you don't need to be horror to be
horrifying hey guys its Phoebe with
WatchMojo today we're counting down our
picks for the top 10 scariest TV
characters from non horror shows don't
tell we're taking a look at the scariest
television characters from outside of
the horror genre that means that
Hannibal Lecter will not be joining us
for dinner
also spoilers ahead let's get to it
shall I cause I think you already have
number 10
the client the mandalorian a former
member of the Galactic Empire this
unnamed man known only as the client
hires the series titular bounty hunter
to retrieve an alien child grief carga
said you were coming although not
particularly threatening on his own the
clients command over stormtroopers his
casual disregard for the child's life
and actor Verner Hertzog's distinctive
voice make every encounter between him
and the Mandalorian full of Menace how
uncharacteristic of one of your
reputation
you've taken both commission and payment
is it not the count of the guilt that
these events are now forgotten sure we
can all relate to him when he says he
wants to see what the Internet has
lovingly dubbed baby Yoda but the way he
says it is just so dang creepy I would
like to see the baby
number nine Borg the Star Trek franchise
they swarmed through our system when
they left it was lit alone nothing left
one of the most terrifying villains in
the Star Trek universe
the Borg aim to assimilate various
species and their technology into their
hive mind through their own technology
apparently the Borg have developed the
technology to link artificial
intelligence directly into the humanoid
brain astounding on both a conceptual
and practical level these cybernetic
beings are horrific the idea that
they've become consumed by their
technology taps into a very real and
present fear in the modern world and the
loss of individuality of those converted
is painful to contemplate within the
franchise the Borg are almost
unstoppable their general lack of free
will means they can't really be reasoned
with and their adaptive technology and
collective memory allows them to recover
from damage quickly furthermore they
rarely make the same mistake twice you
are small and you think in small terms
number eight home Lander the boys your
boys okay
what if Superman was evil this question
has been asked many times over the years
but few answers have been quite as
interesting as homeland er raised from
birth to be the perfect patriotic hero
of America homeland er may come across
as wholesome as apple pie but underneath
lies a cold unfeeling soup homeland er
is incredibly cavalier with his powers
often causing the deaths of innocents or
killing needlessly Anthony star's
intense performance is magnetic well the
fact that no one seems to be able to
stop homeland er makes every second that
the character is on screen a tense one
homeland er might stand for the American
Way but truth and justice aren't even in
his vocabulary
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number seven Gemma teller-morrow
Sons of Anarchy men might dominate this
list but the SAMCRO matriarch certainly
earns her spot Gemma teller-morrow is
the mother bear to the chapter of the
motorcycle club slash gang from which
this series takes its name sure the
relationship she shares with her son
Jack's the up-and-coming reluctant
leader of the gang is all kinds of
creepy and oedipal but what makes Gemma
truly scary is how manipulative she can
be he's a murderous traitor and there's
only one thing to do now Jackson for
your father your family much of the
show's conflict is a result of her
actions from conspiring to murder her
first husband to ending the life of her
daughter-in-law and blaming a rival gang
plus there's just no telling what she'll
do who holds a baby at gunpoint honestly
what are you doing
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number six kilgrave Jessica Jones
most of these frightening characters get
their hands dirty at some point but
kilgrave doesn't have to a
mind-controlling supervillain killgrave
can make anyone do whatever he tells
them to do with one exception
those who underwent traumatic events and
broke free of his abilities notably
Jessica Jones smile kill grapes commands
can range from petty requests for people
to injure themselves to sadistic and
cruel instructions for family members to
kill one another or even compelling
women to be physical with him kilgrave
is privileged taken to its most
terrifying extreme he always gets
whatever he wants and in rare cases
where he's denied the lengths he goes to
are just as appalling upon CR I ever
hear from you or see you see anyone who
looks like you she will slit her own
throat
the ultimate contingency number 5 Arthur
Mitchell also known as the Trinity
Killer Dexter as many people as Dexter
