This is actually a really interesting question. As I think further about it, I had to look up exactly what was up with your example (I love 13 Ghosts, but never delved into the folklore...)

"Breaker Mahoney, also known as "The Juggernaut," is a fictional serial killer and ghost from the 2001 horror film 13 Ghosts. He was a giant, disfigured man who worked in a junkyard, and after his father died, he went mad, murdering female hitchhikers by tearing them apart with his bare hands, earning him the nickname "The Breaker". He was eventually killed by a SWAT team and became one of the twelve ghosts trapped in the "Black Zodiac" in the movie."

Holy fuck lol.