We gave you the baddest of the bad; now let us know which baddies we missed! Did Bruce, the blood-hungry great white in Jaws, keep you sidelined on beach shores for years? Ever have nightmares about Yul Brynner, either that he’d shoot you down as the implacable robot gunslinger in Westworld or run you over with his chariot as Pharaoh Rameses in The Ten Commandments? Are you still creeped out by the way Hugo Weaving’s ubiquitous Agent Smith (pictured) said, "Missterrr Anderrrsson" in the Matrix movies? Which villains did we forget to name, besides, of course, He Who Will Not Be Named?
Our bad: The villains we missed
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First off, I think you guys did a terrific job of putting together a great and varied (male, female, animated) villains…
But I’ve actually been looking forward to this “Which villains did we miss” type post.
I’ve gotta go with Lil’ Ze in “City of God”. As vicious and chilling a villain as any on the list.
I’d also throw in Tim Curry’s Pennywise from Stephen King’s “It”, though that might be a more personal one. When he dragged that little boy down the sewer it COMPLETELY freaked me out for a years.
Skeletor!!!
Edward Norton as Aaron Stamper in Primal Fear
“Darkness” (or “Big D as one charecter called him) in “Legend”
Tyler Durden! (Fight Club)
“Mister” (Danny Glover) from “The Color Purple”. He was just plain mean to Whoopie Goldberg’s character through the whole movie until the end when his conscience gets the best of him.
I’m still totally freaked out by “Bob” from Twin Peaks. Remember that shot of him appearing in the corner of Laura Palmer’s living room, then slowly crossing, climbing over the back of the couch, and ending up, mouth wide open, with his face right in the camera? Yeesh. That’s a sleep-with-the-lights-on moment.
Is there a particular reason that all EW can do these days is come up with “lists” of 50 greatest whatevers?
None of these lists are definitive by any means, and this is starting to get as ridiculous as VH1’s “50 greatest rock songs/videos/etc.”
How about some REAL content on REAL topics in the entertainment industry?
Oh, and you left key James Bond villians (Goldfinger, Blofeld, etc.)off the list too. And Chancellor/Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars.
Weak.
Jade Fox, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon…that’s one scarry old lady that you don’t want to mess with.
Marquise Merteuil, Dangerous Liasons…what Paris Hilton will probably look like in about 15 years…
How about Lee Van Cleef’s Angel Eyes from “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”? A professional badass who took quiet, cool satisfaction from killing, torturing, or disdainfully dispelling one’s illusion that such a thing as justice was possible. Besides, he was a title character — “The Bad” — in a movie with a truly classic title.
Plus, you list Freddy Krueger but miss the greatest slasher killers of all time: Michael Myers from “Halloween” and Jason Vorhees from “Friday the 13th”?
Good Grief!
To Ceballos – Pennywise also freaked me out…
What about Dr. Evil? I mean, he was inept and decidedly comic-book evil, but evil nonetheless.
Also, how about the Poltergeist from, er, “Poltergeist”? I had nightmares about getting eaten by trees after watching that movie.
I thought it was a great list, for the most part, but I disagreed with your choice of Gollum as the LOTR villain. He’s more a victim of circumstance as well as his own greed and lust, and is actually more of a sympathetic character, to me, for most of the films, other than for a few moments when he does creepy things, and the very, very end. I would have chosen Saruman, because he’s more sinister and iconically evil, is the polar opposite of Gandalf’s goodness, and because he’s frickin’ Christopher Lee.
Where is Cyrus ‘The Virus’ Grissom? Yes Con Air is a ridiculous (but fun) movie, but you will never find a smarter more entertaining villain.
And let’s not forget Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) from “Fatal Attraction” after all, she will not be ignored.
By the way, to Jon Hughes, I was going to agree with you, but then I realized that these “lists” are on the ew.com, not in the magazine. If you want “REAL content on REAL topics in the entertainment industry,” pick up a print copy of Entertainment Weekly (EW – you can send my royalty check anytime).
Mary Tyler Moore as Beth Jarrett in Ordinary People. She was such an evil mother that I never wanted to watch that movie again, and I appreciated every hug I got from my Mom.
I would have to say Richard Kiel, who played “Jaws” in the James Bond movies. I remember seeing him when I was 5 or 6 years old and he scared the heck out of me!
First of all, let me just say that I was THRILLED at the inclusion of Maleficent. I have been a fan of her as the perfect villain for years!
Secondly, the first “miss” that came to my mind was Jason Isaacs as Col. Tavington in the Patriot. Anytime I think of that character, I get chills, and its what made me knew he was the right choice for Lucius Malfoy in the HP fils as well.
I also agree about the Emporer from Star Wars. He was bad to the end, unlike the Star Wars villain on your list.
Beverly R. Sutphin (Kathleen Turner) in Serial Mom. I swear, I’ve never been able to listen to Barry Manilow’s “Daybreak” the same way since. And everytime I see someone wearing white shoes after Labor Day, I get nervous.
Um, hello – where is Kevin Bacon from “Sleepers”?? Like with the evil “Cuckoo” nurse, you just want to smother Bacon’s sleazy child-rapist by the end of the film. In a star-studded (albeit flawed) feature, Bacon truly maliciously stands out.
Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort?!?
Shame, shame… All this discussion and still not one mention of Alex from A Clockwork Orange or the Joker (Jack Nicholson) from Batman (which should have been one of the most obvious ones). Really, people? Really??
Actor Javier Bardem in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN! His eerie calmness made him all the more evil!
The house/ghosts in Poltergeist have freaked me out since I was five. They were invisible, malicious, and you couldn’t fight them. I now have a permanent aversion to closets, clown dolls and television static.
I’d also like to throw a shout out to Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd) in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Come on – you KNOW you were scared of him as a kid. A man who wanted to destroy all toons and hated laughter? Way more scary than Darth Vader! I remember losing my mind when I learned he was a toon (“Holy smokes he’s a toon!), but him getting flattened by a steamroller was still one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. Exhibit A: http://youtube.com/watch?v=GvxxdIaPolY
Hellloooo? Byron Hadley and Warden Norton anyone? Shawkshank Redemption!One was a BMF with a wicked beatin’ stick who patrolled for weaklings and the other a man who killed an innocent guy for wanting to testify for the wrongly accused. Or were you being obtuse?
These are just for fun: Samson (Half Baked), Dee-Bo (Friday), Hedley Lamarr (Blazing Saddles), Fred O’Bannon (Dazed & COnfused), Alonzo (Training Day), Castor Troy (Face/Off- played by John Travolta, to clear up confusion)
These are kind of lame, but I don’t usually watch movies that involve villains:
Matt Damon – Talented Mr. Ripley
Peter Stormare – Constantine
Leonardo DiCaprio – Man in the Iron Mask
Raymond Burr – Rear Window
Danny DeVito – Batman Returns
Jack Nicholson – Joker in Batman; don’t remember if you included him. But how about for the Shining too?
Al Pacino – Devil’s Advocate
Sarah Michelle Gellar – Cruel Intentions
oh and I second the Star Wars Chancellor/Emperor Palpatine. Sooo ugly and evil.
One more, Biff from Back To The Future (credit to NineDaves for reminding me; Christopher Lloyd connection)
To me the best villians a) have an accent b) are normally controlled but have a habit of sudden uncontrolled and even irrational brutality c) When not surrounded by henchmen, are big time cowards.