The reason why Heath Ledger's Joker is so good is the fact that if the Joker was real, that is EXACTLY what he would be like.

Watching Nostalgia Critic gives me nostalgia of watching Nostalgia Critic.

@JMFilms123

10 жыл бұрын

Back when he was good you mean? Before his comeback?

@Torterra625

10 жыл бұрын

JMFilms123 Hey, look! I found the line that separates Fact from Opinion! Fact _________________ Opinion

@Rickbeast001

10 жыл бұрын

JMFilms123 I do enjoy Nostalgia Critic but I do wish he would have kept his pre 2000 cut off date. Movies like After Earth, Man of Steel, The Purge, Ghost Rider, The Wicker Man and Bloodrayne are hardly nostalgic. There are so many Nostalgic movies for him to review, hell he could even review his favorites to see if they hold up. I would totally be down for him reviewing Secret Of NIHM and Land Before Time. I do think he needs to stop with the skits as they add nothing to the review.

@Lancaster12311

9 жыл бұрын

nostalgiaception

@BlueGuy98

9 жыл бұрын

Yo dawg, I heard you like Nostalgia Critic...

One thing I'm surprised that Doug didn't mention here was that in preparation for his role as the Joker, Heath Ledger took his inspiration from Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange. When you know that, it gives something new to the character

@anonamously5858

9 жыл бұрын

Hunh, thats pretty interesting and explains a lot. Thanks!

@selinakyle2237

9 жыл бұрын

Yes, I knew that. AWESOME!

@Justice237

9 жыл бұрын

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@selinakyle2237

9 жыл бұрын

AdoreSinging394% Please translate!

@Justice237

9 жыл бұрын

Selina Kyle www.binarytranslator.com/

For some reason, i felt sorry for Alex in the second half of A Clockwork Orange. Seeing him get abused was harder for me to watch than seeing him do all his ultra violence. Hannibal Lecter and Joker are always people's top choices for villains, and that's because they are really fucking cool....but they aren't humanized like Alex and that just adds layers to the character. I think McDowell's performance as Alex DeLarge is the greatest ever just because it made me empathize with one of the scariest characters ever put on film.

@harleyross5422

8 жыл бұрын

He's also my favorite movie character of all time

@maxassasin911

8 жыл бұрын

***** Yeah, because everything you see in movies must be real.

@nerdygeeks2630

8 жыл бұрын

A horrorshow way of putting it!

@kingmarvelous4421

8 жыл бұрын

Agreed. No matter what anyone thinks, still an incredible movie

@DarthNinja65

8 жыл бұрын

I felt the same way for Alex, I don't know why.

Was secretly hoping for Slade from Teen Titans. Yes, he was a villain in a kid's show, but his level of sadism, manipulation, and sheer drive to dominate and kick every living (and dead) thing's ass into submission and servitude could be seen as fearful.

@lwanco1018

9 жыл бұрын

TheChildofAuraReborn Don't forget how he would go to extremes to get another person just like him in the world.

@SergeantTomato5

9 жыл бұрын

TheChildofAuraReborn Ron Perlman's portrayal of Deathstroke is easily one of the best portrayals of an animated villain ever. The way he managed to make Slade sound charming and evil at the same time is amazing. They should really cancel Teen Titans go and bring back the original as a revival or a continuation. Ron Perlman reprising his role as Slade would be the coolest thing ever. Also, what did you think of Deathstroke in Young Justice? I personally felt he was underutilized and very underwhelming.

@TheChildofAuraReborn

9 жыл бұрын

SergeantTomato5 I will be honest here: To me, Slade and Deathstroke (though they're just the same) are two very different characters to me in portrayal. You can have many different incarnations of a character, but if one stands out like that, then by golly they are their own character. Slade is nothing like his previous incarnations.

@kkun4240

9 жыл бұрын

TheChildofAuraReborn I definitely agree with you. He is one of the reason why I loved the Teen Titans (2003) so much. When he "died" at the end of season 2, I almost cried, because such a great character was gone...but then when he returned in season 4, I was like, F*CK YEAH!!!!!!!!!

@TheChildofAuraReborn

9 жыл бұрын

Justin Kim Slade doesn't die, he just takes breaks from his physical existence when he's bored.

When Hal is powering off and starts singing Daisy Daisy that's pretty damn creepy.

@Videogamefangirl

8 жыл бұрын

Even creepier is the fact that the first known thing a computer managed to "voice" was the song Daisy, Daisy. So it's like all the complex parts of him are disintergrating down to the most basic of computerized forms we've designed.

The #1 scary character is from a G-rated movie. Interestingly, this is from the same director who produced the #7 performance on this list, which was originally X-rated at it's original release.

@lwanco1018

9 жыл бұрын

***** I think it's because it gos so slowly to make you feel like your there that it gave kids who might watch it time to stop being afraid, that if they can even make it through the 20 min. opening of seeing nothing but monkeys doing stuff.

@lwanco1018

9 жыл бұрын

***** I don't know I think it depends on the kid.

@youtubeknight880

7 жыл бұрын

KOBUN40 it's because before G and PG actually meant something

@1000000man1

4 жыл бұрын

It's a U/G because it's suitable for all ages. There's nothing in the film that is unsuitable for Children. There's no swearing (Damn and Hell are Not swear words) and the only violence in it is less violent than Cartoons. The film is eerie with the music and the tone but it doesn't show anything that's too much for kids.

