From Ghostface to Chucky, there are many unforgettable horror movie villains who have been appearing on movie screens for several decades. While some are campy and fun, others are downright chilling to watch, with Norman Bates from Psycho and Annie Wilkes from Misery falling into the latter category.
Even though horror fans are familiar with several villains who they would never want to encounter IRL, there are a few evil characters from popular films who don't measure up in terms of scares, place in the genre, and character development.
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There should be no Jeeper's Creepers reboot because of the director, and the 2001 movie has a terrible villain as well. Trish (Gina Philips) and Darry Jenner (Justin Long) are siblings on a road trip and they find The Creeper, who goes after them.
While there are many monster movies, The Creeper doesn't feel like the most fully formed horror movie villain. The main characters hear the backstory behind his killing sprees: The Creeper comes out in spring every 23 years and he kills people for 23 days so he can use their body parts. This might be disgusting to hear about, and the end scene of The Creeper tormenting Darry is definitely unforgettable. But compared to other villains, no one really remembers The Creeper or talks about him as much as Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise.
The 2018 movie Slender Man takes the Creepypasta story of this character and tells a tale about a group of teenage girls who come across this mysterious and horrible figure. The movie not only has a depressing ending and not much development of the plot or characters, as it feels very generic, but the villain itself is not that interesting.
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