FAVORITE VILLAINS

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In April 2005, my article "Villains" was published by SFREADER. I contacted several authors who graciously answered my question about who was their favorite bad person in films and novels. Anyway, I concluded the article with my favorite ten. Here they are, in no particular order:

Sir Guy of Gisbourne in The Adventures of Robin Hood (above)

Calvera in The Magnificent Seven

Milady deWinter in The Three Musketeers

Hans Gruber in Die Hard

and

Norman Bates in Psycho
Belloq in Raiders of the Lost Ark
Archibald Cunningham in Rob Roy
Hannibal Lector in The Silence of the Lambs
Christian Szell in Marathon Man
Annie Wilkes in Misery