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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 |
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| 1915 | The Golem | The Golem | 
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| 1922 | Count Orlok | Nosferatu | 
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| 1931 | Count Dracula | Dracula | 
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| 1931 | Frankenstein | Frankenstein | 
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| 1932 | Murder Legendre | White Zombie | 
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| 1932 | Imhotep | The Mummy | 
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| 1933 | Jack Griffin | The Invisible Man | 
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| 1940 | Kharis | The Mummy's Hand | 
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| 1941 | Lawrence Talbot | The Wolf Man | 
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| 1943 | Paula Dupree | Captive Wild Woman | 
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| 1946 | The Creeper | House of Horrors | 
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| 1953 | Professor Henry Jarrod | House of Wax | 
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| 1954 | Gill-man | Creature from the Black Lagoon | 
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| 1954 | Godzilla | Godzilla | 
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| 1957 | Eros | Plan 9 from Outer Space | 
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| 1957 | Baron Victor Frankenstein | The Curse of Frankenstein | 
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| 1958 | Count Dracula | Dracula | 
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| 1958 | Nancy Archer | Attack of the 50 Foot Woman | 
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| 1958 | It | It! The Terror from Beyond Space | 
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| 1958 | The Blob | The Blob | 
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| 1959 | Giant Gila Monster | The Giant Gila Monster | 
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| 1960 | Norman Bates | Psycho | 
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| 1961 | The Beast | The Beast of Yucca Flats | 
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| 1964 | Coffin Joe | At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul | 
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| 1966 | Vardella | The She Beast | 
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| 1966 | The Master | Manos: The Hands of Fate | 
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| 1967 | Ralph | Spider Baby | 
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| 1968 | Count Waldemar Daninsky | The Mark of the Wolfman | 
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| 1968 | Cemetery Zombie | Night of the Living Dead | 
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| 1970 | Count Yorga | Count Yorga, Vampire | 
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| 1971 | Ben | Willard | 
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| 1971 | Dr. Anton Phibes | The Abominable Dr. Phibes | 
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| 1971 | Jonathan Matthias | The Omega Man | 
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| 1972 | Blacula | Blacula | 
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| 1973 | Lord Summerisle | The Wicker Man | 
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| 1973 | Pazuzu | The Exorcist | 
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| 1974 | Leatherface | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | 
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| 1974 | Billy | Black Christmas | 
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| 1975 | Bruce | Jaws | 
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| 1975 | Ethel Janowski | Criminally Insane | 
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| 1976 | Damien Thorn | The Omen | 
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| 1976 | Carrie White | Carrie | 
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| 1977 | Pluto | The Hills Have Eyes | 
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| 1977 | Matthew Crowley | Rituals | 
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| 1978 | Michael Myers | Halloween | 
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| 1979 | The Tall Man | Phantasm | 
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| 1979 | Xenomorph | Alien | 
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| 1979 | Worm-Eyed Zombie | Zombi 2 | 
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| 1980 | Frank Zito | Maniac | 
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| 1980 | Jack Torrance | The Shining | 
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| 1980 | Pamela Voorhees | Friday the 13th | 
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| 1981 | Darryl Revok | Scanners | 
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| 1981 | The Miner | My Bloody Valentine | 
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| 1981 | Jason Voorhees | Friday the 13th Part 2 | 
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| 1981 | Ghostkeeper | Ghostkeeper | 
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| 1982 | New York Ripper | The New York Ripper | 
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| 1982 | Belial Bradley | Basket Case | 
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| 1983 | Angela Baker | Sleepaway Camp | 
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| 1983 | Radu Molasar | The Keep | 
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| 1984 | Bob Blair | Dreamscape | 
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| 1984 | Billy Chapman | Silent Night, Deadly Night | 
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| 1984 | Freddy Krueger | A Nightmare on Elm Street | 
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| 1985 | Captain Henry Rhodes | Day of the Dead | 
