Nostalgia Critic - Top 11 Scariest Performances

[17thSHIT]

The first Exorcist movie was a boring, weird piece of shit that somehow was good.

[killer92173]

Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates = EPIC FAIL!!!!

[maverickhunterdelta]

Annie Wilkes pretty much defined why I am sometimes afraid towards almost raging, anime fanboys/fangirls nowadays. Once you say something that you can criticized or analyzed why you don't like a certain anime and want to talk about the positive/negative aspects about it, they'll go ape shit on you. :/

[Rostam1369]

anyone know where the creepy music-box song in the beginning is from?

[MRMOOSE951]

Did anyone else see the similarity between Glados and Hal?

[TheMrawsomeguy]

if youve never played portal 1 or 2, you have no life

[StarscreamTG]

why do I get the feeling about that misery movie doug might get into that situation one day....

[KennethMoreland]

Joker > Whoever the fuck Anton is.

[Asthbel]

If the HAL is number one... I would argue that GLADOS is scary.

[kirbystarwarior]

@Asthbel

Whose Glados?

[BlackFalcon269]

@kirbystarwarior If you've not played Portal 1 and 2 you wouldn't know, but she's this generation's HAL

[KingFossilFER]

HAL? then why not Bomb 20 from dark star?

[starscream3036]

OKAY!!! How is Hannibal Lecter is so low on the list?!?!?! He should have been #5 at least!!!

And where the hell is Esther from "Orphan"?!?!?!

[doctordopplepopolous]

@starscream3036 MAYBE IF YOU SCREAM LOUDER, YOU'LL GET YOUR WAY!!!!!!

[Katingaan]

Someone please tell me where the song's from. The one in between each performance with the camera climbing stairs.

[TobiusMcKenzie]

@Katingaan Its "Davy Jones" from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Scored by Hans Zimmer

[UltimaSaviorDragon]

I'm glad that Alex from Clockwork Orange made the list.

[DrGregoryHouseIT]

You call yourself the 'Nostalgia' Critic and you forgot MANHUNTER? For shame, Critic. ^_^

[Daleguy13new]

Bill Skyes scared me to death as a child.

[DarkRockerTom]

NO DONNY DARKO??

[llea325]

well I was in the play of Oliver and every time "Bill Sykes" would crack hs whip I'd jump.He wasn't as scary mainly becuase the guy playing him was so awesome!Me and another girl even looked praised Bill's death he would jump at us from the ground.Ah memories

[TheVioletfox01]

Holy crap! Number 9 makes me think of twihards! X-C

[jarrydrobertkniese]

NUMBER 4 WTF SHOULD BE NUMBER 1

[MrCharcol13]

man i'm simular to these people

[wakablam]

It's not just Alex's dialouge and actions that tell you he's evil and demented. The surroundings, and the objects in the backround that seem like they don't belong. He loves rape and violence. Therefore, nudity and strange stuctures follow around him, since he is the narrator and told through his point of view.

[cbird54]

liked specifically because of your number one genius

[Poppleganger]

I wonder how one can make videos for so long without learning how to mic.

[Graspsweden]

Max Schreck as Graf Orlock

[ozjace]

red dragon was terrible, any one who liked it only liked it for its ties to previous movies. the villian wasn't fleshed out to a level where you could care, hannibal was in it for 5% of the movie and the characters laked the cohesiveness to work well.

[panzertiger2000]

God, Norman is so fuckin creepy in that last scene from Psycho, I remeber when my dad first gathered us around one night to watch it for the first time...it wasnt fun trying ta go to bed with that image of Norman in my mind

[apple7945]

why the fuck did I watch this right before going to bed. Goddamnit

[kingdomcomeification]

Everyone should take into consideration that the #1 on this list was the main inspiration for GLADoS...just a thought...

[eelexa]

I've tried to be friends with people who act like Norman Bates. I finally realize now why I just couldn't be friends with them: "You can't tell if he's just a poor soul or a time bomb waiting to go off."

[wasthereshiny]

Oh, Anton. Be still my beating heart.

[Loonimis]

@LeisureSuitRantFiend Daniel Planeview from There Will Be Blood is the epitome of greed of men. He should have been #12

[RealH0rr0rsh0w]

Alex should be #1. Obviously.

