Chances are you've heard of Freddy Krueger,
but would you recognize actor Robert Englund if you passed him in the street? He's not a bad looking dude; much easier on
the eyes than ol' Freddy. In fact, the actors who play some horror movie
villains are actually gorgeous in real life. See for yourself. Sofia Boutella, The Mummy It was supposed to kick-start an all new cinematic
universe, but 2017's The Mummy unraveled pretty quickly. It got off on the right foot when Sofia Boutella
was introduced as Princess Ahmanet, but in the end, this reboot simply wasn't as fun
as the 1999 Brendan Fraser version. Part of the problem may have been the lack
of the Mummy herself, with Boutella's screen time paling in comparison to her co-star Tom
Cruise. "Everybody's been telling me this morning
how scared they were. It made me so happy." The Mummy's negative reviews and poor box
office numbers left the future of the Dark Universe in doubt, but for all the bad press,
Boutella's dedication to the project was never in doubt. In fact, the Algerian actress just so happened
to be a huge fan of Universal's Classic Monster movies growing up. She told the Independent, "If you look at the original ones, they're
interesting, profound metaphors." Before The Mummy, Boutella was a backup dancer
for Madonna and Rihanna, and she has appeared in other films such as Kingsman: The Secret
Service and Atomic Blonde. Bill Skarsgård, IT Hiring an actor who moonlights as a model
only to cover him in makeup might seem pointless, but Bill Skarsgård wasn't cast as Pennywise
the Dancing Clown in the 2017 adaptation of Stephen King's IT because of his good looks. The Swedish actor brought a whole new level
of intensity to the character, setting his Pennywise apart from the earlier Tim Curry
version. Getting into the right mindset for the role
was difficult for Skarsgård, and he found it even harder to shake it off after the film
wrapped. He told Entertainment Weekly, "I was home, done with the movie, and I started
having very strange and vivid Pennywise dreams." "Part of Pennywise is that he hates the kids
and has so much anger." "Most clowns do." Bonnie Aarons, The Nun Billed as the darkest chapter in the Conjuring
universe, The Nun caused a lot of hype but ultimately failed to impress. It scored the lowest Tomatometer of any Conjuring
universe film to date, but according to lead actress Taissa Farmiga, the title character
was plenty scary. Farmiga revealed that Bonnie Aarons would
go out of her way to scare her between takes, often sneaking up behind her in the terrifying
nun get-up worn by her character, the demon Valak. Aarons had a blast on set, and to make her
look so scary, it apparently didn't take as much effort as you might imagine. She explained to Coma Music Magazine that
she actually wasn't wearing that much makeup, as "it was strategically painted on." "I'm their hand-painted Mona Lisa." Ken Kirzinger, Freddy vs. Jason Man mountain Ken Kirzinger once played college
football for the University of British Columbia, but he decided to get into stunt work after
suffering a bad knee injury. He secretly hoped his stunt performances would
lead to him being discovered. But he had no idea his "very modest" involvement
in the Friday the 13th franchise would cause such a ruckus. The actor has admitted that his favorite role
is horror icon Jason Voorhees. He first donned the hockey mask in 1989's
Jason Takes Manhattan as a stunt double and also appeared in that film as one of Jason's
victims. He banked his stuntman checks and forgot all
about the character until he was offered the chance to play him for real. "As far as being afraid of it, I mean you
gotta remember I'm a stuntman. So I'm used to doing stuff that's a little
iffy." When Kirzinger played Jason in 2003's Freddy
vs. Jason, he didn't realize it was such a big deal, but he soon became appreciative
of the fan response. The face-off nature of this particular movie
meant that Kirzinger even got the chance to act heroic for a moment, decapitating Robert
Englund's Freddy Krueger in the closing moments. Bonnie Morgan, Rings A young Daveigh Chase played creepy girl Samara
in 2002's The Ring and appeared in 2005's The Ring Two via archive footage. But the majorly creepy stuff in the sequel
came courtesy of contortionist Bonnie Morgan. The studio initially intended to use special
effects for some key Samara scenes, but the stunt coordinator was a friend of Morgan's
and suggested they use her instead. Speaking of one iconic scene, Morgan told
Bloody Disgusting, "The spider walk originated on my living room
floor, and we shot some footage of it, and the director could not have been more excited
with the result." The work Morgan did on The Ring Two led to
her getting the part full-time when an unexpected sequel was green-lit years later. A decade had passed since the last movie,
and Morgan had almost given up any hope of reprising the role, but she was back at her
bendy best in 2017's Rings. "41, 42, 43, 44. Contact lenses, and the wig. 45 appliances. But who's counting, right?" Paul T. Taylor, Hellraiser: Judgement He had zero lines, but Paul T. Taylor was
still thrilled to make his big screen debut in Robert Rodriguez's neo-noir classic Sin
City in 2005. More bit parts followed, but Taylor was forced
to put his career, and life, on hold after he was diagnosed with hepatitis C. The disease
became hard to deal with and Taylor succumbed to depression. Thoughts of taking his own life began to cross
his mind, but before he had the chance to do anything drastic, a new drug helped Taylor
recover. He started auditioning again, and one day
he received a script simply titled Judgement. As a Hellraiser fan, he saw through the ruse. From the first line, Taylor knew that this
was a Hellraiser movie. He ended up being offered the role of Pinhead
after the legendary Doug Bradley refused to reprise the role. Sheri Moon Zombie, Lords of Salem Sheri Moon Zombie and her husband Rob Zombie
have collaborated on a handful of horror movies over the years, the first of which was 2003's
House of 1000 Corpses. This shameless throwback to the exploitation
films of the 1970s was truly disturbing, and Sheri Moon stole the show as the crazed Baby
Firefly. She reprised the role in 2005's The Devil's
Rejects. This disturbing sequel places Baby right at
the center of the carnage. Zombie was essentially playing a psychotic
version of herself, so there wasn't much of a physical transformation needed. But that wasn't the case when the married
couple worked together again on 2012's Lords of Salem. Zombie stars as a recovering drug addict who
falls in league with the devil after becoming involved with a coven of witches. For the role, she agreed to have her hair
in dreadlocks and sit through the application of several fake tattoos, not to mention some
intricate face paint. "There was only one actor who had a nervous
breakdown when new pages arrived." "Me?" "No, no. Well, yes, you." Jonathan Breck, Jeepers Creepers It's not uncommon for horror sequels to arrive
suddenly out of the blue. With that in mind, Jeepers Creepers 3 was
released in 2017, more than a decade after the first two. It took place between the events of the first
two films, with Jonathan Breck returning to play the villainous Creeper. The original Jeepers Creepers divided critical
opinion upon release but quickly gained a cult following, with the Creeper catching
the imagination of horror fans. According to the man underneath the makeup,
his entire transformation takes between three and five hours. The only parts of himself that he can see
when he looks in the mirror during the makeup application are his eyes, but he's far from
uncomfortable in the Creeper get-up. "It's really great to watch the process. It's a layering process. By the time they're done, I am somebody else." Breck's physical dedication to the role goes
beyond sitting in the makeup chair, as he revealed to IGN that he did a lot of his own
stunt work on Jeepers Creepers 3 to save money. "But when I look in the mirror, bulked up
three times the size that I normally am, you just feel like there's nothing you can't do. I'm the Creeper when I'm suited up."
