View Full Version : Favourite horror actor.
Ok,so I really adore Jeffrey Combs for his over the top,angst ridden troubled roles and Crispen Glover for not having to really try at being mad. Patrick Bachau was fantastic playing Albert Fish in The Gray Man ..Theres just a few of mine ..How about you??
Ferox13
08-10-2012, 03:39 AM
If I had to name just one I would have to say:
http://cache2.artprintimages.com/LRG/37/3703/XA2AF00Z.jpg
hammerfan
08-10-2012, 03:44 AM
This is a tough question. If I have to choose just one, it would be Christopher Lee. No, wait, Peter Cushing. No, wait, Boris Karloff. No, wait, Bela Lugosi. No, wait, Lon Chaney, Jr.
Seriously, though, it would be Christopher Lee.
CaptainSpaulding
08-10-2012, 04:00 AM
Sig Haig, Bill Mosely, and Kane Hodder
Sig Haig, Bill Mosely, and Kane Hodder
Bill Mosely is the shizz!"theyre coming to get you Barbara!!!"
Fearonsarms
08-10-2012, 04:11 AM
Sig Haig, Bill Mosely, and Kane Hodder
I agree with pretty much everyone's choices but would add the psycho guy in william friedkin's Bug (2006) can't get on ImDB at the mo to check his name.
I agree with pretty much everyone's choices but would add the psycho guy in william friedkin's Bug (2006) can't get on ImDB at the mo to check his name.The dude from boardwalk empire? Yeah hes freaky!!
* Michael Shannon?
The Ugly Duchess
08-10-2012, 04:28 AM
If I had to name just one I would have to say:
http://cache2.artprintimages.com/LRG/37/3703/XA2AF00Z.jpg
I have to agree with Ferox on this. But I also like the two Chaneys, Lugosi, Lee and Cushing as well.
Was a real tough choice.
Ferox13
08-10-2012, 04:53 AM
Bill Mosely is the shizz!"theyre coming to get you Barbara!!!"
You're thinking of Bill Hinzman.
Bill Moseley is Otis Driftwood/Chop Top etc :-)
Anthropophagus
08-10-2012, 05:03 AM
Sid Haig,ffs give me a break.
And Kane Hodder may play great characters but he aint no great actor.
Karloff is defo in there,as is Cushing and Price and both Chaney`s.
Lance Henriksen,Peter Lorre,John Carradine,and the best of all
Tor Johnson.
Ok,i was joking with that last one.:D
realdealblues
08-10-2012, 05:26 AM
I can't think of a favorite right now.
Lance Henriksen is definitely one of my fav's. Such a great actor who has done every role under the sun. I will see pretty much any movie he is in, no matter how badly made it is.
Christopher Lee is in that same ballpark. He's done everything.
Boris and Bela and both Lon's were the originators and I can watch anything with them too.
Vincent Price is another one. Bruce Campbell of course. There's just so many who have done so many great roles.
And yes Bill Moseley was in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Chop Top and played Otis from Rob Zombie's movies. He is also the nicest "famous" person I've had the honor to meet.
Elvis_Christ
08-10-2012, 07:43 AM
Bill Moseley is definitely my favorite.
You're thinking of Bill Hinzman.
Bill Moseley is Otis Driftwood/Chop Top etc :-)
He was in that role in 1990 remake.
http://www.necromaticmedia.com/images/zr_notld1990_01.jpg
Bill Moseley is definitely my favorite.
He was in that role in 1990 remake.
http://www.necromaticmedia.com/images/zr_notld1990_01.jpg
he was indeed !
neverending
08-10-2012, 08:23 AM
Like many others in this thread, for me there's one actor thst reigns over them all.
http://porkepyn.com/docs/blackcat1.jpg
Ferox13
08-10-2012, 09:33 AM
Bill Moseley is definitely my favorite.
He was in that role in 1990 remake.
http://www.necromaticmedia.com/images/zr_notld1990_01.jpg
I stand corrected - haven't seen the remake since it came out.
I need to give it another watch..
_____V_____
08-10-2012, 09:43 AM
Karloff
Cushing
Lorre
...in that order.
MichaelMyers
08-10-2012, 09:56 AM
Like many others in this thread, for me there's one actor thst reigns over them all.
http://porkepyn.com/docs/blackcat1.jpg
Here here!
Incidentally, some scuttle going around that the Elf in the Box might be back for Halloween...
hammerfan
08-10-2012, 10:03 AM
Here here!
Incidentally, some scuttle going around that the Elf in the Box might be back for Halloween...
Elf in the Box, or Elf in the Jar?
neverending
08-10-2012, 11:26 AM
Either one, it's not true, barring a donation of around $1,000 or so.
roshiq
08-10-2012, 11:37 AM
It'll be a crime if we don't mention them; my top 2 favorite actors
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g348/sanjidhdc/VPrice.jpg http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g348/sanjidhdc/Peter%20Cushing/HDC2.jpg
hammerfan
08-10-2012, 11:40 AM
Love that picture of Cushing, roshiq! What movie is that from?
_____V_____
08-10-2012, 11:59 AM
Love that picture of Cushing, roshiq! What movie is that from?
