You kind of just supported my point... Having a mystery killer can stimulate your mind and make you guess who it is holding the knife. Watching a retarded zombie in a hockey mask's resurrection by Ben Franklin for the 49th time doesn't.

u seem to think that jason voorhees is the only icon out there, jason aside u can talk all day about the 80 and how it was the decade of horror

A new crop will come around sooner or later. Jason, Freddy, and Michael wernt the first horror icons......they wouldnt be the last.

Because Jason was on your list of icons, for which I feel Ghostface is more qualified. I am very aware that he is not the only icon. And the '80s had a lot of horror, but definitely wasn't the "decade of horror" The '70s had Halloween, The Exorcist, Jaws, Alien, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Dawn of the Dead. The '80s weren't bad by any means, pretty great, but still not horror's definitive decade, I'm not saying the '70s are either, the '70s were just better.

I agree with Ghost Face being the Horror Icon of the 90s. Whether or not one liked those films, it's hard to argue their popularity amongst the masses.

Horror Icons of the 2000's:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...01--film-B.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...849879-000.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...saw-puppet.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...1173913328.jpg

To be clear, though, I don't think that any of the above mentioned icons really displace Jason, Freddy, Michael, or Leatherface, nor do we really "need" any new ones (I don't at least - Michael Meyers is a permant staple of my nightmares). I think that their (Jason, Freddy, Michael, Leatherface) infamy is far more prevalent. Ghost Face and Jigsaw are more fads than anything else; that's how you can argue that Ghost Face was not an icon of the 90s. But, oh, he was... He just faded.


Also - Whoever said that the Slasher genre is dead should watch Laid to Rest, My Bloody Valentine 3D, and Inside. Icons don't necessarily make a genre; subject matter does.

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...hyamalan_3.jpg

http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/w...sader/boll.jpg

You know what would be an entirely new/awesome twist to the Saw series? Billy the Doll was manipulating Jigsaw and the copycat killers into setting the traps using them as puppets! I'd see that movie because it would be bad in an awesome way, not bad in a Saw sequel way.

'Twas a joke, by the way.

i think that Chronogrl is onto something...

http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/p...o/Ringu1cp.jpg

Nothing says icon like scary Asian hair. Ashe.
derek

I think the question we need to ask is: "is franchise horror nostalgia a mental illness or just a crippling learning disability?" I don't miss repetitive sequels starring characters that are only moderately interesting. It really wasn't that cool to be able to rent the same damn movie with a different Roman numeral next to it. These are C+ films at best and it's a trend we benefit from having progressed beyond. Why is there no horror icon in the 2000s? Because this has been a sucky decade for the horror movie with very few exceptions. The only icons I'd like to recommend are Captain Spaulding and the Firefly family. They're recognizeable, people wear the costumes and people would see a third movie starring those characters even if it was completely inept. We need creativity and innovation to move ahead not rehashing formulas because we liked them when we were 12.

it's not the hair, asians in general are just extremely scary.

the speech pattern, the evil eyes, the soulless expressions *shudder*