[butterscheese]

I feel in real life you wouldn't laugh at a man eating another man's brains

[TyrantUploadz]

Bill Sykes accent isn't cockney.. o.O

[MoogDnB]

Bob - Twin Peaks

[jordypoe]

I'm surprised Gary Oldman in Leon the professional didn't make the list. Nothing scares me like a cold calculating killer one minute and a psychotic crack head with a shot gun the next.

[amcint01]

@jordypoe Good call. I can't figure out why he never gets the recognition for that role that he deserves. I still shit over "EVERYONNNNEEEE!!!!!!"

[Fagottron]

Oliver Reed as Bill Sykes has to be some of the best casting I've ever seen in my life. His performance alone is reason to pick the film up.

[hankheavy]

Brad Dourif is awesoooooooooome!

[RandomMindz]

HAL??

That's hardly a performance!!

[TimeLord675]

@RandomMindz That's the point.

[talleric0]

@RandomMindz Think about it. You're in space, lthe only thing that controls the whole ship is a robot who wants to kill you, and we, the humans, made him.

[sonicjrjr14]

I think Alonzo Harris should be on the list. He was pretty fuckin evil in training day

[johnnymccraze]

Wh-Wha? N-no Leatherface? No...... Jack from The Shining? No Michael Myers? No Jigsaw? No Jason? No Freddy Krueger? Hell, the list pratically goes on for miles! Ah, it's okay Doug, you're still awesome! Opinions are opinions!

[blaisems]

@johnnymccraze This one was more on "Psychological monsters" and downright creepy performances. The traditional monsters just seem childish in comparison. However, I would have put Jigsaw in there as well, he sees his "games" as teaching humanity the will of survival that has been lost, and at points, I sympathised with him

[ginger6596]

i think that ju-on the grudge is the scariest movie

[ADour1996]

The video... something... isn't right... when... there's no top comment...

[annie10103]

@ADour1996 I always think that

QUICK SOMEBODY, THUMB SOMETHING UP

[AnOutlawForever99]

hey father look at there, pam xD

[Boyiaka97]

jack Nicholson the shining

[XDantevsVergilX]

Sweeny todd

[XxSilverSaturnxX]

Jack Torrence & Voldemort

[KHKULEKISULTIMATE]

@XxSilverSaturnxX PFFFF AHAAHAHAAH!! VOLDEMORT ? XD WHAT!?

[XxSilverSaturnxX]

@KHKULEKISULTIMATE O_o 

[KHKULEKISULTIMATE]

@XxSilverSaturnxX come on , how can someone who screams DAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUU be that scary, besides , sometimes i find him silly , i mean he is creepy , but his voice just switches between creepy and just silly

the first movie i screamed when saw him, that was the best one, but it was still silly cause he was put on the back of someones head

-3-

[SicMetalMaggot4life]

From 5 up it was fucking horrifying

[irelandcool1]

NC should do a top 11 scariest performances and moments every nostalgia-ween

[sudarsanvr]

CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTT is No. 1

[kornkid22]

HAL??? HAL??????? SORRY BUT I'D SWITCH IT.  HAL FOR NUMBER 2 AND REGAN FOR NUMBER 1

[persianking44]

The music was kind of odd choice, given that its the theme for, imo, one of the most tragic villains in recent film history. In fact, if you listened to this song and didn't know a thing about the character it was about, you'd still be able to get an idea of what happened to the character.

The song actually reminds me of how much I hate for what At World's End did to Davy Jones...could have made him such a great film villain and it just threw him away.

[persianking44]

@persianking44 As opposed to scary*

[neonnwave1]

@persianking44 What's the name of the song?

[persianking44]

@neonnwave1 Davy Jones, from Dead Man's Chest soundtrack

[wrestlingfan928]

OH yeah the 1960 Orignal Alfred Hitchcock movie "Physcho" with the norman bates character is Awesome - Please anyone reading go and do yourself a favour and WATCH THIS.

It is one of the greatest suspense/thriller/horror/myste­ry movies of ALL TIME.

[Turtlesrfun]

@wrestlingfan928 Psycho**

[wrestlingfan928]

@Turtlesrfun yeah - have you seen it?

[neonnwave1]

@wrestlingfan928 Seen it, loved it, way before you posted this. But the movie was way too predictable for me.

[wrestlingfan928]

@neonnwave1 predictable - Really? It has one of the most EPIC Twists in Film History - THis is the film that makes you correctly predict the outcomes of other movies

[neonnwave1]

@wrestlingfan928 The ending was predictable to me because of two reasons: 1 - You never see the mother's face. 2 - The fact that they mention that Norman's mother is dead.

