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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Oh yes. If we're including TV villains, probably Kilgrave, but solely movies, it's the Vulture. Which is weird, because he's also the most human villain...but I think that's also what makes him scarier, too? The more human a villain is, the more you can see them in real life.
Edited by alliterator on Apr 22nd 2019 at 8:49:12 AM
If we're extending to the TV/Netflix series, Kilgrave takes the grand prize. Especially if you've been a victim of an abusive relationship/household, he's terrifying because of just how close his actions and methods hit to home.
Self-serious autistic trans gal who loves rock/metal and animation with all her heart. (she/her)The Reveal of the mass grave full of the bones of Ego's children (whom he murdered because they weren't useful to him) was especially unnerving.
Edited by M84 on Apr 22nd 2019 at 11:58:55 PM
Disgusted, but not surprised"And, to ease his conscience, I told him I would never hurt them. That was true. They never felt a thing."
Edited by M84 on Apr 22nd 2019 at 11:59:23 PM
Disgusted, but not surprisedIt we include TV shows: Aida, hands down. Absolutely terrifying. Kilgrave has more the highest creep level.
In the movies...honestly, none of the movie villains have terrified me per se. The supreme intelligence creeped me out the most but the thing with the movie villains is usually there is some sort of rhythm to them. To put it differently: You just know when they will be defeated, and since the movies have a limited run-time the best most of those villains can be is entertaining in the meantime.
Hydra in general is pretty great, though, since it isn't really defeatable.
Edited by Swanpride on Apr 22nd 2019 at 9:18:58 AM
Captain Marvel wears all the Infinity Stones
. (Not a spoiler, it’s Brie’s look from the premiere.)
Kilgrave is a great villain for the narrative but his threat factor kinda got defanged for me a bit by the end. I'm not just talking about the Simpson proposal of putting a bullet in him and calling it a day, I mean they capture him no less than three times before the finale, and the only reason he escapes the latter two times is due to the heroes (and Robyn) making really stupid decisions without even being brainwashed into them.
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!For me, it's Alexander Pierce. First off, I find the idea of a secret organization worming its way into legitimate ones and using them as tools for its own ends appallingly believable, if not on the scale of HYDRA. Now,on to Pierce himself. The idea of someone in a position of authority, someone charming, affable, charismatic, seemingly reasonable and easy to believe, being perfectly willing to slaughter 20 million people to bring the other 7 billion in line? That scares me a lot more than some purple guy with a ball-sack for a chin, because I can see it happening. I don't have to suspend my disbelief very much to see HYDRA's plot as a real threat, or feel betrayed by Pierce, who seemed like exactly the kind of Reasonable Authority Figure you'd need to stop it.
The creepiest bit with Pierce is when he says good night to his maid in a manner indicating that they have a fairly cordial relationship, only to murder her when she unexpectedly comes back to pick something up and sees the Winter Soldier. And he says it in a manner indicating that he feels a little bad about it, but not that bad.
Edited by M84 on Apr 23rd 2019 at 4:12:45 PM
Disgusted, but not surprised

Okay, question time: who is the scariest MCU villain to you?
To me, weirdly, it's the Vulture. Just because of that scene of him, Peter, and Liz in the car. Where the tension is ratcheted up to a thousand. And the light slowly turns green as you figure out that he's figured out who, exactly, Peter is.
Edited by alliterator on Apr 22nd 2019 at 8:45:21 AM