History PsychopathicManchild / LiveActionFilms

* Chucky the Killer Doll from ''Franchise/ChildsPlay''. He is a {{jerkass}} to everyone and takes sadistic pleasure in killing anyone no matter how insignificant they were towards him, [[PsychoKnifeNut especially with a knife]]. Fittingly enough he is trapped in a doll body resembling a juvenile boy. The only thing that can take his mind off killing is his girlfriend Tiffany, but the problem is she's hardly any less AxCrazy than he is, and she can't really control him when he gets the desire to kill.

* Skank in ''Film/TheCrow1994''. He's a rapist, a murderer, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a car thief]]. He also frequently acts like a brain-dead hillbilly and is treated as a ButtMonkey mascot for the rest of the gang, and he [[SissyVillain cries like a little boy whenever he's in danger]]. He eventually becomes so cowardly and pathetic that he essentially turns into an IneffectualSympatheticVillain, and the film has to flash back briefly to Skank's rape of Eric Draven's girlfriend in order to justify Eric's killing of him.

* Skank in ''Film/TheCrow''. He's a rapist, a murderer, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a car thief]]. He also frequently acts like a brain-dead hillbilly and is treated as a ButtMonkey mascot for the rest of the gang, and he [[SissyVillain cries like a little boy whenever he's in danger]]. He eventually becomes so cowardly and pathetic that he essentially turns into an IneffectualSympatheticVillain, and the film has to flash back briefly to Skank's rape of Eric Draven's girlfriend in order to justify Eric's killing of him.

* Chucky the Killer Doll from ''Franchise/ChildsPlay''. He is a {{jerkass}} to everyone, takes sadistic pleasure in killing anyone no matter how insignificant they were towards him [[AxCrazy especially with a knife]]. Fittingly enough he is trapped in a doll body resembling a juvenile boy. The only thing that can take his mind off killing is his girlfriend Tiffany, but the problem is she's hardly any less AxCrazy than he is, and she can't really control him from going off and killing some more.

{{Psychopathic Manchild}}ren in animated movies.

** In ''Film/BatmanReturns'', the Penguin spends a good deal of screentime wearing only a onesie-like garment stained with his own spittle and slobber. Furthermore, he rides around in a giant toy rubber-duck vehicle and amuses himself with an umbrella (among his collection of genuinely deadly ones) hung with little plastic animals reminiscent of a mobile found in a baby's crib. ("Shit! Picked the cute one!"). He is quite sane and intelligent man who simply has not been able to grow up because of his DaddyIssues.

* Chucky the Killer Doll from ''Film/ChildsPlay'' and its ensuing sequels. He is a {{jerkass}} to everyone, takes sadistic pleasure in killing anyone no matter how insignificant they were towards him [[AxCrazy especially with a knife]]. Fittingly enough he is trapped in a doll body resembling a juvenile boy. The only thing that can take his mind off killing is his girlfriend Tiffany, but the problem is she's hardly any less AxCrazy than he is and she can't really control him from going off and killing some more.

* Lil' Zé from ''Film/CityOfGod'' was an EnfanteTerrible who became one of these as he grew older. Despite being reasonably intelligent, he was TheSociopath and genuinely didn't know how to express himself in ways other than anger and violence. At his BestFriend Benny's going away party, his awkwardness at being outside [[TheDon his element]] and grief at losing his friend turns into violent tantrums [[spoiler:that result in Benny's AccidentalMurder]].

* Skank in the film version of ''Film/TheCrow''. He's a rapist, a murderer, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a car thief]]. He also frequently acts like a brain-dead hillbilly and is treated as a ButtMonkey mascot for the rest of the gang, and he [[SissyVillain cries like a little boy whenever he's in danger]]. He eventually becomes so cowardly and pathetic that he essentially turns into an IneffectualSympatheticVillain, and the film has to flash back briefly to Skank's rape of Eric Draven's girlfriend in order to justify Eric's killing of him.

-->'''Serendipity''': ''[After hearing the plan]'' Still thinking about yourself, you [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] child!

* ''Film/FiveNightsAtFreddys2023'': [[spoiler:Steve Raglan aka William Afton. Beneath the mask of a reasonable-but-stern career counselor is a sadistic murderer who preys on children for his own amusement, gets disturbingly excited at the prospect of "fun" (i.e., killing innocents), and is prone to violent outbursts when things aren't working out for him. His [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scathing rant]] towards the animatronics when they break free of his influence is highly reminiscent of a schoolyard bully ridiculing their victims.]]

