10 Most Iconic Horror Movie Villains Of The 21st Century

10. John Kramer - Saw

Let's kick things off with perhaps the most iconic horror villain of the last quarter-century - John Kramer aka Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) from the Saw franchise.

The big hook of the Saw movies is that Jigsaw isn't merely another supernatural monster listlessly slashing up his victims - he's a flesh-and-blood person who wants to test people's will to live.

That is to say, while Jigsaw is undeniably a mass murderer - despite his own deluded claims to the contrary - some of his victims have survived their encounters with him.

The sick creativity of Jiggy's various traps helped prop the series up even during its lesser installments, but what would the franchise really be without Tobin Bell's fantastically ominous performance as Kramer, and his iconic utterance of the phrase, "I want to play a game"?

It's also impressive that Kramer has had so much staying power with audiences despite being killed off way back in Saw III almost 20 years ago, enough that he was brought back for the shockingly good interquel Saw X last year.

In fact, Kramer's such an incredible character that the series has basically struggled to create a worthy successor to him ever since his demise. 

And so, when an 82-year-old Bell eventually ages out of the role, the filmmakers will have some tough decisions to make.