[wrestlingfan928]

@neonnwave1

- No but they gave the illusion that you saw it In the shower scene ( so i was thinking No - She wasnt really dead) and yes i did also think maybe they will go the route they did (norman being the mother) but the way it was revealed was heart-pumping and so exciting.

The dead girls boyfriend getting killed by the mother and then norman looking like he just found out and hen Then Norman dressed as his mother about to kill the dead girls sister- i just found the whole movie-WOW!

[neonnwave1]

@wrestlingfan928 There is no illusion. You literally don't see her face at all. Also, they mention that the mother was buried in the cemetery. After hearing them mention that and that people claim to see the mother at the house's window made me realize that Norman had a split personality. I've taken psychology classes (both general and criminal) and seen plenty of examples of split personality. I looked at all the clues the movie gave and predicted the ending.

[irelandcool1]

Maybe regan killed the priest by causing the heart attack

[00Rubychan00]

What about Herzog from Dead Snow? .3. Not uber scary, but the make-up was awesome.

[boomkrakatoa]

I wonder if he's ever seen Night of the Hunter...

[Natulcien1992]

The girl from Hard Candy is pretty creapy too

[00Rubychan00]

@Natulcien1992 Definitely D8

[bethluvsbooks]

Wait that daisy song is from Hal? I was just on Tom Riddle's diary and he started singing it to me D=} His casual stalker tendencies have now become 20000x more creepy, and they were already pretty fricking creepy

[TheEtesian]

That song Hal sings... if you ask Siri on your iPhone to sing you a song... she sings that... XD

[MistaKilljoy]

Is this Pirates of the Caribbean music?

[PotatoChipLover]

@MistaKilljoy

Davy Jones

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

:D

[Airsoftbonnybridge]

Holy shit I was inspired by this and just finished seeing silence of the lambs good movie all hail the nostalgia critic for making these videos and for making me go see the masterpiece that is silence of the lambs

[TheSteampunkkid00079]

i kind of get worried that i can prctically become most villains in films even down to the voicesw, stares, smiles and personalities... :/

[insanylum13]

kimblee is the succesor to alex

[ZyphsMw2]

every thing depends what goes under your skin

[gamefan6219]

13:02 O_____________O

[Xandermorph]

I hate the attitude that surrounds movies like NCfOM, too. If you didn't like it, then you were never MEANT to - you're just not smart enough to get it.

I didn't find Anton scary, nor was he unpredictable. He was so BORING, he had no sense of menace to him.

Compare Anton's *ahem* "character" - with Daniel Plainview from There Will Be Blood - an intelligent, manipulative, determined sociopath. He's not out TO kill anyone like Anton is, you can see he'd have no qualms about it if it came to that.

[CrimsonStarStudios]

Movies speak to people on different levels, you cant please everyone, some people like it while others dont its just how it is

[Xandermorph]

...WORST-written pieces of fiction I've ever seen. In writing this nonsensical piece of shit Cormick McCarthy clearly had no yarns to spin and no plot twists to reveal - it seems like he watched a little too much Court TV back and made an anachronistic observation about our society. BUT, since old Cormy couldn't storytell a Twilight fanfic, he makes his whole novel intentionally obscure and confusing to cover up the fact that it's ALL retarded.

But of course, that just means I don't "GET" it...

[Xandermorph]

On Anton and his respective "movie" - I agree with Doug that the concept of his character is indeed very frightening and at the same time morbidly fascinating (any half-decent villain should at LEAST be that if not necessarily scary). However, I wouldn't have put Anton on this list, simply because, as Doug said himself, just about everything he says is cryptic and confusing.

In the context of NCfOM, those terms collectively add up to BADLY WRITTEN.

NCfOM - both movie AND book, are among the...

[TheRedandwhiteroses]

The Joker scared the shit out of me when I saw the Dark Knight.

[HarvesterOfSorrowFOO]

Hannibal Lecter should be number one because of how he knows all the other serial killers, he remains calm when he eats the nurses face, the doctor even said his pulse remained at 85 the whole time, and if u met him u would never really guess he is insane and that is scary.

[AvsJoe]

Ellen Page from Hard Candy. She doesn't make the list because we all want to do what she does to the child rapist. Yet she belongs on the list for the very same reason.

[Mimasfriend]

@AvsJoe Yea, all her attacks are psychological. The guy in the movie was a smart guy, but he was no match for her. Next to Hannibal and the Joker she can mess with peoples heads better than anyone else on the list.

