Costume Ideas: The 30 Creepiest Characters in TV and Film
From Pennywise to Po.
BY HANNAH ONGLEY Haven't picked out a costume for this weekend? Just go as Pennywise the Clown. According to this sorta-kinda official list of America's creepiest characters from film and television, the case for a timeless look is just as strong at Halloween as it is any other time of the year.
E-Score, the nation's leading character-research service, asked 1,500 consumers across different income, age, education, and geographic demographics to determine the creepiest inhabitants of America's small and big screen. It then sorted the characters by the percentage of people who Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates in Bates Motel rated them as "creepy." NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
While the 15 creepiest film characters are all pretty objectively terrifying, the television choices are slightly more controversial. Mr. Burns creepier than the Teletubbies? Clearly these people have never seen the latter in black-and- white. Anyway, here are your top picks, America:
Creepiest Film Characters Creepiest TV Characters
1. Pennywise the Clown (Stephen King's It) 80% 1. Norman Bates 66% 2. Annabelle the Doll (The Conjuring) 77% 2. Dr. Hannibal Lecter 60% 3. Norman Bates (Psycho) 73% 3. Oswald Cobblepot (Gotham) 58% 4. Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs) 72% 4. Mr. Burns (The Simpsons) 53% 5. Chucky (Child's Play) 70% 5. The Governor (The Walking Dead) 49% 6. Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) 70% 6. Norma Bates 47% 7. Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th) 68% 7. Rumplestiltskin (Once Upon a Time) 46% 8. Creature From the Black Lagoon 68% 8. Joffrey Baratheon (Game of Thrones) 43% 9. Pinhead (Hellraiser) 67% 9. The Teletubbies 42% 10. Freddy Krueger 66% 10. Lord Peytr Baelish (Game of Thrones) 42% 11. Michael Myers (Halloween) 66% 11. Dexter Morgan 38% 12. Jack Torrance (The Shining) 66% 12. Annoying Orange 38% 13. Regan MacNeil (The Exorcist) 66% 13. "Crazy Eyes" Warren 36% 14. Voldemort (Harry Potter) 65% 14. Zim 35% 15. Jigsaw (Saw) 65% 15. Krusty the Clown (The Simpsons) 28%
Or you could just go as a Banana Flasher, that's fairly creepy too.