There are a LOT, so I’m picking 10. In episode order, they are:
• Dr. Krup, aka “The Bat” – 102- THE ROBOT VS. THE AZTEC MUMMY: aka the evil Judge Robert Bork.
• Sidney Chillas – 307- DADDY-O: buttery Bruno VeSota, the poor man’s Sidney Greenstreet, as his evilest.
• Fu Manchu – 323- THE CASTLE OF FU-MANCHU: The dullest villain ever, which makes him more evil.
• Cleolanta – 413- MANHUNT IN SPACE/417- CRASH OF THE MOONS: Opheisha hath no fury like a bitchy suzerain scorned.
• Loukhy, aka Witchiepoo – 422- THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE: Gotta admit she has a bold plan–not many villains have the stones to actually steal the sun.
• Prosser – 501- WARRIOR OF THE LOST WORLD: Gets points for sheer quivering rage; loses points for being a robot.
• Pitch – 521- SANTA CLAUS: hammy and inept though he may be, he’s unforgettable.
• Krankor – 816- PRINCE OF SPACE: The nasal terror from outer space.
• Kalgan – 820- SPACE MUTINY: He’s evil plans largely consist of sitting around in a warehouse basement.
• J.K. Robertson – 821- TIME CHASERS: Everybody’s worst boss; how evil can you get?
Honorable mention
• Troxartas – 703- DEATHSTALKER AND THE WARRIORS FROM HELL: The henpecked villain.
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My favs in no order
– The Bat from ROBOT VS AZTEC MUMMY
– Zigra from GAMERA VS ZIGRA
– Dr. Z from BLOOD WATERS OF DR Z
– Moon from THE BEATNIKS
– Slimy Boss from TIME CHASERS (what IS his name??)
What do you think sirs?
oops sorry Sampo I should have read your entire list before I got excited about posting mine !
J.K. Robertson was the name I was looking for !!
What about Donald Pleasance in Pumaman?!
(Oh, and ditto for J.K. Roberts and Kalgan!)
– Beverly Garland’s character from SWAMP DIAMONDS for sheer sex appeal.
– Okasa from the two MASTER NINJA films. So good at being a ninja you barely ever saw him.
– The teens from TEENAGE CRIME WAVE. For Terri, sex appeal (again) and for the guy, his mad skills with a bawl.
– Lord Halkan from the FUGITIVE ALIEN films. If Darth Vader had chosen to be a mime instead of a Sith Lord, he’d be this guy.
– Frank DeKova’s character from TEENAGE CAVEMAN. I have no idea if he ever had a name in that future past, but if the word is the law…
– The Master from MANOS. I wish those hands would push him over too, Crow…
– I also second Sampo’s choices of Sidney Chillas, Krankor and Pitch.
Would Torgo qualify as a villian? If so, he gets my vote.
a few that come to mind…
Cane Miro from Gunslinger
Claudius from Hamlet ( more a tribute to Bill S. )
Mr. Manfred from the Deadly Bees
The Donald Pleasance Character in any movie.
Dr. McCreepy from the Leech Woman
Dr. Conway from the Unearthly
Queen Samara from Herc / Moon Men
I think the Fat Man from Overdrawn was a memorably sad bad guy. All that money and supposed control over half the world, and yet he’s barely believable as a villain.
1. Kalgan of course. The sound of his laugh alone sends shivers of hilarity down my spine. RIP John Phillip Law.
2. The guy in the trench coat in “The Final Sacrifice.” He’s the extra cheese in an already unbelievably cheesy movie.
3. Trigger-happy Thor from “Teenagers from Outer Space.” “You will tell NO ONE!” :grin:
4. He probably doesn’t count, but Banjo from “Wild Rebels.” What a great character, and it truly sucks to see him get his butt kicked by Steve (A)laimo. Talk about male fantasy.
mr b natural. Nuff said
*Wild Wild World of Batwoman’s Rat Fink; sure, his goals were vague, but he was good at posturing villainously.
*Voldar from Santa Claus Conquers the Martians; he had a perfect level of scorn for everything (plus, his was an evil laugh).
