICUS HORROR]

1) Peter Cushing.
2) Vincent Price.
3) Lionel Atwill.
4) Henry Daniell.
5) Morton Lowry

[TheWickerFan]

Vintage:

Bela Lugosi
Vincent Price
Boris Karloff
Christopher Lee
Peter Cushing

Modern:

Bruce Campbell
Tony Todd
Robert Englund
Angus Scrimm
Sid Haig

And an honorable mention to Tom Atkins. I'm always happy to see him.http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsA/661.gif