Horror does n’t just have to be about scary monsters and their victims — some of our favorite horror stories include awesome monster - slayers , who are on a mission to wipe out everything slimy or toothy . Here are horror ’s 10 groovy heroes .
We scrub the net to find the greatest behemoth - combatant from horror — butwe also asked on our Facebook page , where 100 of you describe your favorite . Here ’s what we come up with :
Gordon Freeman (Half-Life)
When we first meet the protagonist of Half - Life , he ’s a theoretical physicist working for a enquiry facility which incidentally opens a portal , bringing uncongenial creatures into the chemical compound . In the first game , the participant is Freeman , oppose alongside fellow employee to chasten both the creatures and the military unit of measurement that ’s been sent to eliminate witnesses . In the games , Freeman never talks and there are no cut scenes . The player is in control of him at every tour , and Freeman has to gain out over almost insurmountable betting odds .
Sheriff Eben Olemaun (30 Days of Night)
The sheriff of Barrow , Alaska , Olemaun has to fight off the hordes of vampires who have come to Alaska to take advantage of the foresighted stretches without sun . By injecting himself with vampire parentage , Olemaun fights off the vampire elder Vicente to save the Ithiel Town , and – freebooter qui vive – in doing so , he makes himself vulnerable to sunlight and turn to ash when the sun rise , essentially sacrifice himself to keep the town .
Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden (The Dresden Files)
you’re able to witness Harry Dresden in the Chicago yellowed Thomas Nelson Page , under the drift of “ sensation , ” but he ’s no jest . Even if he is consider unrefined by the quietus of the wizarding community ( the fact that they speak to each other in Latin , and Harry ’s Latin is from a agreement course does n’t help that sensing ) he is one of the substantial necromancer , in terms of pure magical ability . He uses that ability to work as a kind of supernatural detective , often consult with Chicago ’s law department . Throughout the leger , Dresden tangles with vampire ( both the roue - drinking kind and the intimate - vim - draining - succubi kind ) , faeries , and a pretty persuasive demon . His allies admit werewolves and holy knight of the cross .
Vampire Hunter D
When the world is blasted to rubble at the bend of the millenary , sport and lamia begin to preyon the humans who survive . ostentate fore to the year 12,090 when D is a half - human , half - vampire ( a dhampir ) who becomes the great vampire - hunting watch of them all , taking on the most muscular lamia including the 10,000 year old lamia Count Magnus Lee . Riding a cybernetic horse and maintain a crescent longsword , D has an amulet that can ward off laser and small nuclear blasters , and a ace - knock-down symbiote living in his remaining palm . When monsters kidnap women and misbehave , D ’s the dhampir who’llstand up and say , “ Your time is coming to an oddment . Your kind must front experimental extinction . you could not survive , you must go bad . That is the rule of nature . ”
Hellboy (Hellboy)
As a demon summoned to Earth by Nazis , Hellboy is n’t initially someone you ’d pick as a giant - killer – but in reality , Hellboy turn for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense , fighting the forces of dark . He is , in fact , “ the world ’s greatest paranormal police detective , ” and he press monsters from myth , legend , and folklore . If you need someone who can struggle a Lovecraftian creature , as well as the more traditional vampires , he ’s your humankind .
Abraham Van Helsing (Dracula by Bram Stoker)
The original , and still one of the best . Created by Bram Stoker as the supporter in Dracula , Van Helsing is a dodgy vampire - slayer , who leads a team to ruin Dracula . Here ’s how he ’s discover in chapter nine :
He is a seemingly arbitrary man , this is because he know what he is talking about better than any one else . He is a philosopher and a metaphysician , and one of the most advanced scientists of his twenty-four hour period , and he has , I consider , an absolutely open intellect . This , with an iron nerve , a temper of the sparkler - brook , and indomitable resolution , ego - command , and sufferance exalt from virtue to approval , and the openhearted and true heart that pound , these form his equipment for the noble work that he is doing for world , forge both in theory and practice , for his thought are as spacious as his all - sweep up sympathy .
Movie adaptations have emphasise him as a vampire hunter and have often played up the action level in his role . * coughing * Hugh Jackman * cough * He ’s also been played by Peter Cushing , Anthony Hopkins , Christopher Plummer and Mel Brooks .
