List of horror film villains
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The following is an alphabetical list of horror film villains.
A
[edit]- Anguirus (Godzilla Raids Again)
- Art the Clown (Terrifier) - David Howard Thornton, Mike Giannelli
- Ash (Alien) - Ian Holm
B
[edit]- Angela Baker (Sleepaway Camp) - Felissa Rose
- Baragon (Frankenstein Conquers the World)[1]
- Patrick Bateman (American Psycho) – Christian Bale[2][3]
- Norman Bates (Psycho franchise) - Anthony Perkins, Vince Vaughn
- Billy[4] (Black Christmas film series) - Bob Clark, Albert J. Dunk, Nick Mancuso, Robert Mann, Cainan Wiebe
- Billy the Puppet (Saw franchise) – Tobin Bell
- Biollante (Godzilla vs. Biollante)
- Seth Brundle (The Fly) - Jeff Goldblum
C
[edit]- Max Cady (Cape Fear) - Robert Mitchum, Robert De Niro
- Billy Chapman (Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise) – Robert Brian Wilson
- Chop Top (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2) - Bill Moseley
- Clover (Cloverfield)
- Alfred Costella (Everybody Dies by the End) - Vinny Curran
- The Creeper (Jeepers Creepers) – Jonathan Breck
D
[edit]- Daimajin (Daimajin and its sequels) - Chikara Hashimoto
- Jerry Dandrige (Fright Night) - Chris Sarandon (Colin Farrell in the 2011 remake)
- Destoroyah (Godzilla vs. Destoroyah)
- Francis Dolarhyde a.k.a. The Tooth Fairy (Manhunter and Red Dragon) - Tom Noonan, Ralph Fiennes
E
[edit]F
[edit]G
[edit]- Gamera (Gamera, the Giant Monster) - Teruo Aragaki
- Ghostface (Scream franchise) - Dane Farwell (stunts), Roger L. Jackson (voice)
- Gigan (Godzilla vs. Gigan)
- Godzilla - (Gojira) - Haruo Nakajima
- General Gore (Friend of the World) - Nick Young
- Gorosaurus (King Kong Escapes)
- Graboid (Tremors franchise)
- Jamie "Jame" Gumb a.k.a. "Buffalo Bill"[5] (The Silence of the Lambs) - Ted Levine
H
[edit]- Hedorah (Godzilla vs. Hedorah)
- Mark Hoffman (Saw IV, Saw V, Saw VI, Saw 3D, and Saw X) - Costas Mandylor
- Sheriff Hoyt (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) - R. Lee Ermy
I
[edit]- Igor (Universal Classic Monsters)
- Imhotep (The Mummy and its sequels) - Boris Karloff (Arnold Vosloo in the 1999 remake and its 2001 sequel)
K
[edit]- Kamacuras (Son of Godzilla)
- Kharis (The Mummy's Hand and its sequels) - Tom Tyler, Lon Chaney Jr.
- King Ghidorah (Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster)
- King Kong (King Kong) - Willis H. O'Brien (Andy Serkis in the 2005 remake)
- John Kramer a.k.a. Jigsaw (Saw franchise) - Tobin Bell
- Freddy Krueger[6] a.k.a. The Springwood Slasher (A Nightmare on Elm Street) - Robert Englund, Jackie Earle Haley
- Kumonga (Son of Godzilla)
- Kurt Kunkle (Spree) - Joe Keery
L
[edit]- Leatherface (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) - Andrew Bryniarski, Gunnar Hansen, R. A. Mihailoff
- Hannibal Lecter (Hannibal Lecter franchise) - Anthony Hopkins, Brian Cox, Gaspard Ulliel, Mads Mikkelsen
M
[edit]- Manda (Atragon)
- Gabriel May (Malignant) - Ray Chase (voice), Marina Mazepa (physical performer)
- Mechagodzilla (Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla)
- Mechani-Kong (King Kong Escapes)
- Megaguirus (Godzilla vs. Megaguirus)
- Megalon (Godzilla vs. Megalon)
- Mictlāntēcutli (El Muerto)
- Moguera (The Mysterians)
- Mothra (Mothra)
- MUTO (Godzilla)
- Michael Myers (Halloween franchise) - George P. Wilbur, Tyler Mane, Nick Castle, Don Shanks, Bradley Loree, James Jude Courtney.
