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I've already proved that the scariest things about horror movie baddies are their weapons. But, what if the killer possesses no real weapons? Take werewolves, vampires, and zombies for example. Most of the time, these types of monsters don't use a weapon to do away with their prey. Nope. They use their hands, claws, teeth, anything to make sure their victim ends up dead. (Though, technically you could say that they also eat their victims afterwards. But that's beside the point.) So, what makes these guys scary? I think in these cases, it's the way they all look. I mean, sure the knowledge that the can actually do things to you with only their bare hands is also very frightening. But sometimes knowledge just isn't enough.

So, in the beginning, they had the Wolf Man, Dracula, and the original Night of the Living Dead. And all these characters were scary in their time. But as special effects grew more modern, people were no longer frightened by harry men, fanged pale guys, and people painted grey with black circles around their eyes. People were looking for more gruesome things to provoke their scared side. Naturally, Hollywood was happy to comply. They started making villains who were not only evil and scary, they were also gruesome and hideous.

Not only was Hollywood making their villains uglier, they were also giving them abilities above and beyond just mind control and immortality. Some villains could now bend time, warp reality, and bring your worst fears to wild, screaming life. The result was bigger, better, and badder killers.

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What can I say? Wes Craven sure has balls to try out stuff others might wouldn't dare to stumble on: The Hills Have Eyes (1977), Swamp Thing (1982) and later, probably his best known movie, A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). In 1997, Craven produced yet another cunning horror film: Wishmaster.

Craven must have certain talent to greate unique villains. A dead child killer who haunted and murdered kids in their dreams surely did the trick and begame one of the most well known villains. In Wishmaster, Craven presents to us The Djinn (Andrew Divoff): a genie of the lamp gone homicidal. This is (according to my memory) how The Djinn was born:

"In time before time, God breath life into the world. The Heaven gave birth to angels and Earth gave birth to man. But fire gave birth to The Djinn, creature condemmed to walk in between the voids. One who awakens The Djinn shall be given three wishes. Upon granting of the third his armies of Hell shall be free to to roam the Earth. Of all things only one is all you should ever fear. Fear The Djinn!"

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