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| 1985 | Jerry Dandrige | Fright Night | 
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| 1985 | Tarman | The Return of the Living Dead | 
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| 1985 | Herbert West | Re-Animator | 
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| 1986 | Torok | Troll | 
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| 1986 | Xenomorph Queen | Aliens | 
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| 1986 | Seth Brundle | The Fly | 
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| 1986 | Link | Link | 
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| 1986 | Vern | Abducted | 
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| 1987 | Jerry Blake | The Stepfather | 
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| 1987 | Ricky Caldwell | Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 | 
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| 1987 | Pinhead | Hellraiser | 
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| 1987 | Tony Washington | Zombie Nightmare | 
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| 1988 | Matt Cordell | Maniac Cop | 
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| 1988 | David Lincoln | Waxwork | 
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| 1988 | Angela Franklin | Night of the Demons | 
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| 1988 | Pumpkinhead | Pumpkinhead | 
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| 1988 | Chucky | Child's Play | 
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| 1988 | The Outsider | Watchers | 
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| 1989 | Blade | Puppet Master | 
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| 1990 | Creedence Leonore Gielgud | Troll 2 | 
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| 1990 | Annie Wilkes | Misery | 
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| 1991 | Hannibal Lecter | The Silence of the Lambs | 
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| 1991 | Radu Vladislas | Subspecies | 
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| 1992 | Candyman | Candyman | 
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| 1993 | Lubdan | Leprechaun | 
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| 1995 | Gregory Tudor | Ice Cream Man | 
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| 1995 | Sil | Species | 
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| 1996 | Uncle Sam | Uncle Sam | 
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| 1996 | Ghostface | Scream | 
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| 1997 | The Djinn | Wishmaster | 
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| 1997 | The Fisherman | I Know What You Did Last Summer | 
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| 1998 | Tomie Kawakami | Tomie | 
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| 1999 | Blair Witch | The Blair Witch Project | 
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| 2000 | Kayako Saeki | Ju-on: The Curse | 
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| 2000 | Pyriel | The Prophecy 3: The Ascent | 
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| 2000 | William Bludworth | Final Destination | 
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| 2000 | Ginger Fitzgerald | Ginger Snaps | 
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| 2000 | Killjoy | Killjoy | 
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| 2001 | The Creeper | Jeepers Creepers | 
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| 2002 | Major Henry West | 28 Days Later | 
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| 2003 | Captain Spaulding | House of 1000 Corpses | 
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| 2003 | Three Finger | Wrong Turn | 
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| 2004 | John Kramer | Saw | 
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| 2005 | Mick Taylor | Wolf Creek | 
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| 2005 | Reeker | Reeker | 
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| 2005 | Cthulhu | The Call of Cthulhu | 
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| 2005 | Gingerdead Man | The Gingerdead Man | 
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| 2006 | Leslie Vernon | Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon | 
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| 2006 | Victor Crowley | Hatchet | 
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| 2006 | Mountain Man | Cold Prey | 
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| 2006 | Eebee | Evil Bong | 
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| 2007 | Sasha Rassimov | Hostel: Part II | 
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| 2007 | Albert Wesker | Resident Evil: Extinction | 
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| 2007 | The Mask | Left for Dead | 
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| 2007 | Tristana Medeiros | Rec | 
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| 2008 | Man in Red | Pulse 2: Afterlife | 
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| 2008 | Turkie | ThanksKilling | 
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| 2009 | Standartenführer Herzog | Dead Snow | 
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| 2009 | Professor Wirth | Blood Creek | 
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| 2010 | Sharktopus | Sharktopus | 
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| 2010 | Chain Man | Chain Letter | 
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| 2011 | General Williams | Exit Humanity | 
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| 2012 | Smiley | Smiley | 
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| 2013 | Lasser Glass | Oculus | 
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| 2013 | Lord Auch | Septic Man | 
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| 2013 | Pale Man | Haunter | 
