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Can you really identify a scariest character? I think plenty of characters have their merits and frighten us in different ways. Pennywise is very much a childhood fear whereas characters like Michael Myers or Hannibal Lecter frighten us because they are very much realistic. Then there's the situational fears - out in the woods alone, you could think of the Blair Witch or Jason Voorhees. Cruising along a desert road you might think of The Hills Have Eyes mutants or Leatherface and the gang but if you live in the city you might never think of these terrors (unless you're in Manhattan when Jason takes it...)