Heroes might get all the love and adoration, but an excellent film villain makes all the difference.
These villains ranged from sci-fi baddies to ideological extremists and animated emotions.
These are the villains that made us squeeze our armrests in 2024.
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As their partying habits intensify, so does the strangeness among the hosts and island support staff.
Like theBruce Willis-starring classic, a major reason forCarry-On’s success is the quality of its villain.
Here, he is simply referred to as ‘The Traveler’ and portrayed disturbingly calmly byJason Bateman.
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The Traveler is a mercenary who has been paid to carry out an act of domestic terrorism.
To kill a congresswoman, he is tasked with taking down an entire flight to make a point.
The traveler asserts that he isn’t a terrorist because he isn’t ascribed to a particular ideology.
However, this is what makes him such a chilling villain.
In truth, Mr. Reed’s success as a villain is entirely tied to Hugh Grant’s storied career.
The scariest thing aboutHeretic’s villain is his dripping charm.
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A death by a thousand cuts.
Nicolas Cageportrays the eponymous serial killer, Longlegs, who claims to be an emissary of the devil.
For large portions of the film, Longlegs is unseen.
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Led byRalph Fiennes,Stanley TucciandJohn Lithgow, the film perfectly mirrors the divided landscape of contemporary politics.
Conclaveintelligently and entertainingly engageswith the main candidates' partisan ideological and personal stances.
For the horror threequel, the setting was moved from Halloween to theChristmas Holidays.
9 years later, the studio returned with a sequel catching up with the now 13-year-old Riley.
This is what makes Anxiety, performed with, itself an anxiety-inducing briskness fromMaya Hawke, so scary.
2Nosferatu in ‘Nosferatu’
Played by Bill Skarsgard
Vampires are nothing new to cinema.
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With 2024’sNosferatu,Robert Eggerscontinues that tradition.
Nosferatu, thematically, presents a grotesque manifestation of society’s darkest ills and our most perverse tendencies.
He is singularly focused on satiating his carnal desires and unbothered by the collateral damage in his wake.
Nosferatu freely tortures, torments and kills people till he receives his way.
The epic conclusion to 2021’sDunewas a crowd-pleasing, jaw-dropping spectacle with more on its mind than the average blockbuster.
Equally adept at plotting and hand-to-hand combat, Feyd-Rautha proved an excellent foil to the film’s heroes.
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