Silent stalkers, dream demons, and shape-shifting nightmares; the figures that made generations sleep with the lights on. Cast your vote!
1Norman BatesAnthony Perkins as the disturbed motel owner in Psycho (1960), whose split personality shocked audiences.1000pts
2Michael MyersThe silent masked Shape from Halloween (1978), an unstoppable force of pure evil stalking his hometown.897pts
3PinheadDoug Bradley as the cenobite from Hellraiser (1987), offering twisted pleasures beyond pain.808pts
4Samara MorganThe long-haired supernatural girl from The Ring (2002) who crawls out of the television.754pts
5DraculaThe immortal Count Dracula, from Bela Lugosi to Christopher Lee, the archetypal screen vampire.692pts
6Jack TorranceJack Nicholson as the hotel caretaker driven mad in The Shining (1980).538pts
7Hannibal LecterAnthony Hopkins brilliant cannibal psychiatrist from The Silence of the Lambs (1991), one of cinema most terrifying intellects.323pts
8GhostfaceThe anonymous phone-calling killer from the Scream franchise, a self-aware meta-slasher icon.1pts
9Jason VoorheesThe hockey-masked killer from Friday the 13th franchise, a relentless supernatural slasher.1pts
10Annie WilkesKathy Bates as the obsessive fan turned captor in Misery (1990), one of horror most realistically frightening villains.1pts
11LeatherfaceThe chainsaw-wielding masked killer from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).1pts
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Ten of the eleven names here come from films made after 1960. Dracula is the eleventh, and the only villain nobody has to believe in: https://youpick.best/articles/dracula-ranked-many-ways
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