Real-Life Horror Movie Characters Compared To What They Actually Look Like In Real Life

These horror movie characters might surprise you.

Daphnie

• Published in Film & TV
• March 12, 2022

Movies are extremely cool when it comes to how they can make someone look like a totally different person. Movie makeup and special effects come in very handy when it comes to horror movies specifically.

Horror movies are known for having the craziest makeup and special effects done to the actors that play those lead roles. You'd be really surprised to see the actors that play these horror movie stars.

Some of these aren't quite a shock because the actor played a very close role and they looked more like the real them, but for some of these movie stars they look completely different and you really wouldn't even know it was them. These photos show these awesome actors show you the way they look in real life and they also show you what they look like in full character.

These movie stars are brave because I can imagine how long it takes to get these actors in character with all of their makeup and special effects gear. I'm sure it will be fascinating to see these characters as real people versus what they look like when they are giving us jump scares.

Let's dive into some famous horror movie characters and how they look without all the makeup.

1. Jason Voorhees — Ari Lehman

Here's the infamous Jason from Friday The 13th in 1980.

2. John Kramer — Tobin Bell

This is one of the ones that isn't that big of a change, but this is from Saw in 2003.

3. Leatherface — Andrew Bryniarski

Leatherface is an infamous character from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Beginning in 2006. He was played by Andrew, but nobody would probably even know that by the leather face.

4. Valak — Bonnie Aarons

Call me crazy but I definitely kind of see a bit of a resemblance here. Here's Bonnie playing Valak in The Conjuring 2.

5. Pennywise — Tim Curry

Tim Curry did a great job being Pennywise in 1990 It movie.

6. Freddy Krueger — Robert Englund

Freddy Krueger was played by Robert in A Nightmare On Elm Street in 1984. He plays the part well!

7. Leprechaun — Warwick Davis

Warwick is one of the most famous dwarf actors and he did a great job playing the lead role in Leprechaun in 2003.

8. Samara — Daveigh Chase

This famous scary movie character is from The Ring in 2002.

9. Jack Torrance — Jack Nicholson

This is a very infamous scene that Jack played perfectly in The Shining 1980.

10. Michael Myers — Nick Castle

This is the infamous Michael Myers played by Nick Castle in Halloween in 1978.

11. Pinhead — Doug Bradley

It's amazing to see how people can be transformed into these crazy characters. Some of these characters definitely did not look like the actors, while some of them actually did kind of resemble the actors.

Either way, it's pretty awesome to see what special effects makeup can do to a person.

Daphnie