The
Greatest Psychotic Killer Movies
25.
The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
The
psycho: Russ Thorn, a man who escaped from a mental asylum who has the
propensity to kill people with power tools.
24.
Friday the 13th Part II (1981)
The
psycho: Burlap sacked face Jason Voorhees in the film that establishes his
badassery.
23.
American Psycho (2000)
The
psycho: Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), a self-obsessed yuppie who tortures
and butchers women in his spare time.
22.
Play Misty for Me (1971)
The
psycho: DJ stalker Jessica Walter.
21.
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
The
psycho: Prince Prospero (Vincent Price), who publicly tortures and executes
numerous individuals.
20.
Basic Instinct (1992)
The
psycho: Catherine Trammell (Sharon Stone), a sexy, enigmatic novelist who uses
both sex and ice picks as weapons. Maybe.
19.
Theatre of Blood (1973)
The
psycho: A supposedly dead Shakespearean actor, Edward Kendal Sheridan Lionheart
(Vincent Price), who kills his critics with ways inspired by the Bard himself.
18.
Shutter Island (2010)
The
psycho: A number of them. It takes place at a mental hospital for the
criminally insane.
17.
Batman (1989)
The
psycho: The Joker (Jack Nicholson)
16.
Scream (1996)
The
psycho: Ghostface, a teenage murderer who targets Sidney (Neve Campbell).
15.
The Invisible Man (1933)
The
psycho: The Invisible Man (Claude Rains), a once-idealistic scientist now
driven mad by his discovery.
14.
Audition (1999)
I
am never talking about this movie to anyone. See it if you want to know why.
13.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
The
psycho: Kirk’s arch-rival, Khan (Ricardo Montalban).
12.
Disturbia (2007)
The
psycho: The next-door neighbor, women seducer/murderer Mr. Turner (David
Morse).
11.
The Dark Knight (2008)
The
psycho: The Joker (Heath Ledger)
10.
In the Line of Fire (1993)
The
psycho: A relatively unidentified character (John Malkovich) intent on
assassinating the president and murdering anyone in his way.
9.
Misery (1990)
The
psycho: Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), a Paul Sheldon fanatic who just happens to
encounter writer Paul Sheldon in a helpless condition.
8.
Halloween (1978)
The
psycho: Michael Myers, who was locked up in a mental institution since he
murdered his sister at a young age.
7.
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The
psycho: Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell), a young, ultra-hip fan of the ultraviolence,
who eventually gets convicted of murder.
6.
Road to Perdition (2002)
The
psycho: Harlen Maguire (Jude Law) is a crime photographer who kills people that
are almost dead for some reason and wants to chase down Tom Hanks. I don’t
really understand it. I love the movie, but he’s my least favorite part of it.
5.
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The
psycho: Well there are two. First, there is Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins),
a psychiatrist or psychologist or something who murdered and ate people. And
second, there is Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine), a man who kidnaps and kills women
to get himself better looking skin.
4.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
The
psycho: Notorious child murderer turned dream-stalker Freddy Krueger (Robert
Englund).
3.
Dirty Harry (1971)
The
psycho: The most underrated villain in film history: Scorpio.
2.
Strangers on a Train (1951)
The
psycho: Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), an implied homosexual, unemployed genius
who has a wonderfully creative plan for a perfect murder.
1.
Psycho (1960)
The
psycho: Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a disturbed but seemingly good-natured
and sympathetic motel owner.
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