What's a good character in a movie that did a good job at creeping you out with how crazy they were? Someone who was out of his/her f*cking mind???

I don't count the horror flicks like Mike Myers or Saw. I'm talking about a "real" character that made an impact on you out with subtle lunacy...

For example;

Bette Davis in "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"

Piper Laurie in "Carrie"...

Kathy Bates in "Misery"...

...and of course, Anthony Perkins in "Psycho"...

DISCUSS!

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Graycap23 said:

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HELL YEAH! I'd forgotten him!

Blair Underwood has played a couple of crazy parts as well.

Richard Widmark's Tommy Udo in "Kiss of Death".

Willem Dafoe as Bobby Peru, "Wild at Heart"

^^ That is super creepy!!

whistle said:

Willem Dafoe as Bobby Peru, "Wild at Heart"

uPtoWnNY said:

Richard Widmark's Tommy Udo in "Kiss of Death".

Great movie! Nice to see someone who appreciates the classics...

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the always reliable ' headcase ' in a lot of movies gary oldman...he is brilliant as a nutjob in most of his movies...my favourite one...his off the wall detective in leon..

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Jack is just the quintessential lunatic...lol. Probably One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest was his finest lunatic hour for me

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Jame Gumb aka Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs played by the creepy Ted Levine whom I believe to be the eerie trucker voice of Rusty Nail in the film Joy Ride. Now that's some lunatic creepiness from both films.

John Caroll Lynch as Sherrif Ryan in the film Gothika. When he took his shirt off and started chasing her around the jail house I was like Run Halle Run!!!!!!!!!

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blackbob said:

the always reliable ' headcase ' in a lot of movies gary oldman...he is brilliant as a nutjob in most of his movies...my favourite one...his off the wall detective in leon..

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Didn't see it.

Joyinrepatition said:

Jack is just the quintessential lunatic...lol. Probably One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest was his finest lunatic hour for me

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ABSOLUTELY!!!!

HotGritz said:

Jame Gumb aka Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs played by the creepy Ted Levine whom I believe to be the eerie trucker voice of Rusty Nail in the film Joy Ride. Now that's some lunatic creepiness from both films.

John Caroll Lynch as Sherrif Ryan in the film Gothika. When he took his shirt off and started chasing her around the jail house I was like Run Halle Run!!!!!!!!!

Haven't seen either.

PurpleJedi said:

HotGritz said:

Jame Gumb aka Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs played by the creepy Ted Levine whom I believe to be the eerie trucker voice of Rusty Nail in the film Joy Ride. Now that's some lunatic creepiness from both films.

John Caroll Lynch as Sherrif Ryan in the film Gothika. When he took his shirt off and started chasing her around the jail house I was like Run Halle Run!!!!!!!!!

Haven't seen either.

You haven't seen Silence of the Lambs either or just the latter two?? :

Watch Joy Ride 1st as it's a little better than Gothika. If you haven't seen Silence....well you just gotta get on that right away. It's an excellent film and quite unsettling at times but that's what makes it a great horror flick.

HotGritz said:

PurpleJedi said:

Haven't seen either.

You haven't seen Silence of the Lambs either or just the latter two?? :

Watch Joy Ride 1st as it's a little better than Gothika. If you haven't seen Silence....well you just gotta get on that right away. It's an excellent film and quite unsettling at times but that's what makes it a great horror flick.

The latter two.

NVM.......It was Joan Crawford from Mommie dearest. I cant post the pic.

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lavender1983 said:

My fav type of charcters....one of them....

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I love that movie but dayum Faye Dunnaway made Joan Crawford look all kinds of crazy. I refuse to believe she was that mental.

"this aint my first time at the rodeo!" With her neck rolling and everything! CRAZY!

HotGritz said:

lavender1983 said:

My fav type of charcters....one of them....

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I love that movie but dayum Faye Dunnaway made Joan Crawford look all kinds of crazy. I refuse to believe she was that mental.

"this aint my first time at the rodeo!" With her neck rolling and everything! CRAZY!

Yea the crazy ass pic from the scene "NOOO MOOREE WIRREE HANGERS" ...wouldn't post....but man that bitch was nuts.....but I read that Joan Crawford's real life friends had serious beef with Faye Dunawaye cause she portrayed the character a little too well.

Right off the top of my head, probably Kathy Bates in "Misery". She was so psycho, but somehow funny as hell at the same time.

I started to say Hannibal Lector, but honestly - I don't think he's insane at all. A sociopath yes, but batty? No.

lavender1983 said:

HotGritz said:

I love that movie but dayum Faye Dunnaway made Joan Crawford look all kinds of crazy. I refuse to believe she was that mental.

"this aint my first time at the rodeo!" With her neck rolling and everything! CRAZY!

Yea the crazy ass pic from the scene "NOOO MOOREE WIRREE HANGERS" ...wouldn't post....but man that bitch was nuts.....but I read that Joan Crawford's real life friends had serious beef with Faye Dunawaye cause she portrayed the character a little too well.

armpit said:

Right off the top of my head, probably Kathy Bates in "Misery". She was so psycho, but somehow funny as hell at the same time.

I started to say Hannibal Lector, but honestly - I don't think he's insane at all. A sociopath yes, but batty? No.

Hannibal Lector wasn't "crazy" just sick & demented!

RenHoek said:

Oooohhhh yeeeaaahhhh!!!!

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Graycap23 said:

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HELL YEAH! I'd forgotten him!

I fell asleep on that movie.

Glenn Close WILL NOT BE IGNORED!!!