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Evil Characters
As most of you know, I´m “crazy” about Cinema, and I watch as many movies as I can, in almost every kinds and languages.
Today I will write about “bad people” :)
Literature and cinema are filled with characters “very bad”, some come from “other worlds” (Alien, The Thing, Predator, e.g.), others belong to our world, but they are not human (Sharks, Dinosaurs), but others are (essentially) human, well I “leave” here 12 “human”, in alphabetical order – All these characters are terrifying and it would be presumptuous of me to think that either is more frightening – Of course, many ”bad characters” are´t here but this happens in every single list :)
Alex DeLarge
The character created by Anthony Burgess (1962) “acquired life” in a Clockwork Orange directed by Stanley Kubrik (1971) and was personified by Malcolm McDowell – fond of Beethoven he leads a gang whose violence is unspeakable, but himself turns out to be a victim of its own methods…
Carrie White
Character created by Stephen King (1974) “become alive” in Brian de Palma’s Carrie (1976), with Sissy Spacek, being a sort of female version of Norman Bates – As a result of a deeply retrograde education, Carrie will develop a set of deeply destructive mental powers. In essence she is just a shy girl, but when harassed …
Darth Vader
Created by George Lucas, made his first appearance in Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) and its evil force is a threat to the universe – A full explanation of the reasons whyVader (born Anakin Skywalker) exchanged good for evil can be found in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) – David Prowse took up his role in the initial trilogy
Frank Booth
It was created by David Lynch and Dennis Hopper assumed the role in Blue Velvet (1986). Booth is dedicated to illicit business (e.g. prostitution and drugs) being a deeply sadistic psychopath, but nonetheless at times calls for our compassion …
Freddy Krueger
Created by Wes Craven, made his first appearance in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) – Freddy (which was burnt alive allegedly as revenge for a group of parents who accused him of killing children) comes back from the other world to kill teenagers while they dream – Robert Englund was Freddy between 1984 and 2003.
Hannibal Lecter
It was immortalized by Sir Anthony Hopkins in 1991 due to the worldwide success of The Silence of the Lambs, but in fact the first appearance of Lecter happened in The Red Dragon by Thomas Harris (1981) which was adapted to film in 2002 by Brett Ratner. Lecter is a doctor, a deeply cultured man with exquisite tastes, but he hides a terrible secret: He´s a cold killer who engages in cannibalism.
Jason Voorhees
First appearence in Friday the 13th (1980), but still without the “status” that he acquired a few years latter- He kills because he wants to “moralize a lost youth”. Created by Victor Miller with the help of Ron Kurz, Sean S. Cunningham and Tom Savini. Several actors have already performed the role of Jason
John Doe
Created by Andrew Kevin Walker was performed by Kevin Spacey in Seven (1985) directed by David Fincher – A killer who uses the seven deadly sins to his righteousness, using a method as cruel as refined and efficient …
John Kramer
He made his first appearance in Saw (2004) and was created by James Wan and Leigh Whanell – An engineer is the character played by Tobin Bell, a serial killer atypical – He doesn´t kill anyone, everyone can be save, but it implies that everyone follows all the rules defined in his macabre games, but as human nature is what it is …
Leatherface
Tobe Hooper was his father and made his debut in 1974 in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It is a character with many mental limitations, which reveal the worst of his personality: A heartless killer who uses a chainsaw and a mask made of human skin. Among his “achievements” we can find cannibalism … It was inspired by Ed Gain and many actors perfomed this role.
Michael Myers
Created by Debra Hill and John Carpenter made his presentation on Mr. Carpenter´s Halloween (1978). With only 6 years Michael kills his sister and after a hospitalization of 15 years he escapes returning to his homeland (Haddonfield) to continue to kill. It is a deeply sinister character, who never says anything and at any time explains whatever … Several actors have interpreted to date this role
Norman Bates
Character created by Robert Bloch (1959) came to life through the interpretation of Anthony Hopkins in Alfred Hitchcock´s Psycho (1960) – Bates manages a hotel, he is passionate about taxidermy, but a dysfunctional relationship with his mother will develop a twisted personality on young Bates, which led him to murder young women: If on one hand he loves them, on the other hand he hates them, as a result of his weird education.
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