The document lists and provides brief descriptions of 10 iconic horror film villains: 1. Hannibal Lecter from Silence of the Lambs is a brilliant yet sadistic madman who uses his words rather than weapons to terrify his victims. 2. Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street preys on the dreams of his victims, making it impossible for them to escape. 3. Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a mentally challenged hillbilly who enjoys killing teens with his chainsaw and barbecuing human flesh. 4. Pinhead from Hellraiser is the guardian of the gateway to hell who tortures those who solve the mysterious Lemarch

1. My top 10 ICONIC HORROR FILM VILLAINS Alice Argent

2. Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Silence of The Lambs) 1 Hannibal Lector is known for being a brilliantly sadistic madman. Unlike most other horror villains, he is a genius in his own right. He does not need to wield a chainsaw or an axe, his deadly stare and tone of voice is enough to send shivers down his audiences’ spines.

3. 2 Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street) You can stay out of the woods or the basement, but you can’t stop sleeping. The cliché murder-chase got a whole lot harder to run away from, as Elm’s Streets teenage inhabitants’ dreams are plagued with their biggest fears- turning sub-consciousness into reality. That’s what makes dream-demon Freddy Krueger a formidable killer.

4. 3 Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) Leatherface may be a mentally-retarded, physically disfigured, in-bred hill-billy, but put a chainsaw in his hands and he’s likely to kill a school bus of teens and enjoy a human barbeque the following day.

5. Pinhead (Hell Raiser) 4 Admirably known as Pinhead, due to his physical appearance. Despite the unimaginative and obviously accurate deconstructive name, his role on Earth is rather a ‘puzzle’. Pinhead is the guardian to the gateway to hell, which can only be opened when one solves the Lemarchand puzzle box. Pinhead and his entourage have the role of awarding the ‘prize’ to those whom are lucky or smart enough to unlock the puzzle- with the prize usually consisting of the person being pierced with disembodied metal hooks, and agonizingly being torn asunder over the course of infinite lives!

6. Jason Voorhees (Friday 13 th ) 5 Either as a figment of imagination or in the flesh, Jason appears in every novel, comic, and film. He stalks and kills the inhabitants of Camp Crystal Lake, feeling a burning need to avenge the death of his beloved mother, Pamela.

7. Michael Myers (Halloween) 6 As a child, Michael was admitted into a psychiatric hospital for the murder of his older sister, Judith Myers. After 15 years of captivity, Myers broke out of the asylum and for 23 years, he hunted down and murdered his younger sister, Laurie Strode, and the rest of his family.

8. 7 Chucky (Child’s Play) Chucky (also known as the ‘Lakeshore Strangler’) is a former voodoo practitioner, who upon his near-death experience created a ritual to allow his soul to live on in a doll’s body. Despite his small size and plastic body, Chucky apparently has strength of a grown man and gets his revenge on the people that almost killed him.

9. 8 Jigsaw (Saw series) ‘ After a failed suicide attempt, Kramer experienced a new respect for his own life and set out to force others through deadly trials to help them appreciate their own lives by testing their will to live through self-sacrifice. The tests were typically symbolic of what Jigsaw perceived as a flaw in each person's moral character or life. The Jigsaw name was given by the media for his practice of cutting puzzle pieces out of the flesh of those who failed their ordeals and perished, symbolic of their missing survival instincts.’ – Source: Wikipedia.org

10. 9 The Firefly Family (House of 1000 Corpses, Devil’s Rejects) ‘ Simply put, Rob Zombie’s psychotic family is not to be messed with. They leave nothing to the imagination and spare no one. Living is not an option with the Firefly’s, which is scary because they kidnap and kill at random. Watching Rainn Wilson turn into a fish man is warning enough, but Otis and his fetish for wearing other people’s skin is the clincher.’ – Source: socialtechpop.com

11. 10 “ Old Man” (Wrong Turn) ‘ Fathering freak-show babies in order to let the little hellions run loose in the woods of West Virginia is just not good parenting. In the first Wrong Turn, the old man was very suspect. The second Wrong Turn shed some light on the old man’s heinous practice. Then there is the third Wrong Turn…But you can’t ignore the fact that he was running a shop to produce inbred children in order to murder and rob tourists.’ - Source: socialtechpop.com