Summary

Horror villains have kept interview on the edge of their seats and fearing for their living , but some were simply dread at really killing their victims . Thebest horror movieshave introduced all kinds of scoundrel to audiences , from the healthy and stealthy to the savagely red . These title became known as the slasher film subgenre , concentre explicitly on macabre death , and became a tremendously popular subgenre . As unhinged scenes of extreme violence and torture play out on the Ag screen , several graphic symbol lose their lives at the hand of some of thebest revulsion scoundrel with complicated backstories .

However , not every repulsion baddie was successful in their attempts at kill off those around them . Whether they had one victim or scads , some villains were just not thin out to be murderers , but this did n’t turn back them . passel of scoundrel were imaginative with their patch to kill , ranging from being armed with either a elementary ordnance or knife to more drastic violence like setting fire or possessing their victim . irrespective of their weapon of choice , motif , backstory , or who their victim were , multiple malign digit in horror motion picture should have stuck with their day Book of Job .

From M3GAN to Candyman to A Nightmare On Elm Street ’s Freddy Krueger , some repugnance movie villains end up becoming more popular than their dupe .

Ellie Evil Dead, M3GAN, Chucky

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The Babadook

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2014

Misery

1990

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Relevant Movie Franchises

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Scream

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Scream ( 1996 ) Scream 2 ( 1997 ) Scream 3 ( 2000 ) shriek 4 ( 2011 ) Scream ( 2022 ) Scream VI ( 2023 )

Leprechaun

Leprechaun ( 1992 ) Leprechaun 2 ( 1994 ) Leprechaun 3 ( 1995 ) Leprechaun 4 : In Space ( 1997 ) Leprechaun in the Hood ( 2000 ) Leprechaun 6 : Back 2 tha Hood ( 2003 ) Leprechaun : Origins ( 2014 ) Leprechaun Returns ( 2018 )

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The Babadook, directed by Jennifer Kent, explores the struggles of a single mother grieving her husband’s death while confronting her son’s fear of a lurking monster. As they contend with this unseen entity, the sinister presence grows increasingly pervasive in their lives.

The Babysitter

The Babysitter ( 2017 ) The Babysitter : Killer Queen ( 2020 )

The Conjuring

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The Conjuring ( 2013 ) Annabelle ( 2014 ) The Conjuring 2 ( 2016 ) Annabelle : Creation ( 2017 ) The Nun ( 2018 ) Annabelle come Home ( 2019 ) The Conjuring : The Devil Made Me Do It ( 2021 ) The Nun II ( 2023 )

Poltergeist

Poltergeist ( 1982 ) Poltergeist II : The Other Side ( 1986 ) Poltergeist III ( 1988 ) Poltergeist ( 2015 )

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7Ghostface

The Scream Film Series

Created by Kevin Williamson and originally helmed by Wes Craven , the Scream franchise takes a meta approach to the slasher horror franchise , centering on teen well - poetize in the genre who get themselves hunted and killed by anatomy donning the Ghostface masque . The first four movies revolved around Neve Campbell ’s Sydney Prescott as she frequently found herself the target of unlike Ghostface killers , while the fifth and sixth installments introduced raw protagonist , sisters Tara and Sam , with their own sorry past connected to the original Ghostface Orcinus orca .

TheScreammovieswere unique because , with each installment , somebody new took on the identity operator of Ghostface . In the firstScreamfilm , Stu Macher ( Matthew Lillard ) and Billy Loomis ( Skeet Ulrich ) were behind the mask . Considering that Ghostface was never the same somebody in each film , it was surprising that not at least one of them was a open liquidator . Although each Ghostface was successful in remove multiple people , they all proved that they ’d be awful as professional grampus . Throughout the franchise , each Ghostface often trip up or was knock over .

Ghostface was frequently damaged by their dupe , too .

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Ghostface was ofttimes damage by their victims , too . For example , inScream , Tatum Riley ( Rose McGowan ) walloped Ghostface by jerk open a Deepfreeze door on them while running away , which send them flying to the trading floor . At one point , she also discombobulate feeding bottle of beer at Ghostface , which made them hunt down at her , switch over , and fall into the garage door . Despite various Ghostfaces successfully killing 45 people , they all proved that their slaying physical process was far from smooth .

