I felt it wouldn't be right to leave off the Cryptkeeper, but at the same time compared to others on the list he wouldn't gain any height at all on the list. Still, anyone who remembers Tales of the Crypt would never forget John Kassir as the infamous Cryptkeeper and his witty yet awesome dialogue. Granted the actual episodes and performances in them would be scarier then the he would be, I could never imagine the show with out him at all, and that earns him at least one spot on the list.

I really feel bad about keeping the great Malcolm McDowell so low on the list, cause he has one the greatest voices in acting, but honestly..not a lot of his performances I would call scary. What I do remember him for is noteworthy. Weather you enjoy or hate Rob Zombie's re-imagining of Halloween, you can not deny that Malcolm's portrayal of Dr. Loomis was one of the best parts of it. Also, there's Caligula where at times he did come off as somewhat scary as the deranged ruler of Rome. Of course though, it's a Clockwork Orange we all remember, I mean come on, he made "Singing in the Rain" sound evil. He may not be high up, but we cannot forget him.

This is easily one of the most overlooked voices in history. Before there was Outer Limits, Tales from the Crypt, Tales from the Darkside, Are you Afraid of the Dark?, Goosebumps, any of them, there was The Twilight Zone. Even to this day, the show has some of the most fucked and just plain scariest stories ever conceived (it's a cookbook!). And at the center of all of this was Rod Serling taking us into the stories and taking us out. We all remember his almost monotone, lifeless voice telling us "You are about to enter a world of sight and sound" mixed with that creepy intro theme. Both the voice and the mastermind of the show, Rod gave us one of the greatest TV series of all time.

Another one I would feel wrong to keep of the list but doesn't have enough to gain much height on. As much as I love Tim Curry, he tends to play the villain for way too many shows (how many times has he voiced the bad guy for cartoons? I'm honestly asking). Still, you can't deny why the guy does it so much, he just has a voice that screams "evil manipulative bastard". We all know of his performance of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in Rocky Horror (it takes balls to pull drag like that), but everyone seems to praise him the most for Pennywise in Stephen King's It! which he disserves as he's the best aspect of the mini-series (I know, I've read the book). However, I honestly think his best performance was as the Lord of Darkness in Legend, the man's voice was so deep yet powerful and just added to the appearance he had.

Ah yes, Jigsaw himself. I will say that the first three Saw films where the best of the series, then 4 was good but not nearly as great. 5 was shit, and 6 was a slight improvement but not up to par with 4, and I've yet to see 7. I bring up my standing of the series as it goes because honestly, the one thing that never changed was Tobin Bell being fucking awesome in each film, even after his character's death almost halfway through the series. Similar of like how Scream spawned "What's your favorite scary movie?" in a mimic like voice, these films has spawned "I want to play a game" in the same way. His deep recorded voice for the game traps was freaking creepy every time. His real voice in person, while not as creepy as recorded, was still bone chilling in it's low almost whisper like state. The series may have needed to come to an end, but Tobin Bell was worth it all the way.

While there's a ton of scream queens out there, I chose this one for a reason. Mercedes McCambridge has done voice work for radio and some television/film, but only 1 horror film as far as I know. So why is she on the list? Because she voiced Pazuzu in the Exorcist, the film that many agree could be considered the greatest and scariest horror film of all time. Now granted, a lot helped make that film, the lighting and make up, Linda Blaire's impressive acting for a 12 year old, but Mercedes McCambridge was easily one of the best aspects, her crackling voice which at times you couldn't tell the gender helped make it one of the most memorable performances of all time. When the film first came out, she wasn't credited, but thankfully she fought to get her name there and thank god, she earned it.

You all saw this one coming. Robert Englund has done a lot of different roles over the years, but he will always be most remember as Mr. 3rd Degree himself, Freddy Kruger. Now I will say that I was tempted to put him higher on the list, but honestly, the problem with Freddy is even though he can be scary, he's also funny too (killing someone with the powerglove, so bad) and that kind of keeps him from gaining ground. But what makes Freddy so amusing is what makes him so evil, he's a smart ass and will poke at you verbally before physically. While the wise cracks and jokes where funny, I think most memorable was the laugh, Freddy had fun when he did what he did best, and had a good chuckle as he did it as well. Robert Englund did bring multiple aspects to the character, but his vocal talents are one of the things that stood out the most, if not THE most.

