10 Best Horror Movie Villains From The 70s

10. Billy - Black Christmas (1974)

Before Ghostface in Scream, there was Billy in Black Christmas. In this 1974 slasher flick - overseeing a rare instance where Halloween and Christmas come together - a group of sorority girls plan for the holiday on their seasonal break. But it's not as leisurely as they hope as they start receiving a number of alarming phone calls from a stalker, who identifies himself as "Billy".

Billy is definitely one of the more realistic horror movie villains - no elaborate mask to hide behind, no special powers to use, nor is he a supernatural being. The caller tormenting the girls is simply a deranged serial killer. We very seldom see any part of his appearance (except for an obscured face amidst some dark shadows) and his intentions behind murdering the college students are never revealed.

The lack of backstory and the chilling mystery of Billy's identity forces the audiences to place their fears on him, especially because he is no different to a real life mass murderer.