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Favorite Psycho Killer Performances?

posted 7 years ago by ShogunofYonkers (78638)
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🎶i cant seem to face up to facts
Im tense and nervous and i cant relax
I cant sleep 'cause my bed is on fire
Dont touch me im a real live wire!

Psycho Killer!!

Qu' est-ce que c'est!?!

Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far away...🎶

1. For a crazy pants guy i nominate Joe Spinellii in Maniac...he was chillingly insane in this horror classic!
*shoutout to Elijah Wood who did a fine job in the remake but im team Joe on this one

2. For a crazy pants gal i nominate Charlize Theron...how she could look so nuts and haggard and 'holy shit run away' is beyond me but she nailed the lunatic lady role!

Care to share a favorite scary killer performance you enjoyed?

[–] lennonforever (2453) 7 years ago

Dwight Frye (Renfield) in Dracula 1931
NOBODY does psycho better!

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78638) 7 years ago

I need to give that a look
Thanks!

[–] lennonforever (2453) 7 years ago

Oh you must Yonkers!!!

[–] Stratego (31087) 7 years ago

It may not be the most politically correct answer, but how about Kevin Spacey in Se7en?

Gotta love the duo Billy Loomis and Stu Macher from Scream as well. And totally cray-cray Mrs. Loomis, of course.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78638) 7 years ago

Good list!

Loved Spacey in so many things...sadface😞!

Scream was a good psycho duo
Well done as usual lady!

[–] Stratego (31087) 7 years ago

Did you expect anything else?

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78638) 7 years ago

I like the rest
But youre always the best!

[–] Stratego (31087) 7 years ago

Better than anyone
Anyone you've ever met😘

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78638) 7 years ago

Your the best around
Nothings ever gonna take you down!

[–] Retromogul (1082) 7 years ago

Andrew Robinson as Scorpio in Dirty Harry. He's so convincingly unhinged and lethal, and the scene where he takes over the school bus and threatens the poor children with "I'll shoot all you mutha's!" is chilling.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78638) 7 years ago

Oh that was a good one
Very creepy!

[–] twinA (4921) 7 years ago

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[–] Retromogul (1082) 7 years ago

What always unsettled me is imaging what the stranger gets up to alone all day in that old industrial hideout.

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth in Blue Velvet.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78638) 7 years ago

Oh ive never seen it
Been meaning to
Thx

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

One of the craziest movies you will ever experience. It stays with you for a while too. I felt a bit unsettled and sort of slimy for a few days the first time I watched it. After that? I had to see it again! And again!

[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Jack Palance in "Shane."
Jude Law in "Road to Perdition."

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78638) 7 years ago

Oh Palance was a maniac lol!!
Didnt he do push ups on stage at the Oscars in his late 70's??
HE was baddass

I have to rewatch Perdition...its been awhile

[–] db20db (17764) 7 years ago

Good one ! And it is a strange movie.

[–] somesunnyday (2078) 7 years ago

Some favorites are

Peter Stomare in Fargo
Ted Levine as Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs
Anthony Perkins in Psycho
Anthony Hopkins as Dr Hannibal Lector
Min-sik Choi in I Saw the Devil

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78638) 7 years ago

🌞 in the house!!

GREAT list...agree on all
I would add that I Saw The Devil was such a badass thriller and Choi was so damned scary that i havent seen many movies ive found more unforgettable

THAT was a proper psycho in a proper thriller!

[–] somesunnyday (2078) 7 years ago

Yeah he was scary as hell. When I think psycho he immediately comes to mind

[–] Retromogul (1082) 7 years ago

Peter Stomare was also pretty evil in 8mm.

[–] somesunnyday (2078) 7 years ago

I don't remember seeing that one. That doesn't mean I haven't seen it! Will need to give it another look.

[–] twinA (4921) 7 years ago

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78638) 7 years ago

That was a super fun classic
Thanks!

PS. I see you around more and more twinA, and im happy to see it😉

[–] twinA (4921) 7 years ago

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78638) 7 years ago

Aaawwww...look at us being all nice in the psycho killer thread:)

[–] twinA (4921) 7 years ago

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Lorne Malvo from Fargo

[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Mrs. Danvers in "Rebecca"

[–] Sandman3 (1454) 7 years ago

Best performance I have ever seen of a Psycho Killer or any performance for that matter was Lean Olin in Romeo is Bleeding. She played psycho Russian hit lady Mona Demarkov.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CXgJrxpaOUg/TIbmClLbY3I/AAAAAAAAAUw/pG0Z3ZiumOU/s1600/5837230_640x352.jpg

[–] Wint3rFir3 (7400) 7 years ago

I quite enjoyed Det. Nick Ruskin in The Bone Collector.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78638) 7 years ago

Ive never seen that one but thanks for the input

[–] Wint3rFir3 (7400) 7 years ago

I would suggest to do so, soon. I personally think it's a great film.