scary killers

in the film no country for old men   , javier bardem played sadistic  coin tossing hitman  anton chigurh. the guy really creeped me out and Im  not embarrassed to say scared me . so my question to you what HUMAN killer had you hiding behind the sofa

None cos I'm not a big girl's blouse...man up!

Matther MCounghey (spelling) in Killer Joe is farily unsettling

But you potentially do need to strap a pair on...

Physically strapping on a pair might suit him better.

"OOh da scary man on da telly done bad fings to the people!"

Matther MCounghey might be one of the best names I've heard. Sounds more like an African Prince but nevertheless I like it.

I am generally more scared of potential killers in the street than actors on my TV, but that said, Hannibal Lector is the most scariest 'killer' in filmland.

The very fact he is a portly Englishman who doesn't dribble, has no tattoos and speaks with intellect and eloquence makes him the most sinister of the lot. Something more real about him. The quiet voice whilst he is talking about eating someones liver. Chilling.

Then he turns, has a sadistic smile as he smashes a guards face in with a truncheon and then hangs him up by his cell with his innards spilling out. The Angel of Death scene.

Hopkins finest moment and quite simply the best portrayal of a serial killer you will find.

Has anyone seen Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer. Michael Rooker's portrayal in that is about as scary as it gets in a film, pure 100% psycho

Rowley wrote:Has anyone seen Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer. Michael Rooker's portrayal in that is about as scary as it gets in a film, pure 100% psycho

Yep, good shout Jeffrey.

More physically (leave it Dave) intimidating than Hopkins, that is for sure.

The kids in 'Them' were a little disturbing.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:I am generally more scared of potential killers in the street than actors on my TV, but that said, Hannibal Lector is the most scariest 'killer' in filmland.

The very fact he is a portly Englishman who doesn't dribble, has no tattoos and speaks with intellect and eloquence makes him the most sinister of the lot.  Something more real about him.  The quiet voice whilst he is talking about eating someones liver.  Chilling.

Then he turns, has a sadistic smile as he smashes a guards face in with a truncheon and then hangs him up by his cell with his innards spilling out.  The Angel of Death scene.

Hopkins finest moment and quite simply the best portrayal of a serial killer you will find.

I thought Bryan Cox was Scottish?  

Hopkins is Welsh  

Patrick Bateman in American Psycho (though probably more influenced by the book version).

@ Rowley - the characters are actually loosely based on Henry Lee Lucas and Otis Toole, real-life serial killers who broke the mould.  I tend to find characters based on real-life killers more creepy, David Berkowitz and John Reginald Christie (Summer of Sam & 10 Rillington Place) for instance - there's something a bit more unsettling knowing that it's based on truth.

Very true Galted. There used to be a version of the film, which I believe was released in America which featured an interview with Lucas over the closing credits. Now there is a guy not quite playing with a full deck. Served to double the impact of the film.

i am fascinated with real life serial killers but none of the films made are any good . .

Films based on real life events are definitely more creepier. Is the texas chainsaw massacre based on Ed Gein?

yes didnt ed gein wear a human face mask because he wanted to be a woman . same really with buffalo bill

Stella wrote:Hopkins is Welsh  

Good shout, Stella. My apologies to the Welsh.

Bryan Cox was actually excellent in Manhunter, Adam. Not as good as Hopkins but still a very good performance.

Rowley wrote:Very true Galted. There used to be a version of the film, which I believe was released in America which featured an interview with Lucas over the closing credits. Now there is a guy not quite playing with a full deck. Served to double the impact of the film.

If a decent film was ever made about the Mad Butcher of the Kingsbury Run he would be an automatic choice for me as number one.  Apologies for assuming you knew nothing about Henry Lee Lucas when I posted.

Brian Cox was at school with my dad.  My dad's scarier.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Stella wrote:Hopkins is Welsh  

Good shout, Stella.  My apologies to the Welsh.

Bryan Cox was actually excellent in Manhunter, Adam.  Not as good as Hopkins but still a very good performance.

I think Lecter is supposed to be Hungarian or Lithuanian so redirect your apology Tino.

I'm sure in Manhunter his surname is spelled Lektor. That's scarier than the soft "C" version.

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Stella wrote:Hopkins is Welsh  

Good shout, Stella.  My apologies to the Welsh.

Bryan Cox was actually excellent in Manhunter, Adam.  Not as good as Hopkins but still a very good performance.

I think Lecter is supposed to be Hungarian or Lithuanian so redirect your apology Tino.

Lets not get caught up in the nationality of Lecter but instead all come to an agreement that the only thing that matters is that Tino was wrong.

jimmyinthewell68 wrote:same really with buffalo bill

Buffalo Bill was actually based on 3 different serial killers, Ed Gein was one of them. I can't remember the other two without looking it up but it definitely based aspects from 3 killers.

On that note, Ted Levine's portrayal of Bill is brilliant as well. Overshadowed by Lector and he isn't actually on screen all that much, but it is creepily effective when he is. The bit when he is putting his make-up on to Q-Lazzarus singing Goodbye Horses whilst Catherine is down the well screaming is freaky. The fact his is wearing the skinned head and hair of one his victims adds to the scene somewhat.

