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With so many villains
we love to hate, movie
fundi Spling goes to
the dark side in search
of the top 5 best ones.

Jack Nicholson was born to play The Joker in Batman. To beat the Hollywood jester at his own game may have ultimately cost him his life, but Heath
Ledger immortalised an indelible performance as The Joker in The Dark Knight. He silenced critics, upset Jack Nicholson, stole the show, won an Oscar
and established a cult legacy with one performance.
The maniacal smirk, the psychotic smarts, the devil-may-care attitude and the complete embodiment of a master villain entrenched itself in pop culture.
Be sure, there will never be a better Joker.
Best line: “Do you wanna know why I use a knife? Guns are too quick. You can’t savour all the… little… emotions. In… you see, in their last moments,
people show you who they really are. So in a way, I know your friends better than you ever did.”

Close but no cigar: Col. Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds, Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction, Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter series,
John Doe in Seven, Pinhead in Hellraiser.

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