The following 10 horror movie villains left the audience chomping at the bit to see them horribly, violently dispatched - a consequence of how little basic human decency each one showed throughout.

Horror films, on the other hand, are defined by their villains. Sure, there could be awesome characters like Laurie Strode or ...

We know that it is customary to root for the more resourceful and heroic horror movie characters, but there have been a number of times when we could not help but feel sympathy for the maniacs and ...

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From Universal’s classic monster movies to the scariest slasher stars of the 21st century, here is our ranking of the 25 best horror villains of all time.

IMDb voters may have put it all the way down at number 229, but there’s a more than fair argument that this is truly the greatest straightforward horror ... with action films, this ghost story ...