Scariest performances by a character that was not intended to be scary: - Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka your thoughts?

@ChestersonJack

9 жыл бұрын

Not scariest, but I certainly see what you mean.

@FLYGUYPRO

9 жыл бұрын

Jayden Dove Pedo bear Approved of that one... XD

@88daysingulch

9 жыл бұрын

+Jayden Dove Scariest performances by a character that was not intended to be scary: - Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka your thoughts?

@emilyscinema9417

8 жыл бұрын

+MattsAttack-BRFC I agree

@fshoaps

6 ай бұрын

Johnny 1000% played Willy Wonka to “weird you out”, I don’t know about fear.

Bill Sykes is such a great pick for this list. He genuinely frightened me as a child. His dead eyes and how he beat Nancy to death in such a freaky way- gawwd. You could always sense he'd snap any second- and having him in a movie contrasted with such colorful characters who sang such fun songs- well he was just scary.

@joeycook7076

10 жыл бұрын

God I know, a REALLY bad guy, and I'm going to be portraying him over the summer. My local theater district is putting on their production of Oliver! I preformed "My Name" for my family and they loved it, they were terrified. I really wish that the 1968 film had him sing that. I would love to see Oliver Reed do that.

I agree with NC about HAL 900. And I think all NC said about HAL fits pretty well for GLaDOS from Portal. The voice actress scared me shitless at times during that game

@Nikke-nn5mn

9 жыл бұрын

Exept glados is funny.

@KingdomofSmileys

9 жыл бұрын

I know right, GLaDOS is awesome! "Did you ever stop to think that eventually there comes a point where your name gets mentioned for the very last time? Well here it is. I'm going to kill you, Chell!"

@Nikke-nn5mn

9 жыл бұрын

KingdomofSmileys "the parents you are trying to reach no longer love you"

@KingdomofSmileys

9 жыл бұрын

Nikolas Orava Oh that's sad. But impressive. They must have worked for the phone company!

@Cbclaw

9 жыл бұрын

Oh you mean SHODAN?

On the subject of identifying with Alex from Clockwork Orange, I don't think it's his actions they mean for you to identify with, but his life and feelings. Here's a great example: in the book "Grendel" by John Gardner (which is told from the perspective of the bloodthirsty monster from "Beowulf), he still has a somewhat sadistic, callous, even condescending outlook on life. He seems to get a real kick out of scaring people and causing havoc, but he also develops a somewhat intelligent side as well. And it's the actions of the world that turn him into a monster and his actions that cause the world to hate him. But he is relatable in that he questions life, existence, truth, philosophy, free will, and he does try and better himself to fit into the world, just like Alex when he volunteered to be "cured". And this is a struggle that I would argue everyone faces and Alex and Grendel could both be an embodiment of the inner frustration that arises within people through these struggles and maybe even the dark fantasies people have to cope with the world when they don't feel in control.

@postersandstuff

6 жыл бұрын

Alucard in "Dracula AD '72" ripped off Alex.......

Wait, was some people actually wondering why Tim Curry wasn't there? How can you even find him scary?? WA-HA! WA-HA! WA-HA!

@thezec

10 жыл бұрын

sesame cake finds him scary

@akitauma2387

7 жыл бұрын

i think they want him on there cause of the novel version was scary cause unlike the mini series it did everything in his power to kill all of the in the town kids one by one

great list, hal 9000 is just really creepy

@Lundmunchkins2000TV

10 жыл бұрын

I couldn't sleep after hearing "Daisy, daisy...."

@juckoosaurus

10 жыл бұрын

the part that creeped me out was when it said they is no error but human error dave

@GKitz211

10 жыл бұрын

I agree. Software like HAL is only a question of time if the technical improvement still races on with this speed. That makes him really scary.

@TerraQueen

10 жыл бұрын

juckoosaurus The part that freaked me out most was when he said to dave that he was afraid. Its rather eerie.

@gamesandmovies100

10 жыл бұрын

When I got my new computer my uncle sad " name it HAL" and i did xD

As much as I love "The Exorcist" (and I do), I'm gonna agree with Doug here. HAL represents everything that could go wrong with technology, but not only that; HAL (as presented in the film) also represents everything that could go wrong with computerized artificial intelligence... even before actual IRL computers have even begun to remotely reach anything slightly resembling actual artificial intelligence. Instead of emotion, we get cold logic. It's logic that will literally follow the mission command down to the very last letter... and God help you if you get in the way of that mission. HAL is there to remind us of the intrinsic need to couple both logic and emotion together, lest we lose sight of who or what we are. Our logic allows us to make rational decisions, but our emotions allow us to connect and make decisions that, perhaps while detrimental to the overall mission, might just be the morally high ground. But, even then, what really is the moral high ground when you're arguing against a computer? It's a fun film.

To be honest I only watch this video only to see where Doug put The Joker on the list.

@kylamamber9080

8 жыл бұрын

Same XD

@brucesmith2143

7 жыл бұрын

+Kyla Mamber same

@kylamamber9080

7 жыл бұрын

Dak Lamerbusch The only thing that I like about The Dark Knight is The Joker.

