Top Psychotic Characters in movies

5. Alex from A Clockwork Orange

Alex is the narrator and anti-hero of the novel, in which he does not supply his surname. In the Story Film, however, in addition to the surname “DeLarge”, we see several newspaper clippings (showing Alex returning to society following his subjection to the Ludovico treatment) where his name is printed as Alex Burgess, in a clear reference to the novel’s author, Anthony Burgess.

Alex is portrayed as a psychopath who robs, rapes, and ultimately murders for his own amusement. Intellectually, he knows that this sort of behavior is wrong, saying that “you can’t have a society with everybody behaving in my manner of the night.” He professes to be somewhat puzzled by the motivations of those who wish to reform him and others like him, saying that he would never interfere with their desire to be good; it’s just that he “goes to the other shop.”

He speaks Nadsat, a teenage slang created by author Anthony Burgess. The language is based on English and Russian words, and also borrows from bits of Romany speech, the Bible and schoolboy colloquialisms. He likes milk spiked with various stimulants (“milk plus”) or hallucinogens (“synthemesc”). The book goes into much greater detail about the nature of his drug use, describing how the customers at the Korova Milk Bar go away “into the Land.” Alex is very fond of classical music, particularly Beethoven, or, as he calls him, “lovely lovely Ludwig Van.” While listening to this music, he fantasizes about endless rampages of torture and slaughter to the point of orgasm.

4. Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men

Anton Chigurh, the main antagonist, a shadowy and sociopathic assassin, prone to extreme violence and philosophical musings. He is in his 30s, and has eyes as “blue as lapis… Like wet stones”. A man of dark and vaguely exotic complexion.

3. The Joker from The Dark Knight

The Joker has been referred to as the Clown Prince of Crime (or Chaos), the Harlequin of Hate (Havoc), and the Ace of Knaves. Throughout the evolution of the DC Universe, interpretations and incarnations of the Joker have taken two forms. The original and currently dominant image is of a fiendishly intelligent psychopath with a warped, sadistic sense of humor. The other interpretation of the character, popular in the late 1940s through 1960s comic books as well as the 1960s television series, is that of an eccentric but harmless prankster and thief. Batman: The Animated Series blended these two aspects, although most interpretations tend to embrace one characterization or the other.

2. Norman Bates from Psycho

The character is based on real-life murderer Ed Gein. In the sequel to the original film, Bates is released from the institution 22 years later, seemingly cured, and he meets Mary Loomis — Marion Crane’s niece — whom he falls in love with. However, a series of mysterious murders occurs, as well as strange appearances and messages from “Mother”, and Norman slowly loses his grip on sanity. The mysterious appearances and messages turn out to be a plot by Lila Loomis, the sister of Marion, to drive him insane again in order to get him recommitted, due to her eternal grudge against Norman for murdering her sister in the first place. The actual murders turn out to be the work of his aunt — Norma’s sister, Emma Spool — who shares the family’s history of mental illness and claims to be Norman’s real mother. Before Norman discovers this, however, Mary Loomis is shot dead by the police during a confrontation with Norman, and Spool murders Lila. When Spool tells Norman that she is his mother, he kills her and embalms her body while assuming the “Mother” personality once again.

Norman Bates is ranked as the second greatest villain on the American Film Institute’s list of the top 100 film heroes and villains, behind Hannibal Lecter. His line “A boy’s best friend is his mother” also ranks as number 56 on the institute’s list of the 100 greatest movie quotes

1. Hannibal Lecter from Silence of the Lambs

Hannibal Lecter is described in the novels as being small and sleek, and with wiry strength in his arms. In The Silence of the Lambs it is revealed that Lecter’s left hand has the condition called mid ray duplication polydactyly, i.e. a duplicated middle finger^. In Hannibal, he performs plastic surgery on his own face on several occasions, and removes his extra digit.

Lecter’s eyes are a shade of maroon, and reflect the light in “pinpoints of red”. He is also said to have small white teeth and dark, slicked-back hair.

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