Power Rankings: Favorite Non-Villain Characters From Horror Movies

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I am one of those weirdos that usually is rooting for the villain or monster to win and destroy all the dumb fools in horror movies. However, there are times when a character, that isn’t the villain of the movie, rises up for us to fall in love with and cheer along during their fight against the forces of evil. Or they are just extremely demented and hot. (Looking at you Trash. Sexy like a chocolate-covered strawberry.) A lot of times these characters are people who are willing to fight the darkness and save as many people as they can. Sometimes, they are just in a fight for survival and have to gain confidence along the way or die. Others are simply there to be lovable and give us some comedic relief during all the horror.

Usually, we find something that we can connect within these characters as they try to survive and this makes them memorable as we pull for them to win against this nightmare they are going through. So we here at SAW decided to list our favorite non-villain characters from horror and we would like to hear some of your choices down in the comments. Enjoy!

Vincent Kane:

1. Trash (Linnea Quigley) – The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
2. Erin (Sharni Vinson) – You’re Next (2011)
3. Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowell) – Fright Night (1987)
4. Seth Gecko (George Clooney) – From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
5. Fool (Brandon Adams) – The People Under the Stairs (1991)

Marmaduke Karlston:

1. Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) – Happy Death Day (2017)
2. Paul Sheldon (James Caan) – Misery (1990)
3. Carter Davis (Israel Broussard) – Happy Death Day (2017)
4. Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) – Psycho (1960)
5. Lee Abbott (John Krasinski) – A Quiet Place (2018)

Sailor Monsoon:

1. Rudy (Ryan Lambert) – The Monster Squad (1987)
2. Sang-hwa-(Dong-seok Ma) – Train to Busan (2016)
3. Sex Machine (Tom Savini) – From Dusk till Dawn (1996)
4. Father McGruder (Stuart Devenie) – Dead Alive (1992)
5. Chicory (Richard Jenkins) – Bone Tomahawk (2015)

Romona Comet:

1. Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) – Halloween Series
2. The Frog Brothers (Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander) – The Lost Boys (1987)
3. Ben (Duane Jones) – Night of the Living Dead (1968)
4. Quint (Robert Shaw) – Jaws (1975)
5. Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy) – Scream (1996)

Bob Cram Jr.:

1. Ash (Bruce Campbell) – Evil Dead/Army of Darkness Series
2. Lt. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) – Alien Series
3. Bub (Sherman Howard) – Dawn of the Dead (1978)
4. Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall) – Fright Night (1987)
5. Ginny (Amy Steel) – Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

Mark Naff:

1. Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) – A Nightmare on Elm Street Series
2. Ash (Bruce Campbell) – Evil Dead/Army of Darkness Series
3. Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) – Halloween Series
4. Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) – The Dead Zone (1983)
5. Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine) – The Silence of The Lambs (1991)

Lee McCutcheon:

1. Lt. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) – Alien Series
2. MacReady (Kurt Russell) – The Thing (1982)
3. Ash (Bruce Campbell) – Evil Dead/Army of Darkness Series
4. Nurse Alex Price (Jenny Agutter) – An American Werewolf in London (1981)
5. Rachel Cooper (Lillian Gish) – The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Jacob Holmes:

1. Rocky (Jane Levy) – Don’t Breathe (2016)
2. Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) – Halloween Series
3. Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) – Happy Death Day (2017)
4. Evelyn Abbott (Emily Blunt) – A Quiet Place (2018)
5. Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) – Tremors Series

Mitch Roush:

1. Clarice Starling (Jodi Foster) – The Silence of the Lambs (1990)
2. Danny (Danny Lloyd) –The Shining (1980)
3. Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) – Get Out (2017)
4. Father Andrew Kiernan (Gabriel Byrne) – Stigmata (1999)
5. Evelyn Abbott (Emily Blount) – A Quiet Place (2018)

Billy Dhalgren:

1. Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) – The Terminator (1984)
2. Childs (Keith David) – The Thing (1982)
3. Delbert (John Goodman) – Arachnophobia (1990)
4. Barbara (Patricia Tallman) – Night of the Living Dead (1990)
5. Mark Rumsfield (Bruce Dern) – The ‘Burbs (1989)