Who is the most popular horror villain?

1. Michael Myers. This should come as no surprise. The name Michael Myers is practically synonymous with horror slasher films, and his 1978 character from "Halloween" has spawned countless sequels.
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Who is the greatest horror villain of all time?

Scary films for Halloween: 20 greatest horror movie villains
  1. HANNIBAL LECTER (“The Silence of the Lambs”) (1991)
  2. FREDDY KRUEGER (“A Nightmare on Elm Street”) (1984) ...
  3. JASON VOORHEES (“Friday the 13th”) (1980) ...
  4. NORMAN BATES (“Psycho”) (1960) ...
  5. BABY JANE HUDSON (“What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?”) (1962) ...
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Who is the most evil horror villain?

10 Most Dangerous Horror Movie Villains, Ranked
  • 8 HANNIBAL LECTER.
  • 7 JIGSAW.
  • 6 MICHAEL MYERS.
  • 5 JASON VOORHEES.
  • 4 FREDDY KRUEGER.
  • 3 PINHEAD AND THE CENOBITES.
  • 2 PREDATORS.
  • 1 XENOMORPHS.
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Who is the most popular slasher villain?

Best Slasher #1 - Michael Myers (Halloween, 1978)

Beyond John Carpenter's filmmaking, there are a few reasons why Myers is the ultimate slasher. One, he has no gimmick (he wears a William Shatner mask, but how frightening is that?). Two, he's unstoppable.
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Who is the scariest horror killer?

#1 JASON VOORHEES (Friday the 13th: Part 2, 1981)

Jason Voorhees is the number one scariest killer on this list. Jason has the highest body count in slasher history with about 157 kills across his movie career.
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Top 10 Scariest Horror Villains



Who is the most famous movie villain?

The Greatest Villains Of All Time
  • Nurse Ratched.
  • The Sheriff of Nottingham. ...
  • Palpatine. ...
  • Norman Bates. Psycho (1960) ...
  • Agent Smith. The Matrix Trilogy (1999-2003) ...
  • Freddy Krueger. The Nightmare On Elm Street series (1984-2010) ...
  • T-1000. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) ...
  • Michael Myers. Halloween series (1978-2018) ...
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Who is the scariest character ever?

Top 20 Scariest Characters of All Time
  1. #1: Michael Myers. “Halloween” franchise (1978-)
  2. #2: Xenomorph. “Alien” franchise (1979-) ...
  3. #3: Hannibal Lecter. “Hannibal Lecter” franchise (1981-) ...
  4. #4: Freddy Krueger. “A Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise (1984-) ...
  5. #5: Jason Voorhees. ...
  6. #6: Pennywise. ...
  7. #7: Leatherface. ...
  8. #8: Pazuzu. ...
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Who is the weakest horror killer?

Weakest Horror Movie Monsters We Could Easily Escape From
  • 3 Dracula (Hammer Horror Series)
  • 4 Samara (The Ring, 2002) ...
  • 5 Eebee (Evil Bong, 2006) ...
  • 6 Chucky (Child's Play, 1998) ...
  • 7 Millard Findlemyer (The Gingerdead Man, 2005) ...
  • 8 Jack Frost (Jack Frost, 1997) ...
  • 9 Jaws/Bruce (Jaws, 1975) ...
  • 10 The Leprechaun (Leprechaun, 1993) ...
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Who would win Michael Myers or Jason?

Both serial killers are extremely strong and durable, capable of taking umpteen amounts of punishment. But while Myers is still a freak of nature, Jason can easily win this fight. Jason is physically stronger than Myers and can take more damage.
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Who is the OG slasher?

10 Jigsaw, or John Kramer (The Saw Franchise)

John Kramer is the original Jigsaw Killer, the slasher villain in the Saw franchise. Though Jigsaw becomes a legacy character, John Kramer is the original, and so he's most often the one that comes to horror movie fans' minds.
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Who is the oldest horror character?

Examples of early horror icons began with the Werewolf or Lycanthrope introduced in the 1500s, the Frankenstein monster as introduced by Mary Shelley in 1818, and Dracula introduced into literature in 1897 by Bram Stoker.
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Who is the most famous horror character?

