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Of the many lineament he is recognized for , coming up with and developing interesting characters is for certain one ofStephen King ’s most over-the-top natural endowment in his craftsmanship . His protagonists are always multidimensional and well - developed , with a unique voice and a absorbing backstory . His villains can now and again be even better . King is splendid at giving life to iconic monsters like Pennywise or tragic image like Arnie Cunningham , often enkindle a wide-ranging compass of emotions in the reviewer .
Regardless of their implication to the game , some of his characters are so intrinsically despicable that it ’s hard to finger even an ounce of sympathyfor them . Although King sure knows how tocreate terrifying monsters , his most disgustful character are often the ones grounded in reality — homo . Because there are so many , choosing the most awful is no prosperous task ; at some power point , it becomes a subject of personal preference . Some of them have stuck with me for all the wrong reasons , and I have n’t stopped hat them since .
10Ace Merrill
Stand by Me (Based On The Body)
bully are often hard part to care , but with an interesting redemption arc or some setting selective information that can shed light on their actions , I might end up apprise them . Most of the time , they are simply kids . But Ace Merrill run beyond typical teenage high-handedness . He exhibits a storey of cruelty that surpass any years .
From Tim Curry as Pennywise in It to James Mason ’s role of Straker in ' Salem ’s Lot , these functioning make these Stephen King show worth a scout .
Ace is a 16 - class - old ( in the movie theatre substitution , even older)adolescent who spend his timetormenting Gordie and his friends , a group of halfway - school children . He show small to no regard for anyone , sometimes even for himself . Contrary to many bullies , his activity do not seem to come from insecurity or a need for go — rather , they hint at a sadistic nature . It does n’t help that , in the cinema adaptation , Kiefer Sutherland catch his disturbing nature a little too well with his cold stare and an unsettling flicker .
9Annie Wilkes
Misery
She might be too obvious a scoundrel to earn her place among the most pernicious antagonists written by Stephen King , but to me , Annie Wilkes represent a truly terrific kind of fiend . Her reference feeds off of obsession and delusionsand , although she is clearly fluid , there is petty sympathy I have for her . Because of her bond to the character of Misery , Annie conceive she has the right to a story that was never hers to begin with .
She does n’t see herself as an antagonist to Paul Sheldon , but as his savior . There is a streak of arrogance and ego - righteousness that fuels her increasingly unhinged behavior . While her actions are extreme , there ’s an unsettling realness in the elbow room her fanatism build up . She is the avatar of unchecked devotion and , in many ways , the toxic extreme point that fandoms can sometimes reach . The perturb nanny is definitely one ofStephen King ’s well - written villain .
8Alvin Marsh
IT
Ithas a substantial telephone number of despicable characters , yet between killer clowns and various behemoth , the vile antagonists are humans . Alvin Marsh is one of the most awful institution of King . Unlike Pennywise , who stage a fantastical , surreal threat , Alvin is a domestic one . Alvin is Beverly Marsh ’s father , but he has no paternal instinct toward her . On the contrary , he mistreat his role as a caregiver to wield psychological and , although mainly implied , strong-arm and sexual abuse of his girl .
With his character , King confront us with a rough true statement : sometimes the most terrifying lusus naturae do n’t lallygag in sewers or supernatural dimensions — they live under the same roof .
Alvin masks his abuse beneath a monstrous facade of love , paternity , and protective instincts . He is deep misogynous and tearing . With his character , King face up us with a harsh truth : sometimes the most terrifying monsters do n’t skulk in sewers or supernatural dimensions — they live under the same ceiling . And that horror is all too real .
7Margaret White
Carrie
Perhaps King is so adamant about crafting bigoted character as villains that he understands how profoundly unnerving they can be . Margaret White , for example , isone of his most disturbing creations — her bearing sparks far more hatred in me than the child - eating monster that is Pennywise . perhaps it is because she is human , and not so unlike — albeit more extreme — from others I have encountered . Her stain of cruelty is not born of supernatural evilness but of deeply ingrained ignorance .
What makes Margaret White so problematic , however , is not only her bigotry , but the way her fanaticism entirely devastates her daughter ’s aliveness , trend dangerously close to abuse . Her utmost zealotry manifest in every prospect of Carrie ’s existence . Instead of helping her daughter grow into a curious and independent immature cleaning woman , she promote her in fear and paranoia . Her entire incompetence as a mother is what eventually conduce to Carrie ’s tragic destiny .
6Warden Norton
The Shawshank Redemption (Based On Rita Hayworth And Shawshank Redemption)
Like the bigot who excuse their misbehavior beneath the veil of spiritual righteousness , many individual hide their cruelty and greed under the guise of legal righteousness . King is in particular expert at unmask the hypocrisies of such figures . For me , few acts are as inexcusable asusing one ’s position of authority and perceive moral superiority to oppress others . For this understanding , Warden Norton stand out as one of my most hated grapheme .
