The 21st century has delivered some amazing movies, and that's largely in part to the villains that define them.

Heroes may get the songs and happy endings, but let's be honest – the villains always steal the show. Whether it's a wicked ...

Prime Video's new family friendly animated Batman series, Bat-Fam, finds a way to give some love to neglected bad guys. The ...

While not every Disney film has a villain—movies without a clear bad guy were in vogue in the late-'10s, and many Pixar movies don't have an explicit antagonist—many of the greatest Disney movies of ...

Although the subgenre's momentum has decreased in recent years, the slasher genre is replete with legendary characters who have come to define horror for a generation. As a result, fans of slasher ...

Horror has existed in cinema since the medium was invented in the late 19th century. But horror films as we know them really began in the 1920s. And the genre changed with each subsequent decade. But ...

Meet the most notorious and unforgettable villains from HBO's acclaimed TV shows, as seen in Game of Thrones, Succession, and more.

DC has some excellent villains, but some of them would be much better off if they were members of the Justice League.

Spider-Man has faced his fair share of enemies in live-action over the years, but villains like Green Goblin and Doc Ock have ...

Batman’s rogues’ gallery is second to none. Over the decades, Gotham’s Caped Crusader has faced off against some of the most twisted, brilliant, and downright terrifying villains in comic book ...

With Halloween here, 15 Substack writers explore the evil figures and forces that define videogames and why they matter.