Top Movie Villains Who Scared Ba-Jeebers Out Of Me

Alan Rickman's portrayal of Hans Gruber in the original Die Hard should be the mold all ruthless villains are cast from. It's as if Hans had no feelings at all and was more machine than man.

Jack Torrance accepts a position maintaining a large and isolated hotel (the Overlook) in Colorado for the winter. A supernatural force residing in the Overlook Hotel takes advantage of Torrance's weaknesses and events in his past to slowly possess him. He spirals downwards and eventually attempts to kill his wife, and the hotel's former cook before dying.

Hannibal Lecter is a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer, and the source of many a nightmare since "Silence of The Lambs" debuted in theatres.

The Joker is a master criminal with a clown-like appearance, portrayed as a violent sociopath who murders people for his own amusement. Just the kind of guy you want to see in your rear-view mirror in the parking ramp.