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Forbidden Fruit: 10 Sexy Male Horror Villains

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Not all horror movie monsters capture the physical embodiment of the word “monster.”  In fact, some are quite attractive, and some even use this to their advantage when luring victims.  As fans we know we’re not supposed to be attracted to them.  In fact, their evil deeds should send us screaming for the hills!  But they are just so swoon-worthy!  Here are ten sexy male horror villains who make our blood run hot!

Dr. Hannibal Lecter – Hannibal

Mads Mikkelsen portrayed Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the recently axed series Hannibal.  We all know Anthony Hopkins left some pretty intimidating shoes to fill following his critically acclaimed performance of the cannibalistic doctor.  However, Mikkelsen rose to the challenge and exceeded all expectations. Mikkelsen’s Hannibal Lecter is certainly a man of taste.  With his naturally cool and even keel, smoldering eyes, and a voice that purrs, it is easy to see how this Danish actor’s style is a perfect fit for the good doctor.

Hannibal by Dino de Laurentiis Company

 

Daniel Robitaille “Candyman”- Candyman

The legend of a man you summon in the mirror only to have him kill you isn’t the most romantic love story.  However, the legend of Daniel Robitaille, the man behind Candyman, is.  Beginning as a forbidden love story Robitaille was a slave commissioned to paint a portrait of a wealthy landowner’s daughter, Caroline.  As fate would have it, Robitaille and Caroline quickly fall in love.  Unfortunately their forbidden love affair is discovered and Robitaille pays the ultimate price with his life.
Living on as the Candyman, the 6’5” urban legend patiently stalks his female victims, crooning their name from the shadows.  In the first film Candyman pursues Helen, who he believes to the reincarnation of his lover, Caroline.  While on one hand he is a bloodthirsty killer, he is also a hopeless romantic.

Candyman by Propoganda Films

 

Patrick Bateman- American Psycho

Set in 1990’s yuppie New York City everyone is concerned about appearances, no one more so than Patrick Bateman.  Each morning he has a routine consisting of intense exercise, luxurious bath products to clean and enhance the skin, and finally an herb-mint facial mask.  He is a fine specimen indeed!  Men want to be him, and women (and even some men) want to have him.  Never has a maniac running nude down a hallway wielding a chainsaw ever looked so good!

American Psycho by Lionsgate

 

Mickey- Scream 2

Lacking much character development, as most slasher films do, we don’t spend a long time with Mickey on the campus of Windsor College.  Yet there is just something about those big brown eyes that say “trust me” as he comes to the comfort of career victim Sydney Prescott.  Come to find out at the climax of the film he wasn’t as trustworthy as he seemed.  *sigh* Why are the cute ones always crazy?

Scream 2 by Dimension Films

 

Dr. Oliver Thredson- American Horror Story: Asylum

Our second doctor on the list is Dr. Thredson from the second season of American Horror Story, portrayed by Zachary Quinto.  Thredson believes compassion instead of the severe physical and mental treatments of the times would yield more promising results for mental patients.  Unfortunately, beneath this well dressed exterior and perfect hair, this cutie is coo coo for Cocoa Puffs.  Having been abandoned at a young age by his mother he seeks out the comfort only a mother could provide.  However, if the women he chooses don’t fit the bill he kills them, often using their skin for furniture or mask making.  With a face like that we can overlook those pesky mommy issues, right?

American Horror Story by 20th Century Fox Television


Vilmer Slaughter- Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

Very few good things came out of the fourth installment of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series.  However, many of us received our first introduction to the then unknown actor Matthew McConaughey.  The blonde Texas native starred in this film as the hootin’ and hollerin’ head of the Slaughter family, Vilmer.  Vilmer certainly was crazy, but underneath all of that grease and motor oil on his not so charming overalls there was a glimpse of the handsome man we know him as today!

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation by Columbia Pictures

George Lutz- The Amityville Horror (2005)

In the 2005 remake of The Amityville Horror, a pre-Deadpool Ryan Reynolds is casted as leading man George Lutz.  While Lutz begins as the typical family man and “good guy,” the influence of the house at 112 Ocean Avenue with a sordid past begins to take a toll on him.  As Reynold’s character becomes more and more under the house’s oppression he becomes angry and shirtless… a lot.  While the house is really the villain of this movie, its vinyl siding and iconic “eye” windows just can’t compete with Reynold’s abs!

The Amityville Horror by Dimension Films and
Platinum Dunes

Dandy Motts- American Horror Story: Freak Show

American Horror Story sure has a way with torturing our hearts with pretty boys who are bat shit crazy.  This time in Freak Show, privileged and often bratty Dandy Motts is a beautiful male specimen on the outside, but on the inside it’s a much different story.  He feel like he relates to the freaks in the side show, but he also has an inherent madness that makes him a sociopath.  It may be hard to believe, but there’s a lot of conflicting issues going on in that brain of his.  If only his instincts to kill could have been tamed, maybe this gorgeous man didn’t have to meet his demise so soon by those he wronged.

American Horror Story: Freak Show by 20th Century Fox Television

Shane Walsh- The Walking Dead

Shane may not be seen as a villain in a television show filled with flesh eating zombies, but his character traits at times don’t cast him in a light that is any better than the undead he is running from.  Being extremely jealous of his best friend Rick for his leadership qualities as well as his family, Shane becomes more unstable with each episode.  After Rick’s return he can no longer to carry on the forbidden affair he had with his best friend’s wife, and is therefore left with a growing obsession from afar.  As his instability increases so does his disregard for those who are not in their group.  Shane makes it clear he has no qualms about killing or abandoning those he sees as liabilities to group and its safety.  It’s unfortunate this cold hearted dictator has the face of an angel.

