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When you think of evil what's an image from cinema that pops into your head?

posted 7 years ago by AngularTurnip (3338)
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I would say any shot of Henry Fonda in "Once Upon A Time In The West" (the dude was terrifying). If I had to narrow it down I'd pick the shot of Frank (Fonda), staring up at Harmonica's brother, whose neck is in a noose. Those eyes of Frank's as he's doing this -- cold, dead, dancing with amusement -- are the stuff of nightmares. I'm not a religious person but if the Devil does exist I'd imagine Frank in that moment is how he would look.

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

Michael Myers' black eyes, Tim Curry's Pennywise, Alex Delarge's twisted grin

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[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

Well, this was the first one: https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/dracula-universal.jpg

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

Buffalo Bill from The Silence Of The Lambs.

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

The actor's voice freaks me out ... even when it's in service of decency (like in "Heat").

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Damien from The Omen.

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[–] captainbucky (15252) 7 years ago

The Jack version of the Joker.

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[–] slimone (7996) 7 years ago

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[–] slimone (7996) 7 years ago

Jack Nicholson in The shining.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78608) 7 years ago

Ralph Fiennes in Schindlers List...especially the 'target practice' scene on his balcony

Sickening

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Fiennes and Fonda are just so casual in their evil, so laid back, like killing children and raping women are pasttimes as commonplace and wholesome as picnics and horse-drawn carriage rides with one's girl.

Sickening is right.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78608) 7 years ago

Yes

The interesting thing about that role and what Fiennes was able to do with it was that you could sense some flashes of fear, cowardice, confused machismo and utter immaturity in the character ( Aemon Goeth i think was the name...)

I wont say i felt sympathy for that particular devil but damn...Fiennes gave a certain 'humanity' and depth to a completely awful creature...amazing performance and a really evil creep

Ive never been able to rewatch that movie...a bit 'too real'

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

I appreciate that Spielberg allowed Goth some dimension beyond mustache-twirling villainy (I love, say, Molaram in "Temple of Doom," but that exaggerated approach would not have worked here). Goth is so scary because he's not someone you can just shrug off and say "oh I'll never cross paths with someone like him" (like Molaram). The world is, in fact, filled Goths -- our everyday lives teem with them (though many of us are ignorant of this fact) -- which is why Earth was, is, and always will be, a frightening home.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78608) 7 years ago

Yes!
I have a feeling a lot of the upper level Nazis were practically serial killers to begin with...when Hitler blew into town and gave the nuts some authority half of Europe became a psycho's field day

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Imagine all the people in your town who only need a Hitler to nudge them in the direction Goth goes. Horrifying.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78608) 7 years ago

I have faith in the neighbors i have now
Decent folks...

I think the Nazi era was a very specific recipe for horrors, a humilated, bankrupt and starving industrialized nation and global pariah seduced by a gifted public speaker and decorated war vet who promised vengeance and supremacy...it must have been madness born of desparation and the desire for scapegoats to punish for it all

Social madness
You are right though in that we must guard against this lunacy in the future no matter where we live

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[–] TheLovelyAnomaly (619) 7 years ago

Oh man, that scene... it's been years since I've watched Schindler's List and that scene still haunts me.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78608) 7 years ago

Me too...awful stuff

It was especially horrible when Goeth developed certain feelings for the young Jewish woman who was his maid and housekeeper

Amazing performance by Fiennes...not a cardboard villain portrayal at all but a real insight into a twisted, horrible person
Simy an amazing job on his part

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[–] TheLovelyAnomaly (619) 7 years ago

I completely agree. I really have to hand it to Fiennes, how he was able to portray such a loathsome person with such believability. It really speaks to his talent and dedication as an actor.

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[–] db20db (17756) 7 years ago

I mentioned this on another thread recently about the movie From Hell : the revelation of Jack the Ripper with his black, absolutely demonic looking eyes.

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

You can always tell a monster from its eyes.

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