22. Anton Chigurh - No Country for Old Men
Played By: Javier Bardem As if the haircut was frightening enough, Javier Bardem's Anton Chigurh is a hitman with an affinity to chance. He's reptilian and almost completely silent and stalks his prey with a calm ease as if he's done it one hundred times before. Bardem injects a weird charisma into Chigurh which makes him more than a one-dimensional unstoppable beast and into one of cinema's finest villains. Chigurh solidifies the belief that there is nothing more terrifying than a psycho with a moral code.
21. Leatherface - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Played By: Gunnar Hansen Leatherface is the icon of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series and for fearsome reasons. He's a demon straight from the depths of Hell that has a tendency to slice people up with a chainsaw. He's a pure monster but Tobe Hooper injects a soul into the character which makes him even more unnerving. He quivers and howls like a tortured little boy and that is more unsettling than any of his kills. Said to have been based on notorious serial killer, Ed Gein, the human-skin-wearing psycho is the most fearsome villain to come out of the classic 70's horror movies.
20. Reverend Harry Powell - The Night of the Hunter
Played By: Robert Mitchum In The Night of the Hunter, Robert Mitchum does what he does best - brood with a psychotic menace. He plays a man of God who murders and stalks and he claims so in the name of the Lord. He may have the most menacing gaze of any character in cinema as he is hypnotising and repulsive in equal measure. Powell is a predator who preys on vulnerable widows before sending them on their way to the pearly gates. He's a great big fraud and a terrifying man who is not afraid to go to violent lengths to protect his schemes. Robert Mitchum has one of cinema's greatest filmography's, but he's never been more imposing than in The Night of the Hunter.