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

Norman Bates

Anthony Perkins as the disturbed motel owner in Psycho (1960), whose split personality shocked audiences.

1000pts

2

Michael Myers

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

933pts

3

Pinhead

Doug Bradley as the cenobite from Hellraiser (1987), offering twisted pleasures beyond pain.

874pts

4

Samara Morgan

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

840pts

5

Dracula

The immortal Count Dracula, from Bela Lugosi to Christopher Lee, the archetypal screen vampire.

799pts

6

Jack Torrance

Jack Nicholson as the hotel caretaker driven mad in The Shining (1980).

699pts

7

Hannibal Lecter

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

559pts

8

Jason Voorhees

The hockey-masked killer from Friday the 13th franchise, a relentless supernatural slasher.

349pts

9

Leatherface

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

349pts

10

Ghostface

The anonymous phone-calling killer from the Scream franchise, a self-aware meta-slasher icon.

349pts

11

Annie Wilkes

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

349pts