10 Amazing Horror Villains That Made TV Shows Great

10. Detective Finney (Psychoville)

Whilst Psychoville is often described as a black-comedy before anything else, it constantly leaned into horror with bizarre characters like The Silent Singer and Freddy Fruitcake, but Detective Finney remains its most menacing creation.

First appearing in the criminally overlooked second series, Detective Finney dramatically changed the tone of the show and thrust it into much darker territory than ever before.

Sent in as a wet-man to kill every surviving character from the previous series, Finney immediately caught the fans attention with his imposing presence. Every time he appeared on screen, we braced ourselves for another heartbreaking death of a character we loved so dear.

His methods were cold and cruel, resorting to the likes of hanging, wrist cutting and even jamming a pencil into someone's jugular. The worst part of it all is the supreme sense of joy he seemed to take in killing each target.

The sick sense of satisfaction was always painted across his face, as if he was purposefully wanting the audience to suffer in the same way that Psychoville's central players did whenever they ran afoul of him.