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3. Silence of the Lambs

A proper horror villain doesn’t need some supernatural angle in order to be well and truly terrifying. If you need proof of that, watch Anthony Hopkin’s frightening turn as Hannibal the Cannibal in Jonathan Demme’s 1991 film, The Silence of the Lambs. Though he was just onscreen for a 16 minutes, Hopkins cemented Lecter as film history’s most terrifying bad guy (and took home the Oscar for Best Lead Actor). And if that psychological torment isn’t enough for you steely-nerved horror fans, just spend a few minutes in Buffalo Bill’s basement, because the biggest secret of Silence of the Lambs is that it’s really freaking scary without its posh arch villain.

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