Pazuzu (The Exorcist)

12: The Thing (1982)

11: Jack Torrance (The Shining)

10: Count Orlok (Nosferatu)

9: Amanda Young (SAW franchise)

8: Count Dracula (1931)

7: Michael Myers (John Carpenter’s Halloween)

6: John Kramer (SAW franchise)

5: Patrick Bateman (American Psycho)

4: Annie Wilkes (Misery)

3: Norman Bates (Psycho)

2: Pazuzu (The Exorcist)

Honorable Mentions

Leatherface (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre)

Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)

The Beldam (Coraline)

Orin Scrivello (Little Shop of Horrors)

Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors)

It/Pennywise (It)

Ash (Alien)

The Xenomorph (Alien)

Dr. Frank-N-Furter (The Rocky Horror Picture Show)

1: Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs)

12. Judge Claude Frollo (Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

11. Annie Wilkes (Misery)

10. Louis Bloom (Nightcrawler)

9. Norman Bates (Psycho)

8. Pazuzu (The Exorcist)

7. Agent Smith (The Matrix)

6. Alex DeLarge (A Clockwork Orange)

5. Lee Woo-jin (Oldboy)

4. Harry Powell (The Night of the Hunter)

3. Emperor Palpatine (Star Wars)

2. Loki (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

1. Darth Vader (Star Wars)