6Annabelle

The Conjuring Film Series

The conjury is a multi - film dealership that started in 2013 with James Wan ’s The conjury . Since then , it has expound with spinoffs like Annabelle , The Nun , and sequels to the original moving picture . Due to the popularity of the movies , The invocation has become one of the most profitable franchises in Warner Bros. ' portfolio .

The preoccupied Annabelle doll was premise in the 2013 filmThe Conjuringand later receive her own trilogy of films , which start with 2014’sAnnabelle . A real - life Annabelle doll inspired the character , although their appearance were very dissimilar , andThe conjury ’s production team decided to update her look to make her shuddery . Although Annabelle appeared in severalmovies inThe ConjuringUniverse , the dolly was n’t genuinely responsible for many death . A majority of the death Annabelle get were off - screen , so it was n’t precisely clear whether Annabelle should be guard accountable or not .

Pretty much all of Annabelle ’s putting to death was done through other masses .

As various demons were possessing her , Annabelle could n’t exactly be blame . Unlike other dame killers like Chucky fromChild ’s turn , she never moved , which was one of the things about Anabelle that did n’t make gumption . jolly much all of Annabelle ’s killing was done through other multitude . For illustration , inAnnabelle : origination , the Higgins ’ were wipe out by their possessed girl , Janice ( Talitha Bateman ) , and not the doll itself . In fact , the only death in the series that Anabelle was physically present for was Evelyn ’s ( Alfre Woodard),and that was only because the char killed herself and have the doll with her .

5Mister Babadook

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The Babadook , directed by Jennifer Kent , explores the struggle of a individual mother grieving her married man ’s destruction while confronting her Word ’s veneration of a hang around monster . As they manage with this unseen entity , the sinister presence spring up progressively permeant in their lives .

The Babadookstruck an incredible fear of kid ’s stories into the hearts of audiences when loose in 2014 . The film bring in Mister Babadook ( Tim Purcell ) , the supporter of a kids ’ book and the fictional conception of director Jennifer Kent . Mister Babadook repeatedly terrorise single mother Amelia Vanek ( Essie Davis ) and her Logos Samuel ( Noah Wiseman)but strangely never managed to kill them despite his multiple attempt . For example , at one point , he left shards of crank in Amelia ’s food , hoping she ’d eat them . regrettably for Mister Babadook , Amelia believed that her son was responsible .

The only kill Mister Babadook successfully made was Sam ’s dog , Bugsy , whom the possess Amelia technically killed .

Sam always claimed that Babadook was real and behind the strange actions in their household , but his female parent did n’t believe him . Mister Babadook caused Sam to have a seizure after forcing his picture into the untried boy ’s mind , but this did n’t cause Sam ’s death either . Even when he possessed Amelia , Sam salvage both of their lives through the power of their mother - son hamper . The only kill Mister Babadook successfully made was Sam ’s andiron , Bugsy , whom the possessed Amelia technically killed . Although Mister Babadook was undoubtedly chilling and a petrifying figure in horror films , he was a terrible liquidator .

4Annie Wilkes

Based on the Stephen King novel , Misery is a 1990 horror motion picture centered around fictional author Paul Sheldon ( James Caan ) , who gets trapped by his bragging sports fan , Annie Wilkes ( Kathy Bates ) , who tortures him until he rewrites the close of his famous novel .

What was so nifty about Annie Wilkes ( Kathy Bates ) inMiserywas that she was an unassuming scoundrel and blended in with her surroundings . These quality meant that nobody ever suspected her of being up to anything malicious , which made her torment of author Paul Sheldon ( James Caan ) even scary . Kathy Bates was celebrate for herMiseryperformance , earning her the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1991.The character of Annie was chilling and redoubtable for keeping her favorite novelist trapped in her house , dissemble to aid him retrieve from a car clash .

Annie was undoubtedly intelligent , so it was funny that she never successfully killed Paul .