*Ken Curtis’s drinking creep from Killer Shrews. A great combo of whiny and self-serving.
*Adam West in Zombie Nightmare; “Hey! Hey!”
*Operation Double 007, Thair Beta. Another vaguely menacing guy, but this time in a really beautiful caftan.
*The ruthless killer “teen” from outer space, Thor, who ends up with quite a skeletal count.
*Cave Dwellers’s villain, the John Saxony guy (Zor, maybe?), who was really good at the mincing.
*Daddy-O’s Sidney Chillas; I have a soft spot for Bruno Vesota, and he seemed to have fun with this role.
*John Carradine’s Dr. Conway in The Unearthly; just your good old-fashioned mad scientist!
*Donald Pleasance in Puma Man, ditto!
I think I’m going to have to go with the head from “The Thing that Couldn’t Die.” And yes, Pleasance in “Pumaman.”
Easily Satoris from “The Final Sacrifice!”
“Troy! I know you have the map!”
I also love Valeria from Robot Holocaust! Strange voice and all!
“Yew ahn yer dawtor aw dyumed!”
Rat Fink (Wild Wild World of Batwoman) – aka Peeping Zorro, the mexican wrestler in clamdiggers
Tor Johnson in any role – “Time for go to bed!”
Peter Lawford, Jack Palance and Jim Bacchus (Angels Revenge) – must be nice to get paid in booze and starlets.
and, well, Dr. Clayton Forrester – I’m a naughty boy! Naughty! Naughty! Naughty!
No one from Monster a-go go.
The evil robot guy from Future war
Oh the Chauffer from the phantom creeps.
How ’bout that evil fennel root from “It Conquered the Earth?”
And I wish I could forget Gloria, that harsh SMUT-peddling, chain-smoking bleach-bottle blonde from “The Sinister Urge.”
Whoops, sorry, “It Conquered the WORLD.” Not the same thing at all…and that was supposed to be under Auntie Maim, too.
Krankor for his laugh alone (“HAW! HAW! HAW!”).
Rat Fink, who at least had a super villain-esque name, even if he was otherwise completely incompetent.
And Kalgan, whom we definitely need more of. (“Aincient Chinese secret, huh?”)
Memorable villains…
– Monster A-Go Go: The monster that wasn’t a monster. One viewing and you never forget him, even if he really was never there. Huh?
– Manos: The Master gets lots of chicks, a personal servant and no chores. He’s a lucky villain.
– Sidehackers: J.C. is way too evil and disgusting for an MST3K villain. If they had screened the movie in full before deciding to use it then it likely would have never been used.
– Gamera vs. Guiron: The alien babes that want to saw open that kid’s head and eat his brains were pretty wicked as well as fairly attractive.
– Outlaw: Evil Queen Lara and evil priest Xenos are a constant annoyance and thanks to their costumes, very memorable.
– It Conquered The World: The giant pickle is great in salad and very evil.
– Swamp Diamonds: Beverly Garland is wicked and leaves a big impression.
– Beast of Yucca Flats: Tor Johnson’s tour-de-force performance int he leading role is unforgettable.
– Bride of the Monster, Phantom Creeps: Bela Lugosi was great no matter how bad the film
Lord Vulchaire from Quest of the Delta Knights. David Warner proved to be more than a match for the likes of David Warner.
No love for Robert Denvy?!
Too elusive!
1. Toxartus. It’s not a good sign your movie’s villain is more interesting that it’s hero.
2. The Master from Manos: The Hands of Fate. Goofy, yes. You have to admit that he was an effective villain, however.
3. Krankor. How can anyone forget those upsetting shots of his area. That alone created more terror he could ever dream of creating.
4. Xeno from Outlaw. It’s Jack Palance, he’s already memorable for being the only good actor in the movie.
5. That Creepy John Saxon Type Guy. Like Truckartist, he’s far more interesting than the movie’s hero. At times I wished that he would actually win.
6. Lt. Kalgan. Even though he was the villain, was it really so wrong for him to want to settle down on a habitable planet?
