List of horror villains

A list dedicated to villains in the horror genre; separated by medium and tracking whether they are catalogued on the site.
==Film==
Year of Debut	Villain 	First Appearance 	Image
1915 	The Golem 	The Golem 	
1922 	Count Orlok 	Nosferatu 	
1931 	Count Dracula 	Dracula 	
1931 	Frankenstein 	Frankenstein 	
1932 	Murder Legendre 	White Zombie 	
1932 	Imhotep 	The Mummy 	
1933 	Jack Griffin 	The Invisible Man 	
1940 	Kharis 	The Mummy's Hand 	
1941 	Lawrence Talbot 	The Wolf Man 	
1943 	Paula Dupree 	Captive Wild Woman 	
1946 	The Creeper 	House of Horrors 	
1953 	Professor Henry Jarrod 	House of Wax 	
1954 	Gill-man 	Creature from the Black Lagoon 	
1954 	Godzilla 	Godzilla 	
1957 	Eros 	Plan 9 from Outer Space 	
1957 	Baron Victor Frankenstein	The Curse of Frankenstein 	
1958 	Count Dracula 	Dracula 	
1958 	Nancy Archer 	Attack of the 50 Foot Woman 	
1958 	The Blob 	The Blob 	
1959 	Giant Gila Monster 	The Giant Gila Monster 	
1960 	Norman Bates 	Psycho 	
1961 	The Beast 	The Beast of Yucca Flats 	
1964 	Coffin Joe 	At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul 	
1966 	The Master 	Manos: The Hands of Fate 	
1967 	Ralph 	Spider Baby 	
1968 	Count Waldemar Daninsky 	The Mark of the Wolfman 	
1968 	Cemetery Zombie 	Night of the Living Dead 	
1970 	Count Yorga 	Count Yorga, Vampire 	
1971 	Ben 	Willard 	
1971 	Dr. Anton Phibes 	The Abominable Dr. Phibes 	
1971 	Jonathan Matthias 	The Omega Man 	
1972 	Blacula 	Blacula 	
1973 	Lord Summerisle 	The Wicker Man 	
1973 	Pazuzu 	The Exorcist 	
1974 	Leatherface 	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 	
1974 	Billy 	Black Christmas 	
1975 	Bruce 	Jaws 	
1975 	Ethel Janowski 	Criminally Insane 	
1976 	Damien Thorn 	The Omen 	
1976 	Carrie White 	Carrie 	
1977 	Pluto 	The Hills Have Eyes 	
1977 	Matthew Crowley 	Rituals 	
1978 	Michael Myers 	Halloween 	
1979 	The Tall Man 	Phantasm 	
1979 	Xenomorph 	Alien 	
1979 	Worm-Eyed Zombie 	Zombi 2 	
1980 	Frank Zito 	Maniac 	
1980 	Jack Torrance 	The Shining 	
1980 	Pamela Voorhees 	Friday the 13th 	
1981 	Darryl Revok 	Scanners 	
1981 	The Miner 	My Bloody Valentine 	
1981 	Jason Voorhees 	Friday the 13th Part 2 	
1981 	Ghostkeeper 	Ghostkeeper 	
1982 	New York Ripper 	The New York Ripper 	
1982 	Belial Bradley 	Basket Case 	
1983 	Angela Baker 	Sleepaway Camp 	
1983 	Radu Molasar 	The Keep 	
1984 	Bob Blair 	Dreamscape 	
1984 	Billy Chapman 	Silent Night, Deadly Night 	
1984 	Freddy Krueger 	A Nightmare on Elm Street 	
1985 	Captain Henry Rhodes 	Day of the Dead 	
1985 	Jerry Dandrige 	Fright Night 	
1985 	Tarman 	The Return of the Living Dead 	
1985 	Herbert West 	Re-Animator 	
1986 	Torok 	Troll 	
1986 	Xenomorph Queen 	Aliens 	
1986 	Seth Brundle 	The Fly 	
1986 	Link 	Link 	
1986 	Vern 	Abducted 	
1987 	Jerry Blake 	The Stepfather 	
1987 	Ricky Caldwell 	Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 	
1987 	Pinhead 	Hellraiser 	
1987 	Tony Washington 	Zombie Nightmare 	
1988 	Matt Cordell 	Maniac Cop 	
1988 	David Lincoln 	Waxwork 	
