The 11 Best Slasher Movie Villains of All Time

Masked killers, relentless stalkers, and unkillable boogeymen who turned body counts into an art form. Who's the deadliest?

1

Chucky

The demonic Good Guy doll from Child Play (1988) housing the soul of serial killer Charles Lee Ray.

1000pts

2

Michael Myers

The masked Shape from Halloween (1978) whose blank white face and silent relentlessness defined slasher cinema.

1000pts

3

Jason Voorhees

The hockey-masked machete killer from Friday the 13th franchise, an unstoppable supernatural force at Camp Crystal Lake.

750pts

4

Victor Crowley

The deformed swamp killer from the Hatchet franchise, designed as a love letter to classic slashers.

700pts

5

Freddy Krueger

Robert Englund as the burned, razor-gloved dream stalker from A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).

643pts

6

Pinhead

Doug Bradley as the cenobite leader from Hellraiser (1987) who arrives when the Lament Configuration is solved.

300pts

7

Leatherface

The chainsaw-wielding masked killer from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) based on Ed Gein.

300pts

8

The Fisherman

The slicker-clad killer from I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997).

1pts

9

Ghostface

The pop-culture-savvy phone caller from the Scream series (1996), the meta-slasher who knows all the rules.

1pts

10

Patrick Bateman

Christian Bale as the wealthy investment banker and potential serial killer in American Psycho (2000).

1pts

11

Candyman

Tony Todd as the hook-handed supernatural killer summoned by saying his name five times in a mirror.

1pts