[animeshows568]

I want a Fail-in-a-box

[nahor88]

Why would you use Davey Jones' theme, and then not put Davey Jones on the list? lol

[pariastabendesa]

what do you think GlaDOS Vs. HAL?

[greatcthulhu24]

I've got such a man-crush on Brad Dourif. He is absolutely perfect in anything he appears in, no matter how crummy the flick.

[dnmstarsi]

@Pylvaz Hal: I am sorry, Lisa. But you are tearing me apart.

[DarkHoodedGirl]

If they every need to portray the Calendar Man from Batman in any future movies 6:26

[superbum900]

for me, what i found scariest in the joker was his worldview. he view it as a supremely perverse place, and the horror was that he could actually be right about it.

[monsterboy31]

"How long are you planning to stay in Regan?"

"Until she rots and lies stinking in the Earth"

Dang... this must be a good performance: It's even scaring ME, and I don't get scared by movies!

[cherryblossompath]

I'm sorry Critic... this review has no meaning.. actually is great and happy to see all of my favorite villains inside and mostly Kubrick's ! Thank's but stilll... this commentaries has no meaning :)

[DimebagsZombie]

Jack Torrence deserves to be on there somewhere.

[angelus4282]

All of them excellent (and terrifying) choices.

[Pylvaz]

Hal talks like Tommy Wiseau

[6662777]

what is the name of the theme song?

[10shygirl]

@6662777 Davy Jones by Hans Zimmer (Pirates of the Caribbean)

[jack688]

You stink of fear will, you stink of fear but you are not a coward!

Heh, got to love hanibal

[MrArty303]

but #1 Hal actually saved the crew in the end...

[Nockyout]

Joker only scared me when he filmed the hostage he was torturing saying "Look at me, LOOK AT ME!"

[Maikkacrackshiper13]

I'm young so I haven't seen a lot of those movies but the joker sure as he'll scared me that's y I loved him so much. Loco me up but sometimes i wonder if he's right. I'm reading lord of the flies for school, & thats the sort of thing the joker was talking about when he said "these civilized ppl. They'll eat each other" I mean jack wen from "I can sing a c sharp!" to a teenage brat w/ delusions of grandeur to a savage. Don't even get me started on Roger

[quieness]

Imagine, a character as diabolic as Regan, as Crazy and fucked up as the Joker, and as feelingless as Hal. (aaawww yeeaaaa ) would be awesome

[Sora1123]

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAN!!--

SHAD UP.

[TheSimmr001]

i fell asleep watching exorcist at 14

i made it to "power of christ compels you..."

[Ironriver57]

what about john doe?

[connorhall08]

For me, Alex should have been at #1 because he's an artistic anarchist who loves being evil. To me, it's scarier when the villain enjoys being evil. The Joker comes a close second because he's like Alex if he was in make-up (McDowell's performance was actually a main inspiration for Ledger). Third comes Hannibal. I put him third because he damages his victims mainly on a psychological level. This is disturbing, but it makes him less dangerous.

[kevinsharpe97]

Still, A DAMN ROBOT BEAT THE CREEPIEST BITCH IN HISTORY!!!

[ShikaTrinity]

I wonder who would win in this fight: Hal vs Glados

[InfernalSatan]

@ShikaTrinity GLaDOS has feelings I think, Hal is pure logic

[VenomShock]

I'm surprised Tommy Wiseau didn't make the list.

[destructodude]

Ben Kingsley from Sexy Beast.

[sustelsuk]

7:47 like harley quinn and the joker, my god is like hannibal and that doctor lady are harley and joker!

[nanalinda4]

@sustelsuk the doctor was clarice starling

[sustelsuk]

@nanalinda4 oh thank

[nanalinda4]

@sustelsuk your welcome

[stitch99]

Someone told my mom she reminded them of Cathy Bates in Misery. I don't know how I should feel about this...

[RainbowRubberDucks]

day squawks

[Reymonidas]

ANTON CHIGUHR it's the Aragorn of scary performances.

[Yanksuk2007]

anyone else on here think the main "villain" (if you want to call it that) in iRobot is a HAL rip-off?

[Fillex51]

I think Critic's a bit off on Lecter, because he doesn't HATE Edward Nortons character. The whole plot of the movie revolves around the "great red dragon" that the psychotic killer wants to become, and as the movie continues, it's relatively obvious towards the end that Lecter wanted Norton's character to achieve this "greatness" all along, since Lecter identifies himself with Norton and wants him to overcome his fears, which is why he sicks the killer on him!!

