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The Top 10 Scariest Comic Book Movie Characters

Some of the creepiest, darkest, most deranged, disturbed, dangerous and downright unsettling comic book characters ever to grace our screens...
Who doesn't love Halloween? Classic horror movies on tv, kids trick or treating at the door. We get to go out dressed in cool costumes and get rat arsed, and the ladies have an excuse to dress as complete sluts! Ah yes, magical:)

So in honor of this spooktacular holiday, I have compiled a list of the scariest CBM characters we have seen on screen thus far....

My first pick is Kroenen from Hellboy.



Is there anything scarier than an unkillable Nazi?? An unkillable Nazi with big [frick]ing swords shooting out of his arms thats what. Kroenen was the clockwork hearted right hand man to the resurrected Rasputin in the first Hellboy movie. After dispatching the big red guy's "Father" Professor Bruttenholm(John Hurt) he met his end when Hellboy threw him onto a set of spikes and crushed him with a giant cog. He laughed as he died like the true creepy bastard he was!

Next up is Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) from A History Of Violence.



Stall's transformation from average Joe family man, to cold blooded killer is truly an unsettling experience. As he reverts back to his real identity, Joey Cusack and begins to dispatch his former colleagues in various nasty ways, Mortensen's typically excellent performance really sucks you in. Just watch those eyes!


The Joker(Heath Ledger) from The Dark Knight.



What else is there to say about this guy? An amazing performance from Ledger brings life to one of the most complexly psychotic characters in comic history. Ledger's Joker toned down the camp and pushed the terrifyingly chaotic side of the clown prince of crime to the foreground.


Lucifer(Peter Stormare) from Constantine.



This dude is one creepy SOB! He only appears at the end of the movie but from those first words.."Hello John..John...hello" he has you squirming in your seat. Stormare goes very close to over the top but just manages to keep things the right side of camp. After seeing him you see why Constantine reeeeeally does not want to go to Hell!


Eric Draven(Brandon Lee) from The Crow.



Ok, so he's technically a good guy, since all the scumbags he dispatches more than have it coming. But he does it with such serial killer like enjoyment, that I had to put him in the list. Plus, that make up just looks damn scary on Lee.


Victor Creed(Liev Schreiber) from X Men Origins: Wolverine .



Yeah yeah, the movie was shit and everyone involved should burn in hell right? Wrong. The film may have been disappointing, but there is no denying the brilliance of Schreiber's Sabertooth. He nails the viciousness and the joy he takes in the slaughter. That scene when Creed comes knocking on poor old Bradley's door is the stuff of nightmares. "Your creepy black coat don't scare me" says John Wraith right before Creed tears his spine out. Your a braver man than me dude.


Rorschach(Jackie Earle Haley) from Watchmen.



Another guy who is technically a "Hero". But tell me you would want to run in too him in a dark alley?..whether you had committed a crime or not! Its disturbing enough watching Rorschach repeatedly hack a dude in the head with a meat cleaver..but its when the mask comes off and we see Haley's brilliant and chilling turn in the prison that we realize that the cheese has slid off Walter Kovak's cracker a long time ago.

The Vampires from 30 Days Of Night.



I was going to just focus on the leader(Danny Huston) but these guys need a team recognition. Vicious, emotionless animals. Blood dripping from fangs, cold, black eyes, horrible snarling language. This is what vampires should be like. Tearing folks heads off in a feeding frenzy. Not sitting around in meadows glistening in the sun and looking constipated.

That Yellow Bastard(Nick Stahl) from Sin City



Probably more revolting than scary, but who wouldn't be at least disturbed by a psychotic pedophile with a big knife, a whip and that looked..well, like that Yellow bastard! He's not too handy when it comes to anyone but 19 year old strippers, and Hartigan(Bruce Willis) dispatches the sicko by tearing off his scrotum and punching his head into yellow mush. Lovely.

And last, but not least, probably the most terrifying of all..Ripcord(Marlon Wayans) from GI Joe: Rise Of Cobra.



Yes, quiver with fear as the human Muppet is once again cast as "comic relief". Quake in your boots as he delivers one liners that would have Arnie face palming. And rush to the nearest exit as he tells an aircraft he's going to "pop a cap" in it. I don't know about you, but my blood ran cold whenever this idiot was on screen.

