From 'The Creature' to 'Jigsaw', horror villains have been around since 1895, in the first horror movie "Le Manoir de Diable" (Or "House of the Devil). But between the year 1895 and 2011, who have been the top ten horror villains?
10. Norman Bates
Psycho- Alfred Hitchcock.
Norman Bates is a psychotic character, and all due to the fact that he was violently abused as a child by his mother, 'Norma'. I'm not going to include too many spoilers, but could you really get much creepier than a grown man killing a woman whilst wearing his mothers clothes?
09. Jaws
Jaws - Steven Spielburg
"I think we're gonna need a bigger boat". I know what you're thinking. Jaws? A horror film? But through the eyes of the viewer at the time of it's release, I can guarantee that it must be pretty frightening. Jaws managed to make people scared of the ocean for quite some time, I'd say that was a pretty successful villain!
08. Dr. Carl Hill
Re-Animator - Stuart Gordon
For those who have seen 'Re-animator' will know of the two main villains. Out of the two, I find Dr. Carl Hill far more superior, but what could be more sci-fi in a horror than a man making an army of lobotomised, ressurected corpses?
07. Pennywise the clown
Stephen King's IT
Although the movie-villain isn't as terrifying as he is in the novel, he still turns out to be pretty horrific. If you want to traumatise your children, then Pennywise is the villain for you!
06. Hannibal Lector
Silence of the lambs - Jonathon Demme
Dr. Hannibal Lector, a brilliant psychiatrist- and a cannibalist serial killer. - Starring Anthony Hopkins
05. Jigsaw
Saw - James Wan
Cancer patient 'John' has a dying wish- to punish those who have sinned or done wrong. Using various traps and tricks, John's villain-ego 'Jigsaw' tests those wrong-doers to see if they think their life is worth torture.
04. Dracula
Everyone knows Count Dracula, the transylvanian vampire that started it all, without him there would be no 'Lost boys', and all vampire movies! (Although it's a good thing in the case of 'Twilight')
03. Jason Vorhees
Friday the 13th
Jason Vorhees is a pure psychological threat, scaring many audiences for many years. Watch out for the hockey mask and the machette, Jason's in town!
02. Michael Myers
Halloween - John
Inspired by mental patients, Mike Myers seems to be terrifying simply because of his link to reality. Psychotic since 6 years old, Mike Myers is the second best horror villain, EVER.
01. Freddie Krueger
Nightmare on Elm Street - Wes Craven
Give anyone the question, "How would you survive a typical horror movie?" And most people would give you similar answers, that sound completely sane and might actually be the key to survival. But how do you kill the villain, when the villain is in your nightmares? Freddie does not hesitate to scare the living hell out of anyone who watches him, including myself. He is definitely the scariest horror villain of all time.
Norman Bates is a psychotic character, and all due to the fact that he was violently abused as a child by his mother, 'Norma'. I'm not going to include too many spoilers, but could you really get much creepier than a grown man killing a woman whilst wearing his mothers clothes? 
"I think we're gonna need a bigger boat". I know what you're thinking. Jaws? A horror film? But through the eyes of the viewer at the time of it's release, I can guarantee that it must be pretty frightening. Jaws managed to make people scared of the ocean for quite some time, I'd say that was a pretty successful villain!
Inspired by mental patients, Mike Myers seems to be terrifying simply because of his link to reality. Psychotic since 6 years old, Mike Myers is the second best horror villain, EVER. 
Finally someone puts Freddy at the top. I've seen so many rankings that Freddy didn't even make it to top 10. I still don't think Michael is very scary though. He is a guy with a knife. He wouldn't last an hour with the home alone kid. But I guess he deserves ranking for the same reason as Jaws. He scared people when he came out.
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