The Walking Dead by AMC Studios


Lestat de Lioncourt- Interview with the Vampire

Ok, let’s face it, every vampire in the film adaptation of Interview with the Vampire is beautiful.  However, we are just focusing on Lestat to round out our list of sexy male villains, but I’ll include Louie in the picture.  You’re welcome.

Whether Lestat is a “villain” is really a matter of perspective as well as how much you know about the character.  Yet for the sake of this article we will say he is.  The beautiful blonde vampire tries to persuade his new fledgling, Louis, killing is permissible, even insisting it’s a way of life and a means of survival.  At least Lestat’s killing methods, regardless of race, age, and gender, increases our odds of coming face to face, or fang to neck, with this beautiful creature of the night!

Interview with the Vampire by Warner Bros. 

Did your sexy male villain not make the top ten list?  Share bellow who you would add!

 

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‘Violent Night’ Director’s Next Project is a Shark Movie

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Sony Pictures is getting in the water with director Tommy Wirkola for his next project; a shark movie. Although no plot details have been revealed, Variety confirms that the movie will start filming in Australia this summer.

Also confirmed is that actress Phoebe Dynevor is circling the project and is in talks to star. She is probably best known for her role as Daphne in the popular Netflix soap Bridgerton.

Dead Snow (2009)

Duo Adam McKay and Kevin Messick (Don’t Look Up, Succession) will produce the new film.

Wirkola is from Norway and utilizes a lot of action in his horror films. One of his first films, Dead Snow (2009), about zombie Nazis, is a cult favorite, and his 2013 action-heavy Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is an entertaining distraction.

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)

But 2022’s Christmas blood fest Violent Night starring David Harbour made wider audiences familiar with Wirkola. Coupled with favorable reviews and a great CinemaScore, the film became a Yuletide hit.

Insneider first reported this new shark project.

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Why You May NOT Want To Go In Blind Before Watching ‘The Coffee Table’

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You might want to prepare yourself for some things if you plan to watch The Coffee Table now rentable on Prime. We aren’t going to go into any spoilers, but research is your best friend if you are sensitive to intense subject matter.

If you don’t believe us, maybe horror writer Stephen King might convince you. In a tweet he published on May 10, the author says, “There’s a Spanish movie called THE COFFEE TABLE on Amazon Prime and Apple+. My guess is you have never, not once in your whole life, seen a movie as black as this one. It’s horrible and also horribly funny. Think the Coen Brothers’ darkest dream.”

It is hard to talk about the film without giving anything away. Let’s just say there are certain things in horror movies that are generally off the, ahem, table and this film crosses that line in a big way.

The Coffee Table

The very ambiguous synopsis says:

“Jesus (David Pareja) and Maria (Estefanía de los Santos) are a couple going through a difficult time in their relationship. Nevertheless, they have just become parents. To shape their new life, they decide to buy a new coffee table. A decision that will change their existence.”

But there is more to it than that, and the fact that this might be the darkest of all comedies is also a little unsettling. Although it is heavy on the dramatic side too, the core issue is very taboo and might leave certain people sick and disturbed.

What’s worse is that it is an excellent movie. The acting is phenomenal and the suspense, masterclass. Compounding that it’s a Spanish film with subtitles so you have to look at your screen; it’s just evil.

The good news is The Coffee Table isn’t really that gory. Yes, there is blood, but it’s used more as just a reference than a gratuitous opportunity. Still, the mere thought of what this family has to go through is unnerving and I can guess many people will turn it off within the first half-hour.

Director Caye Casas has made a great film that might go down in history as one of the most disturbing ever made. You have been warned.

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Trailer For Shudder’s Latest ‘The Demon Disorder’ Showcases SFX

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It’s always interesting when award-winning special effects artists become directors of horror films. That is the case with The Demon Disorder coming from Steven Boyle who has done work on The Matrix movies, The Hobbit trilogy, and King Kong (2005).

The Demon Disorder is the latest Shudder acquisition as it continues adding high-quality and interesting content to its catalog. The film is the directorial debut of Boyle and he says he is happy that it will become a part of the horror streamer’s library coming fall 2024.

“We are thrilled that The Demon Disorder has reached its final resting place with our friends at Shudder,” said Boyle.  “It’s a community and fanbase that we hold in the highest esteem and we couldn’t be happier to be on this journey with them!”

Shudder echoes Boyle’s thoughts about the film, emphasizing his skill.

“After years of a creating a range of elaborate visual experiences through his work as a special effects designer on iconic films, we’re thrilled to give Steven Boyle a platform for his feature length directorial debut with The Demon Disorder,” said Samuel Zimmerman, Head of Programming for Shudder.  “Full of impressive body horror that fans have come to expect from this master of effects, Boyle’s film is an engrossing story about breaking generational curses that viewers will find both unsettling and amusing.”

The movie is being described as an “Australian family drama” that centers on, “Graham, a man haunted by his past since the death of his father and the estrangement from his two brothers. Jake, the middle brother, contacts Graham claiming that something is horribly wrong: their youngest brother Phillip is possessed by their deceased father. Graham reluctantly agrees to go and see for himself. With the three brothers back together, they soon realize they are unprepared for the forces against them and learn that the sins of their past will not stay hidden. But how do you defeat a presence that knows you inside and out? An anger so powerful it refuses to stay dead?”

The movie stars, John Noble (The Lord of the Rings), Charles CottierChristian Willis, and Dirk Hunter.

Take a look at the trailer below and let us know what you think. The Demon Disorder will begin streaming on Shudder this fall.

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