For those who crave horror, the movie world has a handsome gallery of characters to choose from. We collected a few of them in this article.
Halloween is the golden age of horror movies. PDO
Halloween is the golden age of dark nights and horror movies. However, horror films require a scary bad guy as their driving force.
Iltalehti brought together the ugliest villains in horror movies.
Norman Bates, Psycho
Black and white film Psycho shocked audiences when it came out in 1960.
Norman Bates, played by Anthony Perkins, was seen as the villain of the film. Bates manages the motel where the young woman stays.
What is special about Bates is his special attitude towards his mother. He constantly wonders what the mother who lives near the motel would think of his actions.
The most famous scene in the movie is when Bates stabs a woman who is staying at a motel while taking a shower.
The filming of the scene lasted a week. Janet Leigh, who played the woman, suffered from the attack so much that she said she stopped showering. Instead, he took a bath.
– When I’m somewhere where I can only bathe, I make sure the doors and windows are locked. I also leave the bathroom door and shower curtains open. I always look towards the door, Leigh has described, it is said In a Fox News article.
Anthony Perkins played the chilling villain of Psycho. PDO
Hannibal Lecter, Scapegoat
One of the most iconic villains in horror movies is Sacrificial sheepHannibal Lecter who appeared in the movie. The role was played by Anthony Hopkins.
Lecter, a cannibal dressed in a gag and tied to a transport cart, is recruited to help catch a serial killer.
In an interview with the BBC in 2014, Hopkins was asked if he was intimidated to play the role of Lecter. The answer was no.
– Does he scare me? No, I’m just playing him. It’s funny. I don’t really relate to him in any way. He came from the writer’s pen, then through me to the screen. I talk about him as he is, Hopkins said.
Hopkins also mentioned in the interview that he is open to reprising the role.
Hannibal Lecter is one of the most remembered horror villains. PDO
Count Dracula
Vampire Dracula is an evergreen horror villain. The bloody Count, who first appeared in Bram Stoker’s book in 1897, has been seen in numerous interpretations.
Bela Lugosi’s role in 1931 is probably the most iconic of the interpretations Dracula – the old vampire in the movie.
Lugosi had played Dracula before on Broadway. Lugosi was from Hungary, and In the Britannica article it is said that Lugosi’s thick accent helped his role stick in the minds of viewers.
The Dracula vampire icon who lives in Transylvania was played by Bela Lugosi in the 1931 film. PDO
Pazuzu, the Exorcist
One of the classics of horror films was released in 1973 Exorcist. In the film, a spirit named Pazuzu possesses a young woman, turning her into a grotesque monster.
An exorcist is called to the scene, and a wild thriller begins.
The film is based on an exorcism that actually happened in Maryland, USA. In an interview with EWTN the film’s director, William Friedkin, revealed that he believed in the possibility of possession – and with it exorcism.
In the movie The Exorcist, the Pazuzu spirit haunts a young woman. PDO
Samara, The Ring
At the turn of this millennium, terror was sown Ring-movie. The villain of the film is the girl Samara, who appears in the film in a possessed videotape.
After watching the video, the person who watched the video will be told that he has seven days to live, unless he gets someone else to watch the video.
Daveigh Chase played the role of Samara in the movie. Chase has also acted as a counterweight in a horror film Lilo & Stitch – in the animated series.
After seeing Samara, known from the movie The Ring, a chilling week awaits. PDO
John Kramer, Saw
Chilling ones Saw-the main villain of the films is John Kramer, also known as Jigsaw.
In Kramer’s long-standing role Saw-film series starred Tobin Bell.
Last year In an interview with the Los Angeles Times Bell described her role as Kramer.
– He feels that average people have taken over the world. He believes that we all have to live with the consequences of what we create, that these people don’t appreciate what they have.
John Kramer is the brutal villain of the Saw film series. Tobin Bell has played the role in every part of the film series. PDO
Ghostface, Scream
In 1996, the horror film Scream appeared. The main villain of the film is Ghostface, dressed in a black robe and a Slytherin ghost mask.
However, the iconic mask was meant to look different.
The Art of Costume – website says that the idea for the mask came from a mask left in the yard of an abandoned house. The manufacturer of the mask demanded too much compensation for its use, so a separate mask was made for the film.
There were numerous blanks for the mask. In the end, however, the company that produced the original mask demanded a smaller compensation, and the now-known mask was included in the film.
Anyone who recognizes the mask of the Ghostface character from the Scream movies enjoys horror movies. PDO