The Gentlemen are characters that appeared in the Body Collectors haunted house franchise. They were inspired by the creature of the same name from a Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode titled “Hush”. The creatures serve The Terra Queen (and technically The Storyteller) as well as Bloody Mary and Fear (and arguably Jack the Clown).
Story
The Sumerian God of Fear gave his Heralds the power to create their own beasts- they’re all extensions of HIM anyway. As such when writing for her story Terra Cruentus, Elsa Strict decided to create the Body Collectors. In her tale, The Body Men would retrieve the bodies from Blood Abbey and use them to create one of The Terra Tools. Their children would reside The Skool along with the other children of Terra Cruentus.
They returned during Halloween Horror Nights: Sweet 16 to celebrate the 16th anniversary of Halloween Horror Nights.
However it’s unknown if they were truly loyal to Fear, as their next two masters contradict the validity of Fear’s control. In 2008, Bloody Mary brought guests into her world as it was the 50th anniversary of her mortal transformation. The Body Collectors reside in the Mirror, specifically in the Myths realm. There, they would cover up their murders of Victorian Women (and some men) in the guise of characters such as Sweeney Todd and Jack the Ripper.
Making things more confusing is when they showed up at 2015. Not only were they employed by Jack who denounced what Horror Nights has become and set off to become bigger than The God of Fear, but Jack transported guests to 1800 Shadybrook where it was revealed that Jack and Eddie were babies there, suggesting they were there for a long time.
Appearances at Halloween Horror Nights Orlando
- Nightmare Alley (2001) (Unofficially)
- Body Collectors (2005)
- Horror Comes Home (2006)
- Body Collectors: Collections of the Past (2008)
- Streets of Blood (2008)
- HHN: 20 Years of Fear (2010)
- Horror Nights: The Hallow'd Past (2010)
- Body Collectors: Recollections (2015)
- Halloween Horror Nights Orlando Scareactor Dining Experience (2015)
Pictures
Trivia
- In 2012 it was revealed that The Gentleman were a part of The Kerezan Legion, most likely due to their relationship with corpses and their corpse-like appearance themselves.
| Halloween Horror Nights: Tales of Terror |
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| Characters: The Storyteller (Event Icon) • Terra Queen • Eelmouth • Terra Ladies • The Black Guard • Terra Ghouls • Knucklegrunts • The Gentlemen • Ore Mongers • Guderalle • Blood Abbey Monks |
| Areas of Terra Cruentus: Terra Cruentus • Terra Gate • Iron Bone Gorge • The Cantina • The South Hollow • Gorewood Forest • Dragon Forge • Blood Abbey • The North Hollow •The Mountain Beyond Maldaken • North Hollow Household • Maldaken Pass |
| Haunted Houses: Blood Ruins • Body Collectors • Cold Blind Terror • Demon Cantina • The Skool • Terror Mines • Where Evil Hides |
| Scarezones: Blood Thunder Alley • Fire Pits • Cemetery Mines • Terra Guard Run |
| Shows: Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure • Terra Throne |
| Unofficial Scarezones: The North Hollow • The South Hollow |
| Miscellaneous: Terra Clue Game • Rat Run |
| Halloween Horror Nights: Reflections of Fear |
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| Characters: Bloody Mary (Event Icon) • Boris Shuster • Alice • The Gentlemen • Charlie McPherson • Samhain • John Michaels |
| Haunted Houses: Body Collectors: Collections of the Past • Creatures! • Dead Exposure • Doomsday • The Hallow • Interstellar Terror • Reflections of Fear • Scary Tales: Once Upon a Nightmare |
| Scarezones: American Gothic • Asylum in Wonderland • Fractured Tales • The Path of the Wicked • The Skoolhouse • Streets of Blood |
| Unofficial Scarezones: Dark Reflections • Doomsday: The Infected • The Harvest • Zombies! |
| Shows: Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure • Brian Brushwood • The Rocky Horror Picture Show Tribute |
| Halloween Horror Nights 25 |
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| Characters: Jack the Clown (Event Icon) • Chance • The Inmates of Shadybrook Asylum • The Gentlemen |
| Haunted Houses: Jack Presents: 25 Years of Monsters & Mayhem • An American Werewolf in London • Asylum in Wonderland 3D • Body Collectors: Recollections • Freddy vs. Jason • Insidious • The Purge • RUN: Blood, Sweat and Fears • The Walking Dead: The Living and the Dead |
| Scarezones: Icons: HHN • Evil's Roots • Scary Tales: Screampunk • PsychoScareapy: Unleashed • All Nite Die-In: Double Feature |
| Unofficial Scarezones: Jack's Maniacs (Clowns) • Jack's Maniacs (Prisoners) • Jack's Maniacs (Rednecks) |
| Shows: Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure • The Carnage Returns |
| Other Attractions: Halloween Horror Nights Tribute Store |