Who is the Greatest Movie Villain Ever?

[Insidious Von]

The most terrifying villain of them all!

 

[jcpro]

Nobody mentioned Amon Goeth?

 

[Robert Mugabe]

Toss up between these two for TV movie villain. Both trying to out do each other for sheer nastiness.
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[downbound123]

Michael Myers

 

[Krakatoa]

 

[poker]

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Satan. Good call.

 

[Insidious Von]

Satan. Good call.

Satan's son is a real party animal, Lucifer won converts by seducing not terrifying.

 

[Insidious Von]

Satan took on many forms, as Pinhead he was awesome. The sequels turned him into a cheesedick like Tom Cruise.

 

[Mitchell99]

The Worm (Le Tenia) in Gaspar Noes 'Irreversible' (don't look it up, you can't unwatch it)

Or

Jason Patric in Your Friends and Neighbours.

 

[poker]

Not one of you fuckers has made a case of how these people were worse than Palpantine

 

[Don Draper]

Can your Granny do this....?!?!?!

Don't fuck with großmutter!! Pure Evil.​

 

[ogibowt]

guys, help me on this.....there was an evil dentist who did "dental work" on somebody in a movie without deadening the pain with a drug

 

[thumper18474]

Dark Helmet!

 

[Insidious Von]

guys, help me on this.....there was an evil dentist who did "dental work" on somebody in a movie without deadening the pain with a drug

Palpatine is a cartoon buffoon, Christian Szell is based on Josef Mengele. Laurence Olivier has never been more evil.

From the Director that made Midnight Cowboy.

 

[Spunky1]

 

[Ahri]

No contest. Its Darth Vader. Especially with the end of Rogue One showing him in true badassery.

But really that music, the breathing, the voice, the cold mechanical presence coupled with religious zealotry, the sheer power, and callous disregard for life.

Think back to when you first saw him. He is the reason the Star Wars universe was truly successful.

Honorable mentions:

Blofeld and Goldfinger from the Bond films
Michael Myers(really set off the Slasher genre), Bates as the OG.
Thanos
Dracula in various eras( Chistopher Lee for me)

Ouuuu I agree with this! I am a star wars fan!

 

[bemeup]

I nominate Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. Louise Fletcher’s performance was fantastic, she held her own against Jack Nicholson at his best.

 

[ogibowt]

Palpatine is a cartoon buffoon, Christian Szell is based on Josef Mengele. Laurence Olivier has never been more evil.

From the Director that made Midnight Cowboy.

thanks IV

 

[Butler1000]

Not one of you fuckers has made a case of how these people were worse than Palpantine

Its this simple. In both the origional trilogy and the prequel trilogy the character never scared me. He was bad sure but in an objective way.

Darth Vader is scarier, starting with physical presence but then add this in. He was indeed supposed to be "the chosen one", the best of them(of us ). And due to a combination of tragedy, fear, hate, and manipulation became the child killer and terrifying villain. Because while Palpatine was a sociopath and therefore irredeemable Vader was the Good Man turned bad.

We fear that more because but for chance it could be one of us. He is a mirror we don't want to look at. The best villain is the one with a reason that actually isn't selfish. Vader turned to the Dark for arguably the right reasons. And we as people fear that far more. That our own decisions could take us fown the same path.

The reveal he was Luke's father remains to this day one is one of the great moments of film. There are compilations on Youtube of parents showing it to their kids and the kids losing it. Because its also a moment for kids when they realize parents can be flawed. The looks and denials are amazing.


Thats why Palpatine runs less. He just didn't hit home the way Vader does.

 

[Butler1000]

I nominate Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. Louise Fletcher’s performance was fantastic, she held her own against Jack Nicholson at his best.

I agree, fantastic performance of licenced societal sociopathy.