History Main / SoftSpokenSadist

* In ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "What's in the Box", Sterling Holloway (his second time on this list!) plays a mysterious but malevolent television repairman who acts the role of the friendly old blue-collar worker, who gives an exasperated man some extra perks in his cable, and then gets to watch, smile, and subtly gloat as his "product" ruins two lives, never dropping the benign facade.
* In the third season of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', the Governor very rarely raises his voice, but he definitely enjoys killing.
* Marlo Stanfield from ''Series/TheWire''. He's very soft-spoken and almost never raises his voice--even when ordering the murder of a man and his family.

* [[BigBad Asav]] from ''VideoGame/UnchartedTheLostLegacy'' is a quiet man with a voice like he's having a conversation in a library all the time and the face of a college professor... and also a violent terrorist and social darwinist with no qualms about gunning down anybody who gets in his way and likes to talk about the bloody practices of the Hoysala empire at length.

** The same goes for Mr. Freeze, whose CreepyMonotone is more effective and spine-tingling than all the LargeHam rants the likes of ComicBook/TheJoker can muster.

** Poison Ivy has quite the breathy, sultry voice, as befits a maneater sexpot such as herself. In her [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison debut episode]] she maintains a [[TheTease calm, sensuous tone]] throughout most of her and Batman's [[CaptiveDate "late night rendezvous."]] Playfully flirting with him as he's held in place by her [[ManEatingPlant jumbo, monster flytrap's]] python strength tendrils, even leaning in to [[MassageOfLove teasingly caress his shoulders]] as she talks about why Harvey Dent was targeted by her. Out of context you'd swear the two of them were lovers enjoying a romantic evening together, Ivy even giving Batman what's effectively a [[KissOfDeath goodnight kiss]] to close it out.

'''Joey:''' With all due respect Donbot, I don't think we should rely on an accident happening. Let's kill him ourselves.

* R'Qazz from ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndThemastersOfTheUniverse2021'' is an EvilPoacher who speaks in a harsh whisper when he isn't snarling like a rabid animal. [[spoiler:When transformed into Beast Man, he loses the whisper in favor of a growling voice. The whisper comes back to near CreepyMonotone levels in season 3 after Beast Man is turned into a skele-drone by Skeletor.]]

* [[BreakoutVillain Hazama]] of ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''. He is a [[BeautyIsBad quite handsome]] FauxAffablyEvil man, who is always polite and soft-spoken to everyone despite creeping them all out at the same time. (To further emphasize this, the Japanese version of the game has him referring to himself with [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns "watakushi"]], a very humble pronoun, and call everyone with the formal albeit somewhat distant "anata".) However, it's soon revealed that he's a {{Sadist}} who happily [[{{Troll}} trolls]] the hell out of everyone until [[MindRape their mind breaks.]] He cares about [[LackOfEmpathy nobody]] [[ItsAllAboutMe but himself]] and will happily kill you if he wants to, all the while sporting a PsychoticSmirk.

* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'': Circus Baby speaks with an quiet and polite voice to Michael, while she admires her father and wants to kill more children to impress him. This also applies to The Puppet, she has a soft voice, while she killed many night guards to protect the children.

* The British PSA "Lonely Water" has The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water, voiced by Creator/DonaldPleasence. A very kind voice, for the AnthropomorphicPersonification of drowning.

* The British PSA "Lonely Water" has The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water, voiced by Creator/DonaldPleasance. A very kind voice, for the AnthropomorphicPersonification of drowning.

* Julian Day, a.k.a. Calendar Man in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' is very soft-spoken. To date, he's only raised his voice (making it much rougher) once.
** In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', Scarecrow was a LargeHam GigglingVillain. After his mauling at the hands of Killer Croc, he returns with a [[Creator/JohnNoble new voice actor]] in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', where he is stoic, calm, and collected, [[ColdHam with every single line dripping with utter contempt and hatred]], and a newly fueled desire to [[HopeCrusher utterly break Batman in every way possible]].
-->'''Scarecrow:''' Shhhhh... It's okay to be afraid.

** Frieza from ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', in all but the Brazilian dub, where he had a [[EvilSoundsDeep baritone voice]] instead.
*** In the Latin-American dub [[PlayingWithATrope it's a bit of both]]: Creator/GerardoReyero is also a baritone, but as Frieza, he [[AffablyEvil speaks in a very smooth tone and with quite polite speech patterns]]. [[VillainousBreakdown Until he's on the losing side, that is.]]

* Leon in ''VideoGame/StarFox'' is implied to be a sadist in more ways than one. Character-wise, however, he fits.

