I can't believe no one has posted this one yet. And Misery is still the only book I've ever had to put down part way through because of the contents. Was about 13 when I was reading it and when I got to the lawnmower over the cop bit I almost threw up.
Brad Pitt as Early Grace. Excellent serial killer. If you haven't seen this movie it's way worth your time.
What's your dirt doing in his ditch? Different movie: Spoiler KING KONG AIN'T GOT SHIT! ON! ME! Lastly, I'll bet good money few people here have seen Rob Roy (I've only seen it because my friend is a movie genius), but Tim Roth in that might be my second or third all-time favorite villain. (I'm glad someone included Bill the Butcher already.) EDIT: One last thought. Darth Vader is an obvious top five, but somehow the Emperor usually gets shafted. The guy almost lets his lifelong servant get murdered before his eyes so that he can swap for someone more powerful.
Since Roxanne broached the subject of Disney villains - how can you top Scar from "The Lion King?" He killed his own brother & tried to kill his own nephew just so he could rape & pillage the Pridelands, and so he could become the King. Plus this song gave me chills when I was 9 years old watching this in the theatre. I saw it on IMAX when it came out there a few years back, still gave me chills (YouTube inside the spoiler tag): Spoiler I will give you credit for Judge Claude Frollo, though, I'd probably put him second. "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" was probably overall the darkest, most adult of the "classic" Disney movies. I just can't put any villain in front of Scar. Now as for the villain I personally most wanted to hit in their fucking face: Doug Hutchinson as Percy Wetmore in "The Green Mile." What a fucking prick this character was. For years after I saw "The Green Mile" - anytime I saw the actor, no matter what role he was playing, I still felt a twinge of hatred for him.
Alex is an anti-hero and doesn't really fit into the thread. Agreed, on Misery. Kathy Bates was amazing.
I would start be reading the original telling of the Lion King which was Shakespeare's Hamlet. Scar ain't got shit on the original Claudius. For me, I remember thinking that Kevin Bacon's character in The River Wild was pretty fucked up.
Most, if not all, of Kevin Bacon's bad guys are horrifying. Sleepers, Trapped, Beauty Shop (yes, even in horrible movies he is horrifying), etc. Also, now I have to watch Kalifornia. That movie looks amazing.
"I'll blow this place up and be home in time for Corn Flakes!" Everybody loves them a little Cohagen. The underrated Ronny Cox always perfectly embodied the campy, 80's-style villain you had in trashy action movies. If he'd only let the people have the air.
"But you know, Mr. Burton, the difficulties between men and women. How seldom it works out? Yet we all keep trying, like fools".
The T-800. This T-800: The competent, ruthless T-800. Not the useless T-800 that appeared in Salvation and bullied John Connor for 5 minutes instead of killing him in 5 seconds.