Most terrifying movie villain?
Who is the most terrifying movie villain?
My picks:
Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men
Amy Dunne from Gone Girl
The Warden from Shawshank Redemption
Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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Jar jar binks
He’s the true Sith Lord. Broke the rule of 2, tricked Sidious and Anakin/ Vader into not realizing there’s another Sith. Absolute boss, underrated evil villain.
He was the Kaiser Soze of the Sith, being the puppet master that no one would ever think of as a usual suspect you might even say. Straight up talked the senate into giving Palpatine the power to resolve the republic and create the empire. Then we don't really know about what happens to him and in the books people confuse him with Vader.
hans landa
Exactly, he has that evilness about him
This 100%. I love Christoph Waltz. When I saw him as Hans Landa in the first scene, he makes you think you got away with it and then turns terrifingly evil making the character "willingly" screw people he was supposed to protect.
But I was SUPER disappointed in him as Blofeld in Spectre, but I think that wasn't his fault. I think that was poorly written. What a waste. I was really hoping that he could have been an even better villan there. That guys is a terrifying villan and a fun hero (in Django). I could watch Mr. Waltz read the phonebook.
You should watch the episode of him in Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Annie Wilkes from Misery
Amon Goth from Schindler's List [and also a true and real villain in real life]
Reverend Harry Powell from Night of the Hunter
Dr Hannibal Lecter from Silence of the Lambs
Mrs Danvers from Rebecca
Rufus Buck from The Harder They Fall
Annie Wilkes is still the most terrifying antagonist in fiction for me hands down
Some good ones have already been mentioned. Jack Nicholson in The Shining creeped me out. Jaws also really scared me as a kid.
The Fairy Godmother from Shrek 2
Calvin Candie
I thought Stephen was scarier, especially because all of the Calvin Candie memes
Great point!
John Doe in Se7en
Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter. Most creepy to me because all she needed was a “The following story is fictional and does not depict any actual person or event” introduction just to make sure it was fictional.
The Joker in The Dark Knight
Good choice. Also loved Heath Ledger (RIP).
... Only problem was by the end of the movie, it just got out of control for how coordinated he was despite him saying "Do I look like a man with a plan?"
Keyser Söze from The Usual Suspects
Terrifying you ask?
Not sure if she is the villain, but probably Dawn in Teeth.
What is more terrifying than a girl biting off your dick with the teeth in her vagina???
Have never heard/seen anyone mention this movie outside of my group of high school friends... such a corny horror classic
Javier Bardem is amazing. I thought that Skyfall was pretty disappointing, but I thought he was pretty terrifying in it.
Paul Allen from American Pyscho
High-impact speaking, Thanos from the MCU haha
Is it messed up, that as I grow older, I start to sympathize more with the Villans?
Black Widow mentions it to Steve Rogers: "You know, I saw some whales in the bay the other day"
Adrian Veidt, highest-ranked for me due to sheer effectiveness / unstoppability
Chris Partlow
Not very scary, but God I love Darth Vader. Such a tragic story when you really think about it.
In terms of movies that really scared me, I'd say the "Hostel" series. It's a series about college aged Americans vacationing in Eastern Europe and being sold to wealthy Westerners to be tortured. I visited Moscow a while back in hs, and this move really had me freaked out...
Yes. Also, have to say, big fan of Ian McDiarmid as Palpatine. I love when, he talks to Anakin in Ep 3 when he delivers the line (after Anakin threatens to kill him): "I know you would. I can feel your anger. It gives you focus. Makes you stronger". (partially redeemed the first trilogy in my opinion)
... I would have turned darkside immediately.
The issue is that literally every line (I'm not even kidding, like every single line) from Palpatine in Episode 3 has been turned into a meme
It really makes me feel bad. Anakin just wanted to save the woman he loved, yet was corrupted by the dark side. His whole life is so sad. He watched his mother be a slave and saw her die as well. It is my personal opinion that George Lucas is a modern Shakespeare, but obviously critics don't take kind to modern stuff. Plus, GL is a great writer but a shitty director
He wrote ESB but didn't direct it.
Given your age I don't expect you to have seen the Clone Wars TV Show, but IMO, the later seasons did a lot to redeem the prequels and are some of my favorite SW material
Dating myself here, but: Judge Doom from Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
I was younger when I saw it, but I thought it was totally f'd up that he killed a cartoon character (pretty violently too).
And when I saw the movie again (when I was older), I was like holy $hit... That's Doc Brown! (I was not a smart kid)
Very interesting, you chose all incredibly realistic villains for your selection … which is maybe even more terrifying
That thing from insidious or the doll from Annabelle or basically any demon in horror movies are scariest. Not the best villians, that may be Voldemort or Joker or Javier Bardem as people mentioned but they aren't the scariest.
Noah Cross from chinatown
The best villains are complex, not carboard cutout baddies.
Vegeta until Freeza came along, until Cell showed up, until Majin Buu spawned, etc…
Gollum from lord of the rings
Mademoiselle from Martyrs original
Asami from Audition
Regan MacNeil from the Exorcist
The Villain in The Human Centipede. If that shit isn't terrifying to you, I don't know what is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Centipede_(First_Sequence)
George Soros
He has his own IMDB page for appearing as himself, so it meets scrutiny.
HAL - 2001: A Space Odyssey
Norman Bates - Psycho
Max Cady - Cape Fear (the one with De Niro)
Buffalo Bill & Hannibal Lecter - Silence of the Lambs
Xenomorph - Alien
Amon Goth - Schindler’s List
Captain Vidal - Pan’s Labyrinth (literally the most brutal film torture I think I’ve ever seen)
Norman Stansfield - The Professional
Calvin Candie - Django
Sergeant Barnes - Platoon
Alonzo Harris - Training day
Tyler Durden - Fight Club
Noah Cross - Chinatown (guy has a child with his own daughter, was definitely into criminal activities, and totally ruthless. Big time manipulation acting as a feeble old man, but engaging in major corruption)
T-1000 - Terminator 2
Tommy - Goodfellas (Joe Pesci was a legitimate psychopath)
Jenny - Forrest Gump (she was a villain. You know it. I know it. She knew it)
Totally agree about Jenny. Abandoned Gump the entire movie, got AIDS having sex with a bunch of hippies, and then returned at the end with "his" child when Gump became a self-made millionaire.
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