[MCCrleone354]

Where is this theme music from?

[BabyScarecrow]

@MCCrleone354 It's Davy Jones lullaby from Pirates of the Carribean 2

[JesusL64]

Hands down, best top 11

[JimmySteller]

I almost sort of hope that Confused Matthew responds to Doug Walker's opinion of Anton Chigurh. I'm actually curious as to what CM would have to say about it.

[ndalum75]

I think the critic's wrong with his analysis of HAL here. HAL is in fact the most human of all the characters in 2001. None of the human characters in 2001 show any complex emotions, if emotion at all. HAL, meanwhile, is stuck between two contradicting directives, doing what's best for the mission and keeping the mission secret from the astronauts. This causes him to gradually go insane, and in the end, show the most human of emotions: fear.

[controlfreak564]

Judging by the music Doug chose to set the atmosphere, I was really hoping that Davy Jones would be on this list.

[bradwolf07]

so this was well done scary performances? 'Cause Kazaam was a very scary movie (just non-intentional scary)

[jimbowie455]

yknow in that scene where alex is listening to beethoven with that look on his face hes actually jacking off

[goldenmelody722]

Bill Sykes scares me like crazy. NANCY!!!

[ukhistorian]

I Thought Arnold in the First movie was more scary than the T-1000.

[Eigres1]

@ 15:36

American Dad brought me here. XD

[symbiote102]

I think HAL should be tied with GLaDOS (yeah, i know portal isn't a movie) but both are very alike and its obvious Valve was inspired by 2001 to create her. However, HAL's singing is creepier! lol

[adsasfd]

you should put up albert brooks from or ryan goslin from drive both pretty scary.

[megaawsomeaustin]

we watched Olivier today at school and i knew those side burns looked familiar

[megaawsomeaustin]

we are watching oliver twist in school bill is freaky

[DvScruff]

Such an epic use of the PotC theme :D

[Stevie2Sxc]

Holy shit that Exorcist 3 performance had me actually scared, even just from the little bits of it shown here...

[GuiltusGrahdus]

I know it isn't worth even the number 12 spot but I believe Russel Crowe as "John Nash" from "A Beautiful Mind" deserves a mention. It wasn't just his performance but just how real and relatible everything was made the whole accepting reality trying. How his delusions helped him write his economic theory paper and pretty much giving their own pattern finding a purpose scares me in the most wonderous of ways.

[lizzykorwan]

reminds me of alton from foodnetwork

[SektionEi8ht]

Y'know, I hate to bring this up, but in Silence of the Lambs... that was the real Hannibal Lecter. Hannibal was a doctor, well-read, philosophical, loved classical music... and who made the active choice to be a psychotic man-eating monster. The man, quite unfortunately, was a genius. A horrible, horrible genius.

[JessMP101]

Love the music effect when counting down the most scariest performances.... does anyone know what it's called?

[PR0D0C]

@JessMP101 Davy Jones theme from POTC

[PR0D0C]

@JessMP101 Davy Jones' Theme from POTC

[derby1980toysfigure]

Kevin Spacey from Seven ????

[dmayfield2]

only #4 really

[MademoiselleAnna]

Norman Bates is based off Ed Gein. A real like nutcase.

[Dullfang2]

Anton was the only good part of no country for old men.

[TheBrendoni666]

tommy wiseau should've been in the list

[SektionEi8ht]

@TheBrendoni666 That wouldn't work. This is intentionally scary performances- Tommy Wiseau actually thought he was good.

[megalamps123]

thum up if you want movie with the voice of glados as hal.

[sonicjrjr14]

Had no idea the HAL inspired the bad guy from WALL-E! thats fuckin cool

[CynicalVision]

Misery = The average Twilight fan.

[haloreachmon]

@CynicalVision I would watch the shit out of that movie.

[LadyQGinny]

God, I've read Misery but I've never watched the movie... the novel was enough to make me feel really bad... now I'm never gonna watch it O.o EVER.

[HowlerTheWolfie]

@LadyQGinny Great movie, but scared the daylights out of me. Worth watching... not at night though...

[saberswordsmen1]

Gah... HAL? Really?

[fdsaasdfification]

Pfft I can easily whoop Alex's ass, and I'm only 16. ((P.S. I don't find him intimidating at all))