where does a killer performer go after
the killing is done
welcome to watch mojo and today we'll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
horror movie villain actors
where are they now for this list we'll
be looking at the greatest actors that
have portrayed horror movie villains
and seeing what they've been up to in
recent years note
this list will include some spoilers
number 10 matthew lillard
scream took everyone by surprise in 1996
by utilizing two killers
mosquito riches billy and matthew
lillard's stew
corn syrup same stuff they use for pigs
blood and carrie
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surprise sydney ulrich was recently seen
over on the cw
playing fp jones in riverdale but what
of his goofier counterpart
six years after scream lillard landed
the role of shaggy in the live-action
scooby-doo
and it stuck like i'm right here
hey scoob that was fun let's grab
another skateboard and like do it again
huh
not only has he played the live-action
character but lillard has been serving
as the official voice of shaggy since
2009
appearing in various scooby-doo tv shows
specials and direct-to-video movies
outside of animation lillard has also
been dabbling in dramatic work as
of late starring as william hastings in
twin peaks the return
and dean boland in nbc's good girls
won't wear pajamas i don't know if you
noticed but all that kid likes to do
yeah i know she does that yeah well
while i'm reading her bedtime stories
it's her time she just sits there like
with her hand
it's normal dean okay i'm exhausted
don't shame her
it's exhausting number nine doug bradley
the english actor portrayed pinhead in
the first eight hellraiser films
spanning from 1987 to 2005. we
have such sites to show you
he inhabited the role so greatly that he
was eventually credited as an assistant
makeup artist
as he was adept at applying and removing
his own makeup and prosthetics
he is also very good friends with
novelist and screenwriter clive barker
having met him in high school bradley
continues to act in horror films and
appeared in an episode of amazon's lore
in 2018
playing dr robert knox do we have an
understanding in 2011 he voiced the
emperor in star wars the old republic
and reprised his role in 2014's shadow
of reven
the end begins
number eight nick mancuso you may not
know nick mancuso by seeing him
but you might recognize his voice
he provided the voice of billy in the
seminal and revolutionary slasher flick
black christmas back in 1974. mancuso
would reportedly do a headstand before
filming in order to compress his thorax
and attain the now iconic grasp
following black christmas mancuso
performed shakespeare in ontario's
world-renowned stratford festival
he has since attained over 150 film and
tv credits
and is still going strong to this day in
2019 the then
71 year old mancuso appeared in two
movies
road to the lemongrove and the tv movie
rahab and the ribbon of redemption
22 bowls of spaghettini
and 200
cannoli number seven tony todd
beginning in the mid 80s todd began
quite an extensive filmography
appearing in productions like platoon
multiple star trek series and the 1990
knight of the living dead remake
trucks aren't empty we can't take the
chance of running dry out in the middle
of nowhere
but many people know todd as the titular
candyman
and william bloodworth from the final
destination franchise
your death will be a tale to frighten
children
to make lovers cling closer in their
rapture
nowadays todd has been doing a lot of tv
work he appeared in 14 episodes of the
young and the restless in 2013
provided the voice of zoom throughout
the flash and played the tall man in
freeform's horror series
dead of summer you wanna go home you
only have to do
one thing what's that kill
the flash in 2019 he appeared in one
episode of the orville and three
episodes of scream
playing luther thompson no i got
you todd may forever be known as that
scary guy from all those horror movies
and shows
number six nick castle this iconic
horror actor attended the university of
southern california with john carpenter
and the two would later do a little
movie called halloween together
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castle played mike myers but only when
he was masked
tony moran provided the face of michael
in the famous unmasking sequence
following halloween castle focused on
writing and directing his own films
he developed the story for hook and
directed 1993's dennis the menace
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however castle later cameoed as michael
in the 2018
halloween appearing in the scene in
which lori spots him through a window
he is also slated to cameo in some
fashion in both halloween kills and
halloween ends
later in the 2020s number 5
tobin bell this is one of those actors
who broke out later in life
despite a career stretching back to the
early 80s bell didn't attain worldwide
recognition
until he was in his early 60s playing
the jigsaw killer in 2004's
saw he's a very interesting person his
name is john
has an inoperable frontal lobe tumor he
would reprise the iconic role in seven
more saw films including 2017's jigsaw
and that wouldn't have been necessary if
you'd simply played by the rules
but you don't like rules do you but it's
not all creepy torture racks and gore
between 2016 and 2017 he also voiced dr
alchemy and savitar
in the flash i am alchemy
in 2019 bell appeared in an episode of
creep show
playing chief in the gray matter segment
before going on to star in
a season 4 episode of macgyver i
remember it was right around the time
the love of your life walked out on you
she said it wasn't you it was the
weather
number four kane hodder many people have
portrayed jason voorhees throughout the
years but
kane hotter is perhaps the most prolific
his first appearance was in 1988's
friday the 13th part 7 the new blood
and he proceeded to play the iconic
killer through jason x in 2002.
