Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The chill is gone. I've been thinking that we might need to look beyond the tired, traditional, mainstream scary creatures to less familiar monsters. I looked into it, and I found a number of worthwhile candidates from cultures around the globe. See what you think.
African folklore is rife with legends of a frightening fellow who hunts human prey.
He'll kill you if he can, but he'll give you magic powers if you beat him. I think this thing may be aimed at some nerve that I don't have. Kali Topping India's terror charts is Kali . She wears a necklace of severed heads and a belt of dismembered arms. In the West she'd be an image of unmitigated evil.