Five Contemporary Horror Movie Villains That Got There Start In Novels

For those of you who don't know this, there are a few horror movie villains that had a truly prolific run as horror movie villains, they actually got there start In Horror Novels!

A great example of this would be, 'Norman Bates'... Now this is Anthony Perkins, in his role as, 'Norman Bates' was truly an amazing job that still resounds today (and heck I would go on to say that Vince Vaughn did a pretty good job as well!)

But believe it or not there has been more then a few that have done a great job as well... And so I thought that I would let you guys know about 5 that I found that I really like!

At number 5: Norman Bates.

Anthony Perkins as, 'Norman Bates', the main character in Alfred Hitchcock's, 'Psycho' (1960)... A movie based on the novel of the same name by: Robert Bloch

As mentioned above, Norman Bates was definitely initially a novel that was written by Robert Bloch... A novel that was loosely based on the serial killer: Ed Gein.

At number 4: Jame Gumb.

 Jame Gumb (Played by: Ted Levine), in Silence Of The Lambs, an award winning movie based on the novel by Thomas Harris!

Now Jame Gumb, is the name of the main villain from, 'Silence Of The Lambs'... He is actually an amalgam of a bunch of serial killer cases that the FBI worked on over the years... Now as for the movie... Well this movie is actually a big screen adaption of the novel that was written by: Thomas Harris!

At number 3: Hannibal Lecter.

Brian Cox was the first person to play, 'Hannibal Lecter'... the lead villain from Thomas Harris's novels!

You might be wondering why I am doing this, I mean Hannibal Lecter is sort of the hidden evil throughout Thomas Harris's novels: 'Red Dragon,' 'Silence Of The Lambs' & 'Hannibal' as well as the movies and the TV series that is based on the novels... But the truth is, is that Hannibal Lecter maybe one of the most famous horror movie villains of all time, and probably the most famous horror movie villain that used to be exclusively based in the pages of novels!

At number 2: Candyman.

Candyman (Played by: Tony Todd) was the main character in the movie series, 'Candyman'... Candyman started off as one of stories written by Clive Barker in the novel, 'The Books Of Blood'!

Now unfortunately it does seem as this series for the most part has not survived outside of it's second sequel, but Candyman... A movie that helped catapult, 'Tony Todd' (Final Destination), in to cult status, was a movie character that saw his start in a short story that was written by: Clive Barker called, 'The Forbidden'!

At number 1: Pinhead.

Pinhead (Played by: Doug Bradley) maybe a legendary horror movie villain, but he started off in the pages of books written by: Clive Barker!

There are a lot more out there then I am mentioning here, but the truth is, is that, 'Pinhead', a character that was portrayed on screen by horror movie legend, 'Doug Bradley', maybe the most famous of the lot to have made it from the pages of a book to the big screen that has ever come out... You see, Pinhead got his start in the pages of Clive Barker's novel, 'The Hellbound Heart'!

Again, there is a lot more out there as well, but these are some that I believe to be some of the most famous to have made it to the big screen!

The Silence Of The Lambs (1988) - Thomas Harris - Book Review

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Thomas Harris's, 'Silence Of The Lambs'... Now the truth is, is that I kind of believe that this movie series/TV series/Novel, and more directly, 'Dr. Hannibal Lecter' maybe one of the most scariest antagonists of modern horror! As a matter of fact I would say that, 'Dr. Lecter' is to the world of horror, what Universal's monsters were back 40,50,60 years before the first novel came out!

Now at some point I do want to talk about the movie series and it's importance to the world of horror, but in this case I actually want to talk about the original novel by, 'Thomas Harris'... The truth is, is this novel is truly incredible! You see this novel which tells a similar story as to the movie (a story about a junior agent who ends up working with a brilliant psychotic, 'Psychiatrist' to take down a serial killer that is currently hunting for pray) was an amazing work of fiction!

[caption id="attachment_2007" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Anthony Hopkins as: ' Dr, Hannibal Lecter' in the movie, 'Silence Of The Lambs'.[/caption]

What I mean by this is that if you liked the movie, then you will really like the novel, it expands on the chilling universe that Thomas Harris had researched using information from actual serial killer cases from the FBI!

In the end, I truly didn't think it would be possible to out due the movie... (I mean besides the fact that this movie is award winning, it is also a personal favorite of mine...) The truth is, is it did! And you know what? Give it a try, if you don't like it... Well such is life, but give it a try, and you might find that you like it as well!