@verbenabreez03

7 жыл бұрын

Nabila Ghina Fadhila me too:^/

@satanwhoisthedevil4299

7 жыл бұрын

Nabila Ghina Fadhila me too

Jack Nickleson from The Shinning...veeeeery scary yet oh so funny :)

@jeniferjoseph9200

10 жыл бұрын

"The Shinning? Don't you mean the Shining?" "Shhhhhh!!!! Do you want to be sued??"

@mrm64

10 жыл бұрын

Jenifer Joseph lol right right, that's what I meant :)

@thinkingboutlifeatalltimes4770

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeniferjoseph9200 From my favorite Simpsons episode ever!

What about Christian Bale in American Psycho? That was an amazing performance.

@A-Disappointed-Horse

10 жыл бұрын

Amazing, yes. But more funny than scary.

@vihangN70

10 жыл бұрын

Necrojax funny? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME???

@A-Disappointed-Horse

10 жыл бұрын

Lord of the Light The Paul Allen scene was hilarious! Huey Lewis and the News playing while he gave an enthusiastic analysis of the lyrics and then axed Paul was far from scary.

@vihangN70

10 жыл бұрын

Necrojax That scene shows that he really is mentally handicapped.

@cyclennon3753

10 жыл бұрын

Lord of the Light Exactly. The scene was Christian Bale acting like himself.

As scary as Heath Ledger was as The Joker, one thing that I could never stop laughing at from him was his constant lip-licking. Makes me wonder what lip stick he's using to make his lips taste so damn good.

@ShineyRcus0103

10 жыл бұрын

***** Oh, ok. Now it makes sense.

@ShineyRcus0103

10 жыл бұрын

True, true.

@chazzergamer

10 жыл бұрын

Its an actor trick, it gives the impression of a snake and that usually installs fear to an audience on a sub-conscious level. Like how they drag out their "S" sounds, sounds like a snakes hissing.

@greenmarcosu

10 жыл бұрын

ShineyRcus0103 I thought it had to do with his mouth injury too. It seemed like he was always licking the corners of his mouth where the scar started.

@appabend

10 жыл бұрын

***** Really? I thought it was a makeup thing. But then again, he wouldn't lick his own makeup don't you think?

Malcolm Mcdowell was GREAT in Clockwork, but the book makes him much scarier. It's much easier to picture him as 14 YEAR OLD than Mcdowell allows.

@billparker7410

6 жыл бұрын

Great book! I read it years ago but what I remember is I found it much more humorous than the movie (which is great too).

My list: 1: Frank Booth (Blue Velvet) 2: Ben (Man Bites Dog) 3: Alex (A Clockwork Orange) 4: Travis (Taxi Driver) 5: Mickey Knox (Natural Born Killers) 6: Patrick Bateman (American Psycho) 7: Bill Maplewood (Happiness) 8: Anton (No Country for Old Men) 9: Lou Bloom (Nightcrawler) 10: John Doe (Se7en)

@akbarovi

8 жыл бұрын

Travis Bickle and Patrick Bateman are not on this list, because they are so human. They are just real people with problems. Too sentimental characters to be scared. Though I like your list :)

@kurvos

8 жыл бұрын

... what's with people finding John Doe scary in Se7en? He's just stupid. Call me crazy, but I don't find idiots to be scary. Only reason he "wins" is because Brad Pitt plays a 2-dimensional stupid stereotype. And his motivations makes absolutely no sense.

@akbarovi

8 жыл бұрын

I've finally watched "a clockwork orange". It was really, really good. My respect to Kubrick got even higher. For me, Alex was totally cured, he just started to control his actions In other words, CHANGE is a real thing and can be achieved

@wrenpeach6707

5 жыл бұрын

This is a great list. I wouldn't have thought of putting Happiness on my list, but now that you made me think of it I 100% agree.

The book of a Clockwork Orange makes Alex younger. and a LOT more evil

I figured Doug wouldn't put this villain on here but one of my personal favorite villains is Captain Vidal from Pan's Labyrinth that guy was out of his fucking mind!

@ashrooms

9 жыл бұрын

Ugggh that scene where he beats the guy's face in always gets me 😝😝

@typacsk

9 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Gonzales Had to check the comments to see if someone else had beaten me to him ;)

@IMmephiles

9 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Gonzales I don't think he was that scary, just a vile scumbag.

@albertjohnson3875

9 жыл бұрын

Generic Name He's scary to me cuz he feels like a character that's existed in every single war

@IMmephiles

9 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Gonzales He probably has. That is a scary thought indeed.

I highly recommend Jake Gyllenhaal's performance in Nightcrawler and Rosamund Pike's performance in Gone Girl to be included. Yes I know this list came out WAY before these movies came out

@mattmontada8539

9 жыл бұрын

Gyllenhaal was out of his mind in Nightcrawler

@opalcitrine

9 жыл бұрын

Nightcrawler was the first movie in a long time that honest to god disturbed me. What a good character!

@JessLovesMovies

9 жыл бұрын

opalcitrine I hear ya when I walked out of the theater I just felt completely creeped out

@hassaanmirza4628

9 жыл бұрын

***** That frightening scene was improvised by Gyllenhaal. :D

The Joker from Dark Knight and Anton from No Country for old men. Are absolutely the best Villains I have ever saw on screen next to Gus from Breaking Bad.

