Best Of The Baddest: Black Horror Movie Villains We Love To Hate

You never have to wait until Halloween to press play on a good horror movie marathon — a day like Friday the 13th is for sure a good reason to if you ask us! From classic slasher franchises that never get old, to new age thrillers carving out a fresh legacy in horror film history, you’ve got more than enough options out there to get anyone hooting and hollering well into Mischief Night or any time you deem it to be spooky season.

Take a look below at a few recent faves that feature Black actors in the main cast specifically to get your binge jumpstarted:

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When considering the history of Black characters in horror films, we admittedly haven’t always been seen in the best of light — we barely see it to the end of the film, if we’re being honest! There have been a few occasions when the savior of the day happens to be Black, or at the very least one of us made sure to be one of the smarter characters in the film. However, there’s a whole other side of the scary movie spectrum when someone of our culture ends up being the big bad of the night. While it isn’t a common practice to root for the killer, you can’t help but give a guilty pleasure salute to the handful of Black villains in cinematic history for making it look oh-so good to be bad.

From a few vampire queens to not one, but two iterations of the infamous classic killer Candyman, we put together a list of the best Black horror movie villains to scare their way across the big screen.

Not for nothing, but we’re scared of you!

Keep scrolling to see who we chose, and let us know who your favorite Black horror movie villains are:

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1. Prince Mamuwalde aka Blacula in Blacula (1972)

Played by:
William Marshall