John (He's Out There)

"It's okay to be scared. My name is John. I grew up in this house, a long time ago. You come here every year. I've been watching you for a long time. I've always been here, waiting, but you couldn't see. That book, the one you read, it was given to me when I was a boy. I used to try and guess the answer, but I was wrong. Just like you. I left it here, so you would find it, so you would understand. Now I have to make a new book. There is a darkness all around you, but it's not in shadow, the darkness is ME!"

- John's monologue to a hiding Kayla and Maddie.

John is the main antagonist of the 2018 horror film He's Out There. He is the son of the former family that lived in Laura's vacation house. He disappeared into the woods when he was 18 and stayed there, even after his family moved out. When Laura started staying in his house, he began stalking her and her family, waiting for the opportunity to kill them.

He was portrayed by Ryan McDonald.

Appearance
John is a 6' 2" white male. He wears a mask that resembles a scarecrow, a hooded camouflage jacket, light blue collared shirt, blue jeans, and a pair of black boots.

Early Life
John grew up with his family in a remote lake house in Virginia. Some time when he turned 18, something happened that caused John to flee into the woods. His family eventually moved out and sold it to another family. The new family's girls found some of John's old stuff that he left behind, such as a morbid children's book and creepy handmade dolls.

He's Out There
When a family of four buys the house and makes it their vacation home, John begins to watch them from the forest, unbeknownst to them. Each visit, he would watch them and plan their demise. While in the forest, John made dummies that resembled a family sitting at a table for dinner. Eventually, John would stop stalking and make his move. On the next visit, he set up red string to lead to a table with cupcakes. The little girls, Maddie and Kayla follow the string and find the cupcakes. Maddie eats hers, but Kayla saves hers for her father, Shawn. Soon after eating the cupcake, Maddie develops an illness and coughs up a ribbon reading "Hello." The mother, Laura, realizes the cupcake was poisoned and finds another ribbon in Maddie's cupcake reading "Goodbye."

Villainous Acts

 * Stalks Laura and her family for years.
 * Mentally and emotionally tortures Laura and her children.
 * Attempts to poison Kayla with a cupcake.
 * Poisons Maddie with a cupcake.
 * Tampers with Laura's vehicle and makes it crash.
 * Throws eggs at both Laura and her daughters.
 * Lures Shawn into the woods with Laura's cellphone and kills him with the axe.
 * Lures Laura to the front door with a recording of Shawn and makes his corpse fall right in front of her.
 * Kills Owen with an axe to the head.
 * Busts through the back door window and kidnaps Laura.
 * Puts Laura in the trunk of Shawn's car and lures the girls to her by playing music on the car radio.
 * Injures Laura with an axe to the side.
 * Chases and captures Kayla and Maddie.

Trivia

 * According to Owen, John was slow-witted.
 * It is unknown why John made the dummies or wanted to replace the artificial parts with actual human parts.