** Poison Ivy has quite the [[ContraltoOfDanger breathy, sultry voice]], as befits a maneater sexpot such as herself. In her [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison debut episode]] she maintains a [[TheTease calm, sensuous tone]] throughout most of her and Batman's [[CaptiveDate "late night rendezvous."]] Playfully flirting with him as he's held in place by her [[ManEatingPlant jumbo, monster flytrap's]] python strength tendrils, even leaning in to [[MassageOfLove teasingly caress his shoulders]] as she talks about why Harvey Dent was targeted by her. Out of context you'd swear the two of them were lovers enjoying a romantic evening together, Ivy even giving Batman what's effectively a [[KissOfDeath goodnight kiss]] to close it out.

* Creator/RichardBurton's portrayal of O'Brien in the film release of ''Film/NineteenEightyFour''. He never raises his voice and, in his own creepy way, actually seems to think he is being ''kind'' in torturing Winston.

** Frieza from ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', in all but the Brazilian dub, where he had a BadassBaritone instead.
*** In the Latin-American dub [[PlayingWithATrope it's a bit of both]]: Creator/GerardoReyero is also a BadassBaritone, but as Frieza, he [[AffablyEvil speaks in a very smooth tone and with quite polite speech patterns]]. [[VillainousBreakdown Until he's on the losing side, that is.]]

* Kanzaki from the ''Manga/{{Area 88}}'' TV anime is a ManipulativeBastard who betrayed his best friend. In contrast to his ominous voice and mannerisms in the OVA, his voice comes across as reserved and completely ''normal'' in the TV series -- which makes his villainy all the more chilling.

* ''LightNovel/DateALive'': Unlike all other villains like [[CuteAndPsycho Kurumi Tokisaki]] (who is a homicidal maniac who has no composure when her crazy-side breaks out) and [[TheAce Minerva Liddell]] (who is a psychotic soldier who loses her cool when she is torturing someone), [[BigBad Isaac Westcott]] is fully capable of causing pain in other people without losing his clarity and calm.

* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'':

* Akeno Himejima of ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' is a heroic example. She's a CombatSadomasochist who enjoys inflicting and receiving pain in battle, but rarely drops her cheerful and flirtatious disposition.

* [[spoiler:Kyubey]] in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' [[spoiler:was voiced by [[Creator/EmiriKatou the same woman]] as [[Manga/LuckyStar Kagami Hiiragi]] and [[LightNovel/BakeMonogatari Mayoi Hachikuji]] and shares their high, thin voices, and seems to be like another cutesy MagicalGirl series mascot. [[CosmicHorrorStory This is not]] [[BlueAndOrangeMorality the case]].]]

%%%* [[Creator/AkiraIshida Xellos]] from ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys'': Mr. Wolf, leader of the gang, always talks in a smooth, polite, laid-back tone, even while committing crimes. This is best demonstrated in the opening sequence, when he and Mr. Snake casually stroll into a bank and he calmly announces his intention to rob it.

* ''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'': Circus Baby speaks with an quiet and polite voice to Michael, while she admires her father and wants to kill more children to impress him. This also applies to The Puppet, she has a soft voice, while she killed many night guards to protect the children.

* On ''Series/BurnNotice'', Anson Fullerton, the DiabolicalMastermind behind Michael's burning, affects this, in keeping with his PsychoPsychologist persona. Played by Jere Burns, as with Wynn Duffy above.

* Agent 47 of ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' is always polite, never gets agitated, and can mimic friendship quite well despite feeling very limited emotions. He has also killed ''hundreds'' of people, including inconvenient witnesses, bodyguards, ex-mobsters who turned state's witness, targets' spouses, clients' business rivals, and people whose misdeeds were due more to incompetence than to true malice. While he's a capable sniper, he prefers killing up close, in calculated, gruesome ways, such as strangulation, drownings, elaborate poisoning schemes, [[EyeScream shoving a pen into a target's eye]], impersonating a surgeon and deliberately botching an operation (twice!), and burning targets alive. In fact, the friendlier he's being to you, the more likely it is that he's plotting your murder.

%%%* [[TheBeautifulElite Iason]] [[FetishizedAbuser Mink]] of ''LightNovel/AiNoKusabi'' as part of his BeautyIsBad persona.

* The Creature from ''(Don't) Open Your Eyes''. They talk in a gentle and whisper-like tone throughout the course of the Visual Novel. But soon, [[spoiler:they tell you that you're a liar due to you not opening your eyes, yet describing them only within your mind. The real ending makes the creature bash your head against your own bedroom wall, it's only then that their quiet voice grows to a threatening growl as they demand you open your eyes to look at them.]]