Horror Tribute 1

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1. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 - Directed by Wes Craven): Several Midwestern teenagers fall prey to Freddy Krueger, a disfigured midnight mangler who preys on the teenagers in their dreams -- which, in turn, kills them in reality. After investigating the phenomenon, Nancy Thompson begins to suspect that a dark secret kept by her and her friends' parents may be the key to unraveling the mystery, but can Nancy and her boyfriend Glen solve the puzzle before it's too late?
(c) New Line Cinema / Media Home Entertainment
Freddy Krueger: Robert Englund (1984 - 2003), Jackie Earle Haley (2010 Remake)
 
2. Friday the 13th (1981 - Directed by Sean S. Cunningham): In 1957, at Camp Crystal Lake, young Jason Voorhees drowned. In 1958, two camp counselors were murdered. In 1962, fires and bad water thwarted the camp's reopening. Now, in 1980, Steve Christy finally reopens Camp Crystal Lake with the help of a few new counselors, ignoring the warnings of a crazy old man. The murders start up again while a mysterious stalker prowls the area. Is the killer seeking revenge? Who will survive the nightmare and live to tell the story?
(c) Paramount Pictures / Georgetown Productions Inc.
Jason Voorhees: Ari Lehman (Friday the 13th), Steve Daskewisz (Part 2), Warrington Gillette (Part 2, when unmasked), Richard Brooker (Part III), Ted White (The Final Chapter), Tom Morga (A New Beginning as "Roy Burns"), C. J. Graham & Dan Bradley (Part VI: Jason Lives), Kane Hodder (Part VII: The New Blood, Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, The Final Friday and Jason X), Ken Kirzinger (Freddy vs. Jason), Derek Mears (2009 Remake) 
 
3. Halloween (1978 - Directed by John Carpenter): On a cold Halloween night in 1963, six-year-old Michael Myers brutally murdered his 17-year-old sister, Judith. He was sentenced and locked away for 15 years. But on October 30, 1978, while being transferred for a court date, a 21-year-old Michael Myers steals a car and escapes Smith's Grove. He returns to his quiet hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois, where he looks for his next victims.
(c) Compass International Pictures / Falcon International Productions
Michael Myers: Nick Castle (Halloween 1978, Halloween II, Halloween 2018, Halloween Kills), Tony Moran (Halloween 1978, when unmasked, Halloween II), Dick Warlock (Halloween II), George P. Wilbur (The Return of Michael Myers and The Curse of Michael Myers), Don Shanks (The Revenge of Michael Myers), Chris Durand (H20: 20 Years Later), Brad Loree (Resurrection), Tyler Mane (2007 Remake and the 2009 sequel), James Jude Courtney (Halloween 2018, Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends)
 
4. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974 - Directed by Tobe Hooper): When Sally hears that her grandfather's grave may have been vandalized, she and her paraplegic brother, Franklin, set out with their friends to investigate. After a detour to their family's old farmhouse, they discover a group of crazed, murderous outcasts living next door. As the group is attacked one by one by the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface, who wears a mask of human skin, the survivors must do everything they can to escape.
(c) Vortex / Bryanston Distributing Company
Leatherface: Gunnar Hansen (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), Bill Johnson (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2), R. A. Mihailoff (Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III), Robert Jacks (The Next Generation), Andrew Bryniarski (2003 Remake as "Thomas Hewitt" and The Beginning), Dan Yeager (Texas Chainsaw 3D), Sam Strike (Leatherface as "Jackson"), Mark Burkham (Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
 
5. Hellraiser (1987 - Directed by Clive Barker): Sexual deviant Frank Cotton inadvertently opens a portal to hell when he tinkers with a box he bought while abroad. The act unleashes gruesome beings called Cenobites, who tear Frank's body apart. When Frank's brother and his wife, Julia, move into Frank's old house, they accidentally bring what is left of Frank back to life. Frank then convinces Julia, his one-time lover, to lure men back to the house so he can use their blood to reconstruct himself.
(c) Film Futures / Entertainment Film Distributors
Pinhead: Doug Bradley (1986 - 2005), Stephan Smith Collins (Revelations), Paul T. Taylor (Judgment) 
 
