Bruce Campbell
Sid Haig
Boris Karloff
Ken Foree
Bela Lugosi

Fave horror stars
 

Christopher Lee
Reggie Nalder
Sheila Keith
Bette Davis/Joan Crawford
and of course...
George W. Bush!

These folks aren't all exclusive to horror, but they've definately forayed close enough...not so much any of the "classics" either, just people I think "work" for the genre.

Tony Todd
Lance Henrikksen ?sp?
Liev Schreiber
Sigourney Weaver
Bill Nighy

...I think presence is what it comes down to.

5-Bill Moseley
4-Vincent Price
3-Robert Englund
2-Abbott & Costello
1-Bruce Campbell

Vincent Price
Barbara Steele
Christopher Lee

are probably my top 3. I like Karloff a lot but not as much as Price, Steele, or Lee.

B-movie bonuses:
Christopher George
Reggie Bannister
Karen Black

1 Peter Cushing

2 Christopher Lee

3 Boris Karloff

4 Vincent Price

5 Bela Lugosi

Mine are pretty much the same as everyone elses- Boris, Bela, PETER LORRE, Price and Chris Lee

1. Lon Chaney, Sr. (Not really a Sr. considering Chaney Jr. is not actually a Jr. Real name Creighton Chaney).
2. Vincent Price
3. Peter Lorre (only mentioned twice!?!)
4. Boris Karloff
5. Bela Lugosi

I'm with you, Madison- Lorre is definitely underappreciated. Right from his first film- M - he showed how frightening he could be. Those eyes and that voice alone make him a horror icon. That's what sets the classic horror greats apart for me- each one had such a distinctive vocal quality- Lorre, Lugosi, Karloff, Price, Raines- they could make you shiver just listening to them.

I have an old copy of The Man Who Knew too Much (1934). The quality is crappy (I should probably get a new copy) but I still watch it because Lorre is incredible.