2025 is a banner year for horror, in part because of Weapons, Zach Cregger’s creepy film about a group of children who suddenly disappear in a small Pennsylvania town. The film’s antagonist, the ...

There’s nothing more important to a horror movie than its villain, because without one, the film is just teenagers having sex in a cabin. The type of villain sets the tone of the movie, determining ...

was a truly fantastic year for horror movies, and two new characters helped redefine what it means to scare an audience.

What does it take for a horror movie villain to cement their place in film history? It's not enough to just be scary. There's a specific look, a sensibility, a certain glimmer in their eye that ...

Michael Block is a 14 time GLAM Award nominated writer, producer, and host of the podcast Block Talk. Throughout his time in the entertainment industry, he has worked on and off Broadway as a stage ...

Horror-film villains become nightmare fuel for kids for decades. Some villains like Freddy, Jason, and Ghostface have multiple films to get under your skin. Others, like Annie from "Misery" or Jack ...

Horror movies are defined by their killers. The victims and heroes themselves are often interchangeable, but it’s the masked slashers, monsters, and evil masterminds who get their faces on the poster.

From Timothée Chalamet's latest high-wire act to Amy Madigan's indelible horror villain to dynamic duos and standouts from around the globe, these were THR critics' favorite big-screen turns of the ...

Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, Art the Clown, Norman Bates, John Kramer aka Jigsaw, Candyman, Leatherface, Chucky, Ghostface, Dracula, Pennywise the Dancing Clown, Freddy Krueger, Hannibal Lecter, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about women in comedy. Sometimes it is more fun to be evil. Movie villains are often the best part of the film. The best ...

Brad LaCour is a Senior List Writer for Collider. Based out of Los Angeles, California, Brad lives close enough to the stars but is too busy to find out where exactly they live. Brad is fairly certain ...

The evolution of horror villains has allowed monsters, villains, and antagonists to haunt our dreams. We started off with the Universal villains like Frankenstein and Dracula. Then, the slashers like ...