* Gary from ''Franchise/TheGamers'' films is not a villain, but he falls into this territory during his SanitySlippage at [=GenCon=] in ''Film/TheGamersHandsOfFate''. Most geeks can sympathize with the pain of becoming emotionally invested in a show that gets CutShort. But is repeatedly physically assaulting the costumed mascot of the series that you blame for your favorite show's cancellation really the behavior of a sane adult? (It's also worth noting that ''Ninja Dragon Riders'', the late, lamented series in question, appears to have been intended for the {{Shonen}} demographic. So for additional Psychopathic [=Manchild=] points, Gary's being driven to violence by his emotional overinvestment in a program intended for 12-year-olds.)

* Creator/CharlieChaplin's ''Film/TheGreatDictator'''s depiction of Hitler is of this trope, as evidenced by how he interacted with his "globe".
* William "Wild Bill" Wharton, from ''Film/TheGreenMile'', displays shades, at least in the film. Despite being on death row, his antics seem more childish and goofy than anything else, sometimes being played for laughs, [[spoiler:until it's revealed he raped and murdered two little girls while working as a farmhand, a crime for which John Coffey takes the blame.]]

** Arguably Barty Crouch too, in the film version. It's implied that he became a Death Eater [[FreudianExcuse to get his father's attention]].

* The towering 'trolley boy' Michael "Lurch" Armstrong in ''Film/HotFuzz''. According to Danny, he's a product of incest and has the mind of a child. When [[spoiler:the members of the NWA are booked]] at the end of the movie, he's bawling like an infant
* Rex Hansen from ''[[Film/HorribleBosses Horrible Bosses 2]]'' acts like a spoiled child with DaddyIssues. He also has a sadistic sense of humor and like to {{troll}} with people just to laugh at their faces. He even [[spoiler:[[{{Patricide}} killed his own father]] and laughed about it like it's a childish game.]]
* The main villain of ''Film/TheHouseByTheCemetery'' is hinted to be one, as he is constantly crying like a little child. The film even closes by a quote by [[strike:Henry James]] Creator/LucioFulci that says "[[KidsAreCruel No one will ever know whether the children are monsters or the monsters are children]]".
* Baby Firefly from the ''Film/HouseOf1000Corpses'' films. She cuts the heads off of dolls and nails them to the wall, has a childish high pitched voice and giggle, and recited the Rabbit Hutch rhyme while murdering a woman that she put in a rabbit suit.
* ''Film/HudsonHawk''.
** Butterfinger, the DumbMuscle of the group of rogue CIA agents qualifies. At one point, when the other agents are complaining about how long Hawk is taking with his LoveInterest, Butterfinger asks, "You want me to rape 'em?" There's a long, uncomfortable silence, and then one of the other agents hands Butterfinger a book to distract him. It's Creator/DrSeuss' ''Literature/GreenEggsAndHam'', which Butterfinger seems to struggle with.

* Thomas from ''Film/LetMeIn'' qualifies for this. He is the [[TheRenfield caretaker]] of the vampire Abby, and has been with her for a long time. When Owen gets attention from Abby, he becomes extremely jealous. He also leaves a misspelled message for Abby in childlike scrawl when he was arrested by the police. The film suggests that he has been together with Abby since childhood, who is herself on the mental and physical level of a 12-year-old girl. If she was the only person he was in contact with in this long period of time, then it is justified that he could not have matured much mentally.
** However, Thomas has a very mature moment at the beginning of the film. When he fails to ''get food'' for Abby (which means he kills and bleeds humans to bring Abby their blood), he says he doesn't know if he wants to be caught because of the many murders is gradually suffering.
* Kim Jong-un as portrayed in ''Film/TheInterview''. He is so volatile and insecure that he [[VillainousBreakdown flies off the handle]] and tries to nuke the whole world just to demonstrate his worth as a leader. [[spoiler: After Dave manipulates him into crying on camera, he shoots him in anger. Thankfully Dave was wearing a bulletproof vest]].