6. The Evil Dead (1981 - Directed by Sam Raimi): Ashley "Ash" Williams, his girlfriend and three pals hike into the woods to a cabin for a fun night away. There they find an old book, the Necronomicon, whose text reawakens the dead when it's read aloud. The friends inadvertently release a flood of evil and must fight for their lives or become one of the evil dead. Ash watches his friends become possessed, and must make a difficult decision before daybreak to save his own life
(c) Renaissance Pictures / New Line Cinema
Ash Williams: Bruce Campbell

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7. Saw (2004 - Directed by James Wan): Photographer Adam Stanheight and oncologist Lawrence Gordon regain consciousness while chained to pipes at either end of a filthy bathroom. As the two men realize they've been trapped by a sadistic serial killer nicknamed "Jigsaw" and must complete his perverse puzzle to live, flashbacks relate the fates of his previous victims. Meanwhile, Dr. Gordon's wife and young daughter are forced to watch his torture via closed-circuit video.
(c) Twisted Pictures / Lionsgate Films
John Kramer: Tobin Bell

8. The Ring (2002 - Directed by Gore Verbinski): It sounds like just another urban legend -- a videotape filled with nightmarish images leads to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. Newspaper reporter Rachel Keller is skeptical of the story until four teenagers all die mysteriously exactly one week after watching just such a tape. Allowing her investigative curiosity to get the better of her, Rachel tracks down the video and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery.
(c) MacDonald/Parkes Productions / DreamWorks Pictures
Samara Morgan: Daveigh Chase (The Ring), Kelly Stables (The Ring Two), Bonnie Morgan (Rings)

9. It (1990 - Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace): In 1960, seven preteen outcasts fight an evil demon that poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
(c) Warner Bros. Television Distribution / Lorimar Television / DawnField Entertainment
Pennywise: Tim Curry (1991), Bill Skarsgård (2017 Remake and the 2019 sequel)

10. Jeepers Creepers (2001 - Directed by Victor Salva): After making a horrific discovery in the basement of an old, abandoned church, Trish and her brother Darry watch their routine road trip home from college turn into a heart-stopping race for their lives. They find themselves the chosen prey of an indestructible force that relentlessly pursues them and gives a new and chilling meaning to the old song "Jeepers Creepers."
(c) United Artists / MGM Distributions Co. / American Zoetrope
The Creeper: Jonathan Breck

11. Scream (1996 - Directed by Wes Craven): A peaceful town in California turns into a bloodbath when a masked killer haunts the town. Sidney Prescott, a young teenage girl, whose mother was killed a year before, becomes the target of the mask killer! Her boyfriend Billy Loomis becomes the main suspect along with Sidney's father. Local Tabloid News Reporter Gail Weathers and Woodsbroro's Deputy Dwight "Dewey" Riley investigate and try to figure out who the killer is and if it's the same person who killed Sid's mom the year before.
(c) Dimension Films / Woods Entertainment
Ghostface: Skeet Ulrich (1996), Matthew Lillard (1996), Timothy Olyphant (1997), Laurie Metcalf (1997), Scott Foley (2000), Emma Roberts (2011), Rory Culkin (2011), Giorgia Whigham (2019), Tyga (2019), Roger L. Jackson (voice), Jack Quaid (2022), Mikey Madison (2022)

12. Child's Play (1988 - Directed by Tom Holland): Gunned down by Detective Mike Norris, dying murderer Charles Lee Ray uses black magic to put his soul inside a doll named Chucky -- which Karen Barclay then buys for her young son, Andy. When Chucky kills Andy's babysitter, the boy realizes the doll is alive and tries to warn people, but he's institutionalized. Now Karen must convince the detective of the murderous doll's intentions, before Andy becomes Chucky's next victim.
(c) United Artists / MGM/UA Communications Co.
Chucky: Brad Dourif (1988 - 2017), Mark Hamill (2019 Remake)

