Horror icon Horror icon A horror icon is a person or fictional character that is considered to be significant to one or more genres of horror such as film, literature, or video games. Examples of people considered to be horror icons include directors Stephen King, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Roger Corman and Wes Craven, and actors Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, Lon Chaney and Lon Chaney Jr., Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Robert Englund, Tony Todd, Tim Curry, Angus Scrimm, Brad Dourif and Christopher Lee. Fictional horror icon characters include such as Dracula, Gill-man, Frankenstein's monster, Michael Myers, Ghostface, Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Chucky, Candyman, Hannibal
Nightmare Movies art form". Julian White of "Starburst" rated it 8/10 stars and said that although it focuses too much on trend-setters at the expense of lesser-known films, it is "a must for horror buffs". Ian Berriman of "SFX" wrote that it "stands alongside David Pirie's "A Heritage of Horror" in the small category of essential books on horror cinema". Dejan Ognjanovic of Twitch Film called it "your ultimate guide to modern horror cinema". Nightmare Movies Nightmare Movies is a non-fiction book about horror films by British critic and novelist Kim Newman. It was first published in 1985 and had later editions