* ''Film/TheKingOfComedy'': Rupert Pupkin is a socially awkward, marginally employed loner in his mid-30's who literally lives in his mother's basement, which he's converted into an imaginary sound stage where he can live out his fantasies of being a celebrity stand-up comedian. His psychopathy comes out when he resorts to kidnapping and extortion in order to make his fantasy of being a guest on a late night talk show real.

* Near the end of ''Film/TheLastKingOfScotland'' Nicholas is captured by Idi Amin's men trying to flee the country, tortured and confronted by the dictator, leading to this little exchange:
-->'''Idi Amin''': I am the father of this nation, Nicholas. And you have most... grossly... offended your father.\\
'''Nicholas''': (battered and bloody) You are a child. That's what makes you so fucking scary.

* The movie ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'', has the title character facing off against "Blaster" in the eponymous Thunderdome. ("Blaster" is the [[DumbMuscle masked, hulking, none-too-bright bodyguard]] of [[TheMaster Master]], one of Bartertown's leaders.) Max outthinks Blaster, knocks off his mask, and is all set to kill him when [[spoiler:he discovers that Blaster has Down Syndrome and is essentially a child in a giant's body.]] Max relents, but the people who hired him to kill Blaster aren't feeling quite so charitable...
** Also in ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', Nux is curiously innocent and non-malicious, even while he's killing loads of people. And [[TheDragon Rictus]], who is the big Dumb Muscle variety. Showing little independent thought, he seems only to want to please his [[BigBad father]].

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** Loki.
*** In ''Film/{{Thor}}'', his motive is killing all the Frost Giants in order [[WellDoneSonGuy to gain his father's approval]].
*** In ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', he wants to rule Earth in part because he feels he is owed a throne (lampshaded by Odin in [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld the next film]]). His whole evil shtick reads like a cosmic temper tantrum because he's Daddy's [[TheUnfavourite unfavorite]] and because he's tired of [[AlwaysSecondBest living in]] [[CainAndAbel Thor's]] [[SiblingRivalry shadow]]. Plus being the God of Mischief and all, he has a thing for pranks and tricks.
** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' has an unusual example in the titular Winter Soldier -- actually [[spoiler:Bucky Barnes]] -- when not in "attack mode" he's disoriented and barely aware of his surroundings. When Steve tries to remind [[spoiler:Bucky]] who he is in the final fight scene, he reacts with a very violent tantrum.

** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': Ultron is extremely petty and childish at times. He cuts off Klaue's left arm in a fit of rage when Klaue compares him to his creator Tony Stark, as if it were just an overreaction that could be forgiven, not realizing how traumatic his actions were. He gets upset when the Maximoff twins turn on him when they realize he's going to destroy the world. He later kidnaps Black Widow just to have someone with whom to share his thoughts. All of these traits can be explained by the fact that he ReallyWasBornYesterday and took in a vast amount of information about the world extremely quickly without having the maturity or life experience to be able to temper conclusions that were understandable, but deeply flawed, but the fact that [[EmergentHuman Vision]] takes a different route negates the effectiveness of this as a viable excuse.
*** This trope can best be seen during the fight in Seoul. When he hears Captain America on the roof of the U-Gin truck carrying the Cradle, his first response is to yell, "LEAVE ME ALONE!" while shooting the back door off its hinges. Later, when he finally confronts Cap, the vibranium shield is lodged in his armor, and he exclaims, "STOP IT!" like a child being teased but up to extremes.

-->[[spoiler: '''Paul''': I'll bleed on your shoes. Your stupid, stupid shoes.]]
* In ''[[Film/TheNakedGun Naked Gun]] 33 1/3: The Final Insult'' we have Tanya Peters, the moll in a band of [[WesternTerrorists mercenary terrorists]]. She actively participates in the gang's crimes, and seems to know exactly what she's doing (and also that the gang's ultimate goal is to blow up a building full of hundreds of innocent people)...and then there are other times when she [[PingPongNaivete seems completely oblivious to the fact that she's surrounded by ruthless criminals]] -- or that she is one herself -- and comes across as more of a BrainlessBeauty. Eventually, she has a HeelRealization and [[HighHeelFaceTurn rats out her accomplices]]. This was all PlayedForLaughs.

