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33 of the Scariest Movie Villains of all time!

The spooky season is here and what would it be without a horror flick?

If you’ve ever thought about the scariest villains of all time, here you go!

Thrillist.com put together a list of the 33 Scariest Horror Villains of All Time.

Here’s they are!!!  Be afraid, very afraid!

1.  Leatherface from “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”  (1974)

2.  Margaret White . . . a.k.a. Carrie’s mom . . . from “Carrie”  (1976)

3.  The Thing from “The Thing”  (1982)

4.  Pazuzu from “The Exorcist”  (1973)  That’s the demon that possesses Linda Blair.

5.  The Alien from “Alien”  (1979)

6.  The shark form “Jaws”  (1975)

7.  John Doe from “Seven”, played by Kevin Spacey  (1995)

8.  Norman Bates from “Psycho”  (1960)

9.  Annie Wilkes from “Misery”  (1990)

10.  Dr. Jack Griffin from “The Invisible Man”  (1933)

11.  Dracula from “Dracula” (1931), “Horror of Dracula” (1958), “Dracula” (1979), and “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” (1992)

12.  Henry from “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer” (1986)  Henry was brilliantly played by Michael Rooker, who was Merle on “The Walking Dead” and Yondu in the “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies.

13.  The Babadook from “The Babadook”  (2014)

14.  Pinhead and the other Cenobites from “Hellraiser” (1987) and “Hellbound: Hellraiser 2” (1988)

15.  Daniel Robitaille . . . a.k.a. Candyman . . . from “Candyman”  (1992)

16.  Pennywise from “It: Chapter One”  (2017)

17.  Jack Torrance from “The Shining”  (1980)

18.  Jason Voorhees from “Friday the 13th Part 2” (1981), and some random sequel moments.

19.  Michael Myers from “Halloween” (1978) and “Halloween 2” (1981)

20.  Freddy Krueger from “A Nightmare on Elm Street”  (1984)

21. The Blob (from The Blob, 1958; and The Blob, 1988)

22. Sadako (from Ringu, 1998)

23.  It (from It Follows, 2014)

24. John Ryder (from The Hitcher, 1986)

25. The Tall Man (from Phantasm, 1979)

26. David Kessler (from An American Werewolf in London, 1981)

27. Sil (from Species, 1995; and Species II, 1998)

28. The Crate (from Creepshow, 1982)

29. Frankenstein’s Monster/The Bride (from Frankenstein, 1931; and Bride of Frankenstein, 1935)

30. Jigsaw (from the Saw franchise, 2004-2017)

31. The Gill-man (from The Creature From the Black Lagoon, 1958)

32. Seth Brundle (from The Fly, 1986)

33. Cujo (from Cujo, 1983)

 

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