12 Scariest Horror Movie Villains

Sliced open and covered in nails, it's a no-brainer that this guy would make it to the list with his taste for redecorating his face into a hardware shop. Not only that, but pinhead's taste for sadism and tricksy Rubik's cubes offers up something entirely different to the usual horror movie fare - an interdimensional being that simply wants to reach enlightenment through extreme carnal and torturous exploration. A hell of a mix, that.

Pinhead's completely controlled manner only adds to his spine-tingling visage, offering up an elegant and measured approach to his victims to explain exactly why he's ramming hooks into their flesh and tearing them apart. If there's one thing scarier than bodily mutilation, it's a man that's entirely convincing in his efforts to enact it.