10 Horror Movie Characters Everyone Hated (But Survived)

10. Natalie - The Boogeyman

Though children understandably tend to get cut a little slack in the hate department, every so often a horror movie Youth will prove so thoroughly detestable that it's absolutely morally correct to expect - nay, even outright wish - for their death.

To that point, The Boogeyman soon enough introduces us to high schooler Sadie's (Sophie Thatcher) friends - a term we're using loosely here - including the needlessly catty Natalie (Maddie Nichols).

Rather than be sympathetic to Sadie, who is traumatised by the recent death of her mother, Natalie questions why Sadie wears her mother's clothes to school, and when Sadie calls her out for it, Natalie shoves her into a locker.

Later on, Natalie cements the audience's disdain for her when she compares not seeing her father in over a year to Natalie losing her mother forever, and then has viewers outright baying for her blood when she calls Sadie "dramatic" after the Boogeyman locks her in a closet where a man hanged himself.

Despite Natalie being blatantly set up to be preyed upon by the Boogeyman, the only punishment she gets for her toxic-ass behaviour is a hard slap from Sadie, which while satisfying in the moment doesn't quite cut it.

Given that Stephen King hasn't ever shied away from killing children in his stories, it was surprising to see this adaptation pull its punches with its most imminently awful human character.