10 Awesome Horror Movie Villains (With Surprisingly Low Kill Counts)

The misunderstood creature frequently incorrectly referred to as Frankenstein, is one of the classic Universal horror icons. Perhaps the monster's most recognisable interpretation came from Boris Karloff's performance in 1931's Frankenstein. As the famous tale goes, a young scientist (Frankenstein) and his assistant piece together a body using various stolen parts in an attempt to create life.

Rather surprisingly, the horror icon is only responsible for three deaths in his debut feature, and even one of those is the accidental drowning of a girl in a lake, whom the monster is fascinated with. The others occur when the monster escapes the secluded castle, strangling two men as he does.

It's impressive that a villain with such a low count has survived all these years and is still completely relevant, truly serving as an example that kill counts are not everything. After numerous interpretations of the classic Mary Shelley novel have been made, (including a bizarre Kenneth Branagh version which stars Robert De Niro as the monster), Frankenstein's monster has become a cultural icon, causing audiences to think of him as a much bigger killing machine than first presented.

Perhaps it is WE who is the real monster. Or something.

KILL COUNT: 3