Top 10 Horror Movie Villains

Honorable Mentions:

Chucky - Child's Play, Candyman - Candyman, Jason Voorhees - Friday the 13th, Leatherface - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Death - Final Destination, Stripe - Gremlins, Pinhead - Hellraiser  

#10: Jack Torrance - The Shining: Jack Torrance's slow descent into madness is still really well-handled by master of direction Stanley Kubrick. One of the best elements of this movie is the idea that Jack Torrance is a just a regular guy who is driven insane by the Overlook hotel, and attempting to kill his family.

#9: The Shark - Jaws: The shark from Jaws does need to be mentioned because it is an animal. This creature bases its villainous activities on how hungry it is, and picking off the people of Amity Island in New York. There's a reason some people are scared to go in the ocean, and it's this shark. In fact, I might just be talking about the shark again in a series I'm planning to do eventually.

#8: Damien - The Omen: Damien is a pretty scary horror movie baddie for a very specific reason. If you take one look at him, he looks adorable and innocent. There's just one catch. He's the spawn of Satan, destined to bring about the end of the world, and this is a movie where evil triumphs.

#7: Samara - The Ring: Samara actually does frighten me a little bit. I am a huge movie fanatic. So, the idea of a little girl that crawls out of a T.V. to kill you seven days after watching a specific video tape does frighten me. Granted, I can't put her any higher because she probably would've scared me a lot more had I actually seen The Ring on VHS.

#6: Sam - Trick 'r Treat: There's not a whole lot to really say about Sam. He is a trick-or-treater that kills the people who don't observe the rules of Halloween. Best yet, his murder weapon of choice is a lollipop.

#5: Norman Bates - Psycho: What really makes Norman Bates a compelling horror movie villain (and as frightening as he is) is that, for most of the most movie, you never really know what he is. Is he the tragic hero, the terrifying monster, or is he a little bit of both?

#4: Jigsaw - Saw: Jigsaw is actually one of the most complex horror movie villains to come out of the past decade. He is very much seen as the villain of the series, but he also has the mannerisms you probably find in your typical anti-hero. He's offering his victims a choice, live or die, and he does all of it without ever laying a hand on his victims.

#3: Hannibal Lecter - The Hannibal Lecter franchise - There is a large possibility that Hannibal Lecter could be a real person. You actually could find this cannibal waiting for you in a dark alley. One of the horrifying things about him is how calm he is when he eats his victims, and how nonchalant he is about the idea of killing his victims.

#2: Freddy Krueger - A Nightmare on Elm Street: Freddy had to be as high on the list as he is for a simple reason. He attacks you in your dreams, the one place you can't really escape from, because you have no control over your subconscious. What's even more frightening is just how much despicable glee he takes in killing his victims

#1: Michael Myers - Halloween: For the longest time, Michael has been my personal favorite horror movie maniac. He doesn't speak. He feels nothing towards his victims, and for all intents and purposes, he is dead inside. The bleached Shatner mask really sells that because of the dark black holes in his eye-sockets. This works because the eyes are considered the windows to the soul. Staring into those blank, dead eyes show that he is truly soulless.

Were there any I missed? Any I should have left off? Let me know