They have opened up new ways to experience terror through the eyes of the protagonists of those films.
Speaking of horror movie villains, some of them are dangerous or memorable enough to be immortalized.
Plenty of them have withstood the test of time.
A few are even worthy of being remade or reimagined every decade or so.
Here are 10 of the most dangerous.
His latest iteration was in the recentChild’s Playremake, with a more contemporary flavor.
He received an origin story overhaul and was made less comical or campy.
In that regard, he’s more deadly than ever before.
Regardless of his origin story, Chucky is Chucky and there is no mistaking him on-screen.
The initially serial-killer-turned-doll was the bane of all parents and children who love dolls.
PENNYWISE
2019 sure is a great year for legacy horror film franchises.
The bloodthirsty clown/shapeshifter is about to burst onto screens once again, in the sequel to 2017’sIt.
We all know Pennywise is quite hardcore, but the 2017 film has only scratched the surface.
He knows what you’re thinking, since he’s a renowned forensic psychiatrist.
Oh, he also knows what your kidney will taste like, probably.
Hannibal isn’t really as straightforward as some of the more hideous monsters in this list.
In fact, he’s even quite likable and sophisticated as a human being.
That’s what makes him so dangerous.
JIGSAW
Sometimes theatricality is all a person needs to be a horror movie villain.
The first film was fresh and novel, but the rest of the franchise steadily became a convoluted mess.
Nevertheless,Saw (and Jigsaw himself) has made waves in the horror genre.
After all, introducing something new in the horror genre past the year 2000 was a monumental task.
We’re not talking about the comedian who played Austin Powers, but the masked killer.
It also seems that Michael is a lot more supernatural than he seems, or superhuman.
Jason Voorhees has forever changed the connotations of hockey masks.
In a sense, Jason is the Michael Myers in his own horror film universe.
Like theHalloweenvillain, Jason is faceless, indestructible, and beyond salvation.
Heck, they even have a similar backstory, both of which involved an abnormal childhood.
They need to fight.
Meanwhile, Freddy Krueger ofANightmare on Elm Streettoys with his victims.
Really, having Voorhees or Myers as your killer instead of Krueger would be a mercy.
These guys are beyond our comprehension or dimension.
Because to them, there is no distinction between pleasure and pain.
PREDATORS
What’s more dangerous than demons, dolls, clowns, and masked maniacs?
To be more specific, the Predators from the franchise of the same name.
Oh, they also love to torture their victims, i.e.
skinning them alive or ripping their spinal cords out.
Delayed macabre deaths through a parasite?
Nigh-indestructible giant cockroach design?
The “alien,” or more appropriately, the Xenomorph, is a perfect horror movie monster.
Plus, they get everywhere, like literal pests.
Did we mention the acidic blood?
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