Annie was undoubtedly intelligent , so it was leftover that she never successfully kill Paul . The film launch that she had killed before , asPaul find the newspaper cutting about several dead infants found in her charge , so it was n’t as if she did n’t know what she was doing . However , Annie give up her love for Paul and his oeuvre to get in the way of her killing him . When she realized Paul had been escaping his room , it was the perfect moment for Annie to polish off him , yet she break his ankles with a sledgehammer alternatively . Ultimately , her one kill fail .

3Lubdan The Leprechaun

The Leprechaun Film Series

The Leprechaunfilm series ofcomedy revulsion moviesfollowed the strange Lubdan ( Warwick Davis ) , a mythical leprechaun who resorted to extreme violence to recover his gold from those who had read it from him . Across eight celluloid , which started with 1992’sThe Leprechaunand the last being 2018’sLeprechaun yield , Lubdan killed several times . In the first film , Lubdan made audiences trust that he was a uncivilised killerafter pushing Mrs. O’Grady ( Pamela Mant ) down the stairs in the first five minutes . Although he successfully killed many , he never seemed to kill the person he aimed for .

Still , Lubdan seemed to enjoy the art of needlessly murder stranger rather than concentrate on the masses who stole from him .

For case , inLeprechaun 2,Bridget Callum ( Shevonne Durkin ) was Lubdan ’s main target . However , she survived the film ’s events , even though he had her locked away in his lair . It was a interchangeable story to Sophie Roberts ( Stephanie Bennett ) inLeprechaun : Origins , who was still animated by the end of the flick and was escape on foot across a field . The Leprechaunfilm series had mint of cheesy second and uproarious situations . Still , Lubdan seemed to enjoy the artwork of needlessly murdering stranger rather than focusing on the people who steal from him .

2Allison

The Babysitter Film Series

The Babysittermovies had several iconic liquidator , but Allison ( Bella Thorne ) stand out as the bad of the cluster . Allison seem in both 2017’sThe Babysitterand 2020’sThe Babysitter : Killer Queen , yet fumbled when presented with the perfect opportunity to kill . As a member of the devil - worshipping cult , Allison was part of a group of killers , including babysitter Bee ( Samara Weaving ) . It was through Bee that Allison ’s first mistake as a liquidator happened , come human face - to - face with Cole ( Judah Lewis ) . InThe Babysitter , Cole found Allison guess to be dead on the floor of his home .

This was the perfect moment for Allison to kill the pre - teen , but she took too long to do it and was then shot by Bee .

This was the perfect moment for Allison to stamp out the pre - teen , but she took too farsighted to do it and was then flash by Bee . Allison was upraise doubly inThe Babysitter : Killer Queenbut betray to kill anyone again . In both films , Allison permit her egotistical personality and amour propre take over , which stopped her from focusing on the task at hand . Quite honestly , if it was n’t for the repose of her infernal group of murderer who were hell - bent on tail a 12 - class - old , it was unbelievable that Allison would have have as far as she did inThe Babysittermovies .

1The Beast

The Poltergeist Film Series

ThePoltergeistfranchise had four plastic film , butPoltergeist IIIwas the only pic where anyone was killed . The spectre of Reverend Henry Kane ( Julien Beck ) , also get it on as The Beast , was the independent scoundrel in the series but did n’t appear physically in the first film . InPoltergeist , The Beast undertake to kill the Freelings by deluge their swim consortium and blowing up their house , but they still supervise to get away its madden activeness . As Kane inPoltergeist II : The Other Side , The Beast briefly possess Steven ( Craig T. Nelson ) through a Mezcal worm .

Although the lack of death in the first film could explain , as the portal restricted the Beast , it was strange that it did n’t use its strong-arm form as Kane to its advantage .

It later tried to drain Carol Anne ’s ( Heather O’Rourke ) life force but was again stop . It was n’t untilPoltergeist IIIthat the Beast successfully killed Dr. Seaton ( Richard Fire)by hypnotizing him into an elevator cock , where he fall to his dying . Although the want of decease in the first flick could explained , as the portal restrain the Beast , it was foreign that it did n’t use its physical grade as Kane to its advantage . For the rest of the series , the Beast spent most of its meter wander around and spouting satanic propaganda rather than actually murdering anyone .