I agree the Gentlemen in Buffy were truly scary. I think it’s to do with them being silent, calm, almost polite in their murderous intent. There was no frenzy. And that brutal tranquility is guaranteed to give you the heebie-jeebies. That, and the dead eyes. Which is why Tess Daly and Vernon Kay are so chilling.
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