Name the horror movie character who you would most want to emulate.

Bonus - Name the horror movie character you actually resemble.

Sean - Attentiondeficitdisorderly Too Flat

I’d want to be Jake Weber’s character, Michael, in the Dawn of the Dead remake. He had it together, man.

I feel more like Jason Miller’s character, Father Damien Karras, from The Exorcist most of the time, though.

Nathan - MicroHorror

I can’t think of any horror character who’s a better role model than Dr. Hannibal Lecter. He’s brilliantly intelligent, highly educated, urbane, charismatic and witty. He’s a polymath, a polyglot, an accomplished musician and a gourmet chef. I think we all wish we could be that talented. If I had all of that going for me, I wouldn’t kill and eat nearly as many people as Lecter has.

Unfortunately, in both appearance and mannerisms, I much more closely resemble Sasquatch.

Curt - Beyond The Groovy Age of Horror

Naschy’s werewolf, Waldemar Daninsky!

JA - My New Plaid Pants

I want to be Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper) from Blue Velvet when I grow up!

Matt - Highway 62

Bernard Quatermass. He’s the perfect Lovecraftian hero. Erudite, brilliant, sardonic, grounded, but not dismissive of the uncanny when the facts present themselves. He straddles the lines between authority and individual action quite nicely as well.

Physically, I’ve been told I was a good match for Roddy McDowall, who you might remember as Dr. Fischer in LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE, among literally countless thousands of others. Temperamentally, I’m probably most like Harry Cooper from NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, whose whole “get in the basement and stay there” shtick is about how I operate on a daily basis.

Bill - Pulp 2.0

I would like to be near omnipotent like Pinhead. I’m already bald so I’m going with my strengths here….

I more closely resemble Leatherface - at least in girth…and height.

Jeff

Probably fearless vampire killer Professor Van Helsing is who I would be. I’m probably more like Aliens Cpl Hicks…

Retropoliltan - Tales To Astonish

You know which character I really liked, in a ‘I wish I were more like him’ manner? Jake Weber’s Michael from the “Dawn of the Dead” remake. Out of all the characters, he was really the stand-out in terms of actually having moral character in times of crisis. He was smart, and brave, and refused to let those guys in the truck die, even if it meant running back outside amidst the speedy dead. Also, he was thoughtful enough to build a chainsaw holes in the getaway vans. If I were actually in a catastrophic situation like that one, I’d like to imagine that I would be strong enough to help others rather than just try to save my own skin. On the other hand, zombies terrify me, so I’d most likely just crumble into a clump of whimpering zombie chow.

Dave - Rue Morgue’s The Abbatoir

The Thing… no, wait, that’s the horror movie character that would most want to emulate me. In that case, I’d most want to be R.J. MacReady from The Thing, because he just wants to go back to his shack and get drunk.

And the horror movie character that I most resemble is The Thing… no, wait, once again, that’s the horror movie character that most resembles “me” now!

Louis - Damaged 2.0

Sweet, pornographic God, I’d have to say Ron Jeremy on both counts. Ron Jeremy, when not starring in hardcore cinema, is in a lot of low-budget horror flicks, such as ANDRE THE BUTCHER and of course, those wacky Troma masterpieces. We’re both very chubby and extremely hairy and have a similar face with similar facial hair. Sadly, my cock is way smaller. :(

I do a lot of emceeing, public appearances, events hosting, etc. and have to endure people, especialy drunk chicks asking if I am him. It’s inspired an idea for a screenplay, called THE SON OF RON, about a guy who finds out that Ron Jeremy is his father, and he goes on a quest to find him. It’s a comedy.

Forget I asked! Thanks once again to all this week’s Roundtable contributors, and their counterparts, for their thoughtful responses. Make sure you check out their respective sites for more horror goodness, and if you get a chance give us your answer to the question above in the comments below.

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