We call upon these 13 souls whose mortal lives shaped what Halloween is today. They who have brought the mystery, magic and mayhem that tricks every one of our treats.

  • Bela Lugosi

    Horror’s best vampire

  • Bette Davis

    In her hair raising role as Baby Jane

  • Edgar Allen Poe

    Poetry’s scariest writer

  • Johann Georg Faust

    Made a deal with the devil himself

  • Heather O’Rourke

    Coming spiritually to the light as Carol Anne

  • Boris Karloff

    Creator of Frankenstein

  • Alfred Hitchcock

    Director of fright

  • Orson Welles

    Feared from the radio

  • Zelda May Rubinstein

    Spooky in every role

  • Vincent Price

    The father of scream

  • Raul Julia

    Forever an Addams

  • Wes Craven

    Enter nightmare sandman

  • Captain Howdy

    Demon