List of horror film villains

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Horror films often make use of villains as primary antagonists. Some such characters have become iconic in their own right due to their roles in film.

Villains

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Name Film Actor(s) Description Refs.
Anguirus Godzilla Raids Again A dinosaur-like kaiju and enemy of Godzilla. [1]
Art the Clown
A demonic evil clown. [2][3]
Ash Alien An android science officer on the Nostromo. [4]
Baragon Frankenstein vs. Baragon A dinosaur-like kaiju and enemy of Frankenstein. [5]
Patrick Bateman American Psycho A psychopathic and homicidal yuppie and investment banker. [6][7]
Norma Bates Psycho franchise The abusive mother of Norman Bates. [8][9]
Norman Bates Psycho franchise A man with dissociative identity disorder and a murderous alter that takes the form of his mother. [10][11]
Billy Black Christmas franchise A mysterious murderer that taunts and kills a group of students during the Christmas season. [12]
Billy the Puppet Saw franchise A puppet used by Jigsaw. [13]
Biollante Godzilla vs. Biollante
  • Masao Takegami
 A plant-like hybrid kaiju and enemy of Godzilla. [14][15]
Black Phillip The Witch A Puritan family's black he-goat which is actually the disguise assumed by the Devil. [16][17]
Seth Brundle The Fly A scientist that turns into a fly-human hybrid monster due to an accident. [18][19]
Max Cady Cape Fear A criminal with an obsessive grudge against an attorney named Sam Bowden. [20][21]
Candyman Candyman franchise The vengeful ghost of an African American man murdered for an interracial love affair. [22][23]
Billy Chapman Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise
  • Robert Brian Wilson
 A toy store employee that embarks on a murder spree on Christmas Eve. [24][25]
Chop Top The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 A cannibalistic Vietnam veteran. [26][27]
Chucky Child's Play franchise An evil possessed toy doll. [28][29][30]
Clayface Clayface Matt Hagen was an up-and-coming actor whose life took a tragic turn after a vicious attack left him disfigured. In a desperate attempt to regain his former looks, he underwent an experimental procedure that instead transformed him into Clayface, a monstrous, shapeshifting supervillain. [31]
Clover Cloverfield N/a A giant infant kaiju. [32][33]
Daimajin Daimajin A giant warrior god kaiju. [34][35]
Jerry Dandrige Fright Night A murderous vampire. [36][37]
Death Angels A Quiet Place franchise N/a A blind alien species that hunts by sound. [38][39]
Francis Dolarhyde Manhunter and Red Dragon A serial killer that murders entire families every full moon. [40][41]
Count Dracula Various
  • Various
 An archetypal vampire inspired by Vlad the Impaler. [42][43]
Ebirah Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
  • Hiroshi Sekida
 A giant lobster kaiju. [44][45]
Frankenstein's monster Universal Monsters franchise An undead monster created by the mad doctor Victor Frankenstein. [46][47][48]
Angela Franklin Night of the Demons series A young woman possessed by a demon. [49][50]
Gamera Gamera, the Giant Monster
  • Teruo Aragaki
 A giant turtle-like alien kaiju. [51][52]
Ghostface Scream franchise An identity used by multiple killers. [53][54][55]
Gigan Godzilla vs. Gigan A cyborg alien kaiju and enemy of Godzilla [56]
Godzilla Godzilla franchise
  • Various
 A giant dinosaur-like kaiju. [57][58][59]
Jame Gumb The Silence of the Lambs A serial killer that murders women to wear their skin. [60][61]
Hedorah Godzilla vs. Hedorah A kaiju made of sludge. [62]
Mark Hoffman Saw franchise An apprentice and successor of Jigsaw. [63][64]
Igor Universal Monsters franchise The laboratory assistant of Victor Frankenstein. [65]
Imhotep The Mummy An undead Egyptian mummy. [66][67]
Pennywise
A malevolent entity that takes the form of an evil clown. [68][69]
Kharis The Mummy's Hand An undead Egyptian mummy. [70][71]
King Ghidorah Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster A three-headed alien kaiju and enemy of Godzilla. [72][73][74]
