Angry villagers are frequent denizens of Transylvania and other horror movie locales, who gather torches and farm implements (most often pitchforks) to face the monster or surround the castle. While the concept derives from historical peasant uprisings and events such as The French Revolution, the first cinematic instance occurs in the silent The Phantom of the Opera (1925). A victim's brother rallies a torch-wielding mob which pursues the Phantom at the climax and throws him to a watery grave in the river below. Universal's 1931 Frankenstein film and its direct sequels further cemented the idea, often organized by a blustery but otherwise ineffectual burgermeister, and even when unable to destroy the monster, the community activists usually set fire to the castle, lab, or other hideout.
The Hammer horror movies of the 1960s and 1970s employed similar village mobs in pursuing vampires, and the concept became so intertwined with horror in general and Frankenstein in particular that it has become a common device in parodies and homages (such as Tim Burton's Frankenweenie and Edward Scissorhands).
Angry Village People[]
Peasants ignore the "Tremendous Cheers" cue and whip out pitchforks when the witch Taminella Grinderfall is announced as the new queen.
When Earl and Charlene Sinclair are faced with a Wereman (Robbie), they decide to call the Angry Mob (the number's on the fridge). Victorian-style lanterns are carried instead of torches, but the pitchfork is still in evidence.
Ivan the Villager is a recovering member of a typical mob of angry villagers who now advocates for better treatment of monsters in horror movies.
In keeping with the classic movie monsters in this pinball game, there's the mandatory angry villagers, including the typically disapproving Statler and Waldorf and Sam the Eagle, as well as faces less likely to come after Muppets with torches and sharp agricultural tools.