The 33 Scariest Horror Villains of All Time
A good villain can make a sub-par horror film worth watching. So Thrillist put together a list of the 33 Scariest Horror Villains of All Time, and somehow, Harvey Weinstein isn't on it.
Leatherface from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" took the top spot, here's the list:
- Leatherface from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974)
- Margaret White, Carrie's mom from "Carrie" (1976)
- The Thing from "The Thing" (1982)
- Pazuzu from "The Exorcist" (1973)
- The Alien from "Alien" (1979)
- The shark from "Jaws" (1975)
- John Doe from "Seven" (1995)
- Norman Bates from "Psycho" (1960)
- Annie Wilkes from "Misery" (1990)
- Dr. Jack Griffin from "The Invisible Man" (1933)
- Dracula from "Dracula" (1931), "Horror of Dracula" (1958), "Dracula" (1979), and "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992)
- Henry from "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" (1986)
- The Babadook from "The Babadook" (2014)
- Pinhead and the other Cenobites from "Hellraiser" (1987) and "Hellbound: Hellraiser 2" (1988)
- Daniel Robitaille from "Candyman" (1992)
- Pennywise from "It: Chapter One" (2017)
- Jack Torrance from "The Shining" (1980)
- Jason Voorhees from "Friday the 13th Part 2" (1981)
- Michael Myers from "Halloween" (1978) and "Halloween 2" (1981)
- Freddy Krueger from "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984)
- The Blob from "The Blob" (1958)
- Sadako from "The Ring" (1998)
- It from "It Follows" (2014)
- John Ryder from "The Hitcher" (1986)
- The Tall Man from "Phantasm" (1979)
- David Kessler from "An American Werewolf in London" (1981)
- Sil from "Species" (1995) and "Species II" (1998)
- The Crate from "Creepshow" (1982)
- Frankenstein's Monster/The Bride from "Frankenstein" (1931) and "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935)
- Jigsaw from the "Saw" franchise (2004-2017)
- The Gill-man from "The Creature From the Black Lagoon" (1958)
- Seth Brundle from "The Fly" (1986)
- Cujo from "Cujo" (1983)
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