Top Ten Fictional Serial Killers
Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a character in a series of suspense novels by Thomas Harris. Lecter was introduced in the 1981 thriller novel Red Dragon as a forensic psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer. Intelligent, he can read you like a book before you have finished your sentence. He can get into your head quickly. He truly is one of the most entertaining fictional serial killers ever.
He's sadistic and blood-thirsty as well as incredibly intelligent. He is also extremely good at getting into your head. He totally deserves number 1!
Hannibal the Cannibal... Surely deserved this spot.
Dexter Morgan is a fictional character and the antihero of a series of novels by Jeff Lindsay, including Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Dearly Devoted Dexter, Dexter in the Dark, Dexter by Design, Dexter Is Delicious, Double Dexter, and Dexter's Final Cut. This guy is a true serial killer. No doubt Hannibal Lecter is a better killer, but he is not much of a serial killer.
The Joker is a fictional super villain created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson who first appeared in the debut issue of the comic book Batman (April 25, 1940) published by DC Comics. Credit for the Joker's creation is disputed; Kane and Robinson claimed responsibility for the Joker's design,... read more
He wasn't always this way. This is what he became after he was brutally murdered and had his hand sawn off. Some people have no humanity.
Carnage (Cletus Kassidy) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually as an enemy of Spider-Man. He appeared for the first time in The Amazing Spider-Man #361.
This character was actually inspired by six real life serial killers: Jerry Brudos, Ed Gein, Ted Bundy, Gary M. Heidnik, Edmund Kemper, and Gary Ridgway.
Michael Myers is a character from the Halloween series of slasher films. He first appears in John Carpenter's Halloween as a young boy who murders his older sister, then fifteen years later returns home to murder more teenagers... read more He actually has more victories than any other killer on this list. He kills because he feels like he needs to, not because it's fun or he thinks it's justified. He even gets away with it.
Tall, strongly built, mysterious, quiet, and dangerous.
He has the face of an angel and the mind of a demon.
Jigsaw is a character from the Saw series. He first appears in Saw as a man whose wife passed away. After that, he did lots of tests on people. "Let's play a game." What more do I really need to say?
Jason Voorhees is a character from the Friday the 13th series. He first appeared in Friday the 13th as the young son of camp cook-turned-murderer, Mrs. Voorhees. He became a killer because his mother was decapitated by one of the counselors in the first movie. Now he wants revenge on anyone who returns to the camp. He's not totally evil. He just loves his mother.
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Fred "Freddy" Krueger is the main antagonist of the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series. He first appeared in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Freddie Krueger is THE BEST! The burnt face just gives me the creeps. Scary face, nasty words, the dream killer's got it all! He deserves number 1!
Norman Bates is a character created by writer Robert Bloch as the main character in his novel Psycho, and portrayed by Anthony Perkins as the primary antagonist of the 1960 film of the same name directed by Alfred Hitchcock and its sequels. It's not his fault... His mother made him do it.
Charles Lee Ray is a fictional character and the titular antagonist of the Child's Play horror film series. The coolest thing about this killer is that he transported his soul into the body of a doll so that he could stay alive.
Patrick Bateman, is an American, serial killing, yuppie, villain protagonist, who debuted in the rules of attraction, by Bret Easton Ellis.Best known for his relevance in its successor, American Psycho (also by Bret Easton Ellis), as the novel's protagonist (which mostly contributes to the book's... read more
Notebook of death. Shall I say more?
"I'm saving a special mark for you, Batman."
He's played by Lord Voldemort himself.
Johan Liebert is a character in the anime and manga series Monster, created by Naoki Urasawa. He is the twin brother of the main character, Dr. Kenzo Tenma, and serves as the primary antagonist. Johan is a highly intelligent, manipulative individual with a mysterious past, capable of bending people... read moreOh, come on, Hannibal is just a man who has been identified before and caught. Red John is superhuman. He makes no mistakes. He is a true supervillain with psychic powers and criminal genius.
He's awesome. He has supernatural powers. He knew about the names on Jane's suspect list three months before Jane even did, and Jane is the one who made it!
He was the child murderer in the German movie M. He was so elusive that the law couldn't track him. He had to be caught by the criminal underground.
Yoshikage Kira is the main antagonist from the manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable written by Araki Hirohiko.