20 Greatest Ever Horror Movie Villains

11. Darryl Revok (Michael Ironside) - Scanners (1981)

Roll over, Pinhead, step aside, Freddy and watch out, Chucky, because Darryl Revok has a skill that puts you guys to shame €“ he can cause a man€™s head to explode just by concentrating. Revok is a €œscanner€, a psychic strong enough to control and destroy men€™s minds, the result of medical trials that went horribly awry. Like the X-Men, they€™re perceived as outcasts by society and so a covert government operation attempts to locate them and subdue their power. This only serves to anger Revok, a megalomaniac bent on world domination, so he decides to €œsend them a message€ by murdering a €œgood€ scanner at a press conference. Imagine a more intense version of Magneto, with a shark-like grin and a sandpaper growl, and you can see why Revok belongs on this list.
 
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