10 Horror TV Shows Where The Hero Became The Villain
6. American Horror Story - Oliver Thredson
Legendary anthology series American Horror Story has always had a penchant for a good hero-to-villain transformation. With that being said, one has to go back to the show's second - and arguably most terrifying - season to discover its piece de resistance in this regard - Zachary Quinto's blood chilling Oliver Thredson.
Thredson arrives on the scene as an all-round great guy. An intelligent and empathetic psychiatrist at Briarcliff Manor, Thredson is quick to offer his support to Sarah Paulson's Lana Winters - a journalist investigating shady allegations of mistreatment at the facility. Hell, the pair even strike up a romantic relationship in due course, seemingly nailing on Oliver's good guy status.
Seem a little too good to be true? While the slick psychiatrist flashes glimpses at a darker hidden nature, an abhorrent basement converted into a torture chamber reveals the unspeakable extent of the truth. Thredson is actually Bloody Face, a serial killer who apparently takes inspiration from Hannibal Lecter - skinning his victims to wear their faces over his own.
The gaping black hole where Thredson's soul ought to be grows even wider as he informs a captured Lana that he intends to impregnate her - when he's not torturing her to the brink of sanity. While Winters eventually triumphs over this sicko of unmatched proportions, the strength of Quinto's masterfully unnerving performance means that Thredson's story stands as one of American Horror Story's finest and most memorable hero-to-villain arcs.