Who is the best horror movie villain of all time?

Horror's greatest icons have terrified audiences for decades — from the relentless Michael Myers to the calculating Hannibal Lecter. Which villain has haunted your nightmares the most?

1. 1
   Hannibal Lecter

   The brilliant cannibalistic psychiatrist from The Silence of the Lambs and its sequels.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Pinhead

   The Cenobite leader and engineer of pain from the Hellraiser franchise.
   741pts
3. 3
   Ghostface

   The mystery killer in a Halloween costume from the Scream franchise.
   741pts
4. 4
   Norman Bates

   The deeply disturbed motel keeper with a split personality from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.
   592pts
5. 5
   Annie Wilkes

   The obsessive nurse and 'biggest fan' played by Kathy Bates in Stephen King's Misery.
   525pts
6. 6
   Chucky

   The possessed Good Guy doll turned serial killer from Child's Play franchise.
   444pts
7. 7
   Jack Torrance

   The possessed caretaker of the Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.
   444pts
8. 8
   Leatherface

   The chainsaw-wielding cannibal wearing a mask of human skin from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
   346pts
9. 9
   Pennywise the Dancing Clown

   The shape-shifting entity feeding on children's fears in Stephen King's IT.
   222pts
10. 10
    Candyman

    The hook-handed supernatural killer summoned by speaking his name five times in the mirror.
    222pts
11. 11
    Freddy Krueger

    The dream-invading, razor-gloved killer from A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.
    222pts
12. 12
    Michael Myers

    The Shape — the featureless masked stalker from Halloween franchise.
    64pts
13. 13
    The Xenomorph

    The parasitic biomechanical extraterrestrial creature from Ridley Scott's Alien.
    64pts
14. 14
    Jason Voorhees

    The hockey-masked, machete-wielding slayer from Friday the 13th franchise.
    1pts
15. 15
    Samara Morgan

    The vengeful long-haired ghost from The Ring who kills through a cursed videotape.
    1pts