Scariest characters in not-entirely-scary movies

Jim Carrey in The Cable Guy

The bunny in Donnie Darko.

John Goodman in various bits (around the beginning and ending of the film) of Barton Fink.

The guy with the hound in O Brother, Where Art Thou.

Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men.

The Lone Biker of the Apocalypse from “Raising Arizona”.

The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz.

It’s not a movie but Lady Elaine Fairchild from Mr. Rodger’s Neighborhood was/is absolutely terrifying. How anyone purporting to know children could think that she wasn’t horrifying is beyond me.

The guy that owned Pig Burgers (“everybody wants some”) in Better Off Dead.

Also, Johnny the paperboy from the same movie.

Oh man, the first person that I thought of when I read the topic was Slugworth from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. That guy petrified me.

  • Peter Wiggen

Cruella da Ville.