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10 Menacing Characters From Films
10.
Freddy Krueger - Nightmare on Elm Street The world is a dangerous place.
We’re not safe walking alone on a dark night, we’re not safe leaving our doors unbolted
and we’re not safe taking help from a complete stranger.
So logically the only safe place for a person is in their dreams whilst they are sleeping
right?
WRONG!
Even in your dreams you are at risk all because of a man named Freddy Krueger.
Freddy was a child murder in his past life before he was burned alive by the parents
of Springwood.
When he died, He was given the ability to invade people’s dreams, Thus allowing him
to continue his reign of terror.
The first scene we see of Freddy alone is quite horrifying as we see one of the supporting
characters being chased down an alleyway by Freddy who has elongated his arms as a way
to scare her off.
Don’t go to sleep kids.
9.
Immortan Joe - Mad Max Fury Road So it’s safe to say that Mad Max Fury Road
is an instant classic film.
All the elements are there to solidify its status as a classic.
It has a well written yet very simplistic story, Interesting characters, Amazing action
sequences and of course an imposing villain in the form of Immortan Joe.
Immortan Joe is a tyrant who has control over most of the world’s scarce resources such
as water, bullets and oil.
If you even think of betraying him to take any of his resources, You can bet he’s ready
to come after you with an army.
8.
Leatherface - Texas Chainsaw Massacre IT’S A MAN WEARING A FLESH MASK AND CARRYING
A BIG CHAINSAW!
Leatherface himself essentially defined the slasher genre and paved the way for future
slasher horror film characters to make their marks.
The scary thing is that he’s not the bad guy in the first film as it was his family
who were the one manipulating him into bringing them human flesh.
Leatherface is actually mentally disabled on only want to make his family proud and
the only thing that makes them proud is him killing wandering teens.
7.
Jason Voorhees - Friday the 13th So for argument’s sake, if it wasn’t for
Michael Myers, we wouldn’t have Jason Voorhees.
That being said, Jason is definitely a more imposing figure.
Just the sheer size, speed and overall strength of him makes him on of the more imposing figures
in horror even to this day.
Jason much like Leatherface is mentally disabled.
However unlike leatherface, he focuses more on revenge rather than pleasing his family.
Jason wants revenge on the camp counsellors who let him drown in camp crystal lake years
ago.
Problem is his mother killed them all…..And he doesn’t realise it, Anyone who steps
into the camp though is seen as a counsellor in the eyes of Jason so no matter who you
are, if walk into camp crystal lake, you’re screwed,
6.
Norman Bates - Psycho Arguably the man who started the entire slasher
genre alone, Norman Bates is quite possibly the creepiest person on the list rather than
being full blown scary.
How?
Well Norman Bates is a man who loves his mother a little bit too much.
Whatever his mother tells him, He either believes or obeys what she says no matter what.
If she says other women are trying to take him away from her, He’ll give more of his
attention to her than the woman he’s going out with.
He’s that type of person.
Now what makes him menacing?
How about the fact that he suffers Dissociative Personality Disorder meaning he has two completely
different personalities.
One of them being himself and the other…...well his other personality is his dear old mother
who Norman killed years ago and now keeps her corpse in the creepy house behind the
motel.
Yeah don’t book into an independent hotel.
Also avoid Vince Vaughn if you see him.
Just awful!
5.
Carrie White - Carrie Kids, Don’t bully.
Odds are you don’t know what you’re dealing with.
Take Carrie White for example.
Carrie’s not a bad girl, she just wants to get on with things and blend in with the
crowd.
Unfortunately for her the crowd don’t accept her and instead decide to bully her for their
own enjoyment.
The decisive moment of humiliation in Carrie’s life comes at the prom, having a bucket of
pig's’ blood poured over her and the pristine white dress she’s wearing gets Carrie a
little mad, chaos ensues and Carrie creates havoc.
I hope Carrie’s classmates enjoyed tormenting and taunting her because they ultimately pay
with their lives.
4.
Hannibal Lecter - Red Dragon Sure Anthony Hopkins’ performance in the
original film was very memorable but you’ve got to admit that now he’s not exactly scary
considering everyone at some point in time has done an impression of him.
In Red Dragon however, He is menacing because even though he is incarcerated and can’t
dine on your flesh but he is able to get to Edward Norton’s character even behind bars.
He’s that devious and menacing.
Even so, The sight of him in the original movie where he’s feeding Ray Liotta his
own brain in the 2001 films is pretty terrifying.
3.
Ellen Ripley - Alien Let’s be honest.
You don’t have to be an anti hero or a villain to be menacing.
No.
Ellen Ripley is a prime example.
In a decade where women were still seen as either damsels in distress or just seen as
the love interest, Ellen Ripley simply says “Screw that” and acts like a total badass
throughout the alien franchise.
Best of all, It totally works because instead of hiding or running, She grabs whatever she
can find to defend herself.
It takes a whole lot of guts to stand up to Xenomorph.
Don’t mess with her!
2.
Jack Torrence - The Shining Like most writers, Writer’s block will hit
you at some point.
Well unlucky for Mr.Torrence, this drives him mad as he and his family have been given
the tedious task of looking after a hotel while the owners go away for the winter months.
Eventually Jack snaps, Grabs an axe and goes on a hunt for his wife and son.
I’m not sure if it was how the character was directed or if was just Jack Nicholson
in general but he was very terrifying in the film.
1.
Tony Montana - Scarface 1984 He is unpredictable.
Tony Montana is a coked out loose canon who cannot be figured out.
Throughout the film for first time watchers, You see Tony go to lengths you wouldn’t
expect because he’s so unpredictable.
Take for example when he finds out that his best friend was going out with his sister
after he said not to.
You’d think he’d give his friend a beating or something along those lines.
Nope.
Tony kills his friend.
That’s how unpredictable he is and that’s how far he’s willing to go when it comes
to solving a problem.
It’s because of this attitude and unpredictability that he rises to power as fast as he does
in the film.
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