Halloween is one of the most celebrated holidays of the year, and it’s just around the corner. With it, spooky season has come along, which is the perfect time to watch some scary movies. Each scary movie usually has its antagonist psycho killer, some famous ones being Freddy Kruger, Michael Myers, and Ghostface. But the question is, which horror villain is the scariest of them all?

“The scariest horror movie killer has got to be Samara from The Ring,” said Makenzie Loechler, junior. “It’s something about the hair over the face and the white gown that just doesn’t sit right with me.”

The Ring, released in 2002, follows newspaper reporter Rachel Keller as she investigates the mysterious deaths of four teenagers who died one week after watching a tape. Keller decides to look at this tape, giving her seven days to solve the case. The main antagonist, Samara, is the spirit of a small, pale girl with black hair and a white dress. She can burn terrible images into the minds of any creature, making for a terrifying villain through and through.

“I think the villains in The Conjuring are terrifying,” said Ellie Durocher, freshman. “All three of the movies make me want to cry.”

Ghosts and spirits are a common occurrence in horror movies; The Conjuring movies are no exception. They are about a couple, one being a psychic, who seek out and help people with ghost problems. The major villain in this series is Valak, who can take many forms. It appears as the Demon Nun and the Crooked Man in The Conjuring 2, and is revealed to control Annabelle in Annabelle: Creation. A horror character who can take multiple forms is bound to cause nightmares for people of all different ages and fears.

Not all production companies have nailed the nightmare-inducing antagonist, though. There are many instances where, whether it be the backstory or the CGI, the character falls flat in its scaring abilities. This leads to many jokes about them, which probably isn’t what some movies expected of their villains.

“I think I could take Chucky in a fight,” said Marcus Atienza, sophomore. “He’s super short, so if I literally just stand on a table, he wouldn’t be able to touch me.”

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