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| 2014 | The Babadook | The Babadook | 
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| 2014 | It | It Follows | 
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| 2014 | Laura Barns | Unfriended | 
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| 2014 | Deer God | Black Mountain Side | 
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| 2014 | Bear | Backcountry | 
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| 2014 | The Barda | Hellmouth | 
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| 2015 | The Diver | Death Dive | 
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| 2015 | Bunny | Bunny the Killer Thing | 
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| 2016 | The Blind Man | Don't Breathe | 
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| 2016 | Miller Hendrik | The Windmill Massacre | 
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| 2016 | Dr. Richard Powell | The Void | 
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| 2016 | The Midnight Man | The Midnight Man | 
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| 2016 | Art the Clown | Terrifier | 
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| 2017 | The Entity | The Endless | 
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| 2017 | Sydney Swallows | Another WolfCop | 
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| 2017 | Alois Sieg | Death House | 
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| 2017 | Pennywise | It | 
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| 2017 | Reiner | Trench 11 | 
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| 2018 | Cale Erendreich | Bad Samaritan | 
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| 2018 | Slender Man | Slender Man | 
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| 2019 | Brightburn | Brightburn | 
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| 2019 | Lysol | Blood Quantum | 
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| 2021 | The Grabber | The Black Phone | 
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| 2022 | Smile Entity | Smile | 
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| 2022 | Corey Cunningham | Halloween Ends | 
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| 2023 | Winnie-the-Pooh | Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey | 
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| 2023 | Cocaine Bear | Cocaine Bear | 
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| 2023 | Sweet 16 Killer | Totally Killer | 
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| 2023 | The Angel | It's a Wonderful Knife | 
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| 2023 | Ice Mummy | The Hyperborean | 
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| 2024 | Johnny | In a Violent Nature | 
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| 2024 | Longlegs | Longlegs | 
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| 2025 | Heart Eyes Killer | Heart Eyes | 
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| 2025 | Sailor Man | Popeye the Slayer Man | 
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Television[]
| Year of Debut | Villain | First Appearance | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Janos Skorzeny | The Night Stalker | 
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| 1972 | The Gargoyle | Gargoyles | 
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| 1973 | Dr. Malcolm Richards | The Night Strangler | 
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| 1981 | Bubba Ritter | Dark Night of the Scarecrow | 
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| 1990 | Pennywise | It | 
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| 1992 | Lucien LaCroix | Forever Knight | 
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| 1999 | Andre Linoge | Storm of the Century | 
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| 2009 | Charlie Rotter | My Super Psycho Sweet 16 | 
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| 2014 | The Master | The Strain | 
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| 2016 | The Executioner | Slasher | 
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| 2022 | Kaelego | Archive 81 | 
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Literature[]
| Year of Debut | Villain | First Appearance | Image |
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| 1764 | Manfred | The Castle of Otranto | 
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| 1818 | Frankenstein's monster | Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus | |
| 1872 | Mircalla Karnstein | Carmilla | 
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| 1894 | Helen Vaughan | The Great God Pan | 
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| 1897 | Count Dracula | Dracula | 
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| 1897 | The Beetle | The Beetle | 
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| 1903 | Queen Tera | The Jewel of Seven Stars | 
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| 1911 | Lady Arabella March | The Lair of the White Worm | 
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| 1928 | Cthulhu | The Call of Cthulhu | |
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Video Games[]
| Year of Debut | Villain | First Appearance | Image |
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| 1981 | Tyrannosaurus Rex | 3D Monster Maze | 
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| 1989 | Annar Kensan | Project Firestart | 
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| 1992 | Ezechiel Pregzt | Alone in the Dark | 
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| 1995 | The Scissor Man | Clock Tower | 
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| 1996 | Albert Wesker | Resident Evil | 
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| 1996 | Shub-Niggurath | Quake | 
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| 1997 | Tchernobog | Blood | 
