The calls are still coming from inside the house! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the horror movie villains of 2023 that were pure nightmare fuel. This list does contain spoilers, so beware!
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00:00 "How could you kill someone?"
00:02 "I didn't kill anyone, Kurt."
00:04 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the horror movie villains
00:08 of 2023 that were pure nightmare fuel.
00:12 This list does contain spoilers, so beware.
00:16 "Mama...
00:17 Mama's with the maggots now."
00:22 10.
00:23 Ghostface - Scream 6
00:25 We've seen many iterations of the masked serial killer in the Scream series, but the sixth
00:31 installment of the slasher franchise still manages to deliver chilling thrills, blending
00:36 them with the sometimes terrifying callousness of big city life.
00:47 The diabolical killer has vengeance on their mind, and in some of the movie's best scenes,
00:52 they prove they're not afraid to commit their murders in front of witnesses.
01:01 We won't spoil their identity here, because frankly, the idea of the diabolical killer
01:06 moving through public spaces with this much stealth is scary enough.
01:16 9.
01:21 The Aliens - No One Will Save You
01:24 In this mostly wordless Hulu original, Bryn is a small-town outcast whose home is besieged
01:30 by aliens with extrasensory powers.
01:43 As far as creature design goes, the aliens resemble traditional oval-headed ETs, but
01:48 with insect-like legs. They howl, shriek, click, and make siren sounds at a frequency
01:54 designed to make human skin crawl.
02:05 Home invasion is bad enough. Being sucked up into a flying saucer is pretty terrifying.
02:11 But these creatures have an ace up their sleeve. Just when you think it's going to be a fairly
02:15 straightforward alien menace with crop circles and UFOs, boom, it turns out they're also
02:21 body snatchers who can work human-like puppets.
02:29 8.
02:33 Jon Carver - Thanksgiving
02:35 With his origins in a Black Friday sale gonorrhea, the killer in this slasher from Eli Roth is
02:41 instantly iconic.
02:48 Joining the likes of Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees is Jason Carver, or rather, a killer
02:53 who dresses as the real-life Plymouth Pilgrim. In his Black Period clothing, wide-brimmed
03:00 hat, and unmoving mask, he is a deceptively goofy-looking murderer. The cartoonish look
03:08 just makes his axe-swinging viciousness all the more disturbing. The villain turns the
03:13 traditions of Thanksgiving on their head and fills them with all sorts of new and depraved
03:19 meaning.
03:22 7.
03:26 Abizu - The Offering
03:27 While human villains often have deplorable but understandable motives, such as revenge,
03:33 mythological monsters can be terrifying in their embodiment of pure evil. The antagonist
03:42 of this underrated horror-thriller is Abizu, a demon from Jewish folklore. Accidentally
03:48 unleashed by a resurrection spell, the demon is seeking a human host. Living in the shadows
03:58 and causing victims to hallucinate, Abizu is frighteningly adept in psychological attacks.
04:04 Preying on our deepest vulnerabilities, the demon seems to enjoy impersonating loved ones,
04:10 a trick it uses to deadly effect.
04:16 6.
04:18 Lipstick-Faced Demon - Insidious The Red Door
04:21 This red-faced demon implanted itself in our brains from the moment it appeared behind
04:26 Patrick Wilson's head in the first Insidious. The Red Door is the fifth installment of the
04:37 series, and this time around, the Lipstick-Faced Demon is haunting the now-grown boy it was
04:42 attempting to possess in the original. We get to see a little more of the monster this
04:49 time around, and surprise, it's just as harrowing to look at as always. We can completely understand
04:55 the emotional toll its attacks have taken on the family across the franchise.
05:02 5.
05:04 Valak - The Nun 2 This offshoot from The Conjuring series boasts
05:08 the scariest nun since the Blues Brothers. Valak is a demon who dons a nun's habit to
05:15 prey upon the pious.
05:23 With its glowing eyes, razor teeth, and supernatural abilities, which include telekinesis, possession,
05:29 and setting people on fire, Valak proves once again just how terrifying evil nuns can be.
05:41 This time, though, the demon is even more intense. It targets in the sequel are the
05:45 descendants of the martyr St. Lucie, as it hunts for a relic that can restore its angelic
05:51 powers.
05:53 4.
05:57 Sarah - Cobweb Hearing a voice coming from the walls is scary
06:01 enough. The one that Peter hears whispers words of revenge and murder. It turns out,
06:06 the voice belongs to a sister he didn't even know he had. Their parents locked her away,
06:11 and she wants payback. And her freedom.
06:20 Seeing our skin crawl, she gets around by spider-walking everywhere, a skill that comes
06:25 in handy when you're living inside the walls. You could say the real villain of Cobweb is
06:37 bad parenting, and while that is true, no, it's also Sarah, who makes for a truly terrifying
06:44 antagonist.
06:51 3.
06:52 Dracula - The Last Voyage of the Demeter It takes a whole lot more than blood and jump
06:57 scares to make one of the oldest screen villains terrifying again. But horror has come a long
07:02 way since Bela Lugosi's immortal performance. The Last Voyage of the Demeter infuses the
07:12 monstrous Count Dracula with new blood and a new mean streak. Based on a chapter in Bram
07:18 Stoker's original novel, Count Dracula terrorizes the crew of the ship, taking him from Bulgaria
07:24 to England. Once the decrepit vampire awakens, no one is safe from his hunger. While the
07:34 movie met with mixed reviews and disappointed at the box office, its villain definitely
07:40 made us shiver.
07:42 2. Ellie aka The Marauder - Evil Dead Rise While Sam Raimi didn't direct this fifth installment
07:51 of the franchise, it's got his love of outrageous gore and wicked humor running right through
07:57 it. This standalone entry gets a powerful and twisted infusion of family strife. Evil
08:02 Dead Rise follows two sisters, one of whom, Ellie, becomes possessed by the undead. Ellie's
08:12 sister Beth and children spend much of the movie trying to escape her murderous reanimated
08:18 corpse. Working away at their emotional connections to her, the creature attacks them without
08:27 mercy. She becomes even more terrifying when she morphs into an abomination of a creature
08:33 called the Marauder.
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08:53 1. Megan - The Little Monster - The Last Jedi What is it about creepy dolls that just never
08:59 gets old? This little monster is a fusion of all of our anxieties about artificial intelligence,
09:05 parenting, and little things with stabby things.
09:08 "Have I done something to upset you, Jemma?"
09:11 Megan, which stands for Model 3 Generative Android, is a robot doll that can pair with
09:16 a child and become an intensely protective friend. Sure, maybe she takes it a bit too
09:21 far. After all, she does resort to murder quicker than you can factory reset.
09:26 "What are you?"
09:27 "I've been asking myself that same question."
09:29 But hey, you can't say she's not loyal. The only thing scarier than her savage violence
09:37 is her alarming ability to generate memes at a breakneck pace.
09:42 "What are you doing?"
09:43 "The eyes will break from the same paralyze."
09:46 Which of these villains would you love to see return for a sequel? Cast your vote in
09:50 the comments.
09:51 "I'm your best friend, you damn bitch."
09:53 "It's Megan 2.0."
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