@connerwoodruff8091

8 жыл бұрын

Breaking bad wise i see Walter as the villain and "hero"

So HAL was evil because of MAN!

@TheSupergamer300Show

8 жыл бұрын

*DUUUN*

@HAL-dm1eh

8 жыл бұрын

+Victor Conway You misunderstand what he said. BEING something and KNOWING it are two different things. Whether he had any concept of being evil or not, he WAS.

@HAL-dm1eh

8 жыл бұрын

***** Who said it wasn't evil to maul something or steal someone's children? They may not be aware of their evil, which makes them innocent in that way, but it doesn't mean that they aren't evil.

@HAL-dm1eh

8 жыл бұрын

***** HAL wasn't nature, so your straw man wasn't a good one, anyway. In fact, he was made by man to be perfect, but man went wrong in making him perfect and then to do something imperfect such as lie to the crew about the mission. Having the understanding of a human caused him inner conflict over this behavior and he went insane. This was explained by Clarke himself, the co-writer of the screenplay for the movie. You're wrong in saying he didn't know what he was doing. The lie (which he blamed on human error which was actually true but he dodged the blame in a way) lead to multiple murders. HAL was EVIL and he KNEW it. This was such an integral part of the whole story for Kubrick's movie it could be no other way. But I guess you don't know the real story of the movie.

@HAL-dm1eh

8 жыл бұрын

***** Again, you need to research the making of the movie. You're very ignorant.

Some one pointed out to me that Ledger's performance of the joker was a pretty realistic portrayal of someone who is mental unstable in the little details. the way he fumbles with his hands and smacks his lips while talking and several other minor things add up to one creepy performance.

@21melpomene

9 жыл бұрын

And that's why he won the Oscar and deservedly so, may he r.i.p.

How could you miss: Kevin Spacey - John Doe - Se7en

@gordon84016

8 жыл бұрын

Agree 100%!

@Reptar530

8 жыл бұрын

+Memit Averland "detectiveee!!!...I believe you're looking for me"

@theAngryscotman

8 жыл бұрын

+Memit Averland Yeah that was pretty freaky. Not just his calm monotone but how he suddenly starts shouting in rage. You get the impression he's just filled with disgust of the whole world around him.

@memitaverland3593

8 жыл бұрын

***** Yeah, I had seen him in other things before but that performance put him on another level and opened my eyes to his talent

@theAngryscotman

8 жыл бұрын

Memit Averland He's a very good actor.

Interesting fact, Norman Bates was based off of real life serial killer Ed Gain.

@chinococoa6743

8 жыл бұрын

+Quinntus79 And that's scary!

@alalmalal

8 жыл бұрын

Same with Hannibal, buffalo bill and leather face

@Quinntus79

8 жыл бұрын

Ducking auto-cucumber.

@1aundulxaldin

8 жыл бұрын

+Alex Mitra So, Ed Gein just sort of set the trend for many known horror icons? Color me impressed....

@Quinntus79

8 жыл бұрын

Weird thing is, he just barely met the qualifications for a serial killer. He was only accused of two murders. He also exhumed bodies, did human taxidermy, and might have been a necrophiliac.

I finally saw No Country For Old Men a few nights ago, and now I understand the craziness for Anton. Hands down, one of THE best villains in cinema.

@abrahamlincoln4783

10 жыл бұрын

Buttering me up, are you? *Sigh* Call it.

@rybrentmannftw

10 жыл бұрын

Abraham Lincoln Heads.

@abrahamlincoln4783

10 жыл бұрын

rybrentmannftw Oh, no, no. This was posted back when my account had the name Anton Chigurh. Now, I am off emancipating black men and what not. No, sir, you are no longer required to select a surface of a coin. The surface on which, you predict, it may land.

Glados was Totally Inspired By Hal

@cyanmanta

10 жыл бұрын

Probably, but Hal is played totally straight. Glados is decidedly a comic villain.

Honourable mention: Gary Oldman in Leon: The Professional. The guy even freaked out his fellow actors. That being said, most of the time, he came across hilariously batshit insane

@agame1108

8 жыл бұрын

+James Richards EVERYONEEEEE

i don't think i have seen enough cinema to make a top like this one, but if i did, these guys would sure be in the list: -Nurse Ratched - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. -Frank Booth - Blue Velvet. -Judge Doom - Who Framed Roger Rabbit. some memorable mentions: -Freddy Kruger - Nightmare 1 (just put attention to the first one, it's incredible). -The Joker - Batman (1989). -Agatha Trunchbull - Matilda. -Max Cady - Cape Fear (Robert DeNiro). -John Doe - Se7en. -Billy and Stu - Scream. -Ursula - The Little Mermaid. -Nosferatu - Nosferatu (1022) (i mean, come on, just look at that guy) -The Mysterious Man - Lost Highway. -Hopper - A Bug's Life. -Chucky - Child's Play Saga (believe it or not, i still having nightmares with this guy). -Lord Voldemort - Only the one from "The Goblet of Fire". -Profesor Ratigan - The Great Mouse Detective.

@R.P.McMurphy

10 жыл бұрын

Tengu Shredder oh... wow, how could i forgot that one?, really, it isn't a very known movie, but i watched it long ago, that performance was scary as hell, the funny thing is that movie is actually Joan Crawford's daughter's biography, that woman was real.

