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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

The James Bond movies had their share of bad guys. My favorite was probably Jaws (played by Richard Kiel who was also in the Silver Streak).


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And Christopher Lee's turn was very nice!

I was also thinking that Klaus Kinski would have made a good evil character ... with one problem ... he likely would hurt or maim several folks during the production with his improvisations going nuts all the time. The special his friend did, shows it a couple of samples.


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Here are some more that need to be mentioned:

Max Schreck as Nosferatu in the movie of the same name by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau.


Klaus Kinski as Aguirre in "Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes" ("Aguirre, Wrath of God") by Werner Herzog.


The dwarfs in "Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen" ("Even Dwarfs Started Out Small") by Werner Herzog.



A character you might not consider to be scary, but I do: Bernadette Lafont as Camille Bliss in François Truffaut's "Une belle fille comme moi" ("A Gorgeous Girl Like Me").



Robert Mitchum as Harry Powell in "The Night of the Hunter" by Charles Laughton (I am surprised no-one mentioned him so far).




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and how about Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert in Fritz Lang's "M"?


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^ I thought of Robert Mitchum for several roles (Cape Fear): good choice! 

Not so sure about the dwarfs . . . 

Bernadette Lafont as Camille Bliss in François Truffaut's "Une belle fille comme moi" reminds me a lot of Béatrice Dalle in Betty Blue (a scary role in its own right!)
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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

and how about Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert in Fritz Lang's "M"?



Right! This is a classic! (I have to admit that I'm not very tuned in to the films before the 1960s).
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

^ I thought of Robert Mitchum for several roles (Cape Fear): good choice! 

Not so sure about the dwarfs . . . 

Bernadette Lafont as Camille Bliss in François Truffaut's "Une belle fille comme moi" reminds me a lot of Béatrice Dalle in Betty Blue (a scary role in its own right!)

Trust me, once you have seen the whole movie you will consider the dwarfs to be extremely scary. Unfortunately I can't find links to the whole movie, but here a link to a review that will make you understand why they are scary.


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Here a few excerpts from that movie that may give you an insight:





I mean, burning flowers and crucifying monkeys is pretty scary.


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Christopher Lee in the Curse Of Frankenstein. This was very early days for Hammer Horror and way before they got the 'Hammy' tag. Lee's turn as the monster was memorable although the make up dept should get all the plaudits. One film critic said he looked like a road accident! 

Outside the horror genre, Ralph Fiennes portrayal of a Nazi officer in Schindler's List is truly chilling to the bone stuff. 'Vacant' is the best way to describe the character and chilling because you know he's capable of anything.
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I wonder if Freddie, Jason, Michael and Chucky count.

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The Kemp brothers (yes, those guys from Spandau Ballet!) in The Krays. I often find “true story” films to be more scary, and knowing that the Kray twins committed the crimes that you see in the films adds weight. Nasty….

Have to agree about Anthony Hopkins in SOTL. What an actor, probably my favourite of all time 😎
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Did anyone mention Darth Vader yet?
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Did anyone mention Darth Vader yet?
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^ I love the recreated British mutton-chopped bad '70s bowl-haircut cast they assembled.
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The Terminator endoskeleton was frightening in the first movie.
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^ And it was mostly real too, these days they probably wouldn't build a working model like that.
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Okay, Peoplesons, we've gotten a bit off track here: I really tried to make the point that I'd like to see the nominees come about due to their ACTING, not the makeup or prosthetics or costumes or physical types (Jaws and dwarfs) but the actors' (and writers') craft creating the fear effect. I mean, let's be honest: Morgan Freeman pulling off the act of creating a character that is spine-chillingly, nightmare inducing haunting (as he does in Mean Streets) or the way Ralph Fiennes does Amon Gut or Joe Pesci does his mercurial character in Good Fellas or Ray Liotta playing Melanie Griffin's deranged husband in Something Wild--these were roles that were created by writing, acting, direction, cinematography, and editing, not the makeup or costume departments.
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John Huston as Noah Cross in Chinatown. He has the right charisma and authority for the role. 

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If we are going sci fi (not Kurt Russell obviously Wink)
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Got to go with Patrick Bateman. 



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Wonderful film (I do like the black comedy). Christian Bale himself can be pretty scary. and kin of amuusing. Language warning for his classic set rant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0auwpvAU2YA

My choice was Captain Vidal, as played by Sergi López, in Pan's Labyrinth for his sadism.



He give me chills.

For a less acclaimed villain, John Travolta in Battlefield Earth based on L. Ron Hubbard's (the glorious founder of Scientology) novel.



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