Corruption (aka) Carnage.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061520/
Posher778
08-10-2012, 12:03 PM
Probably Vincent Price if we're talking genre defining. And he's handsome too :)
roshiq
08-10-2012, 12:07 PM
Corruption (aka) Carnage.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061520/
Damn! Haven't seen this one yet!:(
But are you sure, I thought it's from Cash on Demand (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054731/)?
CaptainSpaulding
08-10-2012, 05:34 PM
Sid Haig,ffs give me a break.
And Kane Hodder may play great characters but he aint no great actor.
Karloff is defo in there,as is Cushing and Price and both Chaney`s.
Lance Henriksen,Peter Lorre,John Carradine,and the best of all
Tor Johnson.
Ok,i was joking with that last one.:D
The question was favorite...not best
Bizarre
08-12-2012, 03:47 PM
I have to agree with a lot of the choices so far!
Other than the ones said (Bill Moseley especially) I would go with Doug Bradley as Pinhead and Tim Curry as Pennywise. They both made their respective films what they are!
I also like Jim Siedow as Cook in (at least) the first two TCM movies. Though in the first I think he's much better - he's the funniest character in what is a horrifically dark film. When he sees what Leatherface has done to the door!! :D
Fearonsarms
08-13-2012, 05:07 AM
I have to agree with a lot of the choices so far!
Other than the ones said (Bill Moseley especially) I would go with Doug Bradley as Pinhead and Tim Curry as Pennywise. They both made their respective films what they are!
:D
Agree Doug Bradley and Tim Curry rank among my personal faves :)
Fearonsarms
08-13-2012, 05:08 AM
The dude from boardwalk empire? Yeah hes freaky!!
* Michael Shannon?
That's him :)-fortunato said he was also in the stageplay seeing him perform live would have been outstanding wish I'd seen it :)
randomgamer666
08-18-2012, 01:54 PM
id say jack nicholson
Dead&Bloated
08-19-2012, 06:44 AM
I agree with every name I've read. I would add to the list, however, Bruce Campbell for his role as Ash in the Evil Dead trilogy, and Elvis in Bubba Ho-Tep. And Anthony Perkins for his role as Norman Bates in Psycho.
Dead&Bloated
08-19-2012, 06:50 AM
Just thought of another one. Jeff Goldblum for his role as Brundlefly. Awesome movie!
crabapple
08-19-2012, 07:12 AM
Lately, it's Rufus Sewell, for his role in "Dark City," and more recently his turn as vampire boss Adam in "Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter." He takes his work seriously and does a good job.
Straker
08-19-2012, 07:14 PM
Most of my favourites have been mentioned already, but Max Von Sydow, Brad Dourif and Claude Rains have all put in some quality performances.
Most of my favourites have been mentioned already, but Max Von Sydow, Brad Dourif and Claude Rains have all put in some quality performances.
Max Von Sydow as Ming the Merciless is perhaps one of the greatest performances of our time!!.Hes so camp!!(as often the best villains are!)
Fearonsarms
08-21-2012, 02:19 AM
I'll also add Thomas Kretschmann from The Stendhal Syndrome and Oliver Reed (the Devils, The Shuttered Room)
I'll also add Thomas Kretschmann from The Stendhal Syndrome and Oliver Reed (the Devils, The Shuttered Room)Ollie Reed is greatin the Shuttered room,he does menancing rebellion really well.
Fearonsarms
08-21-2012, 03:10 AM
Ollie Reed is greatin the Shuttered room,he does menancing rebellion really well.
If you ever get the chance you need to see The Devils (1971) he did such a dignified performance against the odds-in my view his finest hour-mesmerizing :)
If you ever get the chance you need to see The Devils (1971) he did such a dignified performance against the odds-in my view his finest hour-mesmerizing :)
I own it.I love Ken Russell films .
hammerfan
08-21-2012, 04:10 AM
Ollie Reed is greatin the Shuttered room,he does menancing rebellion really well.
I would also recommend "Paranoiac". He was fabulous!
Fearonsarms
08-21-2012, 04:32 AM
I own it.I love Ken Russell films .
RIP Ken Russell he will be truly missed.
Dead&Bloated
08-21-2012, 09:30 AM
Lately, it's Rufus Sewell, for his role in "Dark City," and more recently his turn as vampire boss Adam in "Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter." He takes his work seriously and does a good job.
Dark City is one of my all time favorite dark sci fi films.
cant remember his name but the guy who played the sheriff in the TCM remake and TCM the beginning. I thought he did a top notch job, probably one of the best performance of a non horror actor to venture into our genre in the last 10 years.
apart from that i would go with my favorites:
karloff
lee
mosely
englund
ferretchucker
08-29-2012, 02:13 PM
Always been captivated by Dwight Frye's Renfield and Fritz. He captured the insanity perfectly. Melodrama can easily be too comical, but he somehow manages to maintain a creepiness that sets me on edge whenever he's on screen.
http://cdn.whatculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/picture-2.bmp
Bob Gray
08-29-2012, 06:57 PM
Vincent Price would be my number one
Honorable Mentions:
Bruce Campbell
Robert Englund
Ken Foree
Lance Henriksen
Sid Haig
Donald Pleasance