Booking Through Thursday, July 26, 2007

 A Weekly Meme Hosted by Booking Through Thursday 


Oh, egads. This is another hard one. I hate when I actually have to use my brain to think and not just fantasize about senseless stuff. Reading the horror genre primarily, I run into countless villains. I've seen villains I despise enough to think they get what they deserve, villains I love, villians I emphasize with, villains who know they're villains, villains who are seen but villians when I don't think they are... Thankfully this question has been made a bit easier since we're supposed to only concentrate on the truly evil ones.

I'm going to round it off by saying I can't name just one. Here's some that come to mind off the top of my head:

The two runner-ups:

3rd place winner - Hannibal - What a brilliant little villain, how fascinating of a man, and how cruel. Psychological villains can be the eeriest.

2nd place winner - I love a lot of the Anita Blake villains. You can't get much darker than many of these. My favorite is the voodoo priestess Dominga from The Laughing Corpse. A truly depraved, souless woman who uses black magic to get what she can, not caring of the consequences. Greedy and controlling, men fear her so much they sweat if she gives them the wrong look.

1st place - Lex Luthor. Yes, Lex Luthor. I've always loved that villain. I suppose my obsession with Smallville is what started it, but in my research of the history of Superman and his nemesis, Lex Luthor always stood as fascinating. Call me strange, but he's certainly a classic.


Melody said...

Hannibal! Yeah, he definitely sounds like a great choice, considering the great reviews I read about this series...I haven't read them yet, but I will.

Literary Feline said...

Hannibal was one of my choices too. He's unforgetable!

Alice Teh said...

With this, I think I should read Hannibal as well. Hmmm...

Lex Luthor in Smallville is a cute villain, that one.

Happy weekend!

Erin said...

Alice you couldn't be more right on that cute part ;) Please do read Hannibal, the ending is so disturbing but excellent.

Great minds think alike, Literary and Melody

Carey said...

Hannibal was evil, but Delores Umbridge was far worse...she appeared to be innocent and in fact was one of the cruelest villians I've ever read (Hannibal would just eat your liver...Delores would make you watch while she slowly cuts it out and makes you write "lines").