Ethan Hawke’sThe Black Phonecharacter The Grabber will emphatically be considered a classic horror villain . From the black balloons that he keeps in his avant-garde to the various masque that he wears depend on his emotion , he is tough to forget about .   The fact that he take kids who are walking home from school and continue them in his basement is tragic and unforgettable .

There are many other memorable characters from horror picture that lover feel alarming and chilling .   Audiences have vote onRankerand shared the villains and , in one subject , independent character , who will always feel dead creepy .

observe :   Ranker   lists are lively and continue to accrue suffrage , so some rankings may have changed after this publication .

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Pazuzu

Pazuzu is the villain in the 1973 filmThe Exorcist , a demon who take over the protagonist , Regan MacNeil . Pazuzu look like a hybrid of an brute and human , which is emphatically terrifying and strange to look at .

What might even be creepier than Pazuzu ’s appearance is how Regan calls him " Captain Howdy " for a while . The ranking of this villain makes signified because while he ’s dead part of repulsion account and the film is aclassic repulsion movie , Pazuzu is n’t the most talked about baddie .

The Thing

John Carpenter ’s 1982 movieThe Thingfeatures a horrible alien who can procreate , something that the chief characters are frightened of once they learn more about it . The Thing need to ensure that it can pull round and that nominate it implausibly dangerous .

WhileThe Thingis one of the most darling films about brute , not every horror fan likes   movies with scientific discipline - fiction elements . The stranger is scary and gross to take care at , but since it does n’t sense like this creature could really exist , that make it seem a bit less alarming .

Xenomorph

The villain in the 1979 movieAlienis fundamentally a kill motorcar and can reproduce if they happen a master of ceremonies . Because they are pretty wise , they are a Brobdingnagian terror to the main characters , who are figuring out how to outmanoeuvre them .

Similar to The Thing , Xenomorph   ca n’t really exist , unlike a serial killer or baddie who is human , which make them feel a scrap less shivery than a serial killer or human villain .

Chatterer

Chatterer is one of the scoundrel inHellraiser , a coenobite who is a member of the main villain Pinhead ’s R-2 . Before becoming a cenobite , he was named Jim and he had a tragical and frightening lifetime . He have sex causing others pain as he experience a stack of it himself in his former existence .

SinceHellraiserisn’t quite as democratic as some other horror franchises , as the story is n’t for everyone , this persona is ranked a minute lower than some more beloved ones .

Michael Myers

No matter whatmurder weapon Michael Myers is using , theHalloweencharacter   will perpetually be one of the most spine - chill villains . From the first Nox when he terrorizes Laurie Strode , she clear that escaping him for good will be the problematical thing that she ever does .

Michael is incredibly warm and wo n’t stop until he gets what he wants which is , of course , to kill anyone he feels like . The fact that Michael does n’t speak and moves so slowly spend a penny him one of the scariest horror movie characters . Even though Michael has appeared in several photographic film and fans have rewatched the first 1978 celluloid so many time , Michael   remains incredibly mysterious .

Hannibal Lecter

While Clarice Starling is an reasoning character , TheSilence Of The Lambsvillain unquestionably stands out more since he is so dangerous and distressing . Hannibal Lecter has become one of the most recognizable horror characters thanks to the   alarming and gloomy fact that he ’s a anthropophagite .

Even non - horror fan are familiar with Hannibal thanks to this Greco-Roman film and also the television set series , which suggests that he has a meaningful place in popular civilisation . repugnance buff will always want to get into Hannibal ’s mind and figure out the way that he works .

Pennywise

It ’s mediocre to say that Stephen King’sItvillain Pennywise   haunts a lot of people ’s aspiration . While there are othercreepy horror motion picture clowns , there ’s something about Pennywise that sticks with audiences . It could be his malevolent grin , his bloodless painted expression , his sometime - fashioned costume , or the fact that he tempt kidskin down into the sewerage of Derry , Maine .

Since Pennywise targets small fry , he feel specially eerie , since he is prey on the young and innocent . Since many are already afraid of clowns , watch Pennywise is even spoiled . His appearing is acute and it ’s easy to think moviegoers get incubus about him if they ’re already frightened of clown .

Regan MacNeil

Regan MacNeil goes through quite the journeying inThe Exorcist . Her life becomes confusing , dark and terrific when she becomes possessed by a devil , and since she begins acting strangely , she scares everyone around her .

SinceThe Exorcistwas groundbreaking at the time and is the gold standard for films about fiend possess world , it make signified that Regan would be rate so extremely . Because Regan is taken over and not in control of her own head and consistency , she feel horrifying .

Freddy Krueger

FromFreddy Krueger ’s costumeof a striped sweater and trilby to the fact that he talks a stack , the villain from the 1984 filmA Nightmare On Elm Streetis always top of mind for horror rooter .

Freddy cracks jokes and talk a lot to his dupe , and the fact that he can kill hoi polloi while they ’re feature nightmares could n’t be scarier . Freddy will always be a favorite villain because it finger very hard to break him .

Leatherface

Leatherface was vote the number one most horrifying character from a repulsion film , and this makes perfect sense . The villain inThe Texas Chain Saw Massacrefranchise is out of the question to blank out about and just might be the most worrying one .

While every villain commits execution and , in many cases , stalks and toy games with their victims , Leatherface ’s appearance is what sets him apart . The character wears masks that he has formed out of the hide of his victims .   While fan would never want to come across any villain , there ’s something extra scary about Leatherface , thanks to his sick face .

NEXT : Leatherface ’s 10 Strongest Enemies , Ranked

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Pazuzu the demon staring from the shadows in The Exorcist.

The creature looking pained in The Thing (1982)

Xenomorph and the planet.

Chatterer in Hellraiser

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Hannibal wearing a mask in The Silence Of The Lambs

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Linda Blair, as Regan MacNeil, lies in bed in The Exorcist (1973)

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Leatherface as seen during the finale of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

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