Special mention to Rachel Dawes(Maggie Gyllenhall) in The Dark Knight...Teabag has kindly provided pics below...shudder!

Happy Halloween folks.
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Rorschach01
10/27/2009

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89 Comments

Peter Stormare is my jam! I've been following him since Big Lebowski. He can do no wrong in my book.

I agree, I think Rorshach is scarier with his mask off.


Betty - 10/27/2009, 9:00 PM
The vampires in that movie were so epic, just b/c they thought through the kill and took their time.
antz1104 - 10/27/2009, 9:12 PM
A History of Violence was a comic book? Please clarify, i want to read. :) Viggo is awesome. lol
Fartman - 10/27/2009, 9:15 PM
none of them lol
luffycapri - 10/27/2009, 9:18 PM
Creed is scary? When the hell was he scary?


supermarioworldE - 10/27/2009, 9:22 PM
What about ManThing? now that's a creepy CB character

georgia49th - 10/27/2009, 9:25 PM
Schreiber was great, kudos man for seeing the shine in that crap fest.
thwhtGuardian - 10/27/2009, 9:28 PM
Mario, scary is a pretty broad term,,he was creepy and vicious and unsettling in certain scenes,,at least I thought he was!

Georgia, yeah but he wasn't in the Man Thing movie!

Faertman, yeah it was a graphic novel..unsure of the writer and such...
Rorschach01 - 10/27/2009, 9:34 PM
I thought Two Face was pretty scary in Dark Knight

Also Scarecrow in Batman Begins when people were under the influence of the fear toxin. Also Batman when Scarecrow was fear doped.

The reavers or reapers or whatever in Blade 2

Jude Law's character in Road to Perdition

Shaq as Steel. Yikes!
gibbyblaylock - 10/27/2009, 9:56 PM
Funny, I just read something similar to this over at IGN LOL

Here's one for ya: Yellow Bastard from Sin City

Yellow Bastard Pictures, Images and Photos
MultiPurposePoni - 10/27/2009, 9:59 PM
Good one MultiPurposePoni

Danny Devito's Penguin in Batman Returns FO' SHIZZLE!!

Also that weird crab arm creature in 300 that chopped that one dude's head off.
gibbyblaylock - 10/27/2009, 10:06 PM
There not scary but imma go with Rorschach, and The Joker
Instantclassic - 10/27/2009, 10:12 PM
@Rorschach

It's true that his performance was a bit creepy, and unsettling at times, but I'm not sure if he should be put as part of the 8 scariest CBM Characters

Gibby

I still have nightmares about a basketball player/genie, who plays a terrible movie adapted version of a cool superhero.

Instant

Very true. I don't find alot of these guys scary either, but what the hell, It's late at night/morning (depending on where you are), and any chance i get to post here is pure glee

Multi

Yellow Bastard is more disgusting than anything. He looks like a Dick Tracy villain mixed with a deformed tellytubby
supermarioworldE - 10/27/2009, 10:12 PM
@super: Dude, that Yellow Bastard is friggin' scary. If that pot-bellied SOB with a whip and a bowie knife was waiting for me in my home in the dark, I'd sh*t myself. Plus, he has no balls, so he has nothing to loose.


MultiPurposePoni - 10/27/2009, 10:19 PM
Well as long as you're not a terrible actress with blond/brown hair, you'll be fine
supermarioworldE - 10/27/2009, 10:22 PM
I was kinda scared of Splinter in the ninja turtles movie. You gotta admit, he was sorta frightening, especially for a kid.
gibbyblaylock - 10/27/2009, 10:30 PM
I'd totally post pics of these characters if i knew how to.
gibbyblaylock - 10/27/2009, 10:31 PM
just get an account on photo bucket and post the pics on your comments

btw I think you mean shredder



supermarioworldE - 10/27/2009, 10:32 PM
I think he means Splinter. If I saw a two feet tall, talking rat, I'd run away high stepping.
Betty - 10/27/2009, 10:37 PM
Two foot tall talking rat? wasn't he named Yoda?
supermarioworldE - 10/27/2009, 10:39 PM
lol yeah, splinter creeped me out a bit too when I was little.
thwhtGuardian - 10/27/2009, 10:40 PM
If it makes you feel less scared, Splinter did make a porno called secret of the ooze
supermarioworldE - 10/27/2009, 10:53 PM
@ Fartman

History of Violence was a graphic novel before it was a movie. I am also pretty sure Road to Perdition was also a graphic novel (Tom Hanks movie = so so). I saw something about it on this awesome STARZ or HBO or ENCORE....well i am not sure which channel it was, but it was an awesome documentary on the history of Comic Book movies. It talks about the highs x-men, batman, etc and the lows 1980's Punisher, Fantastic Four, Captain America.

