How To Make A Great Movie Villain
power comes from his intelligence and seeming lack of compassion. He uses extreme violence and rarely shows any sign of emotion, which only reinforces his role as a great movie villain. Other characters that have possessed a similar menacing quality are The Shining’s Jack Torrance and Psycho’s Norman Bates. Although, these two are considerably different in terms of motive, their threat is based primarily upon their lack of self-control.
A lack of self-control may not be the most dominant trait in the next villainous mention, but it is certainly a key aspect. In 1984, The Terminator burst onto movie screens all over the world as a relentless, unstoppable killing machine. This fearless, expressionless villain who will not feel pity or remorse was upgraded for the film’s sequel in 1992 when the relatively basic Series 850 Model 101 was outdone by the superior
