Hello! There's something rather terrifying about a slightly creepy looking, incredibly evil supervillain in the Marvel and DC comics/movies/tv shows. With this being my final Halloween-themed post of the month, I thought I'd make it just a tiny bit thrilling by listing 10 very creepy villains.
10. Sultur
So, Sultur is a demon in Marvel comics. Yup. An actual demon. Sultur is based on the Norse fire giant Sultr, and is a pretty consistent enemy of Thor's. It's claimed that Sultur sits at the end of the world, waiting for the end of time to come so he can slay everyone and everything. How rude. The very sight of Sultur is absolutely intimidating, imagine facing that in real life. Oh my gosh.
9. Lady Styx (DC)
Lady Styx makes me oh so very uncomfortable, her demeanour and very, very alien-like figure with all her extra limbs and long pointy head gives me pure chills. She's worshipped as a god in DC Comics, and sends her legions to annihilate planets and turn the populations into her very own undead slaves. Quite cruel in my honest opinion.
8. Morbius, the Living Vampire
Oh hell no nasty vampire villain in Marvel. The sheer sight of him, see above, makes me feel uneasy. In recent storylines, he's become a fairly questionable hero. Morbius started out as a Spider-Man villain, went on to become a tragic protagonist with his very own series as a flying, super-strengthened vampire with a nobel prize. Yes, a nobel prize.
7. Mary, Queen of Blood
Mary Seward is the leader of the Blood Red Moon, a terrorist vampire (note a trend here) organization in DC continuity, and served as handmaid to Queen Elizabeth (Elizabeth Tudor, yes the legit one). Now she's waging a war against humans, see above for terrifying quote; "they are nothing but food" oh hell no.
6. Black Mask
I remember playing Arkham City and feeling very uncomfortable whenever Black Mask popped up because, well, his mask is just a tad bit creepy. To tell the truth, I actually think I've had a nightmare about this guy. Black Mask is the slightly less well known crime lord of Gotham city, having known Bruce Wayne (Batman) since they were both children, yet is possibly one of the creepier Batman villains (the other two are coming up in a bit, don't fret).
5. Bloody Mary
What I admire about DC especially is their ability to create absolutely terrifying villains, and this is yet another one. Whilst I was editing this photo, I got distracted and when I looked back at the screen, I actually screamed. But then, I guess some of my friends will know how easily scared I am. Mary. Worth. Is. Terrifying.
4. Duela Dent
Oh yes, another DC villain. I remember coming across Duela Dent when she went about as 'The Joker's Daughter', then pretty much all the other Batman villains before it was confirmed she was indeed Harvey Dent's daughter. The sheer sight of her gives me chills, however Duela went on to become an absolutely terrifying hero in Teen Titans before joining the Suicide Squad much to Harley Quinn's disdain. Then she went cray cray again and started mixing with more villains. She became obsessed with The Joker, and after his apparent death, Duela simply started to murder people to get his attention. Damn.
3. Carnage
Cletus Kasady, Marvel's psychopath and homicidal sadist. He killed his grandmother, tried to kill his mother by throwing a television into her bathtub, and tortured and killed his mother's dog. Then his mother tried to kill him, only to be killed herself by Kasady's father. Then Cletus was sent to an orphanage and killed a few people and burnt the place down. Then, he became a serial killer and was sent to prison, only to become Carnage, the most terrifying Marvel villain. Imagine coming across this in real life, I'd cry and need a change of clothes within 3 seconds.
2. Scarecrow
I'm absolutely terrified of Scarecrow, oh my goodness. I remember playing Arkham Asylum, and wandering through the morgue when suddenly Scarecrow jumps out. I had to have an hour break and a hot drink. Then, as I returned to the game, I was thrilled (not) to find out I'd have to play through a Scarecrow level. Following this, I found out the entire SERIES WOULD BE BASED ON SCARECROW (and Joker, kind of) and I ABSOLUTELY LOST IT. Scarecrow plays on your biggest fears, using chemicals to induce a state of hallucination where your biggest fears play out. Imagine mine, a bunch of dogs and clowns surrounding me. What would be yours? Actually, it's a bit room 101, isn't it?
1. The Joker
The Joker, despite my hatred for clowns, is actually one of my favourite, not only in comics, characters of all time. Heath Ledger, Jack Nicholson, and the rest, have all played fantastic Jokers, and Jared Leto seems like he could most definitely be playing a very iconic incarnation of The Joker. The Joker terrifies me, and so many others, perhaps being slightly responsible for some children hating clowns (my fear of clowns actually only just kicked in in recent years, which is strange). I think the reason why The Joker ranked at the top spot is because his character shows the funny side of being evil, and that's truly a terrifying thought. To think that somebody could be so broken, that killing people and causing mayhem and mass destruction is just a joke to them. If that's not scary, I don't know what is.
That's all for now.
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