tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post3326907636781413344..comments2024-03-25T10:22:04.995-07:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: VillainsEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-19122369231395489022009-05-24T11:41:32.993-07:002009-05-24T11:41:32.993-07:00Anybody ever notice how much of Stephen King seems...Anybody ever notice how much of Stephen King seems to come out of The Twilight Zone?<br /><br />RJRRJRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-56426472661791643642009-05-24T08:23:33.394-07:002009-05-24T08:23:33.394-07:00Add candidates:
Eric Roberts as Paul Snider in "S...Add candidates:<br /><br />Eric Roberts as Paul Snider in "Star 80"<br /><br />Richard Widmark as Tommy Udo<br />in "Kiss of Death"<br /><br />to previously noted Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh in "No Country for Old Men"Bob Levinsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-45368512779558224152009-05-24T07:05:32.160-07:002009-05-24T07:05:32.160-07:00Another vote here for Mitchum as Harry Powell in "...Another vote here for Mitchum as Harry Powell in "Night of the Hunter". Not only is Powell even creepier than Max Cady (although he's among the best movie villains), "Night of the Hunter" is an infinitely better movie than either the Thompson or Scorsese versions of "Cape Fear".Michael Padgettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-80317102198551972292009-05-24T05:40:32.163-07:002009-05-24T05:40:32.163-07:00For me, it's David Warner as Jack the Ripper in "T...For me, it's David Warner as Jack the Ripper in "Time after Time". Had a chance to tell this to Nicholas Meyer, the director of the film, who said, "But he's such a sweet man" (in real life, he meant).Elizabeth Foxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10151714538393844565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-51767989296976306872009-05-23T21:25:44.655-07:002009-05-23T21:25:44.655-07:00Good post, Ed. I'll always be scared to death by a...Good post, Ed. I'll always be scared to death by another Mitchum character; Harry Powell in Night of the Hunter.<br />Cheney doesn't scare me so much as disgust me. What scares me ABOUT him is that he is such a protoypical fascist, weaseling his way into the favor of so many of the poor uneducated slobs who take him for a patriot. He is the farthest thing from that. <br />Terry ButlerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-86725592008483151392009-05-23T17:25:38.940-07:002009-05-23T17:25:38.940-07:00My vote for top cinematic heavies would be Henry F...My vote for top cinematic heavies would be Henry Fonda as Frank in "Once Upon A Time In The West". Hackman in "Quick and the Dead" comes a close second. And Ben Kingsley as Don Logan AND Ian McShane (especially McShane) as Teddy Bass from "Sexy Beast" were also very effective in creepy out audiences (I was a theaer manager at the time and I would watch audiences watch the film and they would cringe when Kingsley was on screen).<br /><br />Brian O'ConnorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-90117190483040493912009-05-23T17:08:02.568-07:002009-05-23T17:08:02.568-07:00I am always horrified by true believers, whose ide...I am always horrified by true believers, whose ideology compels them to do anything against anyone. Major Heinrich Strasser, played by Conrad Veidt in Casablanca, is one. When darkness is rationalized for the sake of ideology, it is especially horrible. Dick Cheney does that, and if his face could be transposed over Veidt's Casablanca would suffer no loss. Cheney was a year or two ahead of me at the University of Wisconsin, and one wonders how that liberal university failed to impart its civilized values.<br /><br />Richard WheelerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com