** ''Film/Scream2022'': [[spoiler:Richie Kirsch and Amber Freeman]] are somehow even pettier than the last Ghostface, as they started a killing spree simply because they hated the FilmWithinAFilm ''Stab 8'' and wanted to bring the ''Stab'' series back to its roots since, in [[spoiler:Richie's]] words, the best Stab movies are those BasedOnATrueStory. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, really.]] The heroes are in disbelief that the killers decided to kill people for such a petty reason, and throughout the final fight, the killers start whining when the heroes fight back, believing that they are spoiling their movie. [[spoiler:Richie's]] final thoughts are to ask what's going to happen to their ending before [[spoiler:his throat is sliced by Sam]].

** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'': The film's [[TheHeavy Heavy]], Kylo Ren, appears quite intimidating at first, but it doesn't take long for him to show his true colors. Despite being a dangerous Dark Side Force-user, Ren is still ''very'' immature. He has an [[LoonyFan obsession]] with Darth Vader [[spoiler: justified, since Anakin is his grandfather]], suffers from serious DaddyIssues and throws literal temper tantrums whenever things don't go his way, trashing whatever machinery he can reach with his lightsaber. He might be in his late twenties, but it's fair to conclude that he never really grew up. That said, Ren's emotional inhibitions are ''somewhat'' justified, as he was targeted by Snoke, manipulated and lured away from his family in childhood. But again, he ''is'' extremely dangerous, even to the point of [[spoiler: murdering Han Solo, his own father, just as he is on the verge of tears and [[TheFarmerAndTheViper Han is trying to comfort him]], no less]]! Overall, he comes across as a genuinely dangerous yet somewhat pathetic [[BigBadWannabe wannabe dark lord]] when compared to the likes of Vader and Palpatine.
** General Hux has shades of this as well, going into shouting tantrums when he doesn't get his way and being trivially easy to bait. It's played much more comedically than Kylo, since he's nowhere near as personally threatening. This is exaggerated in the next movie to being so well known in-universe that nobody really takes him seriously.

-->They're not stupid. They're ''infants''. ''(Beat)'' Okay, they're stupid infants.

* The DVD commentary for ''Film/Thir13enGhosts'' provides backstory for the Black Zodiac. This trope is represented by The Dire Mother and The Great Child, the Mother being a little person in a travelling circus and the Child being the result of rape by the circus' Tall Man. He was extremely spoiled by his mother and appeared as a fat, hulking mentally handicapped brute of a man wearing diapers and a bib and carrying the [[AxeCrazy axe with which he had killed his mother's murderers]], [[ItMakesSenseInContext though rather understandably so]].

** ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'': [[SharkMan King Shark]] is a big, clumsy, childish guy who [[IJustWantToHaveFriends wants to have friends]] and [[ImAHumanitarian eats a lot of people as whole]].

* ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'': [[SharkMan King Shark]] is a big, clumsy, childish guy who [[IJustWantToHaveFriends wants to have friends]] and [[ImAHumanitarian eats a lot of people as whole]].

** [[Characters/MCUKillmonger Erik "Killmonger" Stevens]] in ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' has a very juvenile attitude about him, with little respect for authority, tradition, or others. Whenever he lashes out at people, he comes across as a bratty teenager who's willing to use violence to get whatever he wants. His ultimate plan to topple the established world order and make himself the ruler of a "Wakandan Empire" is also incredibly naïve, as it basically amounts to him arming disadvantaged black people around the world with highly advanced and dangerous Wakandan weapons and just expecting them to not only follow his orders without question, but also to win against much better trained and organized police forces and militaries. When T'Challa points out how shortsighted and self-destructive Erik's plan is, since waging war against the entire the world will bring ruin to Wakanda as well, Erik outright admits that he doesn't care -- [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum he just wants the rest of the world to feel the same pain he did while growing up as a poor and orphaned boy]]. This childish resentment is visualized when he meets the spirit of his father N'Jobu in the ancestral plane and N'Jobu laments what his son became due to his death: tellingly, Erik's soul in this scene appears as his child self, showing that deep down, he never grew beyond the trauma he experienced at that age.

* Leatherface from ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' is a mentally-stunted tool of his family, who uses him to [[ImAHumanitarian gather meat for their restaurant]].

* [[EvilIsSexy Sarah Sanderson]] from ''Film/HocusPocus'' has a very childish mindset, but her idea of "play" likely involves death and, at one point, possibly torture.

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** ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'': Brad Whitaker laughs like a child while fighting with Bond and gets giddy while playing WarGaming dioramas. The actor portraying Whitaker called his character a delusional nut with a Napoleon complex who fancied himself a military leader.

