Amph 50 Best Movie Villains (acc. to The Times): 1. Darth Vader (David Prowse) - Star Wars

Considering it looks as though Biff works for George McFly as an underling and has taken a decidedly feminine turn, he appears to have been de-fanged. It's one more way of showing a contrast to the earlier version of the present where Biff was still bullying George as his BOSS, as differentiated from the version after Marty went back and "changed" things, and Biff is now washing the McFly's car.

And besides that, considering the way Lorraine looks in middle age, I don't think she's in any danger of being raped by anyone, including Biff, who appears to be afraid of his own shadow and running rather low on testosterone.

 

I think in part 2 you kind of see the old Biff at the beginning where he's like, "What the hell's going on here?" To me, that seemed like he was still the tough guy except with George. Then in the future you do see that it was all an act as he's still a jerk.

 

26. Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper) - Blue Velvet (1986) (R-rated clip for real, everybody)

They say: "A violent sadist with a penchant for rape and torture, Booth is a psychotic underworld boss and a brilliant role which revived Hopper?s then flagging career."

 

Pabst Blue Ribbon all the way!

 

Yeah! PABST! BLUE! RIBBON!

According to the Special Edition DVD Lynch didn't want to use Hopper; he'd heard all the horror stories. Then Hopper's agent told him he could talk to the director of Hoosiers, Lynch did and said there were no problems on the set with Hopper. Lynch then spoke with Hopper on the phone who said, "I AM Frank Booth!" Lynch, both thrilled and horrified by such enthusiasm, agreed to give him the job. The rest is history. Lynch told the rest of the cast, "Dennis says he IS Frank Booth. He'll be great playing the character, but we'll never be able to have lunch with him."

My favorite Dennis Hopper performance.

 

I think he is the best villain in film history. Certainly the most terrifying. Hopper just takes it up to the next level. I've never seen a bad guy in a movie be this bad. It's . . . astonishing. And not for the faint of heart.

 

25. Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) ? No Country For Old Men (2007)

They say: Sure he?s got a bit of a silly haircut, but that?s the only part of this hitman that isn?t 100 percent calculated evil. He kills without conscience or query and his only pause for consideration is during a coin toss to determine his victim?s fate.

I say: Calculated is a good word for it. The mechanical way he goes about his business is what makes him so creepy.

 

I love this movie to death. Bardem is a big part of it. He's a killing machine; he seems like directionless evil, but in fact he's the most moral character in the movie. He has his role in destiny's plan and he fulfills it without a tremendous amount of enjoyment, but with absolute competence. Great performance.

 

His relentlessness makes him scary. Thus the title.

 

The haircut is what makes the character for me. It's just so bizarre-you know that nothing is right with this guy from his hair. And yes I'm serious.

 

Bardem is great just in general - but when he's given a crackerjack role like this, the screen is alight. Not only do you not turn away when he's on-screen - you don't blink.

 

24. Frank (Henry Fonda) ? Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

They say: Henry Fonda was one of the heroes of Hollywood?s western production line. That was until the great Sergio Leone turned him into a cold-blooded child killer. Fonda was reluctant to take on the mantle of the villain, even turning up on set with contact lenses and a beard to help the audience accept his new persona. Thankfully Leone didn?t agree and a brilliant blue-eyed beast was born.

 

He appears on screen, massacring a family, all except for one little boy. One of his henchmen asks what to do about the little boy and calls his boss "Frank." "Well," Fonda says, doing a little stage business with his pistol, "Now that you've called me by my name . . ." He then murders the little boy. From here, things only get better. What a performance; makes you wish Fonda had played heavies more often.

 

He was Leone's favorite actor, and Leone offered him the lead in nearly every movie he made. He finally accepted, and Frank remained his favorite role; though Tom Joad is more iconic, and if you want another heavy, Owen Thursday in "Fort Apache" is excellent.

 

"people scare better when they're dying..."

What a great villain!

 

Just a stupendous villain. His scenes with the railway man especially are great -- cold and complex.

 

Pity he didn't do more with Leone.

 

Leone was supposedly the uncredited director of "My Name is Nobody", Fonda's last Western.

 

23. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Anthony Dawson) ? From Russia With Love (1963)

They say: The Bond franchise has villainy aplenty and a rogue?s gallery that could have dominated the vast majority of this list. Blofeld is the best of the bunch and carries the torch for 007?s opponents. Why? As well as heading a sinister criminal organisation, Blofeld is the pin-up-boy for evil geniuses. Scar? Check. White cat for fiendish stroking? Check. Console of buttons guaranteeing a creative demise for those who cross him. Check.

I say: A Diamonds Are Forever clip? Anyway, Blofeld remains a powerful character and icon, despite the very different portrayals across the films. And of course it's cool to have an antagonist who survives multiple Bond films. As a side note, I find it funny that Dr. Evil, who's patterned heavily after the Donald Pleasence version of Blofeld, came in at Number 50 on this list.

 

I could not imagine the disappointment, anticipating the emergence of Blofeld in You Only Live Twice, only to be greeted with Dr. Evil. (Seriously, can anyone see Dr. No and Rosa Klebb taking orders from this impish freak?)

 

Pleasance's performance is the kind of thing you might think is cool as a kid (I did), but then you realize that it's just bad.

Savalas is where it's at for the major Blofelds - he channels the genius and the danger of the character perfectly - and acts Lazenby right off the screen. His scenes with Rigg towards the end are a joy, though.

Love the Dawson/Pohlmann Blofeld though. That's what I think of when I think of the character. Hugely menacing.

I also like Charles Gray's turn, even if it isn't Blofeld. It's some sort of hilariously acerbic, dry supervillain that the Bond films need more of (I suspect Toby Stephens was trying to do that, but he failed. Miserably).

 

Is the same Anthony Dawson as "Dial M for Murder?"

 

Yep.

He also played Prof. Dent in Dr. No. He plays Blofeld's... hands in both From Russia With Love and Thunderball.

 

The Savalas Blofeld is easily the best. He's physically menacing and incredibly intense. The others . . . not so much. Lord, I think I hate the Charles Grey Blofeld worst of all. In what world are hillbilly accents 'acerbic?'

 

22.The Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton) ? The Wizard of Oz (1939)

They say: The Wicked Witch is a startling anomaly in what?s supposedly a gentle children?s movie. Her cackle alone is enough to terrify the average toddler and with an army of flying monkeys at her command, the witch tosses beautifully crafted insults like candy to terrified babies before disappearing off in a puff of smoke.

I say: Gentle?? Pretty sure the Wizard of Oz is almost never not terrifying to children. At any rate, this is probably the best performance in the film. Her melting and screaming "What a world" is a really great moment.