Terrifying characters

[mat205125]

oddball1313 said:

Daniel Day Lewis as Bill the Butcher in gangs of New York. Zero fks given about doing anyone some damage

Even scarier in There Will be Blood. Proper intense character portrayal

[NMNeil]

DodgyGeezer said:

Have we had real monsters like
Mengele
Eichmann

Sir Jeffrey Amherst, who gave native Americans blankets infected with smallpox.
“Could it not be contrived to Send the Small Pox among those Disaffected Tribes of Indians? We must, on this occasion, Use Every Stratagem in our power to Reduce them.”

Sir George Arthur, who declared martial law in Tasmania making the killing of the aborigines legal. He also organized the black line, which was literally a line of soldiers across Tasmania who marched forward killing every aboriginal man woman and child the found.

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, who had the worlds first concentration camps built in South Africa.



Lots of monster all close to home.

[Kes Arevo]

I think this thread is about those in TV, film, etc...

[swisstoni]

NMNeil said:

DodgyGeezer said:

Have we had real monsters like
Mengele
Eichmann

Sir Jeffrey Amherst, who gave native Americans blankets infected with smallpox.
“Could it not be contrived to Send the Small Pox among those Disaffected Tribes of Indians? We must, on this occasion, Use Every Stratagem in our power to Reduce them.”

Sir George Arthur, who declared martial law in Tasmania making the killing of the aborigines legal. He also organized the black line, which was literally a line of soldiers across Tasmania who marched forward killing every aboriginal man woman and child the found.

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, who had the worlds first concentration camps built in South Africa.



Lots of monster all close to home.

Any non-British one’s or is that your specialist subject?

[loquacious]

I thought Edward Woodward in 'Callan' was scary. The way he played prosaic interludes yet there was a feeling of intense menace merely a fraction below the urbane surface.

[kingkongsfinger]

[popeyewhite]

NMNeil said:

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, who had the worlds first concentration camps built in South Africa.

The first concentration camps were built in Cuba, a few years before any in SA.

[Dracoro]

Nimby said:

You won’t the only one finding Ed Sheeran terrifying

[snoopy25]

Art the Clown from Terrifier and Terrifier part 2

[NMNeil]

swisstoni said:

Any non-British one’s or is that your specialist subject?

I just thought you could relate more to British history.

[Big Pants]

Rafe Spall as David Melmont in "The English" (iPlayer, only 6 episodes, excellent watch + bonus Emily Blunt)

Absolutely ruthless villainy

[Wacky Racer]

[slopes]

Kes Arevo said:

I think this thread is about those in TV, film, etc...

[MrHappy]

SickAsAParrot said:

Gameface said:

Yeah didn't like that as a kid.

I remember the character but can't recall the programme.

Jigsaw, with the lovely pre-Blue Peter Janet Ellis.

Brings back some memories. She used to have me in pieces. Normally 500 but sometimes 1,000.

[DBSV8]

two really

you can smell bad breathe stale musty clothes

GOD IS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE




menacing psychopath

[biggbn]

Howard Charles in Top Boy, played the scouse villain. Frankly terrifying. I know people like that and he nails it.

[eharding]

The Nightmare Man - the 1981 BBC version.

Properly the stuff of nightmares at the time I recall, particularly the bit where they replay the ornithologist's voice-memo recordings as he's torn to pieces in his tent whilst watching with the blurred photos from his camera. Some nice plot twists along the way as well. I bought the DVD a while back and the camera work and production has aged badly, but was still enjoyable enough to watch again.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

[Kes Arevo]

Anyone remember Chocky?

That st me up too, creepy fking light thing.

[smn159]