Answer: Robert Walker
"Strangers on a Train" (1951) was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and involved a plot imagined by Bruno Antony (Walker) wherein he would kill someone for tennis player Guy Haines (Farley Granger), and Haines would kill someone for Bruno. Because they were strangers, no one would suspect the truth. The problem? Only Bruno took the plot seriously.
Robert Hudson Walker (1918-1951) died far too young, leaving a body of work that also included "Bataan" (1943), "The Clock" (1945) and "Till the Clouds Roll By" (1946). His sons Robert, Jr. and Michael also became actors.
From Quiz: Big Bad Bob
Answer: Mater
Sir Tow Mater KBE is really the only 'good' guy of the above choices. Mater is a tow truck who is best friends with Lightning McQueen from the 2006 Pixar film "Cars" and its sequel. He is the "rustiest, trustiest tow truck in Radiator Springs". Mater is voiced by Larry the Cable Guy and is based on the design of a 1951 International Harvester truck. In fact, Mater's extensive knowledge of automotive parts in "Cars 2" (2011) helps capture villain Sir Miles Axelrod. As for the villains listed: Jafar and his talking macaw, Iago, are both from "Aladdin", about a street rat, Jasmine and a genie (1992); Scar is Simba's uncle and the bad guy from "The Lion King" (1994).
From Quiz: Box Office Bad Boys/Girls
Answer: Hannibal Lecter
Anthony Hopkins won an Academy Award for his portrayal of the refined but deeply disturbed Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 thriller "The Silence of the Lambs".
A brilliant psychiatrist who's perfected the use of mind control over his patients, Dr. Lecter is spending his life in a maximum security prison after committing multiple murders and subsequently eating his victims' body parts.
Hannibal the Cannibal, as he's known to law enforcement officers, is approached by a young FBI trainee who's seeking his help in catching another serial killer. The psychotic Lecter leads viewers through a terrifying journey into the darkest of human behavior before the film's chilling climax.
From Quiz: Nice Guys Finish Last
Answer: Freddy Krueger
Freddy attacked when his foes were at their most vulnerable. In dreams, Freddy could warp reality and use your fears against you. It was usually a fluke occurrence that led to Freddy's demise. A good example of this is in "Freddy vs. Jason". While in the dream world, Freddy tossed Jason Voorhees around like a stuffed animal. But when one of the human protagonists went into a dream and pulled Freddy out to the real world, Freddy became no more harmful than your average run-of-the-mill criminal.
From Quiz: Bad to the Bone
Answer: The Cobra Kai
The Cobra Kai has to be one of the most hated groups of bullies in the entire moviedom, as they took unfair play to a new level. "Sweep the leg!" is their trademark villain maneuver. The Cobra Kai logo, featuring a yellow cobra with the dojo name, became a pop culture icon after the release of the movie, together with the phrase, "Cobra Kai...never die!"
From Quiz: Villains, Inc.
Answer: Lee Van Cleef
Some of his villainous movies are "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance", "High Noon" and "The Bravados". His very first film was "High Noon" (1952). He was of Dutch ancestry and his career was interrupted by a serious car accident in 1958. His career was revived in 1965 when he became a major star in Spaghetti Westerns.
From Quiz: If I Only Had a Heart
Answer: Hannibal
Anthony Hopkins reprised his role of serial killer Hannibal Lecter in the sequel to "Silence of the Lambs". Jodie Foster, who played FBI agent Clarice Starling in the original movie, declined the role in "Hannibal". Julianne Moore ("The Big Lebowski" and "Far from Heaven") stepped in to the breach.
Although the movie was a box office hit and won several awards in Europe, it failed to score any Academy Awards nominations.
From Quiz: I Came, I Saw, I Conquered
Answer: Halloween
Michael Myers is the masked villain from this creepy 1978 horror film. As a child, Michael wears a clown outfit when he goes upstairs to stab his older sister to death. This film spawned several sequels and a remake. Debra Hill and John Carpenter wrote and produced it, and Carpenter also directed it.
