Who can carry the torch?

[MichaelMyers]

They're still legends to me dammit!

[Sculpt]

Jeffery Combs, Anthony Hopskins & Jeffery Rush

[Dude Guadalupe]

Originally Posted by newb

The closest I can think of with the class, sophistication and style of the above mentioned would be Benedict Cumberbatch. Though his genre isn't horror specific.

Could you imagine if he did do horror? He would own it.


I think Robert Englund could do it. Maybe not in the classiest way, but he could do it.

[Rayne]

Originally Posted by Anthropophagus

I could get yelled at here but i wouldnt put Bruce as a horror torch bearer.When was the last time he made a horror movie,and more-so when was the last time he played anything straight and instead of joking around.

Dont get me wrong,i love Campbell,but a horror legend,i dont think so.

Neither would i put Hopkins in too,a fantastic actor i have no doubt but horror is not his genre.

I totally feel this

Originally Posted by MichaelMyers

Bruce Campbell

Robert Englund

Kane Hodder

Anthony Hopkins

Jamie Lee Curtis

As much as I love these guys, they just can't hold a candle to the masters... They don't have the same range, depth, or... I can't even define the qualities that are missing, maybe it's a 'legendary icon' sort of thing... Perhaps Bruce Campbell or Robert Englund can achieve something like that in 20 or 30 more years... Maybe the reason there are no equivalent modern masters, is simply the fact that they are 'modern'... I hope they get there someday.

Originally Posted by horcrux2007

The only person I agree with is Curtis. What other horror was Campbell, Englund, Hodder, or Hopkins in??

WHAT?!... Just off the top of my head -

Robert Englund:
Galaxy of Terror
2001 Maniacs
Jack Brooks Monster Slayer

Bruce Campbell:
My Name is Bruce
Man With the Screaming Brain
The Woods

Kane Hodder:
Hatchet (Okay, that's not much of a stretch from Friday the Thirteenth...)

I really think you might be surprised if you check out their IMDB pages... Robert Englund's horrorography is quite extensive.

Originally Posted by Sculpt

Jeffery Combs, Anthony Hopkins & Jeffery Rush

I absolutely considered Jeffrey Combs... But, I quickly threw him in with the other aforementioned...and to that list I would add Tony Todd, Ted Raimi, and Brad Dourif.

Originally Posted by Dude Guadalupe

I think Robert Englund could do it. Maybe not in the classiest way, but he could do it.

CLASS... Perhaps that's part of what the others are missing... Robert Englund kinda got a bit sleazy here and there (Zombie Strippers... I mean, I actually thought the movie was better than I expected it to be, but it certainly didn't do Englund's reputation any favors)...in the way of Corey Feldman.

[Ferox13]

Opps - didn't see that this was answered....

Robert Englund:
Hatchet
Wish Master
Strangeland
The Vampyre Wars
The Mangler
Dance Macabre
The Phantom of the Opera
C.H.U.D. II - Bud the Chud
Night Terrors
Urban Legend
Zombie Strippers!
2001 Maniacs
etc etc and I have missed a few I am sure plus a bunch of Horror Tv shows like Masters of Horror and Nightmare Cafe.

I will let you check the others.

[Angra]

Brad Dourif.

Been in several horror flicks and he's awsome.

[tfantasy]

Originally Posted by newb

The closest I can think of with the class, sophistication and style of the above mentioned would be Benedict Cumberbatch. Though his genre isn't horror specific.

SPOT ON!!

[Despare]

I'm going to mention Elijah Wood, he seems to be doing more horror lately and can be insanely creepy. I'm not saying he can carry the torch right now but I feel like he's heading in that direction. Norman Reedus could be up there one day as well, he has B movies and big budget horror under his belt, a successful horror themed television show, and he's still doing horror(ish?) stuff with movies like Air. As for the old guard, most people have mentioned the actors I think of when I think of horror, Jack Nicholson is good in theory and if he returned to horror it could be amazing but I doubt that will happen. Two people I'd love to see go into the later years of their careers waving the horror flag if I had some insane cinematic wish granted would be Kurt Russel and Pam Grier.

[newb]

Originally Posted by Despare

I'm going to mention Elijah Wood, he seems to be doing more horror lately and can be insanely creepy. I'm not saying he can carry the torch right now but I feel like he's heading in that direction. Norman Reedus could be up there one day as well, he has B movies and big budget horror under his belt, a successful horror themed television show, and he's still doing horror(ish?) stuff with movies like Air. As for the old guard, most people have mentioned the actors I think of when I think of horror, Jack Nicholson is good in theory and if he returned to horror it could be amazing but I doubt that will happen. Two people I'd love to see go into the later years of their careers waving the horror flag if I had some insane cinematic wish granted would be Kurt Russel and Pam Grier.

Agree on Elijah Wood......think he would fall into the Peter Lorre category.

[horcrux2007]

I do agree about Elijah Wood. He was very good in Grand Piano, and he was decent in Open Windows, but that seemed mostly due to the sort of mediocre writing and confusing plot. I don't remember much from Maniac. I wasn't really paying attention to it. I need to watch it again.