Favorite Horror Icon? - Page 2

Abnormal Freak · 02-28-2011, 03:26 AM

OK, so a horror icon I can think of that I reeeeaaaally like and who hasn't been mentioned here is The Cryptkeeper. Hilarious little bugger, and frightening. I'm glad that for the show, they made him look so much different than from the comics and '72 movie. Making him an undead bony creature of fright while retaining the wisecracking attitude of the comics' Crypt-keeper was a really good move. Apparently someone in marketing sought to make The Cryptkeeper for Halloween what Santa Claus is for Christmas—and for a while there in the early to mid '90s, he was. Shame that's fallen out of popularity... I always loved the icon, even as a kid who'd barely seen any Tales from the Crypt episodes (and even then it was always censored syndicated reruns).

View Poll Results: Favorite Horror Icon?
Jason Voorhees	5	19.23%
Freddy Krueger	6	23.08%
Michael Myers	6	23.08%
Pinhead	0	0%
Leatherface	3	11.54%
Chucky	3	11.54%
Ghostface	1	3.85%
Candyman	0	0%
Hannibal Lecter	2	7.69%
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02-28-2011, 03:26 AM	#1
Abnormal Freak Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: MN Posts: 779	OK, so a horror icon I can think of that I reeeeaaaally like and who hasn't been mentioned here is The Cryptkeeper. Hilarious little bugger, and frightening. I'm glad that for the show, they made him look so much different than from the comics and '72 movie. Making him an undead bony creature of fright while retaining the wisecracking attitude of the comics' Crypt-keeper was a really good move. Apparently someone in marketing sought to make The Cryptkeeper for Halloween what Santa Claus is for Christmas—and for a while there in the early to mid '90s, he was. Shame that's fallen out of popularity... I always loved the icon, even as a kid who'd barely seen any Tales from the Crypt episodes (and even then it was always censored syndicated reruns). __________________