Like Robert Englund, Doug Bradley is most known for playing and icon of Horror, this time Pinhead, but unlike Robert with Freddy, Doug has one thing that got him higher: Pinhead was no laughing matter. Yes, the make up, sets, lighting and gruesome special affects (I honestly feel like I'm smelling something vile while I watch the first 2 films) play a part, but when Pinhead talked, you took him seriously. His voice was deep and powerful, like Tim Curry with Lord of Darkness. Everything he said had authority to it and you knew there was no Bullshit to be had here. Also another medium in which used Doug's amazing vocal talents are the Extreme Metal group Cradle of Filth from England, who hired Doug to offer some narration on there albums Midian, Nymphetamine and God Speed and the Devil's Thunder. And for the record, "We will tear your soul apart" is one of my favorite horror quotes of all time.

Yet another actor who we all remember for one role, obviously Chucky, but what sets him apart is that even though we all remember him the most for Chucky, he's done so many other roles as well that we can look to and remember. Now at times Chucky was comedic character (especially the later films), but in the early series the character was far more serious and Brad Dourif's aggressive voice is what helped get him over as a legit evil threat. However, unlike Bradley or Englund, he's done other roles that at times far outshine his work as Chucky. For instance his role in Exorcist III was freaking amazing and just plain bone chilling. Another example, although not horror, was him as Wormtongue in LOTR, I honestly didn't relies for the first several viewings that it was Brad playing it, granted appearance played a part but his voice sounded nothing like I had heard him before. To put it simply, he's most known for Chucky, but his talents have expanded out in far more places.

One of the most deep and powerful voices I've ever heard, I knew instantly at he was going to be on this list. Christopher Lee is one of the most influential and remembered actors to date, I mean he's over 80 years old and he's still acting to this day, good god. He obviously will be remembered as Count Dracula from the Horror Hammer films which where revolutionary in that they took horror to bloodier, darker and scarier routes with the already famous Icons. Lee would play Dracula 8 times for Hammer productions and his voice brought power to the character every time, but he would also play Frankenstein's Creature and the Mummy at least once both, and several other films from Hammer as well. He would also play Dracula in a few films outside of Horror as well. Most recently he's done a few guest rolls in some Tim Burton films, played Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequels (a count in a cape, I'd say Lucas was a Hammer fan) and Sarumon in LOTR trilogy. Needless to say, after 60 plus years of acting, he's not stopping anytime soon and his voice hasn't faltered one bit at all, it's as powerful as it was since day 1.

This one might have made #1 if not for the person who I feel earned it more, but that's ahead. It's no secret as to why Bela Lugosi is damn near at the top of the list. We love Vampire films, it's one of the greatest folk lore ever created and it's highly doubtful that it's going away anytime soon, if ever. Now while we no doubt would have had vampires in our cinema, I would honestly say that if not for Bela Lugosi and his infamous performance as Count Dracula in the Universal films, vampires would not be as big as they are today. Every other famous vampire performance, Christopher Lee, Kiefer Sutherland, Tom Cruise, Gary Oldman, Kate Beckinsale, Salma Hayek, Bill Paxton, Lina Leandersson, Stephen Moyer and..might as well add him, Robert Pattinson, every one of these rolls wouldn't have had the effect they had if not for Bela Lugosi, with the only exception being Max Shreck as Nosferatu. Too this day, his heavy Hungarian accent is still a trademark sound of vampires, even if it's at times stereotyped and joked about, and you don't even have to have seen any of his films as Dracula to know his influence to the genre and mythology. For those of you who love Vampire films, you owe it to this man; he is one of the most influential actors to have a hand in it, maybe even the most influential of all.

Who is more fitting to have the title of the greatest voice of horror then Vincent Price? If you don't know it, well first off get out from the rock, and then watch House on Haunted Hill, or the House of Wax, or the first hour of 10 Commandments, or the Great Mouse Detective, or hell, even him in the 1960's Batman. I have never heard a voice quit like this mans, it is honestly one of the sleaziest, most sinister, and at times most evil voices ever. You just hear it and you can tell there's greed and manipulation going on there. But at the same time he's also serious and threatening.

House of Wax, one of my favorite horror films to date, has him as deranged burnt victim who will steal bodies and even kill to get his perfect wax sculptures back; he's very threatening and serious. Another example is in 10 Commandments where even though there's not a lot of build, the short time we see him is enough for us to hate him and when he's killed, it's as satisfying as if we'd watched him the whole film and hated him. I know I'm listing a lot of non-horror films, but this man's talents went beyond just the genre of horror, his acting ability went beyond just 1 genre. Of course though I wouldn't do him justice if I didn't mention Thriller by Michael Jackson, the song was a fun Halloween song and the video was actually scary. But I honestly wonder how the song would have faired if not for Vincent Price, first off there's Monologue about the dead rising and seeking the living, and then of course there's the one thing we all remember most, his laughing at the end. I'd say Vincent Price is what made Michael Jackson's career. His last film before his death was as Edwards's father in Edward Scissorhands, and he helped make it Tim Burton's best film besides Batman. Vincent Price, there will never be a man, or voice, like him again.