@R.P.McMurphy

10 жыл бұрын

Tengu Shredder i used to fear Clowns when i was a kid, but Tim Curry's performance as Pennywise was actually kind of funny.

@R.P.McMurphy

10 жыл бұрын

Tengu Shredder he was scary looking more than anything.

@R.P.McMurphy

10 жыл бұрын

Tengu Shredder not too much.

@R.P.McMurphy

10 жыл бұрын

Tengu Shredder¿what? ¿what are you talking about?

Personally I don't think the PERFORMANCE of Hal is scary so much as the CONCEPT is. Although it is pretty damn creepy when he sings in that monotone.

@mrbibs350

9 жыл бұрын

madaboutmarceline It's more sad than creepy.

What about Jack from The Shining?

@gordon84016

8 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@darkzombiproductions7756

8 жыл бұрын

I know

@waterblonk

8 жыл бұрын

He's way too cartoonish and over the top to be scary. He's pretty much an undeveloped version of his character from One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, combined with the poor writing and cheesy dialogue you got yourself a cartoon villain. Not scary at all unless you're 4 years old or something.

@theliterarywitch885

8 жыл бұрын

waterblonk Lol okay

Jack Nicholson in The Shining should've been on there

See, Critic's description of Hannibal was spot on. I never really liked him during his Clarice stage. By then he was not just mellowed out but for some reason was portrayed as if he was some sort of god. But during his stint against Will Graham. Awesome. He was threatening. He was scary. He was active, but believable. He wasn't portrayed as a good thing. He was the bad guy. Which is why I really hope Critic give the show "Hannibal" a look.

I think Javier Bardem could pull off a similar Bill Sykes performance. Not that I'd want to see it especially, he just seems to channel the same energy when he wants to be creepy.

5:04 The scary thing is that there's a real life Annie Wilkes on KZread. A Twilight fangirl called Nutty Madam.

@goldylover1000

9 жыл бұрын

Amazing booooooooook

@zylo999

9 жыл бұрын

Xehanort10 Just checked out her channel. If hell actually exists, thats it.

@selinakyle2237

9 жыл бұрын

Xehanort10 Ok, just watched her...creepy!

@Xehanort10

9 жыл бұрын

Selina Kyle Yep. If there's ever a remake of Misery they should get her to play Annie.

@kokorolex

9 жыл бұрын

Xehanort10 She seems overly obssesive and crazy, but at the same time harmless. I wouldn't get anywhere near her though.

I find the Hannibal from the Fuller TV series a lot scarier, Mads Mikkelsen is simultaneously captivating and terrifying, particularly in the second series when the net starts to close around him and you see the real primal creature lying underneath those manners.

Thanks for the reminder of how much I love these actors: Kathy Bates, Malcolm McDowell, Anthony Hopkins/Perkins, Brad Dourif, Heath Ledger...

Norman in Leon the Professional was pretty scary. I was always on edge every time he was on screen. And that pill thing *shivers* I'd probably swap out Annie for him cause she bordered on comical to me (dirty birdy). And I loved Anthony Hopkins performance in Silence, but I'd probably trade him for Jack Nicholson in the Shining. Then again that would make three Kubrick movies on the list. That'd probably be my perfect list.

Update:Terence Fletcher played by JK Simmons in Whiplash

@tombrearley-smith5777

7 жыл бұрын

ho weijian Are you rushing or are you dragging?

@howeijian4277

7 жыл бұрын

Tom Brearley-Smith I don't know...

@TChops-hi7hr

7 жыл бұрын

Start counting....IN 4 DAMMIT! Look at me!

@howeijian4277

7 жыл бұрын

TChops 2019 5 6 7 8

@tombrearley-smith5777

7 жыл бұрын

ho weijian IN "4" DAMMIT! Look at me!

Here are a few that (I think) deserve a mention: John Ryder from "The Hitcher" (*Rutger Hauer*) Mitch from "Devil's Pond" (*Kip Pardue*) Rusty Nail from "Joy Ride" (voiced by *Ted Levine*) The Stranger from "When a Stranger Calls (2006)" (*Tom Flanagan*) Timmy and Malcolm Rivers from "Identity" (*Brett Loehr* and *Pruitt Taylor Vince*) Just my two cents.

WHY do people find The Exorcist scary? That movie's hilarious!! The first time *I* saw it-and this is no bullshit-I thought it was a comedy. Come on, Man. "Let Jesus fuck you..."?! There's no way you're gonna expect me to take that movie seriously after that.

@decepticongirl101

9 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@arthurdent6256

9 жыл бұрын

*Dark-Comedy

What if Alex and Heath Ledger's Joker would meet.

@michellecazares8000

9 жыл бұрын

That would be awesome!

@Justice237

9 жыл бұрын

The funny thing is that the Joker literally took a page out of Alex's book. Heath Ledger kept a 'Joker Diary' in preparation for the role and took his inspiration from Alex

@Yankeesfan4ever100

9 жыл бұрын

AdoreSinging394% Sounds like the Nostalgia Critic's next "Old vs New" video to me!

Anton was more intimidating than Regan because you can meet a guy like Anton in real life. Regan/Pazuzu was the same old shit with demons, fantasy. The Exorcist was a pretty good movie but it didn't scared me to be honest, just like The Omen

@VultureClone

8 жыл бұрын

The Exorcist may not have had jump scares but the sum of all its parts (creepy atmosphere, lighting, acting, effects, etc.) equaled to a really unsettling, dark movie.