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| 1998 | Dr. Gena Weisburg | Deep Fear | 
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| 1999 | Dahlia Gillespie | Silent Hill | 
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| 2000 | The Matriarch | Martian Gothic: Unification | 
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| 2001 | Undying King | Clive Barker's Undying | 
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| 2002 | Beliar | BloodRayne | 
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| 2003 | Lord Malachi | Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi | 
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| 2004 | Dr. Malcolm Betruger | Doom 3 | 
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| 2005 | Dr. Viktor Kamsky | Cold Fear | 
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| 2005 |
Paxton Fettel |
F.E.A.R. | 
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| 2006 | The Mother | Prey | 
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| 2007 | The Doctor | Dementium: The Ward | 
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| 2008 | Dr. Challus Mercer | Dead Space | 
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| 2009 | Edward Bennett | Cursed Mountain | 
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| 2010 | Alexander of Brennenburg | Amnesia: The Dark Descent | 
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| 2012 | Slender Man | Slender: The Eight Pages | 
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| 2013 | The Walrider | Outlast | 
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| 2014 | Freddy Fazbear | Five Nights at Freddy's | 
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| 2014 | Xenomorph | Alien: Isolation | 
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| 2015 | Wendigo | Until Dawn | 
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| 2016 | The Entity | Dead by Daylight | 
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| 2016 | Arthur Vane | The Final Station | 
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| 2017 | Wendigo | Kona | 
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| 2018 | The Red Cannibal | The Forest | 
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| 2018 | Nyarlathotep | Dusk | 
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| 2019 | Johannes van der Berg | The Sinking City | 
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| 2020 | Easter Ripper | Murder House | 
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| 2021 | Lady Dimitrescu | Resident Evil Village | 
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| 2022 | The Parasite | Scorn | 
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| 2023 | Opila Bird | Garten of Banban | 
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| 2024 | Duke of Navezgane | 7 Days to Die | 
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| 2024 | Rick | Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway | 
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| 2025 | Intruder | No, I'm not a Human | 
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Internet Content[]
Creepypasta[]
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| 2006 | The Rake | The Rake | 
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| 2006 | Holder of the End | The Holder of the End | |
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| 2007 | SCP-173 | SCP-173 | 
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| 2008 | Jeff the Killer | Hi, I'm killerjeff. | 
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| 2009 | Slender Man | Let the children... | 
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| 2011 | X | Sonic.exe | 
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| 2013 | Funnymouth | funnymouth | 
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| 2018 | Siren Head | She was on vacation with her husband and they were scoping out graveyards | 
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| 2019 | Permian Basin Superorganism | Mystery Flesh Pit National Park | 
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| 2021 | Xipe Totec | The Valdevia Canon | 
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Memes[]
| Year of Debut | Villain | First Appearance | Image |
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| 2011 | Horrifying House-guest | No.337413068 | 
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| 2018 | Momo | 
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| 2019 | The Ayuwoki | 
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Web Video[]
| Year of Debut | Villain | First Appearance | Image |
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| 2006 | The Codemaster | thehumanpet1 | 
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| 2008 | The Ginosaji | The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon | 
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| 2009 | Killer | No Through Road | 
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| 2012 | Moarte | Longbox of the Damned | 
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| 2014 | Shia LaBeouf | Shia LaBeouf | 
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| 2016 | Antisepticeye | S̺͍͉͔͉̞̪Ḁ̸̰̮͝Y̶̪ ̳͇̭͍̥̭͉ͅG̕҉̡̦̲O̤̫͖͎̗͜͞ͅÒ̴̬̠̺̪̥͉̳͉̥͝D̨̺̦̯͙͙͔̯͚͠B̸̬̻̝͉͍̻̀͝Y҉̫̝̖̹̝̠͠E̲̩͟͝ͅ | 
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| 2017 | Darkiplier | A Date with Markiplier | 
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| 2017 | Look-See | The Look-See | 
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| 2018 | The Mechanic | Shadow | 
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| 2020 | The Iris | Our Solar System | 
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| 2021 | Intruder | The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1 | 
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| 2022 | Simon Vanguard | Vita Carnis | 
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| 2022 | Richard Nixon | The Nixonverse | 
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References[]