7. Martin Balsam in Mitchell. He may have got his in the end, but he tricked Mitchell into taking down his rivals in crime.
8. Pitch. How can anyone forget this little creep. Sure he was goofy, but he did manage to pull successful pranks on the, just as creepy, Santa Claus.
9. Satan in The Touch of Satan. Only his work is seen on the screen, but he does a damned good job as a villain.
10. Prof. Knight’s Son’s Area in Part: The Clonus Horror. Terrifying.
Crank Whore (I mean Krankor) from PRINCE OF SPACE. (Greatest laugh…ever).
Donald Pleasance in “P-YOU-MA MAN”.
As soon as I read the words “Memorable Villains,” Krankor popped to mind. Hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-haaaah!
A couple of actresses who really sank their teeth into their villainess roles: Allison Hayes as Erica Page in “Gunslinger,” and Coleen Gray as June Talbot, the eponymous “Leech Woman.”
(By the way, I can’t think of “Leech Woman” without this exchange:
Servo: Hey, I can see myself in her butt!
Crow: You can see yourself in anyone’s butt.)
How about a weekend category for actors who escaped with their dignity intact? The mention of “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” made me think of Leonard Hicks as Kimar, who I thought managed to transcend the green greasepaint and random bits of equipment on his head.
Who could forget Valeria in Robot Holocaust?! What a great villain/lousy actress. We are all doomed to remember that performance! :wink:
I don’t know about Valeria. The movie itself is such a drag that I don’t watch the Robot Holocaust episode that often.
How about Yuri from “Werewolf”? He’s full of memorably villainous attributes: greedy, full of anger, jealous of others’ successes, imitates Kirk Douglas, hates janitors, changes the color & style of his hair on an hourly basis, and has a Eurostrange accent.
Professor neon for stealing the mole people and calling them his own creation and stealing a certain kiss
sorry and neon was in wild world of batwoman by the way
Two words Donald Pleasence.
matt,
I think you’ll find Mr. B Natural is a monster, not a villain. :wink:
So many good villains in so many bad movies — and the ones I really remember have been mentioned already. But my first reactions were:
Krankor from Prince of Space
The Master from Manos
Kalgan from Space Mutiny
Cummins from Mitchell
Satoris from The Final Sacrifice
If we could count villains made interesting only by the riffing, I’d add the Neptune Man who was looking for his record. Also, is Grandma from A Touch of Satan a villain or a monster?
That Largo guy from Operation Double 007. The guy wears a giant gold caftan and a shiny red vinyl Thriller-esque costume and watches tv projected on naked girls.
RE: #24
I thought Alison Hayes did a pretty good job in “The Undead” as well. Oh, and that imp. Also:
-“The evil John Saxon-type guy” with the swan on his head from “Cave Dwellers”
– Not sure if he counts, but the mall store reviewer from “Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders”
– Edward Platt in “The Rebel Set,” but mostly because he’s Edward Platt
– The radioactive lady from “Terror From the Year 5000”
Looking back, season 8 was a banner year for MST villains – Prince of Space, Leech Woman, Space Mutiny, Overdrawn at the Memory Bank, Time Chasers have all gotten multiple mentions.
For sheer repulsiveness, Satoris, the middle manager dork in the overcoat from “The Final Case of Beer (Sacrifice)” gets my vote. “Crank Whore (Krankor)” from “Prince of Spazz (Space)” also makes me weep, as does “What the (Puck)” from “Satan (Santa) Claus”. I apologize for the strange nature of this post, but it’s a strange topic.
Randy
Actually, Krankor is “Phantom from Krankor.” But that’s just nitpicking.
Satoris – Canadian villain Garth Vader
Phantom of Krankor – he’s gonna kill some differen’! Ya scum!
Pitch – I suppose Hell got an NEA grant
Kobras – That’s hoo-man being… oh, wait, no.
Yuri – Yeah, I’ll take a walk. Over to Kirk Douglas’s house!
Robert Denby – You’re so elusive!
The Chairman of Novacorp – Fingal you are mine! With Bearnaise sauce!
Voldar – Pack your other moustache!