@maxdurk4624

8 жыл бұрын

I disagree. Regan was basically the pinnacle of a horror movie villain. It plays to every supernatural fear we all have deep down inside, and everything from the performance, makeup, lighting, atmosphere, is perfect, and absolutely terrifying

@iamtoast

7 жыл бұрын

Haha same :)

...do you mean in the context of this conversation?" Haha! fantastic. Thanks

Jack Nicholson's Jack Torrance (The Shining) and Robert DeNiro's Max Cady (Cape Fear) are inexcusably missing from this list.

@SunGodNika-bi2jr

6 жыл бұрын

Scott If Doug did Top 13 instead og Top 11 on his October Videos beforehand. Jack Torrance would be #12 and Max Cady #13

This is probably an unpopular opinion but I thought Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix was pretty unsettling.

@megamage911

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@blackvendaeta7104

7 жыл бұрын

I thought she was an enjoyable character, not at all unsettling.

@megamage911

7 жыл бұрын

Black Vendaeta Not unsettling in a bad way.

Davy Jones theme... YEAHHHH

very glad u brought the "Kubrick Stare" up with Bates and DeLarge

AHHH I'M SO HAPPY YOU PUT ALEX DELARGE AND JOKER ON HERE, I have a HUUUUGE crush on both of them, I even have photos of them taped on my wall...anyway, great list! :3 (I'm gonna check out Oliver now, looks interesting)

Alex and Heath Ledger's Joker are probably my favorite. That decision of Ledger really infuriated me at the time....but my god he did the Joker right From the pencil to the viral video. HAL comes pretty close to the top. Gus Fring and Tuco I completely agree with his list though. Anthony Perkins especially Christopher Walken in At Close Range too. Shudder

Man... I'm not a Dark Knight fanboy but I enjoyed the movies. As a hardcore fan of Batman comics I tend to hate Batman movies as they never portray the real Batman characters. It's usually the cartoon version and no not the awesome Batman cartoon I mean the cheesy one. But the Dark Knight did something that I didn't think was possible. The Joker is such a deep character in the comics. He's crazy, evil, maniacal, disturbed and is a murdering psychopath with a plan. A character that I don't think you can do on screen. But Heath goddamn I love you. You took the character from the comics, the dark disturbed murderer that has challenged Batman time and time again. The Joker has an ironic name, because his name makes you think he's a funny character but really he's fucking scary. Something other Batman things get wrong. And to sum up Heath's entire performance in a few seconds, refer back to the scene where the Joker had caught the imposter Batman. That right there was the real Joker, flailing the mask about laughing in one second then out of no where a deep horrifying voice booms out LOOK AT ME... the entire audience stopped talking, everyone in the room was quiet, everyone's eyes on the screen... you could hear a pin drop. Then as quickly as he switched his tone he switches back. That right there, I have no words to how amazing that performance was. That was the Joker, like a horrible evil lurks inside but he keeps it reserved letting out only a little at a time. That was the real Joker. And I give all the praise in the world to Heath because the Joker is my favorite villain. That movie should have had Heath as the main character and Bale should have been supporting actor.

@ajwithnoname5527

5 жыл бұрын

A character you can’t do on screen? Why’s that?

I really need to rewatch all these.

Excellent list. And as we all,know now in 2015, HAL is a reality in an even greater sense than they could imagine in 1968.

Oh god I thought I was the only one. I totally get the Hannibal part. To me he didn't seem scary at all. His scenes actually helped you calm down (in silence of the lambs) as it ironically felt like a safe zone , he was behind a enforced glass. Well the reasoning always was that Hannibal is as much as a protagonist as the detectives. So he had to be likable in some way. He also as he pointed out was a James Bond villain "evil", he followed his own moral code and didn't really go down to common criminal level of assaulting women or likewise actions. Aristocrat criminal with a bad habit of eating humans.

@edamix3184

9 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, you're not alone. I don't think this Hannibal is that scary (in Silence of the Lambs, I've never seen the others). I was more creeped out by Buffalo Bill too (especially in the night vision scene in the end of the movie) !

Where the hell is Jack Torrance?!

@AIDSFROMSPACE

10 жыл бұрын

Do you not think that Jack Torrance is basically Nicholson playing himself though? I dont rate his Shining performance to be fair

Aw yeah! Loved seeing Bill Sikes on the list!

Thanks!

What about the Shining?

I honestly wasn't scared of Joker. I just thought he was a good villain

@satanwhoisthedevil4299

7 жыл бұрын

josiah jenks i loved him he was great

A couple of honorable mentions. 1) I STILL get the creeps when I remember the child catcher from Chitty Chitty, Bang Bang.. And 2)John Ryder (Rutger Hauer) in the Hitcher.

awsome list. I love the music you use for when you in say which number

Bill Sykes would be a good Mr. Hyde if they had made a Dr. Jekly and Mr. Hyde movie base off the book. His voice and his role on Oliver Twist was creepy, dark and pure scary.

4:50 So basically every fandom has one of those people...

I will say Chigur scared me BIG time so quiet and and smart and he even feels like the grim reaper, always there but never there at the same time.

