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

Hannibal Lecter

The brilliant cannibalistic psychiatrist from The Silence of the Lambs and its sequels.

1000pts

2

Pinhead

The Cenobite leader and engineer of pain from the Hellraiser franchise.

820pts

3

Ghostface

The mystery killer in a Halloween costume from the Scream franchise.

820pts

4

Norman Bates

The deeply disturbed motel keeper with a split personality from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.

717pts

5

Annie Wilkes

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

671pts

6

Jack Torrance

The possessed caretaker of the Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.

615pts

7

Chucky

The possessed Good Guy doll turned serial killer from Child's Play franchise.

615pts

8

Leatherface

The chainsaw-wielding cannibal wearing a mask of human skin from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

546pts

9

Freddy Krueger

The dream-invading, razor-gloved killer from A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.

461pts

10

Pennywise the Dancing Clown

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

461pts

11

Candyman

The hook-handed supernatural killer summoned by speaking his name five times in the mirror.

461pts

12

Michael Myers

The Shape — the featureless masked stalker from Halloween franchise.

351pts

13

The Xenomorph

The parasitic biomechanical extraterrestrial creature from Ridley Scott's Alien.

351pts

14

Jason Voorhees

The hockey-masked, machete-wielding slayer from Friday the 13th franchise.

205pts

15

Samara Morgan

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

205pts