Ellen Ripley (the Alien movies)
When it comes to abyssal , pitiless menaces in deep space , there ’s really only one person you ’d call . ( Well , apart from the Doctor , perhaps . ) Ripley is the rule genius of blank horror , who submit down xenomorphs with an never-say-die fury . ( And do n’t you dare call her “ the Final Girl . ” ) All you really postulate to know is , “ Get away from her , you bitch ! ”
Sam and Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
The Winchester brothers are third - generation monster - hunters , but they ’ve go beyond just carrying on the family tradition . In the brass of unstoppable prophecies and cosmic manipulation by the forcefulness of Heaven and Hell , they still stand up for their human beings and freedom of pick . Whether it ’s a animal of caption or Paris Hilton , nothing can keep the Winchesters down for long . But we ’ll letthis quote from TV Tropessum them up :
Fans disagree on a luck of things , but most can safely match that Dean ’s burial site swoop and stabbing the zombie to her casket in “ Children Should n’t Play with Dead thing ” and Sam beheading Gordon with bristled conducting wire in “ Fresh Blood ” were the most awesome kills ever .
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Sunnydale ’s champion redefined monster - violent death for a raw generation . The Hellmouth lures countless lamia , demons and uncanny force-out of immorality to Sunnydale , and only one woman stand up in their way . Her resolve and resourcefulness are in direct proportion to her snark and obession with things like becoming prom fagot . authoritative moments include her self - sacrifice swan nosedive at the goal of “ The Gift . Plus the elbow room she enamor Angel ’s brand between her palms , showing that when she ’s lost all her friend and helpers , she still has the greatest resourcefulness of all – herself . Buffy ’s forever our hero , even if we do n’t quite understand the recent comic storylines .
Ash (The Evil Dead trilogy)
Hail to the King , baby ! Ash emphatically come through the most ballot on our Facebook page . Says Julius Flywheel : “ Ash tick ALL the boxes . Great lines , dash and flair , winning smile , derring do and a great moustache . ” Adds Lee Von : “ No power , just attitude . Come get some . ” The clinching controversy comes from Paige Hammermill : “ Buffy is a right choice , but I think she miss out because while she did die twice , she never chop off her own hand and rigged it w/ a chain saw . ” unquestioned .
Runners up : Simon Belmont , Beowulf , Solomon Kane , Drop Dead Fred , Jessica Harper in Suspiria . Amy Irving in The Fury , Dr Loomis from the original Halloween films , the Frog Brothers , Captain Kronos , R.J. MacReady , Riddick , Alice from the Resident Evil serial , the Monster Squad , Vincent Price in the Last Man on Earth .
extra coverage by Katharine Trendacosta . Thanks also to Michael Link , Christopher Woodford , Jessica Rose , Paige Hammermill , Robert SaintJohn , Liberty Valance , Pete O’Connor , Jose Bermudez , James Sawyer , Jimmy Gordon , John Calderon , Cameron Reid , Richie Narvaez , Salvatore Sciandra , Kema Choinach , Krešo Biškup , Raychell Louise Griffiths , Matt Vecchio , Reginald Atkins , Molly Dore , David Bigler , Stephen Morden , Rob Cerio , Michael Carswell , Brendan McCusker , James Eyres McLean Miller , Keith Hamilton , Mark Hain , Matt Pearson , Grit Philm , Kathy Lehman , Matt Harrington , Joe Meils , Mats Möller , Kurt Belcher , Alan Couture , Kenn Hensley , Denis Pacheco , Brandon Hughes , Paige Hammermill , Steve Lader , Julius Flywheel , Lee Von , Jessica Young , Cullen James , Cody Glenn , Jason Warenda , Jon Mandelbaum , George Fengler , Nick Bracchia , Øivind Rosvold , Brandon Mezei , Rob Nelson , Brad Loperfido , Marco Manzi , Andrew Crew , Nyssa Walker , Bonnie Mosley , Alisyn Collins , Rocky Persaud , Tyler Armstrong , Billy McLaughlin , Michael de Boer , Yemi Abgolade , John Gibson , Erick Israel Vazquez , Krysta Olson , Nathan Smith , Chad Mullens , Thomas Labrador , Lisa Mays , Ellen Carper , David M. Beyer , Christopher Thompson , Allison Hughes , Rasmus Eist , Theresa Bayrer , Arthur Walter , Jeremy Jurgens , Rick Campbell , Sue Mey , Kerry Wells , Bryan Dean , Prince Toddy English , Lee Finney , Sharon Tina , John Ramos , Collen Derby , David Able , Clinton Wade Steeds , Adam Malecki , Ricky Waller , William Jones , Secksy Otoko , Joe Kane , Luke Ansell , Bob Lewis , Erasmus MusicCentre , Vanessa Rivera .
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