1. Candyman

2. Sam

3. Jack Torrance

4. Tall Man

5. Herbert West

Don't forget Norman Bates was an early example of modern horror film villains especially slashers.

Here's a list of the most famous horror villains:

Michael Myers, Leatherface, Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Chucky, Pinhead, Jigsaw, Norman Bates, Hannibal Lecter, Ghostface, Candyman, Pennywise, Jack Torrance, Patrick Bateman, Sam, Victor Crowley, Art The Clown, Bagul, The Lipstick-Face Demon, Annabelle, Annie Wilkes, Carrie White, The Creeper, Captain Spaulding, Samara Morgan, The Babadook, The Tall Man, Leslie Vernon, Kayako Saeki, Beetlejuice, Pazuzu, Damien Thorn, The Miner, The Fisherman, The Leprechaun, Herbert West, The Nun, Kurt Barlow

Don't forget Valak or Stripe and Bruce the Shark.

Cant argue with any of these all fair

My only change which is just opinion

Is rearrange the top 3 to

1 freddy

2 jason

3 michael

But all of these guys are truly iconic

I personally consider

Victor crowely (hatchet)

And art the clown(terrifier) modern horror villians who are on par with the icons but that's just my opinion

I'd give this top 10....10/10. (Also yes I'm a massive horror fan lol)

The films I like Michael Jason and Freddy in is the original Halloween Friday the 13th Parts 1 2 3 4 and the original A Nightmare on Elm Street

Me too.

There's women horror film villains too. 1. Carrie White

2. Possessed Regan MacNeil

3. Samara Morgan

These are better snapshots

Freddy is the top villain. I couldn't sleep at school because of him. I even wrote about it using these samples, that's how much he impressed me. The others are just annoying, but Freddy is downright creepy.