10 Greatest Villain Introductions In Movie History

10. Raoul Silva - Skyfall

You can't have a list of terrific villainous arrivals on the big-screen without including at least one first appearance from a James Bond foe.

And perhaps the most hypnotising debut of a 007 enemy to date went down during 2012's Skyfall when Daniel Craig's version of the iconic agent gradually came face-to-face with a disturbing ex-MI6 operative.

With our beloved James tied to a chair, after being brought before the man he's been searching for throughout the flick, Raoul Silva finally makes his long-awaited entrance via elevator at the other end of a rather echoey hall.

Instead of jumping to an ominous close-up of the Bond's biggest threat to date, the camera stays put on a shot over 007's shoulder, inviting viewers to lean in and hang on the cyberterrorist's every eerie word as he tells the story of how his grandmother managed to rid her island of a bunch of rats.

By the time Silva has magnificently explained how the final two rodents had their nature changed by grandma's cannibalistic oil drum method after becoming a set of survivors, much like himself and Bond, Javier Bardem's disarmingly charming mug is entirely visible.

In the space of about a minute or so, Silva hinted at exactly how calculating and merciless an adversary he could be through his chilling rat-ologue. And he did it all with an alarming twinkle in his eye.