1988 	Angela Franklin 	Night of the Demons 	
1988 	Pumpkinhead 	Pumpkinhead 	
1988 	Chucky 	Child's Play 	
1988 	The Outsider 	Watchers 	
1989 	Blade 	Puppet Master 	
1990 	Creedence Leonore Gielgud	Troll 2 	
1990 	Annie Wilkes 	Misery 	
1991 	Hannibal Lecter 	The Silence of the Lambs 	
1991 	Radu Vladislas 	Subspecies 	
1992 	Candyman 	Candyman 	
1993 	Lubdan 	Leprechaun 	
1995 	Gregory Tudor 	Ice Cream Man 	
1995 	Sil 	Species 	
1996 	Uncle Sam 	Uncle Sam 	
1996 	Ghostface 	Scream 	
1997 	The Djinn 	Wishmaster 	
1997 	The Fisherman 	I Know What You Did Last Summer 	
1998 	Tomie Kawakami 	Tomie 	
1999 	Blair Witch 	The Blair Witch Project 	
2000 	Kayako Saeki 	Ju-on: The Curse 	
2000 	Pyriel 	The Prophecy 3: The Ascent 	
2000 	William Bludworth 	Final Destination 	
2000 	Ginger Fitzgerald 	Ginger Snaps 	
2000 	Killjoy 	Killjoy 	
2001 	The Creeper 	Jeepers Creepers 	
2002 	Major Henry West 	28 Days Later 	
2003 	Captain Spaulding 	House of 1000 Corpses 	
2003 	Three Finger 	Wrong Turn 	
2004 	John Kramer 	Saw 	
2005 	Mick Taylor 	Wolf Creek 	
2005 	Reeker 	Reeker 	
2005 	Cthulhu 	The Call of Cthulhu 	
2005 	Gingerdead Man 	The Gingerdead Man 	
2006 	Leslie Vernon 	Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon	
2006 	Victor Crowley 	Hatchet 	
2006 	Mountain Man 	Cold Prey 	
2006 	Eebee 	Evil Bong 	
2007 	Sasha Rassimov 	Hostel: Part II 	
2007 	Albert Wesker 	Resident Evil: Extinction 	
2007 	Tristana Medeiros 	Rec 	
2008 	Man in Red 	Pulse 2: Afterlife 	
2008 	Turkie 	ThanksKilling 	
2009 	Standartenführer Herzog 	Dead Snow 	
2009 	Professor Wirth 	Blood Creek 	
2010 	Sharktopus 	Sharktopus 	
2010 	Chain Man 	Chain Letter 	
2011 	General Williams 	Exit Humanity 	
2012 	Smiley 	Smiley 	
2013 	Lasser Glass 	Oculus 	
2013 	Lord Auch 	Septic Man 	
2013 	Pale Man 	Haunter 	
2014 	The Babadook 	The Babadook 	
2014 	It 	It Follows 	
2014 	Laura Barns 	Unfriended 	
2014 	Deer God 	Black Mountain Side 	
2014 	Bear 	Backcountry 	
2014 	The Barda 	Hellmouth 	
2015 	The Diver 	Death Dive 	
2015 	Bunny 	Bunny the Killer Thing 	
2016 	The Blind Man 	Don't Breathe 	
2016 	Dr. Richard Powell 	The Void 	
2016 	The Midnight Man 	The Midnight Man 	
2016 	Art the Clown 	Terrifier 	
2017 	The Entity 	The Endless 	
2017 	Sydney Swallows 	Another WolfCop 	
2017 	Alois Sieg 	Death House 	
2017 	Pennywise 	It 	
2018 	Cale Erendreich 	Bad Samaritan 	
2018 	Slender Man 	Slender Man 	
2019 	Brightburn 	Brightburn 	
2019 	Lysol 	Blood Quantum 	
2021 	The Grabber 	The Black Phone 	
2022 	Smile Entity 	Smile 	
2022 	Corey Cunningham 	Halloween Ends 	
2023 	Winnie-the-Pooh 	Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 	
2023 	Cocaine Bear 	Cocaine Bear 	
2023 	Sweet 16 Killer 	Totally Killer 	
2023 	The Angel 	It's a Wonderful Knife 	
2023 	Ice Mummy 	The Hyperborean 	
2024 	Johnny 	In a Violent Nature 	
2024 	Longlegs 	Longlegs 	
2025 	Heart Eyes Killer 	Heart Eyes 	
==Television==
Year of Debut	Villain 	First Appearance 	Image
1972 	Janos Skorzeny 	The Night Stalker 	