Norton present himself as a humankind of trust and Justice Department . However , he understands nothing of the pity and pardon discussed by the Bible , and completely dismiss the proof of Andy ’s ingenuousness , even having an convict murder to overcompensate it up . Bob Gunton did a brilliant business at bring him to the big screen . Unsurprisingly , he isone of the most hated characters in the history of cinema .
5Greg Stillson
The Dead Zone
Greg Stillson is not only one of the most repellant character reference of Stephen King , but also one of the most terrific . At first glimpse , he appears as a magnetic somebody , a man capable of appealing to the masses with fervor under promises of change and successfulness . And that is perhaps the scarey part of it all . Stillson is not so far from many real - animation villains we encounter on a daily basis .
Stephen King has create many memorable and terrifying villain throughout his telling career , but which of his villains are the best ?
There is little that this derange pol seems unwilling to do in order of magnitude to have his way . Some might speculate that his demeanour borders on that of a psychopath — however , a psychopath who , though barren of empathy , has perfectly adapt to society . Stillson craves power and does not stop at anything to receive it . However , this same superpower makes him completely detach from the world around him , depriving him of any interest or fellow feeling for anyone but himself .
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4Big Jim Rennie
Under the Dome
Big Jim Rennie might be one of the most well - write antagonists of Stephen King , and , as such , I apprise his significance to the overall story . However , he was also the eccentric who almost made me stop readingUnder the Dome . What truly caused me to abhor his presence so ferociously was not just the deviousness that defined him , but the unbearable fact that he kept getting away with everything .
The more corrupt he became during the tarradiddle , the more power he hold . Simultaneously , the drawing card of Chester ’s Mill operated under the ludicrous effect that he was a hero . He saw himself as a godly presence in the township . His power - hungry and opportunist nature , pair with an high-flown ego and complete want of self - awareness , turns him into a vile villain who is , disturbingly , all too realistic . That realism is precisely what make him so resistant — and so hard to look away from .
3Mrs. Carmody
The Mist
No one wish a fanatic . More importantly , no one likes a fiend in a revulsion story . A puzzling and scarey situation might lead an already very committed bigot to amount up with the most nonsensical , and occasionally grave , theory to puzzle out the problem . Mrs. Carmody instance this . At first , she seems like a profoundly spiritual and slimly flakey woman . However , as she amount to see the unusual mist engulfing the town as God ’s punishment , she wobble from flaky to terrifying .
In the enclosed , high - stress surround of the supermarket , Mrs. Carmody becomes increasingly unhinged in her quest to appease God ’s anger . What makes me despise the character so intensely isthe way she misrepresent other masses ’s fears to soothe her own , driven by nothing more than a fake sentiency of ego - righteousness that finds its roots in ignorance .
Her call for human forfeit is one of the most chilling moments in the story . In another context of use , few would devote attention to her , but in the grip of topsy-turvyness , she obtain her exponent . Her authorisation feeds off despair . There is something profoundly distressing about someone whose influence only grows as others conk out down . Mrs Carmody is one of King ’s most underrated vile antagonists .
2Percy Wetmore
The Green Mile
Any someone who even dare to harm a hair on an brute , for me , cross into unforgivable territory , especially when it occur to a creature as defenseless as a mouse . And Percy Wetmore does it without nictate . In one of his most cruel moments , the cruel humankind carelessly stomp on Mr. Jingles , the innocent deary of one of Cold Mountain Penitentiary ’s inmates , Eduard Delacroix . as luck would have it , Coffey resurrects the mouse , but it does not invalidate the sheer viciousness of the gesture .
Wetmore is not an intriguing baddie desirable of credit but a misfortunate and hazardously real man - child .
As much as animal vilification is enough to earn me , and I ’m sure many others , hate , Wetmore ’s sadism does not stop there . He thrives on do pain , especially when his victims are powerless . Like many cruel individuals , he is also a coward . As a prison guard , he should uphold judge , yet he constantly abuses his authority . Wetmore is not an intriguing villain suitable of recognition but a pathetic and dangerously real man - child . The antagonist ofThe Green Mileembodies some of the bad traits in human nature .
1Patrick Hockstetter
I usually give teen the benefit of the doubt . Adolescence is , after all , a brass - wracking time . But regardless of his historic period , Patrick Hockstetter does not deserve an ounce of empathy from me — or anyone else . Some might immediately think of Henry Bowers when hash out the human villain ofIT.The 2017–2020 films certainly spotlight him as the main bully . However , as the Good Book makes disturbingly clear , Patrick is far more half-crazed and importantly less sympathetic than his leader .
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If Bowers is disturbed and evil , he is also a disruptive and inauspicious Kyd plagued by a difficult puerility . Patrick ’s upbringing does not seem to have had much effect on his nature . He is an inherently sadistic somebody , responsible for for mutilate his baby brotheratonly five years old , and who hurts beast for fun . Few chapter in the chronicle of lit have been as revolting and infuriating as his . His torture of free creature , one of which is a puppy , through starvation and cold , is what made him , in my eyes , King ’s despicable creation .
