10 Greatest Villain Introductions In Horror Movie History

In Malignant's secrecy-loaded and dream-heavy plotline, Madison Lake-Mitchell suffers through a series of mysterious and vicious killings around her - both of her abusive husband and of various doctors and scientists across the state.

Though hints are dropped throughout this emotionally-driven plot that Madison herself is to blame for these deaths, the final twist is devastating and unsettling. Her once-conjoined parasitic twin Gabriel, a living tumour sealed inside her head, is instead the horror villain of the film, revealed in a jarring old home movie of his starved body reaching out from within her back.

The rotation of the camera to reveal the insect-like form that is Gabriel - and the distressing knowledge that he's been living inside Madison since birth - as a parasite is terrifying. Despite being little more than a sentient tumour, Gabriel's incredible strength, malicious kinetic power and violent nature make him one of the most disturbing horror villains on this list.