Who are the 20 greatest horror movie villains of all time? Take a Halloween tour through our haunted photo gallery to find out what blood-curdling baddies made the cut… if you dare.
The most recent entry in our rankings is from the striking success of M. Night Shyamalan‘s 2017 film “Split.” Its anti-hero Kevin Wendell Crumb (James MacAvoy in a tour-de-force performance embodying a number of horror personae) has already become a bit of a horror icon.
We searched far and wide through every goblin, ghoul, and goth to come up with a comprehensive list, and while there were plenty of demented killers or demon-possessed tykes to consider, we couldn’t include everyone. So don’t take our heads off if your favorite didn’t make it. For our gallery, we’ve generally stayed away from horror legends who have gone soft via comedy parodies but instead focus intensely on those...
The most recent entry in our rankings is from the striking success of M. Night Shyamalan‘s 2017 film “Split.” Its anti-hero Kevin Wendell Crumb (James MacAvoy in a tour-de-force performance embodying a number of horror personae) has already become a bit of a horror icon.
We searched far and wide through every goblin, ghoul, and goth to come up with a comprehensive list, and while there were plenty of demented killers or demon-possessed tykes to consider, we couldn’t include everyone. So don’t take our heads off if your favorite didn’t make it. For our gallery, we’ve generally stayed away from horror legends who have gone soft via comedy parodies but instead focus intensely on those...
- 10/26/2019
- by Tom O'Brien, Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
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