The scariest characters in the LOTR? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Volo · 03-31-2007, 02:35 PM

I'd say orcs in general. They are not so big and mighty, but there is a lot of them and I'd say that they are pretty scary. Maybe because they feel much more real that f.ex. Sauron or the Nazgul.

Lord Halsar · 03-31-2007, 02:44 PM

The balrog doesn't strike me as terribly frightening. it's a powerful monster, but thats about it. and it seems pretty slow. i meen, it didn't really catch up to the Fellowship until they got to the bridge. they saw it before that, but thats about it.
there's those points, and didn't Gandalf hold onto it's leg while he was down in the REALLY deep places. you don't grap onto the leg of a frightening monster.

Sir Kohran · 03-31-2007, 04:04 PM

Shelob. There's something very alien and creepy about spiders, with their eight legs and eyes and their sticky, trapping webs and their deadly poison, and Tolkien carries it off brilliantly. The thought of entering a dark, slimy, stinking tunnel filled with webs with the thought of a giant spider lurking somewhere within is quite terrifying. I remember the movie version of ROTK - at one point Frodo hears movement somewhere. He spins around, checking all possible sources of sound...completely oblivous to the giant black moster that is silently suspended just above him! Very scary.

03-31-2007, 02:35 PM	#1
Volo Silver in My Silent Heart Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the great beauty Posts: 1,611	I'd say orcs in general. They are not so big and mighty, but there is a lot of them and I'd say that they are pretty scary. Maybe because they feel much more real that f.ex. Sauron or the Nazgul. __________________ Fenris Wolf The EVEN NEWER Barrow-Downs Photo Page

03-31-2007, 02:44 PM	#2
Lord Halsar Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: 'Round the corner, down the well, passed the Balrog, straight to HELL! Posts: 77	The balrog doesn't strike me as terribly frightening. it's a powerful monster, but thats about it. and it seems pretty slow. i meen, it didn't really catch up to the Fellowship until they got to the bridge. they saw it before that, but thats about it. there's those points, and didn't Gandalf hold onto it's leg while he was down in the REALLY deep places. you don't grap onto the leg of a frightening monster. __________________ My time is at an end, for I have walked from Valinor to the Far-east where men have not gone for millennia. Demons have fallen before me. And now... I must rest...

03-31-2007, 04:04 PM	#3
Sir Kohran Wight Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: England, UK Posts: 178	Shelob. There's something very alien and creepy about spiders, with their eight legs and eyes and their sticky, trapping webs and their deadly poison, and Tolkien carries it off brilliantly. The thought of entering a dark, slimy, stinking tunnel filled with webs with the thought of a giant spider lurking somewhere within is quite terrifying. I remember the movie version of ROTK - at one point Frodo hears movement somewhere. He spins around, checking all possible sources of sound...completely oblivous to the giant black moster that is silently suspended just above him! Very scary. __________________ 'Dangerous!' cried Gandalf. 'And so am I, very dangerous: more dangerous than anything you will ever meet, unless you are brought alive before the seat of the Dark Lord.'