10 Awesome Horror Movie Villains You’ve Never Heard Of

10. Frank Zito - Maniac

Due to Elijah Wood's doe-eyed, innocent face, it's interesting to see The Lord of the Rings star play a more unhinged character, as he did in Sin City and The Last Witch Hunter. However, his work on the 2012 remake of Maniac might be his best, as well as his scariest.

This underappreciated slasher centres on a schizophrenic called Frank Zito (Wood), who is in charge of a mannequin shop. Due to his traumatic childhood, Frank is compelled to kill women, so he can add their hair and scalps to his mannequins.

Rather than depicting Frank like a generic movie psycho, the majority of the film is shown through his viewpoint. Although our lead is rarely seen, this technique lets viewers get a proper glimpse of Frank's chilling and depraved reality. Even though it sounds like an odd choice to ADR most of Wood's lines, it works in the film's favour, since it makes Frank sound unnatural and disconnected.

Although Frank is unsettling, he's at his scariest when he's calm, since viewers know a lethal outburst can be unleashed in an instant.