Great movie villains

[Az]

We all know the villain is who we go to the movies to see. They give the hero a reason to struggle on. Bad villain, bad movie. So who are your favorite villains. I'll kick it off with a great villain from a movie not too well known in the US. Bijomoru from the movie Azumi. Possibly the most over the top villain ever.

[Dookus]

1. Hannibal Lecter and

KHAAAAANNNN!!!!

[saltpoint]

11. From the 007 films --

-- the Russian (?) villain Blowfeldt (sp?).

Cigarette holder, white cat on his lap, of conspicuously blurred gender, and nearly always nattily dressed in gray, machine-like clothes, Blowfeldt was like FDR in drag.

[Spider Jerusalem]

2. Kakihara from "Ichi the Killer"

Also very over the top...slits from mouth corner to mid-cheek, with the corners of his mouth held together by piercings, which he would remove, for reasons I'll leave you to speculate on...

[Az]

3. No need to speculate

I can see that DVD in my collection from where I am sitting. :evilgrin: Talk about turning a liability into an advantage. Eeesh

[Maddy McCall]

36. Is it subtexted?

Is it in English?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. The evil preacher in "The Night of the Hunter."

Robert Mitchum. Really, really creepy.

[Az]

5. Fave line of his

After he discovers that the children have tricked him concerning buried treasure in the basement: "This is concrete" It's just the way he says it cracks us up every time.

[orleans]

6. jeff goldblum in Mr. Frost (1990)

a psychological thriller
is he a serial killer or the devil himself?

[Az]

7. And what was going on with his garden

Everything looked so healthy. :evilgrin:

[orleans]

8. yeah...creepy, huh?

[VOX]

9. Daniel Day Lewis as Bill the Butcher in "Gangs of New York"

DDL made a terrific villain out of his character -- and he gave this monster a bit of a human dimension in the process. Simply outstanding acting.

[TyeDye75]

10. Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith

[jus_the_facts]

12. Hearst in Citizen Kane.....

....."ROSEBUD!!" :freak: Seems as if we're relivin' those times once again....how frightenin' fast we're doomed to repeat history.... :nopity:

[no_hypocrisy]

13. Mr. Potter in "It's a Wonderful Life"

Sen. Joseph Harrison Paine (Claude Raines) in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"

[saltpoint]

14. Re my earlier post in this thread on 007 villains...

I screwed up the spelling on the SPECTRE-affiliated villain, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

Wikipedia has an alarmingly extensive treasure trove of information on Blofeld and I include that site here --

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond

-- for the absolutely huge Ernst Stavro Blofeld community here on DU.


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edit: typos

[NewJeffCT]

15. Darth Vader

Not too many bad guys better than him in the Star Wars & Empire Strikes Back.

[Done]

16. Norman Bates

:freak:

[NewJeffCT]

17. several more

The Terminator from the original movie, and then the Liquid Metal Terminator from T-2.

Jack Nicholson in The Shining

Kathy Bates in Misery

Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction

Hans Gruber in Die Hard

[Joe Power]

18. Frank Booth

No one was ever creepier, imo.

[Feathered Fish]

21. Yep

Creepy...

[Joe Power]

28. My fiance runs from the room...

...if even a clip from "Blue Velvet" gets played on the TV.

[Kire]

19. George W. Bush in Fahrenheit 9/11

of course

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/28/bush_movie_villain/

[underpants]

20. HANS!!!!!!!!!!

God he was good in that movie

[Feathered Fish]

22. HAL 9000

[Dukkha]

23. my favs

Darth Vader
Nurse Ratched
Wicked Witch of the West
The Queen in Snow White
Saurmon the White
John Doe in Se7en

[Balbus]

24. Don Logan

In the movie "Sexy Beast"

[NoPasaran]

25. KHHHHAAAAAANNNNN!!!!!

[DrGonzoLives]

26. Blofeld

from the Bond movies, though I think he worked better as the behind-the-scenes mystery guy pulling all the strings.

[Ekirh]

27. Malificent

From Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty

[Ernesto]

29. Tommy Udall played by Richard Widmark

in the 1948 noir gangster film "Kiss of Death".
Also Gary Busey as the christian nut-job in "Contact".

[Patiod]

30. No specific movie, but Powers Booth does great villains

his turn in Tombstone comes to mind.

And Alan Rickman. God, I love Alan Rickman.

[Archae]

31. You kidding? Palpatine beats them all!

Even Vader and Hannibal.

[liberalitch]

32. Sir Larry in Marathon Man

I did not feel safe!

[ImpeachBush]

33. Dr. Moriarity

[Kid_A]

34. Agent Smith from "The Matrix".

"Tell me Mr. Anderson, what good is a phone call if you're unable to ssspeak?"

Also Mr. Blonde from "Reservoir Dogs".

[Maddy McCall]

35. Keyser Soze (Kevin Spacey, The Usual Suspects)

This movie is what made me first recognize Spacey's immense talent.