P.s. The fantastic for (1980's) was never even released. It was just a loop whole to for the studio to retain the rights. Budget 1 million bucks.

I say the Captain America movie in the early ninety's. i think it was made for tv......but was really made for the scrap pile.


LAMEtrain - 10/27/2009, 11:31 PM
supermario--haha what? ew! hahaha
Betty - 10/27/2009, 11:32 PM
I think Kirsten Dunst was the scariest thing in any CMB in the last 2 deacades. Horrifying!!!!!!!!!
drizzle123 - 10/27/2009, 11:42 PM
Cool article Rorschach. I think I'm with primo...Dunst is probably the worst of them all.
ecksmanfan - 10/27/2009, 11:56 PM
I don't think i've seen dunst play a character i liked since jumanji




@Betty

don't knock it till you watch it. he he


supermarioworldE - 10/28/2009, 12:05 AM
How about Mr Freeze from Batman & Robin. It's scary how much Ah-nold made offa that bomb.
Tobuttica - 10/28/2009, 12:05 AM
The Abomination from The Incredible Hulk was pretty scary, too.

I thought Bullseye from DD was scary; that guy was nutz.


Macksimus - 10/28/2009, 12:18 AM
Horror movie and CBM villains don't scare me, real life people do.
AHX
[frick]ers like this exist.
gtrman - 10/28/2009, 12:31 AM
That's actually a picture of Bruce Banner before he met Betty.
supermarioworldE - 10/28/2009, 12:35 AM
The only man i would ever have sex with, Edward Norton
thenumber12 - 10/28/2009, 12:47 AM
Ed Norton is a hell of an actor, but his role in AHX is representative of real people that walk the earth full of anger and hate and apathy like a loaded gun, just waiting for the wrong person to look at them the wrong way.

No movie monster could ever scare me like that.
gtrman - 10/28/2009, 1:06 AM
multipopo is right- the yella bastard is terrible...we cant tell who is worse... him or frodo

Agent Smith
shibazz - 10/28/2009, 2:14 AM
What no one thought Venom was scary!?!>>mwahahahahahah i kid...nice article Ror :P


Let the fright fest begin....








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and now for the scariest.....





The power of christ compels you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :O


teabag - 10/28/2009, 5:01 AM
loool
Denn1s - 10/28/2009, 5:14 AM
Damn it Teabag!!! My daughter was in the room when I was looking at those pics! Now She'll have nightmares! Oh the horror!
OhMyGod - 10/28/2009, 5:49 AM
the abomination?
green goblin?
venom?

they didn't make your list?
captain0vell - 10/28/2009, 6:20 AM
Really Multi? I couldn't see it over there..just some 13 days of fright stuff..could you post a link.

Yellow Bastard I thought about...and Kevin(Frodo)... And Maggie, hahaha, deffo! Maybe I should make this a top 10...Thanks for the suggestions guys.

Captain, Venom?? Sorry I'm not scared of Eric Foreman with fangs. Goblin,..maybe..but when he put on the power ranger gear he lost any of the intensity Dafoe was giving him. Abomination,,yeah maybe as Tim Roth in some bits..but its hard to be disturbed by a giant cartoon.
Rorschach01 - 10/28/2009, 6:21 AM
Teabag! god! NO! her face looks like a FCKING Catcher's MIT! Maggie Gyllenhaal has a face that gets punched back in the womb upon birth!
superman7 - 10/28/2009, 6:28 AM
*WARNING!! THE FOLOWING IMAGE MAY CAUSE VOMITING*





















