Pedro Pascal’s Haunted Hitlist: 6 Horror Movies He Says You Have to See
Pedro Pascal might be best known for The Last of Us and The Mandalorian, but when it comes to scary movies, he’s still very much a kid of the ’80s. In an interview with Sky, the actor shared some of his all-time favorite horror films, and his list shows he’s got a real love for the classics, the kind that still make you want to hide behind the couch.
When he was little, Pascal says he used to act out scenes from Poltergeist, the 1982 horror hit about a haunted house.
His love for creepy movies started early and never really went away. He didn’t include A Nightmare on Elm Street in his top picks, but several other major horror titles made the cut.
One that stands out for him is An American Werewolf in London. The 1981 film mixed horror and comedy with groundbreaking special effects.
Directed by John Landis and shot in rural Wales, the movie blew people away when it came out. Pascal remembers it clearly. “It’s amazing. We got cable TV when I was very young. It scared me, and I thought it was hilarious. And you look at it now, and it really holds up. It has special effects that changed cinema, and has been built on since then.”
Another favorite is The Shining, Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel. It’s one of those films that only gets creepier with time.
Pascal was especially struck by Shelley Duvall’s performance. “It kind of breaks your heart when you watch Shelley Duvall—she is so phenomenal in the movie. And I just remember when he [Jack Nicholson] loses his temper with her for the first time, when he’s typing, and she’s interrupting him, and the terror that she’s sort of feeling, she recognises her husband less and less.”
Pascal also loves The Omen, the 1976 horror about a child who might be the Antichrist. It stars Gregory Peck and features one of the most unsettling kids in horror history.
Then there’s Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock’s classic from 1960. Pascal didn’t need many words to describe that one: “It’s brilliant. Perfect. Classic.”
Ridley Scott’s Alien also made the list. The 1979 sci-fi horror film about a deadly creature loose in space left a strong impression on Pascal. “Masterpiece,” he said, before summing it up even more simply: “Teeth. And Harry Dean Stanton.”
Lastly, he mentioned Candyman, the supernatural slasher from the early ’90s that terrified a generation of kids. “Candyman, I saw in the movie theatre and it scared the s**t out of me.”
- An American Werewolf in London (John Landis, 1981)
- The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
- The Omen (John Moore,1976)
- Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
- Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
- Candyman (Bernard Rose,1992)
Pedro Pascal’s horror picks might span decades, but one thing they all have in common is that they’ve stuck with him, and probably still give him chills. Based on his comments to Sky, he’s clearly someone who doesn’t just love horror, he respects it.
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