Favourite Horror Villians?

I have to say agree with some of the folks here, and say Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs. Such a compelling performance from Hopkins and he doesn't even have the lion's share of screen time in the film. To me, that says a lot...that when the character's not on-screen and you're still thinking about him. And whenever the film's on cable, I'll get caught up in it and Hopkins again.

As far as Reverend Kane, I still get a kick out of him and whenever I go to a relative's house, I'll quote his "Let me in!" in his voice.

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I recently saw "I Saw the Devil" and I thought the villain was absolutely chilling.

Freddy has always been interesting to me as a villain, the "killer haunting dreams" idea is still cool to me.

I also think the Cenobites are really unique villains.

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