King Kong King Kong franchise A giant ape. [75][76]
John Kramer Saw franchise A serial killer that tortures victims in elaborate traps. [77][78]
Freddy Krueger A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise The evil spirit of a child killer that haunts nightmares. [79][80]
Leatherface The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise A cannibal that wears the faces of his victims. [81][82]
Hannibal Lecter Hannibal Lecter franchise A brilliant forensic psychologist and cannibalistic serial killer. [83][84][85]
Mechagodzilla Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
  • Kazunari Mori
 A robot version of Godzilla. [56][86]
Megaguirus Godzilla vs. Megaguirus A giant dragonfly-like kaiju and enemy of Godzilla. [87]
Megalon Godzilla vs. Megalon
  • Hideto Odachi
 A giant beetle-like kaiju and enemy of Godzilla. [88]
Mothra Mothra A giant moth-like kaiju. [89][90][91]
MUTO Monsterverse franchise N/a A giant bug-like species of kaiju. [92][93]
Michael Myers Halloween franchise A mute murderer that kills people on Halloween night. [94][95]
Count Orlok Nosferatu A vampire based on Count Dracula. [96][97][98]
Rustin Parr Blair Witch franchise
  • Frank Pastor
 A serial killer that murdered seven children on instructions from the Blair Witch. [99]
Pearl X series A psychopathic killer. [100]
Rhoda Penmark The Bad Seed A child serial killer and psychopath. [101]
Pinhead Hellraiser franchise An extradimensional leader of the demonic Cenobites. [102][103]
David Powers The Lost Boys The head of a gang of vampires. [104][105]
Predator Predator franchise An alien species that trophy hunts other species for sport. [106][107]
Rodan Rodan A giant pterosaur-like kaiju. [108]
Kayako Saeki Ju-On franchise The vengeful ghost of a woman killed by her husband. [109][110]
Toshio Saeki Ju-On franchise
  • Daiki Sawada
  • Ryōta Koyama
 The son of Kayako Saeki, a vengeful ghost. [109]
Slappy the Dummy Goosebumps An evil ventriloquy dummy. [111][112]
Slender Man
A tall supernatural being with no face. [113][114]
Captain Spaulding House of 1000 Corpses A vulgar and murderous clown. [115][116]
T-1000 Terminator franchise A time-travelling robot assassin. [117]
Larry Talbot The Wolf Man franchise A werewolf. [118][119]
The Thing
A shapeshifting alien that mimics its prey. [120][121]
Damien Thorn The Omen franchise The Antichrist. [122][123]
Sweeney Todd
A barber that kills his customers with a straight razor before giving their flesh to his partner Mrs. Lovett to bake into pies. [124][125]
Jack Torrance
A writer that goes insane and tries to kill his wife and son. [126][127]
Tall Man Phantasm franchise An extradimensional being posing as a mortician. [128][129]
Judge Turpin Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) A cruel and corrupt judge. [130]
Terminator Terminator franchise A time-travelling robot assassin. [131][132]
Tiffany Valentine Child's Play franchise An evil possessed toy doll. [133][134][135]
Varan Varan the Unbelievable A giant gliding dinosaur-like kaiju. [136][137]
Mason Verger Hannibal A wealthy, sadistic pedophile disfigured by Hannibal Lecter. [138][139]
Jason Voorhees Friday the 13th franchise An immortal, undead murderer. [140][141][142]
Pamela Voorhees Friday the 13th franchise The murderous mother of Jason Voorhees. [143][144]
Harry Warden My Bloody Valentine A miner that kills people on Valentine's Day. [145]
Annie Wilkes Misery A nurse and serial killer. [146][147]
Xenomorph Alien franchise An endoparasitoid species of alien. [148][149]
Sadako Yamamura The Ring franchise The vengeful ghost of a young psychic that was murdered and thrown down a well. [150][151]
Yonggary Yongary, Monster from the Deep
  • Cho Kyoung-min
 A large dinosaur-like kaiju. [152][153]
Amanda Young Saw franchise A victim and apprentice of Jigsaw. [154][155][156]
Zilla Godzilla franchise
  • Kurt Carley
 A large dinosaur-like kaiju. [157][158]
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