It’s Valentine’s Day, or as we HalloGeeks like to call it, Valloween! Let’s take a look at some horribly cute couples that are too sickly sweet to miss!
Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel (Sleepy Hollow, 1999)
Oh my goodness, Johnny Depp is just a sight for sore eyes. And a blonde-haired Christina Ricci?! Don’t even get me started! Ichabod and Katrina are a tale as old as time. A mild-mannered, somewhat scared teacher falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a town aristocrat. It’s the story of two lovers meant not to be together, but they can’t help but be drawn to one another. A very good match in casting, I’d say.
Ricky and Bill (sleepaway camp 1983)
Alright, so these guys aren’t a couple, like, at all. But to me, they have one of the most old married couple chemistries I’ve ever seen. The way they just shoot venom back and forth the whole movie is so funny and quick. It’s like “just kiss already!”
Brodie and Medina (Deathgasm, 2015)
Like Ichabod and Katrina, this too is the story of two souls that you wouldn’t think would go together, but totally do. They say that opposites attract, and it’s visually obvious in Deathgasm; a metal af teen in love with the girly girl — except she loves him right back. Now that’s metal af.
Deena and Sam (Sarah and Hannah) (Fear Street Part III: 1666, 2021)
I like when movies subvert expectations and throw in gay couples but make you think they’re actually not gay. We go into Fear Street thinking Sam is a boy, only to find out she’s a she. Either way, I loved going through this series and seeing just how much Sam and Deena (or Hannah and Sarah in 1666) love each other. Loving each other to death, actually. We’re cheering, then sad, and angry and every emotion in between.
Ian McKinley and Erin Ulmer (Final Destination 3, 2006)
Baby goths! These two high schoolers are unfortunate enough to find themselves involved in a Final Destination movie. If you put Gomez and Morticia Addams and blend them together with Panic! At the Disco, you get Ian and Erin. They are cute though, and way more sympathetic and interesting than the main protagonists.
Frederick and Anabelle Loren (House on Haunted Hill, 1959)
If you thought Bill and Ricky spat venom, you haven’t seen House on Haunted Hill. Probably the funniest couple that really should be divorced, these two have nothing but contempt for each other. It comes off as absolutely hilarious, those spiteful words, so much so that it almost doesn’t seem like they’re serious. I mean, my husband and I say stuff like this to each other all the time (jokingly, of course). So it makes me smile a little to see others do it too.
Emily Rose and Jason (The Exorcism of Emily Rose, 2005)
Unlike the Lorens, Emily Rose and Jason are on the opposite side of the love spectrum. Though they are not technically together, Jason and Emily Rose show a love for each other that is pure and light and good enough to defeat evil — almost. This is a side that many people are fortunate enough not to see, staying by your partner’s side even when they’re on death’s door. It’s what every couple should strive to be like.
The Entire Cast (Hubie Halloween, 2020)
Every couple in Hubie Halloween is amazing. Hubie and Violet, Tommy and Megan, Mike and himself, Lester and Mary, Chantal and Pete (he wishes) — everyone has the most spectacular chemistry and they’re all so believable! Not only believable, but people I’d want to hang out with in real life.
Gomez and Morticia Addams (The Addams Family, 1991)
Goals. Ultimate goals. #goalz. Gomez and Morticia are how every couple should be, ever, period. They are more than in love with each other, they are obsessed. Even after kids and all the antics that befall their family, they are so in love. It’s funny how every non-Addams makes the whole family out to be really weird for liking the dark and macabre, but it goes to show that you can love the darkness and still be a wonderful person. They’d really be number 1 if it weren’t for the next two…
Matt and Steve (Tarantula, 1955)
Since seeing this movie last summer, I’ve been obsessed with it, especially Matt and Steve. First of all, what a cute-ass name for a woman: Steve (short for Stephanie)! Then the two lovebirds just flirting and being all cute while a giant tarantula is destroying the Arizona desert. Literally, the whole time I was giddy and giggling like a schoolgirl hoping they’d go on a date… during the movie. No other movie has made me have a physical reaction quite like this. Sheesh!
Who is your favorite horror couple? Let us know in the comments!