From Quiz: Masked Maniacs
Answer: The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
Dr. Heiter was a very disturbed man with too much time on his hands, obviously. He believed in his own sick and warped way that it was a wonderful idea to surgically attach three victims (two women and a man) to each other, from mouth to rear end, which would have given them one digestive system to share among the three of them. Then they were made to crawl around on their hands and knees in order to get around, making them look like a "human centipede". This unusual film was directed, written, produced, and edited by Tom Six.
From Quiz: The Doctor is In....SANE!
Answer: Monstro
In "Pinocchio" this whale devours Pinocchio and Gepetto. Monstro is huge and really does not have a big role in the movie, except the setting for the climax in which Pinocchio realizes the error of his ways and selflessly saves Gepetto. Pinocchio does a lot to get himself and his father in a lot of trouble up to this point in the movie. He later reconciles and is able to become a real boy.
From Quiz: The Seven Deadly Sins of Disney Villains
Answer: Jacob Goodnight
This was Kane's first film. Psychotic killer Jacob Goodnight lived hidden away in the Blackwell Hotel. Some delinquents were sent to clean up the hotel, and wound up getting offed one by one by Goodnight. WWE owner Vince McMahon was one of the producers for the film.
From Quiz: Villains-R-Us Part 2
Answer: Louise Fletcher
Nurse Ratched is aloof, cold, and determined to control her mental ward charges, especially Randle Patrick McMurphy (Nicholson) whose free spirit does not sit well with her code of discipline.
The role of the nurse was turned down by Anne Bancroft, Colleen Dewhurst, Geraldine Page, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda, Shirley MacLaine and Angela Lansbury. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" was nominated for nine awards, winning five. In addition to Nicholson and Fletcher, it also won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.
Fletcher, upon accepting the Oscar, used sign language to honor her parents who were both deaf. Fletcher was also seen in "Lady in Red" (1979), "Nobody's Fool" (1984), and "Two Days in the Valley" (1996). Television brought her an opportunity to guest star on several series including "Star Trek", "Picket Fences", and "Joan of Arcadia".
From Quiz: Women Film Villains
Answer: The Devil's Rejects
'The Devil's Rejects' is a brutal 2005 horror film written and diected by Rob Zombie. Actor Sid Haig plays the role of Captain Spaulding. The other two killers in the film are Otis and Baby, played by Bill Moseley and Sheri Moon Zombie. This film is the sequel to the 2003 film, 'House of 1000 Corpses', also directed by Zombie. In this one, the three psychotic maniacs are on the run for the murder and mayhem that they caused in the first film, causing even more havoc as they go on their way.
From Quiz: Villains-R-Us
Answer: Stephen King's Pet Sematary
This 1989 horror chiller was adapted from King's 1983 novel of the same name. Gage Creed got run over and killed by a truck on the road in front of his home while chasing down a kite he was flying. His father, Louis Creed, being devastated by his untimely death, decided to bury him in the pet cemetary up the hill. Everything and everyone that was buried there comes back evil, which gives meaning to the movies tagline, 'Sometimes dead is better.'
From Quiz: Beware! Children at Play
Answer: Eight Legged Freaks
'Eight Legged Freaks' also stars Kari Wuhrer and Scarlett Johansson. The spiders become large and have an appetite for destruction due to an accidental ingestion of toxic waste. It starts when a boy named Joshua goes down to the town swamp to get crickets to feed to his many exotic spiders. The crickets have already ingested the poison, which of course is passed on to the pet spiders once consumed. This causes them to become very large and very deadly. Anyone who is a fan of horror/comedies, and who has not seen this movie yet, might want to check it out. Very entertaining!
From Quiz: Eeek! Call the Exterminator!
Answer: Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" is a masterpiece of suspense. In the shower scene the music actually sounds like stabbing. Although based on Ed Gein, the only thing that Norman Bates had in common with Gein was an obsession with dead women. In Norman Bates' case it was dressing as his mother to murder women guests, while Ed Gein used the skin from women he dug up from the local graveyard, as well as those he murdered, to make clothing for himself.
From Quiz: Celluloid Serial Killers
Answer: The Bad Seed
'The Bad Seed' was directed by Mervyn Leroy. It is about an eight year old girl named Rhoda, who is a sociopathic murderer. While she has the ability to manipulate adults with her seeming innocence, other children fear her. She kills two adults, one child, and a puppy. Rhoda is eventually struck by lightning and killed. Patty McCormack also starred in the 1994 horror flick 'Mommy', as well as many others. She also starred in the short lived TV comedy series 'The Ropers' (1979-1980).
