15 Horror Movie Villains Without Makeup Or Effects That Are Pretty Mind-Boggling

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1.Here's Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street vs. actor Robert Englund on set:

Freddy in his fedora, striped shirt, and mottled face
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2.Here's Pennywise in the 2017 It movie vs. actor Bill Skarsgård during one of his auditions:

Pennywise in full clown costume
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3.Here's Samara from The Ring vs. actor Daveigh Chase at the movie's premiere:

Samara hunched as she crawls out of tv
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4.Here's the pale man from Pan's Labyrinth vs. actor Doug Jones at a screening of the movie:

Doug also plays Pan in the movie.

Doug also plays Pan in the movie.

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5.Here's Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th Part VIII vs. actor Kane Hodder at the Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday premiere:

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Paramount / Courtesy Everett Collection, Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

6.Here's Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre vs. actor Gunnar Hansen:

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Courtesy Everett Collection, Pinterest

7.Here's Ghostface from Scream vs. the actor who voices the phone call conversations, Roger Jackson:

  Miramax / Courtesy Everett Collection, Screen Relish / Via youtube.com
Miramax / Courtesy Everett Collection, Screen Relish / Via youtube.com

8.Here's the Lipstick-Face Demon from Insidious vs. actor Joseph Bishara at the movie's premiere:

Joseph is better known as a composer, and he composed the music throughout the franchise.

Joseph is better known as a composer, and he composed the music throughout the franchise.

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9.Here's the Demonic Nun from The Nun (part of The Conjuring franchise) vs. actor Bonnie Aarons at the movie's premiere:

Bonnie also plays the nun in The Conjuring 2 alongside Joseph Bishara — who also plays Bathsheba Sherman in the first movie.

Bonnie also plays the nun in The Conjuring 2 alongside Joseph Bishara — who also plays Bathsheba Sherman in the first movie.

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10.Here's the titular Slender Man vs. actor Javier Botet at a film festival the following year:

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Sony, Borja B. Hojas / Getty Images

11.Here's Bughuul from the movie Sinister vs. actor Nicholas King doing an interview about the role:

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Summit Entertainment, Grimm-Interview / Via youtube.com

12.Here's Kayako Saeki in The Grudge vs. actor Takako Fuji at the afterparty for the second movie:

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Columbia Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection, Barry King / WireImage / Getty Images

13.Here's Pinhead from the Hellraiser franchise vs. Doug Bradley at the premiere of the third movie:

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New World Releasing /Courtesy Everett Collection, Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images

14.Here's the titular Beetlejuice vs. Michael Keaton at a premiere the following year:

  Warner Bros / Courtesy Everett Collection, Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
Warner Bros / Courtesy Everett Collection, Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

15.Finally, here's Michael Myers in Halloween Kills vs. actors Nick Castle and James Jude Courtney on set:

  Universal / Courtesy Everett Collection
Universal / Courtesy Everett Collection

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