Adam D wrote:

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Stella wrote:Hopkins is Welsh  

Good shout, Stella.  My apologies to the Welsh.

Bryan Cox was actually excellent in Manhunter, Adam.  Not as good as Hopkins but still a very good performance.

I think Lecter is supposed to be Hungarian or Lithuanian so redirect your apology Tino.

Lets not get caught up in the nationality of Lecter but instead all come to an agreement that the only thing that matters is that Tino was wrong.

Yes alright, I was wrong. Apologies to the people of wherever the fictional character of Hannibal Lector or the very real Anthony Hopkins come from.

I am not aplogising to superflys dad though.

Ted bundy the film was rubbish .not seen it for ages but you prob could put it on daytime tv

jimmyinthewell68 wrote:Ted bundy  the film was rubbish .not seen it for ages but you prob could put it on daytime tv

That was a sh1tty made for tv movie (Bundy is also one of the killers who make up Buffalo Bill to partly answer Tino's question - the plaster cast bit in the van).

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

jimmyinthewell68 wrote:same really with buffalo bill

Buffalo Bill was actually based on 3 different serial killers, Ed Gein was one of them.  I can't remember the other two without looking it up but it definitely based aspects from 3 killers.

On that note, Ted Levine's portrayal of Bill is brilliant as well.  Overshadowed by Lector and he isn't actually on screen all that much, but it is creepily effective when he is.  The bit when he is putting his make-up on to Q-Lazzarus singing Goodbye Horses whilst Catherine is down the well screaming is freaky.  The fact his is wearing the skinned head and hair of one his victims adds to the scene somewhat.

silence of the lambs is one of my fav top films . brilliantly acted great story great book and generally creepy .

I am not aplogising to superflys dad though..

That's one more bottle winging its way through the air towards you the next time you visit Scotland.

Galted wrote:

jimmyinthewell68 wrote:Ted bundy  the film was rubbish .not seen it for ages but you prob could put it on daytime tv

That was a sh1tty made for tv movie (Bundy is also one of the killers who make up Buffalo Bill to partly answer Tino's question - the plaster cast bit in the van).

I have looked it up and apparently I was even wrong about it being 3 killers. It was 6. For a film that is my favourite of all time, I know f*ck all about it really.

Jerry Brudos
Ed Gein
Ted Bundy
Gary M Heidnik
Edmund Kemper
Gary Ridgway

I believe they were going to base parts of it on Wingrove but wanted to get an 18 certificate so left him out.

Galted wrote:  Apologies for assuming you knew nothing about Henry Lee Lucas when I posted.

Don't worry about it mate. Starting from a position of assuming I know nothing about any given subject is one that is likely to be right more than it is wrong.

DAVE667 wrote:Physically strapping on a pair might suit him better.

"OOh da scary man on da telly done bad fings to the people!"

Matther MCounghey might be one of the best names I've heard. Sounds more like an African Prince but nevertheless I like it.

Rats, my speed typing on the work PC needs more work...

Wonder if i can get funding for a chatroom PA?

Anyhoo back on Topic, i would not like to meet Ben Kingsley's character in Sexy Beast, though again, I would not find myself diving behind the furniture on the Off chance he does a 'Ring' and pops through the T.V.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:

jimmyinthewell68 wrote:Ted bundy  the film was rubbish .not seen it for ages but you prob could put it on daytime tv

That was a sh1tty made for tv movie (Bundy is also one of the killers who make up Buffalo Bill to partly answer Tino's question - the plaster cast bit in the van).

I have looked it up and apparently I was even wrong about it being 3 killers.  It was 6.  For a film that is my favourite of all time, I know f*ck all about it really.

Jerry Brudos
Ed Gein
Ted Bundy
Gary M Heidnik
Edmund Kemper
Gary Ridgway

I believe they were going to base parts of it on Wingrove but wanted to get an 18 certificate so left him out.

 

He's more a repeat mass murderer than a serial killer, he's not really into patience and attention to detail.

Didn't realise Buffalo Bill was a composite of so many but I think each was just a superficial trait for the creepy aspect.

just read Ted bundy gave police a profile on Gary ridgeway the green river killer . just like hannibal did with buffalo bill in the film

jimmyinthewell68 wrote:just read Ted bundy gave police a profile on Gary ridgeway  the green river killer . just like hannibal did with buffalo bill in the film

I was going to say that but seeing as I got pretty much everything else about the film wrong, I kept it to myself.

The Silence of The Lambs is one of my favourite films of all time. Hopkins is superb in portraying Lecter, how he is only on screen for 18 minutes or so and still creeped the sh1t out of me I don't know! Absolutely fantastic film, Lecter is just so terrifying and Jodie Foster played Sterling well too. This is why Lecter is my favourite 'scary killer'

They should make a film about Albert Fish. Read up on him...nuttier that a cutlet.

