Many actors have tried their hand at playing a spooky, scary, or hateful character, but sometimes their performance is so good it can have a lasting effect.
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Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter – Thesilenceofthelambs
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Ted Levine as Buffalo Bill – Thesilenceofthelambs
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Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance – the brilliant
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Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise – HE
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Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates – psychology
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Robert Helpmann as Child Catcher – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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Paul Dano as the Riddler – The Batman
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Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort – Harry Potter
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Imelda Staunton as Professor Umbridge – Harry Potter
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Antony Starr as Homelander – The boys
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Toni Collette as Annie Graham – Hereditary
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Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon – game of thrones
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Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Bolton – game of thrones
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Tim Curry as Daniel Hannigan – Anne
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Gene Wilder as Will Wonka – Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory
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Fank Silva as Bob – twin peaks
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Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Wilson – We
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David Thewlis as John Dee – The sand man
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Angelica Huston as Grand Witch – The witches
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Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin – Spiderman: No Coming Home
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Angelina Jolie in Maleficent – Maleficent
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