Flamboyant vampire Vladislav the Poker (Jemaine Clement), based on the Romanian nobleman Vlad Tepes who was the inspiration for Dracula, crashes a party in What We Do in the Shadows.
As it’s turning towards Halloween, I thought I’d do a post on second and third-tier horror movie antagonists. The human kind, not monsters.
There are many versions of Dracula, The Wolfman, and Mummy and even more imitators. From the get-go, the Silent Movie era spawned Count Orlok (Nosferatu, 1922) an adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula which caused a copyright disagreement with the Bram Stoker estate. There was also Count Yorga, Barnabas Collins, Blackula, Deafula (yes) and the bloodsucking housemates of Taika Watiti’s mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows. Mad scientists in the Dr. Frankenstein mold also had their day, along with various witches and creepy housekeepers, debauched aristocracy, and, in the past few decades, serial killers with deceptively friendly names like Norman, Freddy and Jason. But for this post I’m going to stick to the classics.
Here’s a set for your own use courtesy of randomgen.
Horror Movie Antagonists
| Dr. Neurocypher
The Pallid Wyrm Baron von Oculus Count Angulus The Yellow Saint Lady Blamora Lady of the Pale Arms Princess Asheeba Madame Scorpina |
Vassa the Tyrant
Lord and Lady Traumont Count Zenula Queen Hemiza Marquessa d’Angezon Senora Rosa del Carmenia The Duke of Azlau Dr. Phantasmos Comte d’Hemorais |
