What Are Horror Figures? Why Are They So Loved?

“People can’t help looking at them more even though they are scary, chilling and bloody. ”

A Special Type of Figure

Custom horror figures usually refer to custom figures with scary elements. The common figures are cool, cute, sexy and may be with special design, while horror figures are serving for horror. which are exaggerated and weird in shape and appearance, to better restore the horror characters in movies or novel scenes. An exquisite horror figure can enhance a lot of scary atmosphere with special look, and these make this type of figure unique.

Why Horror Figures are Loved?

Horror Figures for Halloween

Halloween is a very popular and beloved holidays holiday, so the role of horror figures in Halloween is indispensable. Wherever they are, Halloween is always filled with a scary atmosphere, making people feel excited.

Nostalgic Experience

For many people, horror is a nostalgic experience, sounds a bit confusing, right? We have grown up, but certain horror elements are associated with important moments in our childhood, so a horror figure that can be placed anywhere can make people feel like they are back when they were children and feel the psychological state of that time. Such as those impressive horror movies, many sleepless nights, unforgettable.

Art Value and Special Feelings

For figure lovers, they love horror figure because it’s a special type of art toy figure, and for movie lovers, the figures bring their feelings back to the movies.

3 Classic Horror Characters from Movies and Their Related Figures

We’ve seen characters as killer, monster, ghost, in movies and usually their appearance as villains is scary, bloody, exaggerated. Howevver, as an artistic character rather than a real person, some characters are still full of creativity and charm, and this charm is also given to their figures.

Joker – DC Batman

Joker in Batman is a very famous and popular villain character. Regardless of the bad things he did on a moral level, his chic and free personality, clean and neat action force, and exaggerated appearance have attracted many people’s love.

Michael Myres – Halloween

The masked killer from movie has caused many nightmares, a very successful pure horror character. The excellent background setting and modeling design make him a classic.

Billy – Saw

This is a terrifying image that even those who have never seen the movie may have seen. I still vaguely remember that the first time I saw it appear in the movie, I almost broke into a cold sweat and felt fear from the bottom of my heart.

Top 4 Excellent Custom Horror Figure Companies

NECA

NECA(National Entertainment Collectibles Association), is an American manufacturer of collectibles typically licensed from films, video-games, sports, music, and television based in New Jersey. In 2002, “NECA’s Reel Toys” was formed as a division to produce toys, action figures and dolls. Strong product power makes NECA horror figures very popular.

Mezcotoyz

Mezcotoyz is an American company that makes action figures and other collectibles based on original and licensed properties. One of the popular products is the cult hit toy line Living Dead Dolls. The more popular line is its One:12 line, which has licenses to popular brands such as Marvel, DC, and Godzilla.

Funko

Funko Inc. is a figure toy manufacturer in America licensed and limited pop culture collectibles, best known for its licensed vinyl figurines and bobbleheads, this gives their production line of horror figures some cuteness style.

Nightmaretoys

Nightmaretoys is an American horror figure shop in Las Vegas, which is a perfect gathering for those who with a love for horror films and collectibles.

Horror Action Figure Customization

Action & Appearance

From the start of designing, the action and appearance are the first to consider: What kind of expressions, appearance features, and character movements are needed to make the horror figure more visually impactful and have a scary atmosphere?

If you want to customize horror figures, you can usually directly select an action from a movie and choose the right material. This is very efficient and the degree of restoration will be high. If you are pursuing more unique customization, you can also refer to the action expressions and appearance features of other horror characters to make a reasonable integration.

Decoration

For figures that need to create a scary atmosphere, a single figure may be a bit weak and easily appear monotonous. Accessories can help a lot at this time, choose some accessories that can shape the environment such as skulls, animal bones, creepy weapons, or some scary graffiti.

Material

Same as usual custom figures, we can choose plastic, vinyl and resin materials. When making horror action figures, we usually use plastic and ABS materials. For static horror figures, we usually use vinyl and resin materials. Custom resin figures has higher requirements for hand-making, and the finished product has more details and higher texture. It is very suitable for people with high needs, but of course the price is more expensive, but the authenticity and atmosphere make it worth it.