Best Flesh & Blood Killers and Villains

[AntonioDelLago]

Who are your favorite "flesh and blood" killers in the horror and psychothriller genres? The likes of Michael, Jason, Chucky, Pinhead, Candyman, Freddy are excluded. So is any other evil entity that has been resurrected during countless incarnations in their respective film series' many sequels. ~May contain spoilers~

MY FAVORITE FLESH & BLOOD KILLERS and VILLAINS
1. Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and HANNIBAL)
2. Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins in the PSYCHO series)
3. Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates in MISERY)
4. Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price in THEATRE OF BLOOD)
5. Pamela Voohrees (Betsy Palmer in FRIDAY THE 13TH)
6. Alex Forrest (Glenn Close in FATAL ATTRACTION)
7. Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone in BASIC INSTINCT)
8. Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS)
9. The Tooth Fairy (Tom Noonan in MANHUNTER)
10. Rhoda Penmark (Patty McCormack in THE BAD SEED)
11. Ann Thomerson (Tracey Bregman in HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME)
12. Alex Hammond (Michael Tough in PROM NIGHT)
13. Dr. Robert Elliot (Michael Caine in DRESSED TO KILL)
14. Mrs. Tredoni (Mildred Clinton in ALICE, SWEET ALICE)
15. Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich in SCREAM)

[CAPTAIN BLAKE]

THE STEPFATHER. Sure, he came back for more, but the sequels tried to rationalise it in a non-supernatural way. Regardless, he was flesh and blood in the great original. The road warrior in DUEL, who let his truck speak for him. Bruce, the shark in JAWS. The grunting brothers in JUST BEFORE DAWN. Alan Arkin in WAIT UNTIL DARK. Norman Bates, of course, is the king in this realm.

[Green]

Rutger Hauer's performance as the hitcher should be up on the list. He is just plain crazy, fucking with people's minds before disposing of them in the desolate roads of the southern US. Not horror but Early Grace (Brad Pitt) in Kaliforia was an excellent portrayal of a serial killer who was just plain crazy also. Good call on Terry O'Quinn in The Stepfather