Examples:
- Freddy Krueger — A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Jason Voorhees — Friday the 13th
- Ghosts/Demons — Poltergeist, The Amityville Horror, Paranormal Activity, etc.
- Martians — War of the Worlds
- Aliens — Independence Day
We combine these two villain types because they are all too often so similar, whether it be hauntings or alien abductions, and often fall in the same vein as faceless foes in horror, science fiction, and suspense thrillers. We broaden it a bit to include the Martians and Aliens because they too are faceless entities that are inhuman, in which case the villain type plays all too well in science fiction.
While Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees could just as easily be The Personification of Evil, in this context, they are supernatural beings that haunt their prey, be it in physical or supernatural fashion.
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