13. The Shining (1980 - Directed by Stanley Kubrick): Jack Torrance becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer's block. He settles in along with his wife, Wendy, and his son, Danny, who is plagued by psychic premonitions. As Jack's writing goes nowhere and Danny's visions become more disturbing, Jack discovers the hotel's dark secrets and begins to unravel into a homicidal maniac hell-bent on terrorizing his family.
(c) Warner Bros. / The Producer Circle Company / Peregrine Productions / Hawk Films
Jack Torrance: Jack Nicholson (The Shining), Steven Weber (1997 miniseries), Brian Mulligan (2019 opera), Henry Thomas (Doctor Sleep)

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14. Santa's Slay (2005 - Directed by David Steiman): After a millennium of spreading Christmas cheer due to losing a bet with an angel, Santa Claus, who is actually a spawn of the Devil, reverts to his demonic self and gives the gift of fear.
(c) Media 8 Entertainment / VIP Medienfonds I
Santa Claus: Bill Goldberg

15. Jack Frost (1997 - Directed by Michael Cooney): As notorious serial killer Jack Frost is being driven to his execution, the truck carrying the murderer encounters a bizarre accident that transforms him into a mutant snowman. Sheriff Sam Tiler, who caught the psychopath originally, has remained concerned about his return, and it seems that his fears were well-founded. Before long, bodies pile up, all killed in gruesome wintry ways.
(c) A-Pix Entertainment, Inc.
Jack Frost: Scott MacDonald

16. Carrie (1976 - Directed by Brian De Palma): Withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother at home. When strange occurrences start happening around Carrie, she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers. Invited to the prom by the empathetic Tommy Ross, Carrie tries to let her guard down, but things eventually take a dark and violent turn.
(c) United Artists / Red Bank Films
Carrie White: Sissy Spacek (Carrie 1976), Linzi Hateley (1988 musical), Angela Bettis (Carrie 2002), Chloë Grace Moretz (2013 Remake)

17. Hatchet (2006 - Directed by Adam Green): Ben and Marcus are college students in New Orleans, enjoying Mardi Gras, when they decide to go on a boat tour of an allegedly cursed bayou. Meeting up with several other tourists, including quietly beautiful Marybeth, they are entertained by their guide Shawn, who regales them with tales of a ghostly serial killer who wanders the swamp. They laugh off the stories -- until someone, or something, starts picking off members of the group.
(c) Anchor Bay Entertainment
Victor Crowley: Kane Hodder

18. Jaws (1975 - Directed by Steven Spielberg): When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper and grizzled ship captain Quint offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature.
(c) Universal Pictures / Zanuck/Brown Company

19: Candyman (1992 - Directed by Bernard Rose): Skeptical graduate student Helen Lyle befriends Anne-Marie McCoy while researching superstitions in a housing project on Chicago's Near North Side. From Anne-Marie, Helen learns about the Candyman, a knife-wielding figure of urban legend that some of her neighbors believe to be responsible for a recent murder. After a mysterious man matching the Candyman's description begins stalking her, Helen comes to fear that the legend may be all too real.
(c) TriStar Pictures / Propaganda Films / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Daniel Robitaille/Candyman: Tony Todd (1992 - 1999), Michael Hargrove (2021 as "Sherman Fields"), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (2021 as "Anthony McCoy")


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MEMORABLE QUOTES:

" One, two, Freddy's coming for you.
Three, four, better lock your door.
Five, six, grab your crucifix.
Seven, eight, better stay up late.
Nine, ten, never sleep again. " - A Nightmare on Elm Street

" Ki ki ki ma ma ma. " - Friday the 13th

" I met him, 15 years ago; I was told there was nothing left; no reason, no conscience, no understanding in even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, of good or evil, right or wrong. I met this... six-year-old child with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and... the blackest eyes - the Devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up, because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... evil. " - Halloween

" We'll tear your soul apart! " - Hellraiser

" Groovy. " - The Evil Dead

" I want to play a game. " - Saw

" Seven days. " - The Ring

" They all float. " - It

" Jeepers creepers, where'd you get those peepers?
Jeepers creepers, where'd you get those eyes? " - Jeepers Creepers

" What is your favorite scary movie? " - Scream

" Hi, I'm Chucky. Wanna play? " - Child's Play

" Here's Johnny! " - The Shining

" You're gonna need a bigger boat. " - Jaws

" Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman. " - Candyman