From Quiz: Have You Checked the Children?
Answer: Glenn Close
Alex Forrest was the beautiful woman with severe Borderline Personality Disorder in the 1987 film "Fatal Attraction". The film was the second highest grossing film in 1987, and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. This very talented actress has won four Tony Awards, and has been nominated for five Academy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.
From Quiz: I Am the Bad Gal, Vol. III
Answer: Kevin Spacey
The plot of "Se7en" had the villain John Doe, who was played by Kevin Spacey, committing brutal murders based on the seven deadly sins. Kevin is a multiple Academy Award winner. He won "Best Supporting Actor" in "The Usual Suspects", and "Best Actor" in the movie "American Beauty".
From Quiz: I Am The Bad Guy - Vol II
Answer: Milo
In the scene from "The Last Boy Scout" the hero, Joe Hallenbeck (Bruce Wills), meets the villian Milo for the first time. Milo asked Joe if he knew who he was. Joe answered "You're the bad guy." Milo agreed and made the statement "I am the bad guy." Milo's statement gave me the idea for the title of this quiz. Milo was played by Taylor Negron. You also may remember Taylor as the pizza guy in the movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". Taylor is the brother of Chuck Negron, one of the lead singers from Three Dog Night.
From Quiz: I Am The Bad Guy!
Answer: Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Aspects of Leatherface and his family are somewhat based on serial killer Ed Gein. "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was one of the first slasher flicks made. Leatherface and his family hunt a group of teenagers to feed the family and so Leatherface can hide his deformities by using their skin. This cult classic was conceived by director Tobe Hooper while he was shopping in the hardware section at a Sears.
From Quiz: Movie Villains 101
Answer: Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury is so scary as Mrs. John Iselin because she manipulates and undermines our very own democratic system. She's also a bad mother! Co-starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and Janet Leigh, 'The Manchurian Candidate' is simply a must-see for all fans of political thrillers.
From Quiz: Naughty, Naughty: Movie Baddies!
Answer: Gordon Gekko
Who can forget the immortal line of Gordon Gekko, who said 'Greed is good'? Gekko applies the rules of the Chinese political philosopher Sun-Tzu to his work. There are winners and losers, business is a zero-sum game, and 'Every battle is won before it is ever fought.'
From Quiz: Evil, Evil, Evil: Great Movie Villains
Answer: Darla in "Finding Nemo"
"Finding Nemo" was made by Pixar. What makes this little girl a movie brat is whenever she gets a fish for her birthday she shakes the bag and kills the fish. Her name is Darla, and she is the dentist's niece.
From Quiz: Brats and Bad People in the Movies
Answer: 1926
This silent film was the first to debut Hitchcock's trademark, of making brief appearances in his own movies.
From Quiz: Ripper Flicks
Answer: Robert Carlyle
Scotsman Carlyle played the man with a bullet in his brain. Although, in the spirit of this quiz, he turns out not to be the baddest of them all (I'll say no more ;)). Coltrane reprised his role in 'Goldeneye'(1995) as Russian casino owner Valentin Zukovsky. Bean played Bond's partner turned evil, 006, in 'Goldeneye', and Pryce played media mogul Elliot Carver in 'Tomorrow Never Dies'(1997).
From Quiz: Bad...Or Just Misunderstood?
Answer: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Tim Curry stars as Frank in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975). Curry, Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick still get quite a bit of work. Meat Loaf plays Eddie.
From Quiz: So Bad They're Good, Part 2
Answer: Al Pacino
Al Pacino played the Devil in "The Devil's Advocate". Keanu Reeves finds out that he is the son of the Devil in this less than great movie. Al Pacino makes it watchable.
From Quiz: So Bad, They're Good
Answer: Ralph Fiennes
Ralph (pronounced Rafe) Fiennes is known for his sensitive acting in a number of high quality and intellectual films. And for the "Avengers" remake.
From Quiz: The Evil English
Answer: Ocean's 11
George Clooney starred in a new version of the film, directed by Steven Soderbergh.
