Bearbricks: Theme HORROR

From Japanese yokai to Iron Maiden

At 9.37%, HORROR is one of the smaller themes — and the one with the broadest idea of horror. Recent years have brought Dracula and Frankenstein from the Universal canon, Alfred Hitchcock, Squid Game, Emily the Strange, Freddy Fazbear, Beetlejuice, MEGAN 2.0, and Iron Maiden’s Eddie.

The most interesting entry is the Amabie from Series 41: a Japanese yokai said to ward off plague, released in 2020.

The theme benefits from the fact that the Bearbrick shape is friendly. A horror design on a bear body doesn’t turn frightening, it tips into comedy — and that break is what the line is built on.