The lasting success of the horror genre has been built on a few core principles. The genre’s use of allegory and thematic storytelling has always been key, as has tapping into the wider social ...

According to a new rumor, Tom Holland will be facing off against a female villain in Spider-Man 4, but the recently cast Sadie Sink will not be playing the role ...

Just as quickly as the creepy clown movies' horrifying harlequin became a hall-of-fame slasher villain, she became one of the top "Final Girls" of her generation, ensuring her return in Terrifier 3.

Jennifer Check is one of the funniest and best female horror movie villains. In J ennifer’s Body, released in 2009, Jennifer turns into a murderous demon after a failed ritual that should have ...

The first instance of a female killer in a horror movie is hard to pinpoint, although early examples can be seen in movies like Cat People, where Irena turns into a murderous panther, The Bad Seed, in ...

Then again, she is the one who beheads the notorious killer's mother (and one of the greatest female horror movie villains), Pamela Voorhees (Betsy Palmer), essentially setting off Jason's ...

They are painted as violent villains. A modern perspective would see how they are victims of betrayal and gaslighting, and how these movies reek of men's fear of women getting a little bit too angry.

Although British actor Hugh Grant has played villains before in the likes of Paddington 2 and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, his menacing role in A24's new horror movie Heretic feels ...

From Freddy and Jason to Aliens and Predators, these are the most iconic horror-movie villains of all time.