# Scariest characters in not-entirely-scary movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 16, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-characters-in-not-entirely-scary-movies/207857 "2003-10-16T20:18:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-characters-in-not-entirely-scary-movies/207857/21 "2003-10-17T19:57:39Z")
Jim Carrey in **The Cable Guy** ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-characters-in-not-entirely-scary-movies/207857/22 "2003-10-17T20:16:12Z")
The bunny in Donnie Darko. John Goodman in various bits (around the beginning and ending of the film) of Barton Fink. The guy with the hound in O Brother, Where Art Thou. Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men. ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-characters-in-not-entirely-scary-movies/207857/23 "2003-10-17T21:15:40Z")
The Lone Biker of the Apocalypse from “Raising Arizona”. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-characters-in-not-entirely-scary-movies/207857/24 "2003-10-17T21:20:20Z")
The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-characters-in-not-entirely-scary-movies/207857/25 "2003-10-17T21:40:45Z")
It’s not a movie but Lady Elaine Fairchild from Mr. Rodger’s Neighborhood was/is absolutely terrifying. How anyone purporting to know children could think that she wasn’t horrifying is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-characters-in-not-entirely-scary-movies/207857/26 "2003-10-17T21:41:38Z")
The guy that owned Pig Burgers (“everybody wants some”) in **Better Off Dead**. Also, Johnny the paperboy from the same movie. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-characters-in-not-entirely-scary-movies/207857/27 "2003-10-17T21:45:20Z")
Oh man, the first person that I thought of when I read the topic was Slugworth from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. That guy petrified me. - Peter Wiggen ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-characters-in-not-entirely-scary-movies/207857/28 "2003-10-17T23:13:25Z")
Cruella da Ville. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-characters-in-not-entirely-scary-movies/207857.md?page=1)