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Before horror director James Wan invested himself into the world of Insidious - feature a horrific ghost lady - he reinvigorated our fear of puppets and the ventriloquists who operate them in Dead Silence. Brimming with jump scares and a genuinely terrifying old lady in Mary Shaw, Dead Silence is deeply unsettling. She is a relentless entity with control over some horrifying dolls. Mary Shaw is easily one of the more underrated horror villains out there, often forgotten alongside bigger projects in Wan’s repertoire.
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Is the Woman in Black an old woman? Maybe not, but her dark,
frumpy outfit and ghastly image certainly evokes a sense of geriatric horror.
She's the type of character that isn't the most distinguishable in age; after
death her ghoulishness isn't easily linked to what her age could have been.
While she chases young people more than adults, she is all around scary and
will stay caught in your brains for some time.
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On the list of old people in horror,
no one is more worthy of inclusion than Deborah Logan in The Taking of
Deborah Logan. While Deborah's
feeble stature and disarming personality may make you think you're about to
rest easy, be warned, you're about to see something that'll surely keep you
awake. Equally endearing as it is horrifying; this found-footage film will make
you question the sincerity of your cuddly grandma, but also will you to hold
her a little closer. Deborah is, by and large, one of the scariest old women in
horror. Whether her mouth is agape or she is simply telling you off as many
stubborn old women do, Mrs. Logan is anything but friendly.
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1. Nana & Pop Pop (The Visit)
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Talk about a plot twist. At the center of 2015's The Visit is
what seems to be a loving - although odd - pair of grandparents, is instead
something far more sinister. When Tyler and Becca go to visit the parents of
their mother who hasn't seen or heard from them for many years, things start
off well enough; cookies, games and plenty of grandparent activities. But, as
things slowly unravel it becomes clear to both the siblings and the audience
that things are really, really wrong. Nana and Pop Pop are weird, really weird.
So weird in fact, that they do things like crawl around in the dark, chase
their grandchildren under the porch and say things that aren't quite right. The
Visit balances some more comical moments with absolutely terrifying ones.
The grandparents are deceivingly old, but by far some of the scariest
antagonist in horror history.