I love Ledger's Joker, but the character had been explored and made more complex way before The Dark Knight(thought it was wonderful to finally see it on the big screen and they did perfect). The Killing Joke, Arkham Asylum, The Man Who Laughs and other stories were all amazing step forwards in making the character the fascinating one we have today.

why is Jigsaw NOT in this? that is a REALLY scary, intimidating and all out fucked up creepy performance

@hazelmaple4984

9 жыл бұрын

Probably because for most of the movie you don't see his face, which means no creepy expressions

@RadioactiveCheese0

9 жыл бұрын

Hazel Kaye To be fair though, HAL isn't that expressive.

@hazelmaple4984

9 жыл бұрын

E. Healy Yeah, hadn't finished the video when I commented.

@omarali7605

9 жыл бұрын

I never thought Jigsaw was scary, i just thought he was intimidating. Don't know why.

@AnthroArcade

9 жыл бұрын

The puppet (I forgot its name) can be creepy, but Jigsaw himself didn't really seem too creepy. He was more or less like what Santa Claus said, intimidating. And more cunning. But not really creepy.

I would enjoy hearing the Nostalgia Critic's thoughts on the Hannibal tv series.

What about Colonel Kurtz from Apocalypse Now? Marlon Brando wasn't even in 2/3rds of the movie, and he still took the show, and terrified everyone. He was cold, relentless, and unpredictable. He chained up Willard, and decapitated one of his own men. That's fucking insane. The speech about the inoculated arms, the recording about the slug. He is what man becomes when we stop caring about humanity, and lose hope in ourselves. And that is terrifying as hell.

So glad he included Anton on this list he deserves it totally!!!

The Joker is one of the few characters throughout film, tv, or otherwise who I can say and I think a lot of people would agree has never been done poorly or been poorly cast. You have Mark Hamill, Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger, Cesar Romero, Troy Baker, and even the guy they got for Joker on the Gotham tv series did a great job. The only one I didn't like that I can think of is the Joker from The Batman.

@MisterXenomorph

5 жыл бұрын

David Maglioli even then. Kevin Michael Richardson play joker well in the show. He simply suffered from bad writing

15:15 that laugh - sends a chill down your spine doesn't it?

@Grivian

10 жыл бұрын

not really

@Macconator2010

10 жыл бұрын

You're lying

@trifontrifonov4297

10 жыл бұрын

Macconator2010 Nope not scary at all. I never found the Ledger's Joker scary...he was interesting character, but I just do not find insane people scary.

@Macconator2010

10 жыл бұрын

You're lying too

I watch Psycho not that long ago and I loved it, I had no idea where it was going until the end.

I so agree. Red Dragon had a Hannibal Lextor that harps on your mind and leaves you feeling so vulnerable

I like how 2 characters from Stanley Kubrick films are in this... He was a fantastic director.

number 12: The other mother from coraline.

I never heard of this Bill Sykes character, but he's really reminding me of Javier Bordem's villain-roles

11. In a play some friends were in, a guy really internalized the character. The actor who played the villain played the part WELL. 10. Resistance is futile. 9. Fan rage at its worst. She's also strikes me as being a tad...eh, like Laney or whatever her name is. 8. Psycho murderers don't scare me that much (and by that I mean, sadistic douchebag who just likes to kill people for the jollies doesn't creep me out by itself); however, a villain who tries to play the hero into his hands is awesome, especially when the hero is demonstrated to be a genius. And it makes for an even better hero who can turn the tables and play the villain into HIS hands. 7. Psycho-villain with class is even better. And shooting the heck out of the guy singing that song is hilarious. 6. I haven't seen it. Probably won't because...well, I scare WAAAAY too easy. 5. If you have to call an Exorcist, they're scary. I think that's obvious. 4. Man, I love the Joker, especially Kieth's performance. I kind of would have liked a bit of backstory from the Dark Knight, but...well, it still works well. I also wish they would have had a "One bad day" like speech (heck, if they had taken it word for word from the comic books, I would be ok). 3. It sounds scary. But that's an interesting point, as evil being an ever-evolving forces of evil. 2. You should read about Legion from the Bible; for both showing a terrifying concept of posession and total badassery. A guy's possesed by possibly a thousand demons or so, and he basically turns into a zombie. He cuts himself up and lives in the tombs and runs around naked. People have chained this guy up behind his back but he just broke the chains effortlessly. And the great badassery of it all is that when Jesus gets near this guy, he flips out and begs not to be thrown into the abyss (hell). 1. You're in heaven, Dave.

Daniel Day Lewis as Bill the Butcher in Gangs of New York

@inferno9714

10 жыл бұрын

Not really scary, but an AWESOME villain. Easily in my top 10 film villains list.

Hal was a scary character, not a performance. Yes there is a difference. A scary character is when you look up information about a character and say "Dang that guy sounds scary". A scary performance is seeing a character portrayed before your eyes and saying "Dang that guy IS scary". Yes Hal's resolve and capability makes him intimidating, but i dont get chills down my spine like i do thinking about Norman Bates and Raegan.

met Linda Blair at a Convention once.. what a sweet and kind lady :-D

Malcolm McDowell once walked up to greet Gene Kelly, and he ignored him, because he was disgusted with how the "Singin' in the Rain" song was ruined for audiences because of its use in the rape scene.

I am shocked that Gary Oldman in Bram Stoker's Dracula wasn't on this list...that whole movie was one serious mind fuck!