Morgan
the serial killer protagonist of the
series has killed Arthur Mitchell is
even more prolific Finnerty is likely
someone who's gone his own solitary way
through life so preoccupied with his own
obsessions that he's foregone all but
the most rudimentary of human
connections despite being an apparently
normal family man
Mitchell who is arguably Morgan's
greatest foe has killed hundreds of
people over the course of 30 years in a
ritualistic reenactment of his family's
deaths which he caused either directly
or indirectly also his psychopathic
behavior isn't limited to murder
Mitchell terrorizes and controls his
wife and children veering wildly between
cold anger and overt cheeriness at home
I know who you really are
Who am I you're a killer
disturbing dexter morgan is no small
feat but with his erratic personality
and propensity for both physical and
emotional cruelty Arthur Mitchell is a
serial killer cut from a different cloth
hello Dexter Morgan number for Tony
Soprano The Sopranos Tony Soprano may be
the protagonist of the show that bears
his family's name but that does not make
him a hero while frequently relatable
and a loving if far from perfect family
man Tony is also a violent mobster which
the show never lets us forget although
he naturally performs many of the usual
hits against threats to his criminal
enterprise or else orders them done by
others tony has also impulsively ended
the lives of several people close to him
for slights both large and small what
are you saying
you think I had something to do with it
I didn't as entertaining and fascinating
as the story is we certainly do not envy
his friends and family I gotta sit down
I feel like I can't stay is that okay
Tony number three Vernon Schillinger oz
don't let the fact that he's played by
JK Simmons lull you into a false sense
of security this guy is a monster
livestock that's what you are my
livestock because now Tobias your ass
belongs to me
the leader of the Aryan Brotherhood
inside Oswald State Correctional
facilities experimental Emerald City
unit Schillinger is a serial rapist who
often turns his fellow inmates into
slaves frequently taking pleasure in
degrading them a complex character full
of contradictions his ardent homophobia
for instance Schillinger is also willing
to stoop to seemingly any low including
ordering the death of his own son as
such it's fitting that such a theatrical
villain meets his end during a
production of Shakespeare
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number two Ramsay Bolton Game of Thrones
as terrifying as the existential dread
that the night king inspires is we
elected to discuss a far more human evil
from Game of Thrones Ramsay snow slash
Bolton is a bastard in every sense of
the word
you forgot to ask one question if I'm a
liar a sadistic sociopath Ramsay revels
in tormenting people in cruel and
unusual ways from hunting and/or feeding
them to his dogs to sexually assaulting
them to just plain torture Ramsay is an
absolute nightmare both for the people
he torments and for the audience
not even familial bonds mean anything to
him since he kills his own father
stepmother and Baby half-brother Ramsay
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he's your brother
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I prefer being an only child Westeros is
home to countless ugly and irredeemable
characters but Ramsay is arguably the
one we'd be most scared of meeting which
is really saying something Ramsay Bolton
is the kind of character that sends
shivers down your spine but our number
one pick would have even him running for
the hills before we get there
here are some honorable mentions you
were the stubborn one you stuck with
that quack please don't call him that
he's the only real parent I ever had
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Gustavo Gus fring Breaking Bad and
better call Saul the owner of the
chicken restaurant los Pollos hermanos
Gustavo Fring presents himself in public
as a friendly businessman but in private
he's the calculating head of a drug
empire frequently called and unemotional
Gus is a brilliant patient and cautious
criminal who is utterly merciless when
it comes to his enemies I will kill your
son after Giancarlo Esposito gives such
a subtle performance that when Gus does
or says something frightening it becomes
that much more terrifying due to the
contrast with the characters usual
behavior whether he's exacting his
long-awaited revenge on his foes or
sending a message by killing someone
Gus is one of the scariest characters on
TV period
from now on you are mine I don't know
about you guys but Gustavo Fring is not
someone I'd like to get to know what do
you guys think let us know in the
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