Still waiting for a film about my favourite serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer. I'm ignoring the ones that were on a par with that Ted Bundy piece of cack and waiting for something truly spectacular..

Best in the World...Jodie Foster played Clarice Starling not Sterling. For your favourite film you don't know much about "The Violence of the Slams" do you?
"To catch a Killer" with Brian Denehey is very good indeed.

My issue with Henry Lee Lucas is that he was a mad as trousers lying scumbag who admitted to over 250 murders and, when pressed for details was admitting to killing he couldn't have committed because he was in prison at the time thus casting doubt about anything he ever said. Think he was only ever really convicte of killing two people (one of them may have been the aforementioned cousin Otis)

DAVE667 wrote:They should make a film about Albert Fish. Read up on him...nuttier that a cutlet.

lol "Alberts Fish Balls" used to be my 5 a side teams name

Way to short out the Chair Albert

jimmyinthewell68 wrote:just read Ted bundy gave police a profile on Gary ridgeway  the green river killer . just like hannibal did with buffalo bill in the film

I think his profile was about as useful as a rat in a tampon factory though.  Bundy, oddly enough, worked in a call centre & developed a friendship with a woman who also worked as a crime writer, she was writing about the Chi Omego murders at the time having no idea that Bundy was responsible.

my favourite story was about the Night Stalker, Richard Ramirez.

Apparently upon being caught, he said one of his only regrets was being called the Night Stalker and not night Prowler which was a song by his fave band AC/DC!

Bundy was a real whack job - he escaped police custody twice apparently and his sentencing was another weird scene. See you in ?Disneyland!

jimmyinthewell68 wrote:i am fascinated with real life serial killers but none of the films made  are any good . .

'Citizen X' is a very good movie about the life and crimes of the extremely disturbed Andrei Chikatilo.

STC wrote:

jimmyinthewell68 wrote:i am fascinated with real life serial killers but none of the films made  are any good . .

'Citizen X' is a very good movie about the life and crimes of the extremely disturbed Andrei Chikatilo.

Will check it out...will also ensure it isn't the sh*tfest "Julia X"

Just read about Albert Fish. What a c.nt

The thing that's always annoyed me about Silence of the Lambs is that they make out Lecter is some kind of profiling genius when in actual fact, he is able to give the profile because he knows Buffalo Bill in person.

What a dick!

superflyweight wrote:The thing that's always annoyed me about Silence of the Lambs is that they make out Lecter is some kind of profiling genius when in actual fact, he is able to give the profile because he knows Buffalo Bill in person.

What a dick!  

Love to see you say that to his face. He would eat your tongue and deep fry your eyebrows.

DAVE667 wrote:
Still waiting for a film about my favourite serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer.

You have a favourite serial killer? Who is your favourite child molester Dave?

Rowley wrote:

DAVE667 wrote:
Still waiting for a film about my favourite serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer.

You have a favourite serial killer? Who is your favourite child molester Dave?

 

You b'stard, I just choked on my tea and burned my throat and the inside of my nose.

DAVE667 wrote:

STC wrote:

jimmyinthewell68 wrote:i am fascinated with real life serial killers but none of the films made  are any good . .

'Citizen X' is a very good movie about the life and crimes of the extremely disturbed Andrei Chikatilo.

Will check it out...will also ensure it isn't the sh*tfest "Julia X"

I had to google that. Think I'll give it a miss on what I've just seen.

Citizen X is a made-for-tv film by HBO. Don't be put off by that, it's a good piece of work. It may be hard to track down though, although it can be illegally downloaded by criminals and bad people.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

superflyweight wrote:The thing that's always annoyed me about Silence of the Lambs is that they make out Lecter is some kind of profiling genius when in actual fact, he is able to give the profile because he knows Buffalo Bill in person.

What a dick!  

Love to see you say that to his face.  He would eat your tongue and deep fry your eyebrows.

He'd have to get past my dad first.

Galted wrote:

Rowley wrote:

DAVE667 wrote:
Still waiting for a film about my favourite serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer.

You have a favourite serial killer? Who is your favourite child molester Dave?

 

You b'stard, I just choked on my tea and burned my throat and the inside of my nose .

i can't stop laughing at this brilliant

Rowley wrote:

DAVE667 wrote:
Still waiting for a film about my favourite serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer.

You have a favourite serial killer? Who is your favourite child molester Dave?

I was going to say Savile but I think that's just jumping on the bandwagon. Same with Glitter and Jackson

However, for old school noncery you can't go wrong with Jonathan King.

I'd like to point out that I don't have a favourite child molester (and no, I don't love them all equally either) Nor do I have a favourite drink driver or old lady frauster. Perhaps "favourite serial killer" was a strange turn of phrase and I should have perhaps said "Serial killer who holds the most fascination" so as not to make me sound worryingly weird.

DAVE667 wrote:Perhaps "favourite serial killer" was a strange turn of phrase and I should have perhaps said "Serial killer who holds the most fascination" so as not to make me sound worryingly weird.

Suspect that particular horse has already bolted.