@rickyray2794

9 жыл бұрын

I never did see that, I couldn't get past Neo's horrid accent.

@planescaped

9 жыл бұрын

I remember it scaring me when I was a kid, but watching it as an adult, meh... Also, why was Keanu Reeves in so many movies? Did his dad own Paramount Pictures or something?

@KOBUN40

9 жыл бұрын

I actually found him a bit goofy, honestly. If you want to go the classic vampire route, try Max Schreck from Nosferatu.

@GodKingReiss

9 жыл бұрын

Heart-shaped hair and licorice armor doesn't seem that scary.

I think you missed "Jack" from "the Shining".

Kudos to including Exorcist 3!!

I absolutely love the fact that The Gemini Killer is on this list. Legion is such an underrated movie.

I was expecting Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's child catcher on this list.

There are few things that piss me off more than when someone makes fun of a movie because they don't understand it. Don't get me wrong, nothing's wrong with not getting a movie in its entirety. I certainly can't wrap my head around every film that I see. But, as an example, I'm not going to sit here and say that Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is flawed simply because I can't grasp everything with it. And here's Doug making fun of The Silence of the Lambs because he doesn't get that Hannibal's "cheesy" moments are due to him just trying to fuck with Clarice. He didn't do anything like that during the escape scene, did he? And the battle between Clarice and Hannibal in the Silence of the Lambs is a battle of wits. Her intelligence is what attracted him to her in the first place. Hannibal is taunting Clarice into figuring him out just as much as he's trying to figure her out. It's just that her intuition isn't anywhere close to his. In Red Dragon, Graham isn't as smart as Clarice, but he has the gift of perfect intuition, which is what puts him on par with Lecter on a more superficial level. Doug, I love you, I think you're absolutely brilliant, but you can be a real fucking idiot sometimes.

@LupineShadowOmega

9 жыл бұрын

How is he an idiot for saying that he didn't like those aspects of the film? I know it is your opinion that he just doesn't "get" them, but just as likely he might have found their execution to be sub-par. There are plenty of movies that have amazing writing and amazing performances but they still have clunky bits where things don't work as intended in regards to the audience. Heck, we have entire movies that are like that simply because the film itself is lacking in getting the audience on board or sometimes just not invoking the emotions they'd hoped for within a particular scene. I don't know you sir, but I feel like you're probably a fan of the books these films were based on and having that knowledge you might be projecting onto a film that didn't set the stage as clearly as you believe. And even if you're right and he just doesn't "get" it, then I'm going to say that still isn't particularly simply his failing alone now is it?

@bobbymcfee2974

9 жыл бұрын

It's this fucking badass don't know how I ran into you again but I did

@scraps992

9 жыл бұрын

LupineShadowOmega Yeah, I am a fan of the first two books and The Silence of the Lambs is my favorite movie, so I'm probably just far too sensitive about people insulting it. Then again, we're all entitled to at least one movie that we can throw a hissy fit about.

@scraps992

9 жыл бұрын

bobby mcfee What now?

@LupineShadowOmega

9 жыл бұрын

Aaron Simpson True enough. I just got the feeling that you had a lot of inside plot knowledge that you having read the books understand perfectly, but just that the movies might not have done the best job of getting across. I mean lets face it, the book of anything is almost always going to be better, it just has more to work with, it is tons more immersive and good authors are always going to be able to get points across with minimum effort, but film making tends to have to water things down, worry about pacing or audience confusion...in short it just has a lot working against it in even the most amazing of adaptions.

Douglas Rain's voice is so sweet it makes it more scary.

His Hannibal impersonation, lol!

And what about Amon Goeth from Schindler's List?

@00WhiteBlade

8 жыл бұрын

+BuckDanny2314 not scary, just brutal and heartless.

@BuckDanny2314

8 жыл бұрын

00WhiteBlade At times, he really looked terrifying. Like when he comtemplates killing young Lisiek or when he's talking to Helen Hirsch.

My ankles hurt whenever I seen that scene from Misery.

At first I thought he was kidding about the number 1 choice, but he actually convinced me.

Tom Hardy in Bronson? Almost every scene had me on edge cause I kept thinking he was going to tear someones head off whenever someone breathed.

With 9, he should have made a Douchey McNitpick joke.

@jackhamilton9604

9 жыл бұрын

Hold it right there !

I think Hannibal Lector gets too much credit. He is the villain we love to hate. He isn't genuinely creepy or disturbing. And this is why he is popular. If an actor plays the part too well it becomes off putting and people refuse to give that character credit because we don't even want to remember what we saw because it was so weird. Now Buffalo Bill HE really embodies the part. And as a result the actor is a victim of his own outstanding performance since we try our best to forget that creepy ass dude.

If there's gonna be a part 2, I hope to see the following: - Dennis Hopper from Blue Velvet - Lil' Z from City of God - Ramsay from Game of Thrones - Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs of New York (OR There will be Blood) - Nola Carveth in The Brood - Se7en's John Doe - JK Simmons's Terence Fletcher in Whiplash - Nightcrawler's Lou Bloom - Forest Whittaker from The Last King of Scotland - Edward Norton from Primal Fear

I really appreciate the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack being used in the background toward the beginning tho hahaha

@sohnnysdream

9 жыл бұрын

Well throughout the entire video, really