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Bobby-G
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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 Posted - 04/17/2007 : 04:11:42 AM
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Villainesses that come to mind:
Barbara Stanwyck in DOUBLE INDEMNITY
Jane Greer in OUT OF THE PAST
Mary Astor in the MALTESE FALCON
Hedy Lamarr in SAMSON & DELILAH
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Citizen Carrier
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
322 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2007 : 7:55:07 PM
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Jackie Gleason as Sheriff Buford T. Justice.
"Were you ever in the Klan, daddy?"
"No, but your momma was. She looked like an iceberg with feet." |
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Greenhornet
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 04/17/2007 : 8:27:57 PM
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How about the Queen from Alien?
Or the Witch in Blair Witch Project?
Or the Floating Dead Girl in The Ring
Should we include MONSTERS? I don't think so.
Vultura from Perils Of Nyoka. (One day I will write a review that MIGHT proove that NYOKA was the real villainess in this serial!)
Charels Middleton as Ming, the mercyless.
"The Queen is testing poisons." CLEOPATRA, 1935 |
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Citizen Carrier
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
322 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2007 : 8:59:01 PM
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As long as the monsters leave an impression, I think they're acceptable.
Like the girl from The Ring. I'm an Iraq War veteran. When she came out of the TV, I would've either thrown a couch at her and ran for my life or fainted dead away.
I was just thinking "Pinhead" from the Hellraiser movies. He's pretty cool...even if the movies have gotten progressively worse.
Ditto for Angus Scrimm, the old man from the Phantasm movies. He'd scare the crap out of me. |
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Bobby-G
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
904 Posts |
Posted - 04/18/2007 : 03:30:23 AM
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Oh -- how about Peter Lorre in 'M'?
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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1294 Posts |
Posted - 04/18/2007 : 06:49:05 AM
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<slapping myself on the forehead for never thinking about M> D'oh!
Mr. Harry Roat, from Scarsdale (Alan Arkin) in Wait Until Dark
Candyman (Tony Todd) in Candyman
Marcellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) in Pulp Fiction
I think he's been mentioned already, but it bears repeatin': Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe). "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" |
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New Hinda
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Israel
469 Posts |
Posted - 04/18/2007 : 09:22:16 AM
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Originally posted by BradH812
Mr. Harry Roat, from Scarsdale (Alan Arkin) in Wait Until Dark
GREAT CHOICE!!!!He gave me nightmares. Lotte Lenya as Rosa Klebb in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. Douglass Dumbrille as Mr. Cedar in MISTER DEEDS GOES TO TOWN. |
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John Nowak
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1017 Posts |
Posted - 04/18/2007 : 7:42:15 PM
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Peter Lorre in Mad Love. It's faint praise, but Lorre was an utterly compelling neurotic in this film. It's like he combines every nightmare you have when dealing with someone who is a bit ... off.
Vincent Price in Masque of the Red Death. One of the subplots of this film involved his failed attempt to convert a religious Christian village girl to satanism. One of the bits that really struck me was a moment when Price's character reminds her of the tortures of the Inquisition; her reply is "I cannot answer. I have no learning." How often do you have a villain who engages a hero intellectually? Considering it was a cheapie, this film has aged more gracefully than most.
Orson Welles, The Third Man. I've got the Harry Lime radio show as well; it's wonderful, but the character is very much toned down from the original. And it's a good thing too -- a weekly series honest to the character would be horrific.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terminator. Didn't like the second film much, didn't see the third. His enormous success has, I think, sparked a lot of reaction against his work, but this film shows how terrifyingly effective he was in the right role. Honestly, I think the only false moment in his performance here is his reflexive blink while firing a gun.
Boris Karloff Bedlam. This is probably one of his best roles; his comeuppance at the end would normally be terrifying, but here he deserves it so manifestly that it is an utter delight.
Simone Simon Cat People. Yes, I got the Val Lewton Collection recently; why do you ask? Anyway, this character and portrayal is practically a byword for not showing what's going on. Another byword from this film is The Bus; a bit of wonderful misdirection I won't spoil.
Angus Scrimm, Phantasm. Yes, the sequels were awful, but the first film deserves some credit for his impressive performance, and for some truly disturbing images.
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We've always been united in stupidity. That's why there is no hope. But, then again, when has that ever stopped us?
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Greenhornet
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1791 Posts |
Posted - 04/19/2007 : 3:50:49 PM
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Three men walk into a resturant, one has a shotgun, another has a rifle. The third is unshaven and carries a revolver in his vest.
(Man with shotgun) "Now everybody just stay calm. This is Duke Mantee the killer, and he's hungry."
"The Queen is testing poisons." CLEOPATRA, 1935 |
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Capt. Nemo
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
630 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2007 : 12:07:20 AM
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Sergeant Major Dickerson(the late J.T. Walsh) from Good Morning, Vietnam!
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"Ward, the Beaver blew up the 7-11 again."
"I'll have a talk with him Dear" |
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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1294 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2007 : 10:26:01 AM
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Sergeant Major Dickerson(the late J.T. Walsh) from Good Morning, Vietnam!
Good one, Nemo!
Hasn't Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) in Blade Runner been mentioned? Well, he has now.
Three Ians in a row....
Ash (Ian Holm) in Alien
Mr. Book (Ian Richardson) in Dark City
Frank Miller (Ian MacDonald) in High Noon
Would Neil MacCauley (Robert De Niro) in Heat count as a villain? I think he does (he and Vincent spell out their differences in the coffee shop: Vincent will kill to protect others, while Neil will kill to protect himself), and he's a damn good one.
Joshua (Tim Roth) in Little Odessa
This may be violating the rule of only having a villain who gets a good amount of screen time, but I'll throw in Mr. Neville (Kenneth Branagh) from Rabbit-Proof Fence. |
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Ambrose Bierce
Diocesan Ecclesiarch of the Sacred Order of Jabootu
USA
53 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2007 : 10:48:45 PM
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Cardinal Richelieu (Charlton Heston), Rochefort (Christopher Lee), and Lady de Winter (Faye Dunaway) in The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers.
Frank (Henry Fonda) in Once Upon a Time in the West.
Mad Dog (Philip Kwok) in Hard-Boiled.
The Beast (Siu-Lung Leung) in Kung Fu Hustle.
Arthur Leigh Allen (John Carroll Lynch) in Zodiac, assuming of course that he really was the Zodiac Killer.
Nature makes mistakes. It's proven every day. |
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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1294 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2007 : 11:45:12 PM
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Dumb-ass movie, but a great villain:
Skeletor (Frank Langella) from Masters of the Universe
Come to think of it, Meg Foster was no slouch as Evil-Lyn. |
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Capt. Nemo
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
630 Posts |
Posted - 04/22/2007 : 05:46:04 AM
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Angel Eyes(Lee Van Cleef) in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
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"Ward, the Beaver blew up the 7-11 again."
"I'll have a talk with him Dear" |
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Neville
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Spain
1590 Posts |
Posted - 04/22/2007 : 05:52:48 AM
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| Angel Eyes! Of course, we should have mentioned him by now. He's not completely cold-blooded (there's a scene where he visits a campaign hospital and you can see that what he sees is affecting him), but his lack of concern for anybody but himself and his intelligence make him extremely dangerous. |
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