1. Judge Claude Frollo - The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1996)
A supposedly pious figure, the minister of justice in late fifteenth century Paris, JUdge Claude Frollo is a racist hypocrite who believes that as a man of God, he is above the common herd, purer than the people he helps to rule over. Frollo sees sin, vice and corruption everywhere except in his own heart and in his own deeds, and is capable of convincing himself that every horrible thought, every mad impulse and every shameful feeling he feels is either justified or somebody elses fault. Frollos position allows him to get away with murdering Quasimodos gypsy mother outright, and nearly killing the baby too. He only relents when caught in the act by the Archdeacon, who insists he atone for his sinful act by raising the child. Two decades later, hes still bound and determined to wipe out gypsies wherever he sees them, convinced that they allow the spread of witchcraft. This racist, genocidal thug then sees and falls in lust with a gypsy woman, Esmeralda: hes such a perverse, perverted old villain that he instantly blames her for his sinful thoughts and orders her arrested when she defies him. It gets worse. So much worse. He tries to burn down the house of a family - with them inside - when he believes theyre harbouring Esmeralda, and tries to murder his own guard captain when he stops him. Literally the worst person in the entire world, he threatens to burn Esmeralda at the stake unless she sleeps with him. Frollo attacks the cathedral itself and throws the old Archdeacon down the stairs: his actions are constantly so horrible, so indefensible, so evil, that the citizens of Paris actually revolt, not against the institution of government, but specifically against him. When the violent, racist, genocidal psychopath falls to his death in a pool of molten copper, every single soul watching the film whispered Good to itself. Who do you think the worst, darkest and most disturbing Disney Villain of all time is? Let us know in the comments! Want to revel more in the villainy of Disney bag guys? Why not rejoice in the best Disney villain deaths here or spare a moment to consider those Disney Villains Who Were Actually Just Misunderstood.
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