The Top Ten Villainesses of Horror
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The Top Ten Villainesses of Horror

From Medusa to high-school hottie Jennifer Check, these ladies are (literally) killer. Rate them for looks, style, and sheer horror.

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1 Medusa (A Stop-motion Gorgon), Clash of the Titans
She has snakes for hair and turns people to stone by looking at them: she's the breakout star of Ray Harryhausen. 85 255
2 Rosemary (Geretta Geretta), Demons
<p>You may not know her name, but she's the Rick James look alike who gets possessed and unleashes bloody hell.</p> 78 264
3 Pamela Voorhees (Betsy Palmer), Friday the 13th
She's Jason Voorhees's vengeful mother in the first installment of the Friday the 13th series. Enough said. 50 208
4 Alessa (Jodelle Ferland), Silent Hill
She's the big bad girl who's come (with razor wire) to wreak revenge on religious zealots. -6 180
5 Sylvia Ganush (Lorna Raver), Drag Me to Hell
Here's one gypsy crone in search of a loan; she gives good curse. Good, as in "really horrible." -14 182
6 Jennifer Check (Megan Fox), Jennifer's Body
<p>This high-school hottie found out being possessed by a demon will make you a literal man-eater.</p> -20 192
7 May Canady (Angela Bettis), May
This shy outcast is finally making herself a good friend, Frankenstein-style (i.e., one body part at a time). -21 161
8 Angela Johnson (Pamela Springsteen), Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers
Gender confusion makes this teen a killer. Her modus operandi doesn't stop in the sequel. -41 143
9 Janice Starlin (Susan Cabot), The Wasp Woman
A cosmetics CEO who uses a bit too much of her own product and becomes queen bee for real. -59 137
10 La Femme (Beatrice Dalle), Inside
This nameless, emotionless psycho wants a pregnant woman's soon-to-be-born baby. -60 136