List of horror villains/by kills

Lists pertaining to horror villains, ranking them by kill count. Under construction.

Film & Television

Year of Debut	Villain	First Appearance	Screen Rant (2020)	WatchMojo (2022)	Screen Rant (2023)	Collider (2023)	Aggr.	Time in office (rank)
1915	The Golem	The Golem	—	—	—	—	—	—
1922	Count Orlok	Nosferatu	—	—	—	—	—	—
1931	Count Dracula	Dracula	—	—	—	—	—	—
1931	Frankenstein	Frankenstein	—	—	—	—	—	—
1932	Imhotep	The Mummy	—	—	—	—	—	—
1933	Jack Griffin	The Invisible Man	123	104	—	122	116
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	—	—	—	—	—	—
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	20 (composite)	—	—	—	20
1964	Coffin Joe	At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul	—	—	—	—	—	—
1968	Cemetery Zombie	Night of the Living Dead	—	—	—	—	—	—
1970	Count Yorga	Count Yorga, Vampire	—	—	—	—	—	—
1971	Dr. Anton Phibes	The Abominable Dr. Phibes	—	—	—	—	—	—
1972	Blacula	Blacula	—	—	—	—	—	—
1973	Pazuzu	The Exorcist	—	—	—	—	—	—
1974	Leatherface (composite)	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre	31 (composite)	30+ (composite)	31 (composite)	31 (composite)	31
1974	Billy	Black Christmas	—	—	—	—	—	—
1975	Bruce	Jaws	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977	Pluto	The Hills Have Eyes	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977	Matthew Crowley	Rituals	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978	Michael Myers (composite)	Halloween	133 (composite)	160 (composite)	161 (composite)	160+	153
1979	The Tall Man	Phantasm	—	—	—	—	—	—
1979	Xenomorph	Alien	—	—	—	—	—	—
1980	Jack Torrance	The Shining	—	—	—	—	—	—
1980	Jason Voorhees	Friday the 13th	151 (composite)	150 - 160 (composite)	157 (composite)	163+	155
1981	Bubba Ritter	Dark Night of the Scarecrow	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982	Belial Bradley	Basket Case	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983	Angela Baker	Sleepaway Camp	55 (composite)	50+ (composite)	—	55 (composite)	53
1984	Billy Chapman	Silent Night, Deadly Night	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	Freddy Krueger	A Nightmare on Elm Street	39 (composite)	39+ (composite)	42- 48 (composite)	63 (composite)	45
1985	Tarman	The Return of the Living Dead	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	Torok	Troll	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	Seth Brundle	The Fly	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	Link	Link	—	—	—	—	—	—
1987	Jerry Blake	The Stepfather	—	—	—	—	—	—
1987	Pinhead	Hellraiser	35	246	—	321+	200
1987	Tony Washington	Zombie Nightmare	—	—	—	—	—	—
1988	Matt Cordell	Maniac Cop	—	—	—	42	42
1988	Pumpkinhead	Pumpkinhead	—	—	—	—	—	—
1988	Chucky	Child's Play	38	100+ (composite)	—	67 (composite)	68
1990	Pennywise	It	—	—	—	—	—	—
1990	Annie Wilkes	Misery	—	—	—	—	—	—
1991	Hannibal Lecter	The Silence of the Lambs	98 (composite)	—	—	—	98
1992	Candyman	Candyman	22+	28	—	—	25
1993	Lubdan	Leprechaun	50+ (composite)	50+ (composite)	—	50+ (composite)	50
1995	Sil	Species	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	Ghostface	Scream	35+ (composite)	44 (composite)	46 (composite)	—	42
1997	The Fisherman	I Know What You Did Last Summer	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	Blair Witch	The Blair Witch Project	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	Kayako Saeki	Ju-on: The Curse	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	William Bludworth	Final Destination	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	Killjoy	Killjoy	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	The Creeper	Jeepers Creepers	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Captain Spaulding	House of 1000 Corpses	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Three Finger	Wrong Turn	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	John Kramer	Saw	60	60	—	66	62
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	59	54	—	64+	59
2006	Mountain Man	Cold Prey	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	Eebee	Evil Bong	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Standartenführer Herzog	Dead Snow	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	Lasser Glass	Oculus	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	The Babadook	The Babadook	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	It	It Follows	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	The Blind Man	Don't Breathe	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	Art the Clown	Terrifier	—	—	26	—	26
2017	Pennywise	It	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	Slender Man	Slender Man	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	Brightburn	Brightburn	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	Smile Entity	Smile	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	Sweet 16 Killer	Totally Killer	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	The Angel	It's a Wonderful Knife	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	Johnny	In a Violent Nature	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	Longlegs	Longlegs	—	—	—	—	—	—
		Conservative, Unionist		7	8	9	08	8
		Conservative		14	16	17	17	17
		Liberal		1	3	1	01	1
		Conservative		12	12	14	14	12
		Liberal		4	7	6	06	9
		Progressive Conservative		13	10	12	12	11
		Liberal		6	4	5	05	13
		Liberal		5	5	4	04	3
		Progressive Conservative		15	17	18	18	20
		Liberal		18	20	22	21	22
		Progressive Conservative		8	9	8	09	7
		Progressive Conservative		20	22	23	23	21
		Liberal	9		6	7	07	5
		Liberal		—	15	15	16	15
		Conservative		—	11	11	11	6
		Liberal		—	—	10	10	10

Literature

Year of Debut	Villain	Political party	WatchMojo (2022)	Screen Rant (2023)	Collider (2023)	Aggr.	Time in office (rank)
1818	Template:Sort	Conservative	2	2	3	03	2
1933	Template:Sort	Liberal	11	13	13	13	14
3	Template:Sort	Conservative	17	19	20	20	18
4	Template:Sort	Conservative	10	14	16	15	16
5	Template:Sort	Conservative	19	21	21	22	19
6	Template:Sort	Conservative	16	18	19	19	23
7	Template:Sort	Liberal	3	1	2	02	4
8	Template:Sort	Conservative, Unionist	7	8	9	08	8
9	Template:Sort	Conservative	14	16	17	17	17
10	Template:Sort	Liberal	1	3	1	01	1
11	Template:Sort	Conservative	12	12	14	14	12
12	Template:Sort	Liberal	4	7	6	06	9
13	Template:Sort	Progressive Conservative	13	10	12	12	11
14	Template:Sort	Liberal	6	4	5	05	13
15	Template:Sort	Liberal	5	5	4	04	3
16	Template:Sort	Progressive Conservative	15	17	18	18	20
17	Template:Sort	Liberal	18	20	22	21	22
18	Template:Sort	Progressive Conservative	8	9	8	09	7
19	Template:Sort	Progressive Conservative	20	22	23	23	21
20	Template:Sort	Liberal	9	6	7	07	5
21	Template:Sort	Liberal	—	15	15	16	15
22	Template:Sort	Conservative	—	11	11	11	6
23	Template:Sort	Liberal	—	—	10	10	10