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A giant spider from outer space.

Pennywise the dancing clown. The "giant spider from outer space" is better known as Pennywise the dancing clown. One of King's most frightening creations, from the novel "IT"

An abusive bull of a husband

Norman Daniels. Norman Daniels was a living, breathing nightmare in the novel "Rose Madder".

The Walking Dude

Randall Flagg. Randall Flagg has appeared in other stories, but my favorite novel "The Stand" is where he is most remembered from.

A rabid dog

Cujo. "Cujo" is a novel where Stephen King amazingly puts you inside the mind of a very sick dog...something the movie could never do.

A one time dog-kicking bible salesman turned politician

Greg Stillson. Greg Stillson appeared in the novel "The Dead Zone"....one of my personal favorites.

A haunted hotel

The Overlook Hotel. The Overlook Hotel set in the Colorado Mountains, was the source of evil in "The Shining".

"Your number one fan"

Annie Wilkes. Annie Wikes was novelist Paul Sheldon's "number one fan" in the novel "Misery". Kathy Bates won an Oscar for her role as Annie in the movie version.

An evil Plymouth Fury

Christine. A very easy one, I know. But maybe somebody thought the car's name was Justine?....Naaaaah.

A field of screams

He Who Walks Behind The Rows. The demonic force within the corn in the short story "Children Of The Corn" from the collection "Night Shift".

A shop owner who takes "tricks for treats"

Leland Gaunt. Mr. Gaunt destroyed the town of Castle Rock, Maine in the novel "Needful Things".

A "territorial" uncle

Morgan Sloat. Morgan paved his country-crossing, world-crossing, way through the novel "The Talisman" which Stephen King wrote with fellow author and pal Peter Straub.

A "desperate" demon

Tak. Tak can be found in the fantastic novel "Desperation", and also in King's darker side Richard Bachman's "The Regulators".

A raw bacon loving alien

Mr. Gray. Mr. Gray loved that raw bacon...yuck!...in one of King's more recent tales of terror "Dreamcatcher".

A student who "got it on"

Charles Everett Decker. Charles Decker "got it on" in the Bachman Book "Rage".

A cheated vengeful husband

Richard Vickers. Richard Vickers has to hold his breath for a long time in the story "Something To Tide You Over" from King's "Creepshow". Leslie Nielson plays Richard in the movie version. It was highly entertaining to see him playing this type of role.