The 11 Greatest Horror Movie Villains of All Time

Silent stalkers, dream demons, and shape-shifting nightmares; the figures that made generations sleep with the lights on. Cast your vote!

1. 1
   Norman Bates

   Anthony Perkins as the disturbed motel owner in Psycho (1960), whose split personality shocked audiences.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Michael Myers

   The silent masked Shape from Halloween (1978), an unstoppable force of pure evil stalking his hometown.
   897pts
3. 3
   Pinhead

   Doug Bradley as the cenobite from Hellraiser (1987), offering twisted pleasures beyond pain.
   808pts
4. 4
   Samara Morgan

   The long-haired supernatural girl from The Ring (2002) who crawls out of the television.
   754pts
5. 5
   Dracula

   The immortal Count Dracula, from Bela Lugosi to Christopher Lee, the archetypal screen vampire.
   692pts
6. 6
   Jack Torrance

   Jack Nicholson as the hotel caretaker driven mad in The Shining (1980).
   538pts
7. 7
   Hannibal Lecter

   Anthony Hopkins brilliant cannibal psychiatrist from The Silence of the Lambs (1991), one of cinema most terrifying intellects.
   323pts
8. 8
   Ghostface

   The anonymous phone-calling killer from the Scream franchise, a self-aware meta-slasher icon.
   1pts
9. 9
   Jason Voorhees

   The hockey-masked killer from Friday the 13th franchise, a relentless supernatural slasher.
   1pts
10. 10
    Annie Wilkes

    Kathy Bates as the obsessive fan turned captor in Misery (1990), one of horror most realistically frightening villains.
    1pts
11. 11
    Leatherface

    The chainsaw-wielding masked killer from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).
    1pts