The Most Famous Horror Movie Villains

Are you a fan of horror movies? Do you ever wonder who is the most evil villain ever portrayed on the big screen? This article takes a look at eight of Hollywood's most dastardly villains. You decide who you think is the worst and post it in a comment following the article.

Michael Myers - The fictional character from the Halloween movies is typically considered the scariest of all the horror movie icons. Myers, who always commits his murders on Halloween, is considered on the first slasher villains. Myers is typically depicted as a tall man, who is abnormally intelligent and likes to murder his victims with knives and scalpels rather than guns and other weapons. Michael is a mute killer with a seemingly calm, methodological demeanor, always walking after his victims. He also possesses the ability to recuperate very quickly and has done so from being shot, burned, electrocuted and other acts of physical punishment.

Jigsaw - Jigsaw might be the newest infamous horror icon on the block. Jigsaw, introduced in the film Saw (2004), was a dying cancer patient whose goal was to teach people the value of their own lives. Jigsaw is supposed to be seen as more of a scientist than a serial killer in that he kills people unconventionally by placing them in symbolic death traps which they can escape from via self-mutilation and other forms of psychological and physical torture. Darren Lynn Bousman, the director of Saw II, III and IV, has stated on the character's role "He's not Jason or Freddy. He's not even Hannibal Lecter. He's a person with extreme beliefs and he really thinks he's making a difference. He's a vigilante if anything. He thinks he's making a difference," (IGN)