10 Horror Characters That Appeared Outside Their Own Movies
5. Count Orlok - SpongeBob SquarePants
It doesn't matter if it's only five seconds long - a cameo is a cameo!
In 1922 - yes, we're really going back that far - a silent German film called Nosferatu was released. You may have heard of it.
The lead character, played by Max Schreck, is Count Orlok. He's a vampire who strikes fear into the hearts of the local people, and not just because his presence is driving tourists away.
Orlok is one of the earliest examples of a horror icon and is set to get a reboot when Bill Skarsgård plays him in a new version of the movie. Also, he randomly turns up in an episode of a children's cartoon show about a talking sponge.
In the episode Graveyard Shift, SpongeBob SquarePants and long-suffering neighbour Squidward are forced to work 24 hours in the Krusty Krab. As night dawns, they are haunted by various spooky goings on and believe they are the target of local ghost, The Hash-Slinging Slasher.
In the end, all of the mysteries are solved except for who is flicking the lights on and off. Cut to some stock footage of Orlok operating a light switch.
SpongeBob is a weird show, man.