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1	'''Release:''' October 12, 2010
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3	'''Coundtown:''' Top 11 Scariest Performances
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5	# Douglas Rain as HAL 9000 from ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''
6	# Linda Blair as Regan [=MacNeil=] from ''Film/TheExorcist''
7	# Creator/JavierBardem as Anton Chigurh from ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen''
8	# Creator/HeathLedger as ComicBook/TheJoker from ''Film/TheDarkKnight''
9	# Jason Miller and Creator/BradDourif as the Gemini Killer from ''Film/TheExorcistIII''
10	# Creator/AnthonyPerkins as Norman Bates from ''{{Film/Psycho}}''
11	# Creator/MalcolmMcDowell as Alex from ''Film/AClockworkOrange''
12	# Creator/AnthonyHopkins as Hannibal Lecter from ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' and ''Film/RedDragon''
13	# Creator/KathyBates as Annie Wilkes from ''{{Film/Misery}}''
14	# Creator/RobertPatrick as T-1000 from ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''
15	# Creator/OliverReed as Bill Sykes from ''Theatre/{{Oliver}}''.
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17	!!This countdown contains examples of:
18	* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The reason he finds Anton so terrifying.
19	* ImplacableMan: The reason he finds Hannibal Lecter in ''Red Dragon'' so terrifying: nothing, not even being locked up, will stop him from getting his revenge.
20	* KnightOfCerebus: Critic cites some of the performances for being this. For example, he says that Sykes is so bad that even calling his dog over is scary, and that Hannibal Lecter is scarier in ''Red Dragon'' than in ''The Silence of the Lambs'' because he was more active and threatening, always following the protagonists everywhere no matter where they could hide.
21	* MoodSwinger:
22	** The reason he finds Annie Walkes so terrifying: she can go from nice and sweet to completely AxCrazy at the drop of a hat and thus keeps him on edge no matter what she's doing because anything could set her off.
23	** Also part of the reason he put the Gemini Killer on the list: both personalities can go between being soft spoken to bloodcurdling screams at the drop of a hat.
24	* {{Sadist}}: Alex's place on the list is partly cemented by just how much ''joy'' he takes in the horrific things he does.
25	* SequelHook: Critic says that the reason he didn't include Creator/TimCurry as Pennywise from ''{{Film/It\|1990}}'' is because that's the subject of his next review.
26	* SubvertedCatchphrase: "Why top 11? (evil laugh)"
27	* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: The reason he considers the T-1000 scarier than the original Terminator: he looks like a normal guy and doesn't stand out in a crowd.
28	* VillainousCrush: While he finds Hannibal much scarier in ''Red Dragon'', the Critic admits he can see why having a lunatic like that in love with you like in ''The Silence of the Lambs'' would be terrifying, and thus includes that performance on the list.
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Context Recap / TheNostalgiaCriticS3E39