Scariest evildoer in a film?

[RDMcG]

There are of course endless numbers of bad guys in films, but there are a few for me that were indandescently terrifying.

(1) Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opbi7d42s8E


(2) Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99Ptctl5_qQ

(3) Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs of New York
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQyDNLaV-iM

(4) The truck driver who does not appear in Duel ( the truck appears to be the bad guy) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxtuNt0cKVc

[bristolracer]

Rutger Hauer in the Hitcher

[TypeR]

Rutger Hauer in the Hitcher. A very nasty piece of work.

[nikaiyo2]

Darth Vader

[AA121]

Child catcher in Chitty, Chitty Bang, Bang

[Writhing]

Nurse Ratched.

[Lotusgone]

Don Logan in Sexy Beast.

[W i d e body]

OP posted Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs ...Buffalo Bill ,the nutcase kidnapper murderer was way scarier

[JoshSm]

Peter & Paul in the original 1997 Funny Games.

[quigonjay]

Art the clown in Terrifier

[dieselgrunt]

Amon Goeth in Schindlers List played Ralph Fiennes.
In reality the real Amon was far worse.

[Harry H]

AA121 said:

Child catcher in Chitty, Chitty Bang, Bang

The only one to give me nightmares.

[C5_Steve]

Always found Alonzo from Training Day pretty terrifying due to how easily he'd leave innocent people to be brutally murdered. No morals, no loyalty but would come across like your best friend. Right up until he left you to be brutalised. Chilling.

[Wheel Turned Out]

Henry from Henry: Portrait of Serial Killer, for pure nihilism.

[ARHarh]

AA121 said:

Child catcher in Chitty, Chitty Bang, Bang

I came here to post that, I still disturbed by it 57 years on. I was about 4 when I saw it.

[Dan_1981]

William Weir in Event Horizon.

'Where we're going, we won't need eyes....'

[Cold]

Begbie. Explosively violent little man.

[RustyMX5]

Christine in errrrr.... Christine.

As someone else said, Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs.

[rufusruffcutt]

Asami Yamazaki from the Japanese horror movie Audition (1999)

[and31]

Kevin spacey in Seven