1972 	The Gargoyle 	Gargoyles 	
1973 	Dr. Malcolm Richards	The Night Strangler 	
1981 	Bubba Ritter 	Dark Night of the Scarecrow	
1990 	Pennywise 	It 	
1992 	Lucien LaCroix 	Forever Knight 	
1999 	Andre Linoge 	Storm of the Century 	
2009 	Charlie Rotter 	My Super Psycho Sweet 16 	
2014 	The Master 	The Strain 	
2016 	The Executioner 	Slasher 	
2022 	Kaelego 	Archive 81 	
==Literature==
Year of Debut	Villain 	First Appearance 	Image
1764 	Manfred 	The Castle of Otranto 	
1818 	Frankenstein's monster	Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus	
1872 	Mircalla Karnstein 	Carmilla 	
1894 	Helen Vaughan 	The Great God Pan 	
1897 	Count Dracula 	Dracula 	
1897 	The Beetle 	The Beetle 	
1903 	Queen Tera 	The Jewel of Seven Stars 	
1911 	Lady Arabella March 	The Lair of the White Worm 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
1928 	Cthulhu 	The Call of Cthulhu 	
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==Video Games==
Year of Debut	Villain 	First Appearance 	Image
1992 	Ezechiel Pregzt 	Alone in the Dark 	
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2004 	Dr. Malcolm Betruger	Doom 3 	
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2013 	The Walrider 	Outlast 	
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2016 	Arthur Vane 	The Final Station 	
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2018 	The Red Cannibal 	The Forest 	
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2024 	Duke of Navezgane 	7 Days to Die 	
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2025 	Intruder 	No, I'm not a Human	
==Internet Content==
===Creepypasta===
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2006 	The Rake 	The Rake 	
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2007 	SCP-173 	SCP-173 	
2008 	Jeff the Killer 	Hi, I'm killerjeff. 	
2009 	Slender Man 	Let the children... 	
2011 	X 	Sonic.exe 	
2013 	Funnymouth 	funnymouth 	
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2018 	Siren Head 	She was on vacation with her husband and they were scoping out graveyards	
2019 	Permian Basin Superorganism	Mystery Flesh Pit National Park 	
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===Memes===
Year of Debut	Villain 	First Appearance	Image
2011 	Horrifying House-guest	No.337413068 	
2018 	Momo 	 	
2019 	The Ayuwoki 	 	
===Web Video===
Year of Debut	Villain 	First Appearance 	Image
2006 	The Codemaster	thehumanpet1 	
2008 	The Ginosaji 	The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon	
2009 	Killer 	No Through Road 	
2012 	Moarte 	Longbox of the Damned 	
2014 	Shia LaBeouf 	Shia LaBeouf 	
2016 	Antisepticeye 	S̺͍͉͔͉̞̪Ḁ̸̰̮͝Y̶̪ ̳͇̭͍̥̭͉ͅG̕҉̡̦̲O̤̫͖͎̗͜͞ͅÒ̴̬̠̺̪̥͉̳͉̥͝D̨̺̦̯͙͙͔̯͚͠B̸̬̻̝͉͍̻̀͝Y҉̫̝̖̹̝̠͠E̲̩͟͝ͅ	
2017 	Darkiplier 	A Date with Markiplier 	
2017 	Look-See 	The Look-See 	
2018 	The Mechanic 	Shadow 	
2020 	The Iris 	Our Solar System 	
2021 	Intruder 	The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1 	
2022 	Richard Nixon 	The Nixonverse 	
==References==
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