Female "bad guys" in horror? (Could contain spoilers)

[thetapeworm]

We were chatting about this earlier - can you think of any female characters that take on the Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers type roles? One where the "bad person" is actively seeking victims rather than being someone fighting them off or being "possessed" by evil and killing against their will?

I was thinking Pamela Voorhees might count but was she just bit unhinged as a result of what happened to her son? Sadako

You have characters like Annie Wilkes in Misery but she's more of a crazed fan than a cold-blooded mental-case... can you think of anyone that fits the "female movie monster" description or a truly scary female character?

[Oakey]

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane?

[cazzer]

[tractorguy]

Not a well known one, Camilla from The Guardian.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099710/

[Tsippy]

The Borg queen in Star Trek First Contact? Although not horror it scared the crap out of me when they injected the nanobots into their victims

[Spanna]

The girl from The Ring.

[Bullett]

Christine /Pistonheads

[cazzer]

Bullett said:

Christine /Pistonheads

How did I miss that one ffs

[Halb]

I think there has been a few in the past ten years.
Wasn't Megan Fox one? And that girl with teeth down there.

[Beefmeister]

Halb said:

I think there has been a few in the past ten years.
Wasn't Megan Fox one? And that girl with teeth down there.

**shudder**

[zac510]

I think there are too many stereotypes both amongst viewers and Hollywood marketers for them to make a female bad guy.

[Oakey]

Oh, Orphan is it?

[JagLover]

Often a female 'bad guy' will be more subtly monstrous and use a different approach. A good example would be that Nurse in 'One flew over the Cuckoos nest'

[dundarach]

Servalan

[Halb]

Bedazzled said:

Annie Wilkes, Misery:

Watched that a few weeks ago when it was on...she was very very good. A real chiller, not like some of the crap you get today.
Also;

[Zaxxon]

Species (can't remember the actresses name).

Women from new Battlestar Galactica.

The queen in Aliens 2 was a pretty badass girl, but it took a lass to kill her...you bh.

And the two best baddies in computer games have been 'women':
Shodan
Glados

[Halb]

Zaxxon said:

Species (can't remember the actresses name).

Women from new Battlestar Galactica.

The queen in Aliens 2 was a pretty badass girl, but it took a lass to kill her...you bh.

And the two best baddies in computer games have been 'women':
Shodan
Glados

Yeh Species lady was gorgeous, Natasha Henstridge I think.
I don't think the Queen actually dies in Aliens, just gets sucked out into space, they are one tough species

[wiffmaster]

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Nurse Ratched

[hondafanatic]

First image that came to mind...what can I say? It's late OOOKAAAAYY!!

[cazzer]

I think the scariest thing about Kathleen Turner is how she looks now.
I mean we all get older but hells bells...

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