Huuuuyuuuuughghhhhhhhh ;(
teabag - 10/28/2009, 6:40 AM

LEEE777 - 10/28/2009, 7:09 AM
Sam from Trick R Treat was pretty good!
icebergslick - 10/28/2009, 7:25 AM
I always thought Maggie Gyllenhaal looked horrendous. That was the only thing I hated about Dark Knight. Maggie's face looks like an old lady. Not attractive at all. Out of any actress they could have gotten to replace Katie Holmes, they had to pick her?! Her acting was terrible. Just terrible. In fact, the only thing I hated about Batman Begins was Katie Holmes. I'm a big batman fan, but these actresses ruined both movies for me.
sketch7eleven - 10/28/2009, 8:02 AM
@ icebergslick: Your avatar reminded me. I don't think the movie has anything to do with comics, but if I had to choose the scariest movie villian, I'd choose the swamp witch from Legend. [frick], that thing was nasty.
BmanHall - 10/28/2009, 8:06 AM
@ ror

i'm so glad you didn't put blackheart in there.
CorndogBurglar - 10/28/2009, 8:40 AM
What about them?
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Cook - 10/28/2009, 8:47 AM
The dumbest thing about Maggie in TDK apart from her spampurse face was the bit where she tells Dent she's gonna hide at Bruce's apartment cus its the safest place in Gotham....yeah like thats not the place Joker chucked you out of a window....dumbass :P
teabag - 10/28/2009, 8:49 AM
hahah, Don't worry CDB, Blackheart will be in the funniest characters on April 1st or something!

I didn't like Holmes or Maggie as Rachel, but in fairness to em both, not many actresses could have done too much with the role. She was just the generic female in jeopardy, nothing much else to her. It didn't help that Maggie had a face like a boiled shite either.
Rorschach01 - 10/28/2009, 9:02 AM
gtrman--true that.

tea & Ror -- For me it's those (Maggie) nostrils. I bet she's snotty all the time. My girl likes to snotty all the time, snotty all the time, snotty all the ti-hime.
Betty - 10/28/2009, 9:11 AM
I thought I was the only one who thought Maggie Gyllenhaal had a busted face. Jesus...
sketch7eleven - 10/28/2009, 9:26 AM
Betty@ your right about the snotty nose thing, i found a close up pic of her nose.........









She even needs a spoon to catch the drips....




lol

Sketch7@ Busted isnt the word...if she wasnt so expensive to hire they wouldnt of used makeup for Jigsaw in PWZ :P



teabag - 10/28/2009, 9:31 AM
COOK @ I did a article about that movie! [frick]ing good movie that was an a comic book!!
LEEE777 - 10/28/2009, 9:40 AM
@Ror: Thanks for the Ripcord pic, I'll be sending you my therapy bills
MultiPurposePoni - 10/28/2009, 9:45 AM
nice article, ROR
valeriesghost - 10/28/2009, 9:53 AM
How 'bout this guy:
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Hello Clarice...
gtrman - 10/28/2009, 10:04 AM
Fantastic article ROR! :D

I think you guys are being a little harsh on Maggie though...she was excellent in 'Stranger Than Fiction' and she doesnt always look that ugly!

Image and video hosting by TinyPic

Cant diagree about Dunst though!!! :)
joshw24 - 10/28/2009, 10:54 AM
Josh@ are you serious??? you just added the worst pic of maggie lol :P
teabag - 10/28/2009, 10:57 AM
teabag: Jeez...I just looked at her face and you're right! She's never looked all that bad in the movies I've seen her in but it actually took me 20mins to find that image and even thats not all that good, lol! Guess I was distracted by the boobs dammit! :D
joshw24 - 10/28/2009, 11:09 AM
Thanks Josh. Your actually right about Maggie..she sure never took a good photo, but she has certainly got worse looking over the years. She looked ok in Donnie Darko and Secretary..and Stranger Than Fiction..maybe she died and was reanimated or something, because now she looks [frick]ing abysmal.
Rorschach01 - 10/28/2009, 11:31 AM
Why isn't Elijah Woods' character from Sin City on here?
bubastis237 - 10/28/2009, 11:54 AM
bubastis@ Cus this isnt a list of Gayest characters lol :P

Josh@ sometimes boobs arnt enough....sad but true lol :P
teabag - 10/28/2009, 11:56 AM
Elijah Wood as Sin City´s psycho boy Kevin was f*cking disturbing!
AlexDeLarge666 - 10/28/2009, 12:09 PM
The scariest comic book movie character in my book is the Vampire leader Marlowe from 30 Days of Night.
AlexDeLarge666 - 10/28/2009, 12:19 PM
supermarioworldE
I DID mean splinter, not shredder. Shredder didn't really scare me but that giant, greasy, talking rat with googly eyes... Zowee!

bubastis237
I agree, Kevin from Sin City is a creepy mofo.
gibbyblaylock - 10/28/2009, 12:32 PM
Sigh...teabag, you're right. :( Guess this would be the only option then, hehe! :p

danielle-with-bag-head

ROR: Yeah, looking through the photos on Google, things seem to go from this...

maggster

...to this!!! :D

z_woman1
joshw24 - 10/28/2009, 12:33 PM
@gibby

yeah i see what you mean

Photobucket

pure evil.


