Know the terror and madness of Stephen King’s 10 greatest supernatural villains!
Pennywise the Clownisnt the only monster you should probably fear at night.
King has created plenty of other horrific things that go bump in the night.
Here are just a few of his best supernatural madmen and monsters…
10.
The barrier was not made to be broken.
Remember this: there is more power here than you know.
It is old and always restless.
What they got was a descent into death and madness almost unmatched in modern horror fiction.
In the novel, the Creed cat is killed.
The cat returns home, much to Louis shock and delight, but its not the same friendly animal.
Its a listless, mean, half-alive creature that does not have a fondness for life.
What comes back is a true horror of epic proportions.
Gage is such a disturbing villain because he once existed as an object of purest affection.
The once totally innocent soul is now corrupt and ridden with supernatural darkness.
Now, Gage is back with the most ancient of curses coursing where blood once flowed.
Every fathers nightmare turned even darker.
They are in the same vein as H.P.
Lovecrafts cosmic horrors, beings much older and more powerful than humanity.
The mere sight of them could drive a man mad.
They are beings with the power of gods but no connection to or feelings for humanity.
Just cold observers that exist on a different layer of reality.
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8.
Fans ofThe Walking Deadneed to recognize.
King does zombies too, and they are sphincter-tighteningly scary.
InCell, a pulse travels into cell phones all over the world.
Anyone on their phone at the fateful moment is turned into a zombie.
The Raggedy Man is the leader of the zombies.
He thinks, organizes, and commands.
His goal is to spread his people around the globe and take the planet for his horde.
The name of Harvards sports teams by the way?
Well played Mr. King, well played.
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Kurt Barlow
Salems Lot (1975)
That above all else.
They did not look out their windows.
George Stark
The Dark Half (1989)
Cut him.
Cut him while I stand here and watch.
I want to see the blood flow.
Dont make me tell you twice.
This is where King brings the terror.
Stark is the embodiment of the darkness in the hearts of all men.
Rose the Hat
Doctor Sleep (2013)
Shes the Queen Bitch of Castle Hell.
If you mess with her, shell eat you alive.
She might not look like a monster but Rose is as monstrous as they come.
The Overlook Hotel
The Shining (1977)
This inhuman place makes human monsters.
It is a deep look into the fragility of fatherhood, the bond of trust between father and son.
Just try staying at a Motel 6 after reading Kings classic.
This beast is the embodiment of evil in Kings shared fictional universe.
The half of the writer that creates and is responsible for these horrific monsters is also named King.
Stephen King is the writer, father, husband, and Red Sox fan.
The Crimson King is the dark overlord of the fictional universe and the monster maker.
Pennywise the Dancing Clown
It (1986)
Float?
The clowns grin widened.
Oh yes, indeed they do.
And theres cotton candy…George reached.The clown seized his arm.And George saw the clowns face change.
Every twenty-seven years It rises to devour the children of Derry.
Unlike the similar creature, the Crimson King, It does not commit evil for glory or power.
It devours because It hungers.
The lives of innocents exist only to fill the void of Its being.
And lets face it, nothing, NOTHING is freakin scarier than a hungry clown in a sewer.
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The Walkin Dude had a propensity for crucifying any whose beliefs ran contrary to his.
