Horror Villain of the Week: Horace Pinker
Name: Horace Pinker Portrayed by: Mitch Pileggi Origins: A serial killer obsessed with black magic, Horace Pinker disguises himself as a TV repairman and slaughters entire families. When he’s finally captured, instead of dying in the electric chair, he gains supernatural powers, including the ability to travel via electrical currents, which allows him to continue […]
Horror Villain of the Week: John Carver
Name: John Carver (Revealed to be Sheriff Eric Newlson) Portrayed by: Patrick Dempsey, Alex Armbruster, Geoff Meech, Thomas Lorber, Milo Manheim, Adam Macdonald Origins: On Thanksgiving night, 2022, Sheriff Eric Newlson responded to a riot breaking out at the superstore RightMart, which resulted in three deaths, including Newlson’s lover Amanda Collins, who was pregnant with […]
Horror Villain of the Week: Kurt Barlow
Name: Kurt Barlow Portrayed by: Reggie Nalder (Rutger Hauer in 2004, Alexander Ward in 2024) Origins: Barlow is an ancient vampire who travels from Europe to America to the town of Jerusalem’s Lot in Maine. With his human familiar, Richard Straker, he buys the infamous Marsten House and sets up an antique store as a […]
Horror Villain of the Week: The Driller Killer
Name: Russ Thorn (original incarnation) Portrayed by: Michael Villella and Atanas Ilitch Origins: Not much is known about Russ Thorn except that he was an escaped serial killer who killed 11 people before attacking the slumber party of Trish Devereaux and her friends. When the three surviving girls manage to kill him, he is reincarnated […]