The 10 Most Iconic Horror Movie Villains
  • Jigsaw – Saw. ...
  • Pinhead – Hellraiser. ...
  • Norman Bates – Psycho. ...
  • Hannibal Lecter – The Silence of the Lambs. ...
  • Leatherface – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. ...
  • Jason Voorhees – Friday the 13th. ...
  • Freddy Krueger – Nightmare on Elm Street. ...
  • Michael Myers – Halloween.
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Who is the best slasher?

First appearance: Halloween

It's hard to argue against Michael Myers as the best slasher killer of all time. After all, he's the one that launched the genre craze. And while it's been argued for years who deserved the honors between him, Freddy, and Jason, the answer is simple.
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Who can beat Jason?

Pinhead from Hellraiser

Physically imposing and hideously evil, Pinhead would utilize every evil trick in the book, ripping into Jason with chains, siccing his fellow cenobites on him, and just tearing Jason Voorhees a new one before dragging him into his realm.
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Who won Freddy vs Jason?

Jason kills over 14 people in the first 45 minutes of the movie. This was the final film from either the Nightmare or Friday franchises that followed the original plot before the reboot films. Although the ending to the movie is ambiguous, director Ronny Yu insists that he felt it was clear that Jason was the victor.
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Who wins Jason or Leatherface?

Michael Myers for all the marbles. After a well-waged affair, Jason edged out (pardon the pun) his psycho opponent, taking 59.9% of the vote to Myers' 40.1%. And since it's October, and there is a ton more blood to spill until we reach Halloween, Jason's moving on… to face Texas Chainsaw Massacre's Leatherface.
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Who is the oldest slasher?

Thirteen Women. Thirteen Women (1932) is perhaps the earliest example of what would become a slasher film. It documents eleven (not thirteen, as two women's scenes were cut before theatrical release) women being harassed and murdered after a clairvoyant swami mails them a horoscope foreseeing swift doom.
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Who was the first horror movie killer?

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) is sometimes described as the mother of all slasher films. Although there are only two murders in the film, the idea of a disguised and insane killer came to prominence with this film.
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What is the scariest cartoon?

The 10 Scariest Animated Children's Movies
  • Coraline (2009) 90% (Photo by Focus Features) ...
  • The Great Mouse Detective (1986) 80% ...
  • The Last Unicorn (1982) 73% ...
  • Monster House (2006) 75% ...
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) 95% ...
  • Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) 88% ...
  • The Secret of NIMH (1982) 93% ...
  • Spirited Away (2001) 97%
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Who is the most loved villain?

Here are seven movie villains that we liked way more than the heroes:
  • Loki. ...
  • Hannibal Lecter. ...
  • Darth Vader. ...
  • Tyler Durden. ...
  • Pennywise. ...
  • Maleficient. ...
  • Jack Torrance. ...
  • The Joker. One of Batman's many enemies but the most popular of them all, The Joker has been popular in almost any version.
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Who is the most recognized villain?

The 50 most popular movie villains of all time, ranked
  • Tyler Durden. ...
  • Bane. ...
  • Sauron. ...
  • Hannibal Lecter. ...
  • Warden Norton. > Most popular film: "The Shawshank Redemption" ...
  • Two-Face. > Most popular film: "The Dark Knight" ...
  • Joker. > Most popular film: "The Dark Knight" ...
  • Darth Vader. > Most popular film: "Star Wars"
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What was the 1st slasher movie?

Most importantly for filmmaking in general, Psycho is considered by many to be the first slasher movie, and the success of this film spurred a whole series of slasher films in the near future, ultimately opening the door for the subgenre's golden era, the extremely blood eighties.
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Who is the king of slashers?

Jason Voorhees, one of the most iconic slasher villains of our time, may have debuted on screen 40 years ago, but the franchise is still alive and relatively well. In fact, Jason has graced our screen a whopping 12 times, in various films, as well as a couple of video games.
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Is Pennywise a slasher?

First of all, Pennywise is not a slasher type character. Licensed characters such as Scream, Leatherface, and Michael Myers work as killer as they are fundamentally in the slasher movie genre. This means that there goal is to just kill as many people as possible.
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