8 Horror Movies Where The Villain Is Really The Hero
7. Carrie - Carrie
Carrie White is likely the most balanced character included in this article. While her mental state was clearly unhinged by the time that 1976's Carrie came to a close, the balance here with the character is in how she could feasibly be pegged as both the villain and the hero of Brian De Palma's film.
Yes, Carrie White did set her high school on fire - trapping her teachers and fellow students inside to burn to death - and then returned home to literally crucify her mother, but again you could claim that the timid Carrie White was finally standing up for herself after years of being pushed around and made a fool of.
Despite the obvious carnage of Carrie's final 20 minutes or so, you never once feel that Carrie White had set out purposely with the intention of ever hurting anyone. This was not a pre-empted attack with murderous intentions in mind - instead, this was the unleashing of years worth of trauma.
In Carrie, the young Miss White was both hero and villain, victim and perpetrator, but she was only pushed to become the villain due to the acts of those around her.