Many actors have tried their hand at playing a creepy, scary, or hateable character, but sometimes their performance is so damn good that it can have a lasting effect.
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Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter – Silence of the Lambs
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Ted Levine as Buffalo Bill – The Silence of the Lambs
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Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance – The Shining
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Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise – IT
5.
Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates – Psycho
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Robert Helpmann as the Child Catcher – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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Paul Dano as the Riddler – The Batman
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Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort – Harry Potter
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Imelda Staunton as Professor Umbridge – Harry Potter
10.
Antony Starr as Homelander – The Boys
11.
Toni Collette as Annie Graham – Hereditary
12.
Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon – Game of Thrones
13.
Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Bolton – Game of Thrones
14.
Tim Curry as Daniel Hannigan – Annie
15.
Gene Wilder as Will Wonka – Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
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Fank Silva as Bob – Twin Peaks
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Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Wilson – Us
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David Thewlis as John Dee – The Sandman
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Angelica Huston as the Grand High Witch – The Witches
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Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin – Spiderman: No Way Home
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Angelina Jolie as Maleficent – Maleficent
What are the creepy performances that really stuck with you? Let us know in the comments below!