people forget he's down there
waiting hotter has also played victor
crowley in the hatchet
series and performed the stunts for
leatherface in the texas chainsaw
massacre
iii potter continues to perform as
relentless serial killers to this day
the hell you doing out here where'd you
come from
that youtube doing the hollering no no
we heard it too
i figured someone's in trouble let me
give you a word of advice and listen
close because it might just save your
life someday
in 2017 he starred in the fourth hatchet
film titled victor crowley
and also donned a virtual jason mask for
friday the 13th the game
by providing the motion capture for the
character hotter even released an
autobiography in 2011
suitably titled unmasked it has afforded
me
doing things like this more importantly
because of the notoriety of playing a
character like this
i've been able to do a lot of stuff to
help other people
number three gunnar hansen this
icelandic actor helped revolutionize
slasher films with his iconic betrayal
of leatherface in the texas chainsaw
massacre
hansen had recently finished grad school
when he heard that a horror movie was
being filmed in his city of austin texas
and decided to audition for the bad guy
you had never used a chainsaw before in
your life
no i had never handled a chainsaw he got
the role and made horror movie history
in the process
but despite appearing in over 20 films
acting was never hansen's true calling
he was a writer at heart penning
magazine articles books
screenplays and even travel memoirs
sadly
hansen passed away from pancreatic
cancer in 2015
but he wasn't done contributing to the
horror genre just yet
death house a film he co-wrote with
director harrison smith
was released posthumously in 2017.
don't come closer number two brad dureth
this actor's voice is one of the most
iconic in horror movie history
what's your name son bill billy big
bibis
glad to know you bill mcmurphy's mine
despite playing a wide variety of great
characters
including his academy award-nominated
performance as billy in one flew over
the cuckoo's nest
duroff is perhaps best known as the
voice of chucky
the killer doll of the child's play
franchise
duroff's filmography as chucky continued
to expand up to and including 2013's
curse of chucky and 2017's cult of
chucky
both of which saw him working with his
daughter fiona dureth
you know you remind me a lot of andy
barkley
he was a whiny little [ __ ] just like
you
do you kill him too in 2019 he reprised
his emmy nominated role as doc cochran
in the long-awaited deadwood movie
a role he portrayed for 33 episodes from
2004
to 2006. i'd have you for bear from
spirits
under advisement oh no no no no no don't
you humor me nor talk down to me neither
nor fix to mix in where you ain't been
invited
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
brian van holt beau and vincent sinclair
recently concluded a six-year run on
cougar town
muse watson ben willis is now an
advocate for people with autism
warwick davis this ex-leprechaun
presents a game show called
tenable and stars in numerous star wars
films
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number one robert england freddy krueger
forever changed the slasher villain
whereas most characters of his ilk were
masked massive
silent stalkers freddie was a
normal-sized disfigured wisecracker
whose mouth was nearly as dangerous as
his bladed glove
please god this
is god
england embodied the role portraying
freddy for eight films from 1984 to
2003.
he recently provided the voice of
anti-pops in regular show
and reprised his role as freddy krueger
in a 2018 episode of the goldbergs
titled
mr knifey hands i'm sorry
who do you think you are your worst
nightmare
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he has also done work for various video
games voicing the scarecrow in injustice
2.
you belong in arkham scarecrow so i can
break up again
he currently hosts a show on the travel
channel called true
terror with robert england in which he
recounts terrifying true stories of the
past
i'm robert englund join me on a journey
into the dark shadows
of our nation's history to uncover a
trilogy of stories
as terrifying as they are real
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