1.
Mephistopheles from Faust
Self-proclaimed servant to Lucifer.
4 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
2.
Voldemort from the Harry Potter Series
One of the most famous villains of our literary time.
4 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
3.
Hannibal Lecter from Red Dragon
This cannibalistic serial killer not only scared readers but went on to torment moviegoers of the film by the same name.
4 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
4.
Bill Sikes from Oliver Twist
This evil villain does just about every worst reprehensible act, including theft, child abuse, animal cruelty and murder.
4 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
5.
Shere Khan from The Jungle Book Series
This villain is always after Mowgli and eventually descends into more and more evil.
4 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
6.
Cardinal Richelieu from The Three Musketeers
0 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
7.
Bob Ewell from To Kill a Mockingbird
0 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
8.
Monsieur De Villefort from the Count of Monte Cristo
0 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
9.
Satan from Paradise Lost
0 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
10.
Count Dracula from Dracula
0 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
11.
Fagin from Oliver Twist
0 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
12.
Cruella de Vil from The Hundered and On Dalmatians
0 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
13.
Iago from Othello
0 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
14.
Cthulhu from The Call of Cthulhu
0 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
15.
Javer from Les Miserables
0 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
16.
Sarumon from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
0 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
17.
Moby Dick from Moby Dick
0 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
18.
Grendel's Mother from Beaowulf
0 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
19.
The White Witch from the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Books
0 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
20.
Captain Hook from Peter Pan
0 points - added 12 years ago by kimmik -
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