10 Truly Evil Horror Movie Villains Who Never Actually Killed Anyone
2. Pelle – Midsommar
Unlike Brazil's footballing G.O.A.T., this Pelle is nothing but bad news. Often operating in the background of Ari Aster's sunny chiller Midsommar, Pelle nonetheless serves as its overarching antagonist.
The impetus for the whole damn movie, Pelle (Vilhelm Blomgren) entices his anthropology classmates to return with him to his native village in Sweden for a midsummer festival. Once there, however, the gang gradually discover that they are in the midst of a sinister group of cultists still practicing a sort of medieval Scandinavian paganism.
The members of the Hårga commune drug, fley, burn and murder their guests, all in the lead up to a final ceremony of human sacrifices, while Pelle smiles on.
Unlike many other apparently impotent villains, Pelle never has a revealing moment -- the face he wears every day is his true self, and he wholeheartedly believes that the way his commune operates is the way things should be. Sacrifices are necessary, and American college students are a dime a dozen. He's chill, he's pleasant, and he's deadly in the most polite, sincere and nonviolent way possible.