Horror villains are rarely worthy of our empathy.
Most often, the genre’s greatest transgressors are simply, unequivocally evil for no good reason, and they commit murders strictly for mayhem’s sake.
On occasion, however, the big baddies’ evil-doing stems from deep-seated pain, trauma, and tragedy incurred earlier in their lives.
These characters unleash terror upon the world as a way to achieve some sort of justice and retribution.
Villains need their souls cleansed, too.When filmmakers give their central antagonists a compelling backstory, it heightens the entire story’s emotional weight.
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