List of horror film villains explained

The following is an alphabetical list of horror film villains.

A

• Anguirus (Godzilla Raids Again)
• Art the Clown (Terrifier) - David Howard Thornton, Mike Giannelli
• Ash (Alien) - Ian Holm

B

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Ebirah (Ebirah, Horror of the Deep)

F

• Angela Franklin (Night of the Demons) - Amelia Kinkade, Shannon Elizabeth

G

• 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

• 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

• Igor (Universal Classic Monsters)
• Imhotep (The Mummy and its sequels) - Boris Karloff (Arnold Vosloo in the 1999 remake and its 2001 sequel)

K

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Norman Nordstrom (Don't Breathe) - Stephen Lang

O

• Oliver (Who's Watching Oliver) - Russell Geoffrey Banks
• Count Orlok (Nosferatu) - Max Schreck

P

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Xenomorph (Alien franchise) - Bolaji Badejo, Tom Woodruff Jr.

Y

• 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

• Zilla^[15] (Godzilla)
• Frank Zito (Maniac and its 2012 remake)
• Zombietoid (Dollman vs. Demonic Toys)

See also

• List of comedy horror films
• List of natural horror films
• List of horror anime
• Lists of horror films
• List of horror video games

Notes and References

1. Web site: Godzilla: Save the Earth Monster Profile - Baragon - GameSpot. gamespot.com. 2020-06-23.
2. Web site: Peter. Howell . Psycho killer is no pop culture anti-hero. https://web.archive.org/web/20180806084918/http://www.thefreeradical.ca/americanPsycho/psychoKillerNoHero.html. dead. August 6, 2018. . Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. April 19, 2000 . January 2, 2016.
3. Guardian Unlimited; BRET EASTON ELLIS.
4. Book: Steffen Hantke. American Horror Film: The Genre at the Turn of the Millennium. September 30, 2010. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 978-1-60473-454-6. 111–112.
5. Book: 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 . 978-0-8223-1663-3 .
6. Web site: 100 Greatest Heroes and Villains - AFI . Filmsite.org . 2011-08-29.
7. Web site: Danny. Gallagher. Dallas Actor Paul T. Taylor Sinks His Hooks Into the Role of Horror Film Villain Pinhead. Dallas Observer. March 10, 2017.
8. Web site: Webb. Charles. 'Child's Play' Killer Chucky The Unlikely Hero of Endless Runner 'Chucky: Slash & Dash'. MTV. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130927225245/http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2013/08/30/childs-play-killer-chucky-the-unlikely-hero-of-endless-runner-chucky-slash-dash/. 2013-09-27.
9. Book: 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 . 147–165 . 978-0-275-95048-4 .
10. Book: Willis . J. . Monush . B. . Screen World: 2005 Film Annual . Hal Leonard . Applause Books . 2006 . 978-1-55783-667-0 . December 13, 2017 . 220.
11. Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore. "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. 2003.
12. Web site: Where in the Horror are they Now? The Cast of My Bloody Valentine (1981)!. JoBlo Movie Network. February 15, 2016 . 7 August 2016.
13. http://www.afi.com/100Years/handv.aspx AFI list of 100 heroes and villains
14. http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEjmQmksXRL5nk 'Scream 2007 Awards Coming to Spike TV on 23 October'
15. Web site: Staff & Contributors « SciFi Japan . SciFi Japan. May 18, 1998 . January 22, 2014.