10 Truly Evil Horror Movie Villains Who Never Actually Killed Anyone

The eternal debate: Did Pat Bateman really kill all those people? For the purposes of this article, we're going to say no, no he did not.

Either side of this coin lies a controversial opinion, but the fact of the matter is, American Psycho is intentionally ambiguous, offering viewers the opportunity to decide Bateman's motives, actions and fate on their own. What cannot be denied, is that the man himself is as sick and psychotic as they come, a vessel of pure consumer evil through which flows only base, market-driven impulses, and white-knuckle fantasies of mutilation and murder.

But Bateman, as played to perfection by Christian Bale in Mary Harron's dynamic killer-thriller back in 2000, is a weak and spineless narcissist -- he possibly doesn't have the gumption to kill no matter how much he wants to, fearing the consequences of digressing from the norm in a world that flourishes within the status quo, treating the banality of suits and business cards and tiny dishes at overpriced restaurants as though it were high culture, not the mumblings of a culturally-bereft elite.

Bateman is a fantasist, and while he may be able to imagine himself blood-soaked and naked in a room of body parts, he simply is not there.