* ''Film/FiveNightsAtFreddys2023'': [[spoiler:Steve Raglan aka William Afton. Beneath the mask of a reasonable-but-stern career counselor is a sadistic murderer who preys on children for his own amusement, gets disturbingly excited at the prospect of "fun" (i.e., killing innocents), and is prone to violent outbursts when things aren't working out for him. His [[BreakThemByTalking scathing rant]] towards the animatronics when they break free of his influence is highly reminiscent of a schoolyard bully ridiculing their victims.]]

* ''Film/FiveNightsAtFreddys2023'': [[spoiler:Steve Raglan aka William Afton. Beneath the mask of a reasonable-but-stern career counsellor is a sadistic murderer who preys on children for his own amusement, gets disturbingly excited at the prospect of "fun" (i.e, killing innocents), and is prone to violent outbursts when things aren't working out for him.]]

* In ''Film/AFairlyOddMovieGrowUpTimmyTurner'', [[spoiler:the BigBad, Hugh J. Magnate, ultimately turns out to be one once he gains access to Cosmo, Wanda, and Poof's magic. This is foreshadowed by the fact his evil lair is designed more like a playland. He says that this came from the fact his father never let him have a real childhood.]]

** Erik "Killmonger" Stevens in ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' has a very juvenile attitude about him, with little respect for authority, tradition, or others. Whenever he lashes out at people, he comes across as a bratty teenager who's willing to use violence to get whatever he wants. His ultimate plan to topple the established world order and make himself the ruler of a "Wakandan Empire" is also incredibly naïve, as it basically amounts to him arming disadvantaged black people around the world with highly advanced and dangerous Wakandan weapons and just expecting them to not only follow his orders without question, but also to win against much better trained and organized police forces and militaries. When T'Challa points out how shortsighted and self-destructive Erik's plan is, since waging war against the entire the world will bring ruin to Wakanda as well, Erik outright admits that he doesn't care -- [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum he just wants the rest of the world to feel the same pain he did while growing up as a poor and orphaned boy]]. This childish resentment is visualized when he meets the spirit of his father N'Jobu in the ancestral plane and N'Jobu laments what his son became due to his death: tellingly, Erik's soul in this scene appears as his child self, showing that deep down, he never grew beyond the trauma he experienced at that age.
** ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'': [[spoiler:While Quentin Beck comes across as a mature and sagely hero that could very well be the next Iron Man, when he takes off the metaphorical mask he is shown to be quite immature, [[TantrumThrowing often shouting and screaming when things don't go his way]]. Even his backstory just illustrates how [[EvilIsPetty petty]] he is; his hologram tech was given a silly name by Tony ([[UnfortunateNames "B.A.R.F."]]) and he was fired due to his mental instability, so he decides to [[EngineeredHeroics stage monster attacks in various places so that he could show up and save the day]], not caring how many innocent civilians get killed in the process. He is also [[NeverMyFault pathologically incapable of recognizing fault or taking responsibility]], and given his steady track record as an inveterate liar, it is quite likely that he is either lying about how Tony treated him or greatly whitewashing his own role in it, which would make him come off as even more of a spiteful, vindictive [[TheSociopath sociopath]] who never grew up.]]
** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'': Though he presents himself as a knowledgeable man of science, the High Evolutionary has the maturity of misbehaved little child, quick to throw psychotic tantrums whenever he doesn't get what he wants and showing himself to be a petty and petulant man at heart. The way he [[spoiler:throws Rocket around with his gravity powers while screaming like a maniac in their final confrontation]] is highly reminiscent of a child throwing a toy around in anger.

** ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'': Brad Whitaker laughs like a child while fighting with Bond. The actor portraying Whitaker called his character a delusional nut with a Napoleon complex who fancied himself a military leader.

** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'': Though he presents himself as a knowledgeable man of science, the High Evolutionary is quick to throw psychotic tantrums whenever he doesn't get what he wants, showing himself to be a petty and petulant man at heart. The way he [[spoiler:throws Rocket around with his gravity powers while screaming like a maniac in their final confrontation]] is highly reminiscent of a child throwing a toy around in anger.

* Jason Voorhees, of the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' films, is a dimwitted undead creature who kills because he thinks his mother's ghost is commanding him to do it.