Note: I am discounting James Bond movies, Marvel movies Etc. where Villains are more caricaturish and not really scary, IMHO.
|
Movie (OR) Series |
Artist |
Character |
Why? |
|
Silence of the Lambs / Hannibal |
Anthony Hopkins |
Hannibal Lecter |
Is an explanation needed? 😊 |
|
Ozark |
Esai Morales |
Camino del Rio |
I am (even more) s**t-scared of Drug Lords after this 😊 |
|
Joy Ride |
Matthew Kimbrough / Ted Levine |
Rusty Nail |
How about being scary without appearing on screen at all? |
|
Collateral |
Tom Cruise |
Vincent |
What a rousing performance. |
|
Kahaani |
Saswata Chatterjee |
Bob Biswas |
Talk about a geeky-looking monster. |
|
The Departed |
Jack Nicholson |
Frank Costello |
While people around him kill left and right, he actually never kills anyone in the movie. But man, is he menacing. |
|
The Duel |
Carey Loftin |
Truck Driver |
Again, a character we never see on screen. What a movie! |
|
Sholay |
Amjad Khan |
Gabbar Singh |
Nothing to add 😊 |
|
Cape Fear |
Robert De Niro |
Max Cady |
De Niro got an Oscar nomination for his efforts. The inspiration behind some of the scenes in Mohanlal’s “Oppam”, Shah Rukh Khan’s “Darr” Etc. |
|
Road |
Manoj Bajpayee |
Babu |
What a scary hitchhiker! |
|
Halloween |
Tony Moran / Nick Castle |
Michael Myers |
The “Daddy” of Slasher films. I am only including Michael Myers from among the other characters in the Slasher genre movies (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Jeepers Creepers franchise, Saw franchise, Friday the 13th, Scream franchise, Nightmare on Elm Street Etc.) |
Additions (Based on feedback from friends):
No Country for Old Men / Javier Bardem / Anton Chigurh / Man, the dude was real scary and everyone else in the move that we rooted for, got massacred by the dude.
Adios!