- Samara Morgan (The Ring and its sequels) - Daveigh Chase, Kelly Stables, Bonnie Morgan
N
[edit]O
[edit]P
[edit]- Santanico Pandemonium (From Dusk till Dawn) - Salma Hayek
- Rustin Parr (Blair Witch franchise) - Frank Pastor
- Pearl (X) - Mia Goth
- Rhoda Penmark (The Bad Seed and its 1985/2018 remakes) - Patty McCormack, Carrie Wells, Mckenna Grace
- Pinhead[7] a.k.a. Captain Elliott Spencer (Hellraiser franchise) - Doug Bradley, Stephan Smith Collins, Paul T. Taylor, Jamie Clayton
- David Powers (The Lost Boys) - Kiefer Sutherland
- Predator (Predator) - Kevin Peter Hall, Ian Whyte, Brian Steele, Carey Jones, Derek Mears, Brian A. Prince, Dane DiLiegro
R
[edit]- Charles Lee Ray a.k.a. Chucky[8] (Child's Play franchise) - Brad Dourif, David Kohlsmith, Tyler Barish, Mark Hamill
- Max Renn (Videodrome) - James Woods
- Rodan (Rodan)
- Daniel Robitaille a.k.a. "the Candyman" (Candyman film series) - Tony Todd
S
[edit]- Kayako Saeki, Toshio Saeki (The Grudge) – Takako Fuji, Yuya Ozeki
- Samhain (Trick 'r Treat) – Quinn Lord
- Slappy the Dummy (Goosebumps) – Jack Black
- Slender Man (Slender Man) – Javier Botet
- SpaceGodzilla (Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla)
- Captain Spaulding (Firefly film series) – Sid Haig
- Emma Spool (Psycho II) – Claudia Bryar
- Krug Stillo (Last House on the Left) – David Hess
- Stephan Strange / Sinister Strange (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) – Benedict Cumberbatch
T
[edit]- Larry Talbot (The Wolf Man franchise) - Lon Chaney Jr., Benicio del Toro
- Mick Taylor (Wolf Creek) - John Jarratt
- The Thing (The Thing from Another World, The Thing (1982), The Thing (2011))
- Ed Thompson (Fright Night film series) - Stephen Geoffreys, Christopher Mintz-Plasse in the 2011 remake
- Damien Thorn (The Omen) - Harvey Spencer Stephens[9]
- Titanosaurus (Terror of Mechagodzilla)
- Sweeney Todd (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) - Johnny Depp
- Liz Topham-Myrtle (Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea) - Brian Patrick Butler
- Jack Torrance (The Shining) - Jack Nicholson
- Tall Man (Phantasm) - Angus Scrimm
- Judge Turpin (Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) - Alan Rickman
- The Terminator (The Terminator) - Arnold Schwarzenegger
V
[edit]- Tiffany Valentine[10] (Bride of Chucky and its sequels) - Jennifer Tilly
- Varan (Varan the Unbelievable)
- Mason Verger (Hannibal) - Gary Oldman
- Jason Voorhees[11] (Friday the 13th Part 2 and its sequels) - Kane Hodder, C. J. Graham, Ken Kirzinger, Derek Mears
- Pamela Voorhees (Friday the 13th) - Betsy Palmer, Marilyn Poucher, Paula Shaw, Nana Visitor
- Verussa Bloodstone (Werewolf by Night) - Harriet Sansom Harris
W
[edit]- Harry Warden a.k.a. The Miner[12] (My Bloody Valentine) - Peter Cowper, Richard John Walters
- Annie Wilkes[13] (Misery) - Kathy Bates
- Ben Willis (I Know What You Did Last Summer) - Muse Watson
X
[edit]Y
[edit]- Sadako Yamamura (Ring) - Rie Inō
- Ygor (Son of Frankenstein and The Ghost of Frankenstein) - Bela Lugosi
- Yonggary - (Yongary, Monster from the Deep) - Cho Kyoung-min
- Amanda Young[14] (Saw, Saw II, Saw III, Saw VI, Saw X) - Shawnee Smith
Z
[edit]- Zilla[15] (Godzilla)
- Frank Zito (Maniac and its 2012 remake)
- Zombietoid (Dollman vs. Demonic Toys)
See also
[edit]- List of comedy horror films
- List of natural horror films
- List of horror anime
- Lists of horror films
- List of horror video games
References
[edit]- ^ "Godzilla: Save the Earth Monster Profile - Baragon - GameSpot". gamespot.com. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ^ Howell, Peter (April 19, 2000). "Psycho killer is no pop culture anti-hero". Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. Archived from the original on August 6, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
- ^ Guardian Unlimited; BRET EASTON ELLIS.
- ^ Steffen Hantke (September 30, 2010). American Horror Film: The Genre at the Turn of the Millennium. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 111–112. ISBN 978-1-60473-454-6.
- ^ Halberstam, Judith (1995). "Skinflick: Posthuman Gender in Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs". Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters. Duke University Press Books. ISBN 978-0-8223-1663-3.
- ^ "100 Greatest Heroes and Villains - AFI". Filmsite.org. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
- ^ Gallagher, Danny. "Dallas Actor Paul T. Taylor Sinks His Hooks Into the Role of Horror Film Villain Pinhead". Dallas Observer. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ Webb, Charles. "'Child's Play' Killer Chucky The Unlikely Hero of Endless Runner 'Chucky: Slash & Dash'". MTV. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013.
- ^ Iaccino, James F. (1998). "The Omen Trilogy: The Growth of the Demon Child Archetype". Jungian Reflections within the Cinema: A Psychological Analysis of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Archetypes. Praeger. pp. 147–165. ISBN 978-0-275-95048-4.
- ^ Willis, J.; Monush, B. (2006). Screen World: 2005 Film Annual. Applause Books. Hal Leonard. p. 220. ISBN 978-1-55783-667-0. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore (2003). "Freddy & Jason Go to Development Hell/Slicing Towards Production" Fangoria Magazine Articles in September/October 2003 issues (Freddy vs. Jason DVD Special Features) (DVD (Region 2)). United States: New Line Cinema.
- ^ "Where in the Horror are they Now? The Cast of My Bloody Valentine (1981)!". JoBlo Movie Network. February 15, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
- ^ AFI list of 100 heroes and villains
- ^ 'Scream 2007 Awards Coming to Spike TV on 23 October' Archived January 29, 2013, at archive.today. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
- ^ "Staff & Contributors « SciFi Japan". SciFi Japan. May 18, 1998. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
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