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8. "Isaac Chroner" Children of the Corn, 1984)

A preacher-boy who convinces his friends to murder all the adults in the small town of Gatlin, Nebraska.

Played by: John Franklin

Kills with: Brainwashed fellow devil-children.

Why we love him: He believed anyone older than 19 should be sacrificed to the evil spirit of the cornfields. Adults suck.

Rationale for bloodlust: The Bible.

Origin of disfigurement: Pubescence.

Loosely based on: Stephen King's short story of the same name. King wasn't happy with the film's Hollywood ending, and then they spelled his name wrong in the theatrical trailer.

Sexual orientation: Questionable. The religious fervor suggests he's hiding something.

Achilles' Heel: Turning 19; corn

Up Next: According to screenwriter Joe Harris, the sixth installment will be full of "chases through cornfields, deaths by sickles, teenage sex, sacrifices, and the triumphant return of He Who Walks Behind the Rows." Bring a date!

Where are they now? Due to Growth Hormone Deficiency, a condition that results in child-like features, the actor who gave us Isaac had a limited, if important, career post-Corn (Cousin Itt in the Addams Family remakes, the voice of Chucky in Child's Play). According to one report, he's now teaching high school.

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7. Michael Myers (Halloween, 1978)

The mentally disturbed killer whose calendar entry for October 31 reads: Attack sister, anyone who looks like sister.

Played by: Various

Kills with: Sharp kitchen knife.

Why we love him: That plastic face? A spray-painted Captain Kirk mask with the eyeholes cut out.

Rationale for bloodlust: As a child, he murdered his sister on All Hollow's Eve because she wanted to play with her boyfriend. Now nobody will play with him.

Origin of disfigurement: He wasn't half-bad looking until Jamie Lee Curtis stabbed him in the eye with a coat hanger.

Loosely based on: Bob Clark's Black Christmas, a 1974 slasher flick about sorority sisters murdered on Christmas break. According to Clark, Halloween was first conceived as a sequel to his film, but director John Carpenter took the holiday horror idea and ran with it.

Sexual orientation: Confused, as evidenced by his child-like head tilt.

Achilles' Heel: His eyes, the only part not protected by his bulletproof Shatner mask. Unfortunately, they always grow back (see Halloween 4 and 5.)

Up next: In October 2007, Myers is back in a "re-imagining" of the series, written and directed by Rob Zombie.

Where are they now? Eight different actors played Myers in the first film, but the only one ever to show his face in the role was Tony Moran, brother of Happy Days' Erin "Joanie Cunningham" Moran. Though Tony made just $25 for mounting Jamie Lee Curtis while holding a butcher knife, judging from his myspace profile, he's still dining out on it.