From Quiz: Movie Villains 2
Answer: Jeremy Irons
Irons won a Best Actor Oscar as real life convicted criminal Claus Von Bulow in 'Reversal of Fortune'.
From Quiz: Movie Villains
Answer: fatal attraction
The term 'bunny boiler' comes from a particularly memorable scene from 'Fatal Attraction' where Alex sneaks into the house of Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas), with whom she has been having an affair, kills his daughter's pet rabbit and boils it. Alex works in publishing and Dan is a lawyer; when he breaks off the affair, she refuses to let go and starts stalking him, spying on his family, vandalising his car and kidnapping Ellen, Dan's daughter. The film climaxes with Alex attacking Beth (Anne Archer), Dan's wife in the bathroom with a knife, and Dan tries to drown her, but it doesn't work and only Beth shooting her finally stops Alex for good.
From Quiz: Drop Dead
Answer: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
"Medication time, medication time..."
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is set in an Oregon mental hospital and is based on a novel by Ken Kesey. Nurse Ratched controls her subordinates and her patients with an unyielding but seemingly serene authority, losing her composure only when confronted by Randle McMurphy, a free spirited, small time criminal who is sent to the institution for psychiatric evaluation. After McMurphy earns the trust of the other patients and repeatedly challenges her strict rules and system of using fear to manipulate others, the devious nurse uses her authority to permanently end the conflict.
Louise Fletcher and Jack Nicholson received Oscars for their roles as Nurse Ratched and McMurphy.
From Quiz: Nice Guys Finish Last
Answer: Con Air
Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom had ice in his veins. Not a single shred of humanity lived inside him. This is a guy who killed anybody who got in his way or screwed him over, and he never showed an ounce of remorse. Proof of this lies in the scene where he lit one of his fellow convicts on fire because he tried to pull one over on him.
From Quiz: Bad to the Bone
Answer: The Wet Bandits
According to Marv, the group's calling card is leaving the water running on a house they just burgled, saying that they're "the wet bandits!"
Macaulay Culkin plays Kevin McCallister, who torments the would-be burglars in his house with common household items like shovels, paint cans, gasoline, toys and a flat iron (ouch!)
From Quiz: Villains, Inc.
Answer: Venom
Venom is created by an alien symbiote that binds with its victims and starts to influence their minds as well as their bodies. The confrontational, angry Brock becomes Venom, an anti-hero or villain, depending on the adaptation, but in the "Spiderman 3" movie, where he was played by Topher Grace, he was all villain.
From Quiz: A Few Dark Epithets
Answer: Jack Palance
He was born Volodymyr Palahniuk of Ukrainian parents. In his youth, he worked in the coal mines of Pennsylvania and became a good professional boxer. Palance was nominated for an Oscar (his second) as gunman Jack Wilson in "Shane" and finally won one as Curly Washburn by parodying himself in "City Slickers" (1991). He wrote a song about himself titled "The Meanest Man That Ever Lived".
From Quiz: If I Only Had a Heart
Answer: The Last Slumber Party
This film was directed by Stephen Tyler (no, not the singer from Aerosmith), who also played the role of the maniac killer. He hid out in a house where some teen girls were having a slumber party. The girls' boyfriends decided to show up also, and unfortunately, they all wound up meeting their demise at the hands of the maniac, who was dressed in a surgical mask and scrubs.
From Quiz: The Doctor is In....SANE!
Answer: Frollo
Frollo is self-righteous throughout the entire movie. In one particular scene, he shows his desire for Esmarelda through a song. He also "imagines" something that was possibly vulgar about her in the church.
From Quiz: The Seven Deadly Sins of Disney Villains
Answer: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937)
The Queen of "Snow White" set a standard for evil intent and probably frightened several generations of children. Lucille La Verne, who voiced the Queen, also was the model for the old hag that brings the poisoned apple to Snow White. Her career was mostly on the stage although she was a character actor in both silent and early sound films. Her performance in "Snow White", ironically, was uncredited at the time.
Snow White ends up living with seven men. When the Queen sets a spell upon her via the poisoned apple, she must wait for the kiss of a Prince to awaken her.
From Quiz: Women Film Villains