10 Horror Movie Villains Who Were Totally Right
8. Alex Hammond - Prom Night
We eventually learn that the masked killer in 1980's Prom Night is Alex Hammond (Michael Tough), who has been seeking bloody revenge against the group of kids who tormented his sister Robin (Tammy Bourne) and caused her accidental death six years prior.
Alex secretly witnessed the incident and then decided to kill the four people responsible, which is a pretty clean motive as slasher movies go.
While there is admittedly a little human collateral damage in the middle of Alex's vengeance quest, for the most part, he keeps his blade aimed directly at the four who caused his sister's demise and then swiftly covered it up. And to complete Alex's tragic arc throughout the film, he's ultimately killed by his other sister Kim (Jamie Lee Curtis), who fatally strikes him in the head with an axe before learning his identity.
An eye for an eye may make the whole world blind, and murder isn't good, but considering the uniquely cruel means of his sister's untimely death, it's easy to understand Alex's thought process here.