Film Guru Lad's Top Movie Villains: Part 2

You just finished looking at Part 1 of my hand-picked dastardly movie villains, haven't you? The list continues with another of my favourite menacing foes I've selected. You have to recognise them with your hate. It's down for two more parts before the final Top 3 of these despised evil characters. Oh, and don't mind the mistake in Ernest Goes To Camp. I was trying to fix it when I accidentally set it to automatic, but it did not stay on its original date.

If you didn't check out the first part of my top evildoers or missed it, please (click here) for your viewing.

(UPDATE: 9/12/19 - I removed Bellatrix Lestrange from this list because she is more of a henchwoman than an actual villain.)

#11. Syndrome (The Incredibles)

The villain Syndrome may

not be the strongest or have any superpowers to make him a supervillain, but he makes up for his drawbacks. He was once a

crazed fanboy of the world's greatest hero, Mr. Incredible and desperately wanted to be his sidekick. Sadly, his idol told him that he only works alone. It left poor Syndrome feeling rejected and led him into life against the supers. Being a technological genius made it easy for Syndrome to build his robotic creations and lure the former supers into danger. Syndrome himself wants to become one. He is the only villain from a Pixar flick I sincerely enjoyed. And none of those villains come close to Syndrome.

#10. The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz)

The first (and only) female villain to appear on my list, The Wicked Witch of the West, deserves her place with the male villains. What makes her evil and terrifying is that she's feared, so the title fits her description, and she wants unlimited power to use for evil. She wants the red ruby slippers that Dorothy Gale from Kansas is wearing. At one point, she even threatens Dorothy that she will "soon get her and her little dog too." She is the only female antagonist I chose in this list.

#9. Hans Gruber (Die Hard)

In real life, criminal masterminds are dangerous compared to terrorists. So you don't want to encounter them, especially if you're a hostage or a surprise witness. Hans Gruber is the first fictional criminal mastermind and exemplifies pure villainy in the first Die Hard film. Several acts he does are worthy of his character, including attempting to murder the people he held hostage. I now consider Hans to be the film's only character I favoured. It gave Alan Rickman a big break in his career.

#8. Lord Voldemort (Harry 
Potter)

Okay, onto one of my

favourite arch-foes. A

dark wizard, the known

example is Lord Voldemort

of the Harry Potter series.

Facially part reptilian, this

could be from Voldemort's

dark magic. He is a half-

blood turning against his

Muggle heritage and

firmly seeks to become

the greatest sorcerer rather than Dumbledore. His former teacher is now his worst enemy. Voldemort does many evil deeds, and the one that takes the cake is his obsession with trying to kill Harry Potter since the young wizard was an infant. Everyone except for Harry and Dumbledore, including his Death Eaters, is too scared to face this dark wizard and is the ultimate villain that no one would dare to speak his name.

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