@josh

please stop with those grotesque pics of that nauseating zombie. My penis is actually going inwards. lol
supermarioworldE - 10/28/2009, 12:44 PM
Trailer park of terror was one of them ost regrettable dollars ive ever spent
fotc - 10/28/2009, 1:30 PM
@super: Inverted penis syndrome?!?!?

I've got your back bud:







How ya feeling?

MultiPurposePoni - 10/28/2009, 1:43 PM
Those are so damn funny. I never knew a Saint Bernard could walk upright until I saw Maggie in a movie
ecksmanfan - 10/28/2009, 1:49 PM
"Never Fear, Boobs Are Here!"

thanks Multi, my anthill is once again a mountain! lol



supermarioworldE - 10/28/2009, 1:53 PM
Maggie's attempts at doing those model shoots had a team of artists work night and day with photoshop just to make her appear decent.
sketch7eleven - 10/28/2009, 1:55 PM
Maggie Gylanhaal=HORROR
The Joker was horrifying. Marlon Wayans acting is so bad its scary everyone else was pretty creepy
MrAnonymous - 10/28/2009, 2:04 PM
Marlon Wayan acting is good stop hating on him hes a good actor
flames809 - 10/28/2009, 3:22 PM
lmfao
Rorschach01 - 10/28/2009, 4:16 PM
Rorschach agree whit you, only let out ripcord and replace for PRINCE NUADA from HELLBOY 2, or THE PINGUIN from BATMAN RETURNS.
OSCURO - 10/28/2009, 4:57 PM
ALIEN AND PREDATOR.
OSCURO - 10/28/2009, 5:07 PM
Well, Ripcord obviously was added as a joke! I didn't personally find Nuada disturbing in any way,,maybe Penguin would make the top 15!
Rorschach01 - 10/28/2009, 6:14 PM
'Ripcord' has been officially established as a nickname for any new f*ckups we get into our unit. We even make them wear a name tag
MultiPurposePoni - 10/28/2009, 7:56 PM
All time scariest comic book villian is from the classic Arnie movie, "Conan; The Barbarian". The leader of the wierd a*s snake clan, thank can turn into a snake and has an epic voice.
DAn COnnelly - 10/28/2009, 8:53 PM

Bruce Willis' Hartigan in Sin City is the scariest comic book character of all time. Why? because he ripped the yellow bastard's balls off with his bare hands. Seeing that scene for the first time would make any man wince.

And Kroenen, Satan, the Joker, those guys weren't scary, they're just badasses. (except Ripcord)
Montross - 10/28/2009, 10:01 PM
"'Ripcord' has been officially established as a nickname for any new f*ckups we get into our unit. We even make them wear a name tag"

THAT is freaking hilarious!
J. "Falcon" Ayers - 10/29/2009, 12:52 AM
Yes, I realize these characters will not have you hiding behind your sofa! Scary is a broad term, its just to fit in with Halloween, jebus!
Rorschach01 - 10/29/2009, 7:33 AM
You know who scares the shit out of me? Tilda Swinton! AHHHHHH!

Is she human? What film was she scariest in? All of 'em!
Betty - 10/29/2009, 9:46 AM
I honestly couldn't tell if she was a man or a woman when I first saw constantine
supermarioworldE - 10/29/2009, 10:04 AM
What about Arcane from the old Swamp Thing comics? He was a scary son of a bitch! He has black magic powers and keeps coming back from the dead in broken and disfigured forms.


RolandOfGilead - 10/29/2009, 2:19 PM
@ Supermarioworld...I thought the same thing. Even after hearing her voice I just thought she was a fiminine guy. Lol.
RolandOfGilead - 10/29/2009, 2:21 PM
But seriously, this list was practically made for kevin. That guy was just creepy!
bubastis237 - 10/29/2009, 4:02 PM
darth vader
SHHH - 11/2/2009, 11:49 AM

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