Tournament of Terror: Who Is the Greatest Horror Movie Villain?

1. Dracula
Notable Films: Dracula (1931), Horror of Dracula (1958), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Motivation: Blood, love, looking cool
Skills: Hypnosis, shapeshifting, immortality, cape wearing

2. Frankenstein's Monster
Notable Films: Frankenstein (1931), Young Frankenstein (1974), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Motivation: Revenge, companionship, avoiding fire
Skills: Super strength, full range of motion despite the lack of a pulse

3. Wolf Man
Notable Films: The Wolf Man (1941), The Wolfman (2010)
Motivation: Hunger
Skills: Turning into a wolf, somehow retaining clothed when turning back

4. The Mummy
Notable Films: The Mummy (1932), The Mummy's Tomb (1942), The Mummy (1999)
Motivation: Love, revenge
Skills: Cold homicidal nature, the ability to wear white after Labor Day

5. Gill-Man
Notable Films: Creature from Black Lagoon (1954), Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Motivation: Lust, cardio
Skills: Swimming, breathing underwater, lugging around abducted women

6. Erik, the Phantom
Notable Films: The Phantom of the Opera (1925), Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Motivation: Love, musical theater
Skills: Ninja-like stealth, a face to stop traffic

7. The Invisible Man
Notable Films: The Invisible Man (1933), The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
Motivation: Scientific exploration, power
Skills: Invisibility, maniacal rage, public nudity

8. Edward Hyde
Notable Films: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Motivation: Alcohol, women, murder for fun
Skills: Hedonism, hirsutism

9. Count Orlok
Notable Films: Nosferatu (1922), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Motivation: Blood, avoiding sunlight
Skills: Whatever Dracula does, but more German

10. The Bride
Notable Films: Bride of Frankenstein (1935), The Bride (1985)
Motivation: Self-hate, getting away from Frankenstein's monster
Skills: Screaming, hissing, anti-gravitational hair

11. Dr. Caligari
Notable Films: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The Cabinet of Caligari (1962)
Motivation: Insanity, bloodlust
Skills: Hypnotism, expressionism

12. Audrey Jr.
Notable Films: The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Motivation: Food, more food
Skills: The ability to talk, unreal metabolism

13. Golem
Notable Films: The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920)
Motivation: Following instructions, defending the persecuted
Skills: Strength, obedience, eventual lack of obedience

14. Dr. Anton Phibes
Notable Films: The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
Motivation: Revenge, love
Skills: Building elaborate traps, singing "Over the Rainbow"

15. Baron Sardonicus
Notable Films: Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
Motivation: A cure for his disfigurement, finding a really big toothbrush
Skills: Wealth, power, sadism, a killer smile

16. Coffin Joe
Notable Films: At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1963), This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (1967)
Motivation: Fathering a son
Skills: Torture, serial murder, growing his fingernails

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