10 Silly Villains That Ruin Serious Horror Movies

10. Bughuul - Sinister

Sinister is one of Blumhouse’s most successful movies. A love-letter to Stephen King and his numerous works, it’s been dubiously paraded and championed as one of the scariest movies of the past decade. However, the villain of Sinister hinders the movie's potential whereas it could have become a horror classic.

The plot of Sinister is incredibly similar to that of Children Of The Corn, where an immortal demon causes children to murder their parents in horrific ways. The movie builds up this monster of ancient mythology and the atrocities that have been committed in his name throughout the first half of the movie. Then, its name is finally revealed: Bughuul; a very silly name that feels more at home in a Monty Python sketch than a mature horror movie.

The look of the Bughuul is based upon death metal bands such as Immortal, Avatar and Godflesh Apocalypse. Thus instead of looking like a monster it looks like a confused rock star who's trying his best to be scary. Add to this the fact that the Bughuul only appears in the form of predictable jump scares, and it becomes a burden to what could have been a terrifying movie. Originally, Robert Cargill, the writer, wanted a demented looking ‘Willy Wonka’ figure for the villain before the director talked him out of it. If done correctly, that idea would have worked so much better than what they eventually went for.