Gloria – That’s not Dirk, nuh-uh. No way.
Troxartis – I put the … beats in the… script myself and I’m… keeping them! (Possibly the worst actor the series saw).
Lt. Kalgan – We had a coupon.
oh, it’s a bouquet of loathsomeness!
[202 Sidehackers.] J.C. gnaws voraciously on every line, take, and frame of this film, dousing it all with his special brand of PCP-fueled charm. in the churning gooey chasms of his mind, love=violence and abuse. why would anyone put up with him, let alone consider him their ‘leader’? he tirelessly harasses everybody, especially his own gang buddies and girlfriend, who he rewards for tolerating him by strangling her. ’cause he LOVES her, of course.
Mike Nelson does a great version of this ball of scum in the hexfield, with Frank as henchman Cooch. ‘I will do it. I will. I WILL do it.’
[301 Cave Dwellers.] Zor. ah, Zor- he of the clown-white complexion of evil; the fun-fur facial hair. he’s armed with the ability to deliver his lines so haltingly that time stops. the shiny black papier mache Halloween turkey on his head crowns his majesty perfectly. he can’t seem to get anything right; he can’t even hire a decent sorcerer. [where did he find that guy? on public transportation?] I think my favorite Zor moment- and there are many- is when he pokes one of Ator’s protuberant man-breasts and Tom I think makes a ‘dinggg-dong’ doorbell sound.
[320 The Unearthly.] John Carradine as Dr. Conway. he talks a lot, and it all sounds like gravelly mush; his master plan involves the unsavory use of chicken livers. he has a strange fetish for sitting oddly on all of the furniture in a room in turn, and uses all of his diabolical medical knowledge to transform hapless, counseling seeking humans into sputtering zombies or lumps with encrusted faces. oh, and he has a basement full of stinky mutants. he DOES have the sense to hire lumbering Tor Johnson to do his dirty work. and Tor gives us a beloved phrase: ‘TIME FOR GO TO BED.’
[513 The Brain that Wouldn’t Die] Dr. Bill Cortner. where do we start with THIS guy? woe to anyone who gets him as a doctor; he’ll ‘test and experiment, test and experiment’ on any patient he pleases. no morals, a crummy doctor, and he’s a self-loving monomaniac. his romance with himself sends Shatner’s smarmy ego running away yipping. his crappy driving kills his fiancee, so he takes her head, keeps it alive, and yells at it, lecturing it righteously. stalks any woman he can for literally only her body. lures a disfigured, damaged woman to his country house of horrors with a hollow promise of repairing her face so she can be whole and happy again, then prepares to lop her head off. I always cheer when the [failed experiment] Zippy the Pinhead monster from the closet bites the long chunk of this jerk’s neck off. Jan-in-the-pan gets the last word: ‘I TOLD you to let me die. hee hee hee ha ha….’
[518 The Atomic Brain] Mrs. March. she is so distasteful that all I can think of to say is GOD, IS THIS OLD WOMAN ANNOYING! SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, PLEASE- PUSH HER DOWN THE STAIRS, ALREADY!
thank you for letting me get that off my chest.
[607 Bloodlust] Dr. Balleau keeps busy. he’s got a whole island of stuff to keep track of. a captive catatonic giant blonde girlfriend with a huge Novocaine’d face; a phalanx of grimy henchmen to send on dirty deeds; a basement full of boiled heads for the henchmen to monitor; a seemingly inexhaustible supply of despondent drunk guys to manage; a lot of solitary, wistful drinking to do; a truck load of ironic self-congratulatory remarks to spew; and of course, he needs to make time for his art.
[818 Devil Doll] what is it that ‘The Great Vorelli’ does, really? his ‘act’- which somehow always seems to have a ready audience- is a befuddling melange of abused puppets, almost-killed, then really killed assistants, all in the quest for- what? it isn’t love, because women are constantly hurling themselves at him, although he is bereft of a single atom of charm, and he either gloats over their future demise, or has poor Hugo the dummy dispatch them. so he wants to imprison an endless chain of human souls into ventriloquist figures and then- what? he gets all the ham and wine in the world? this is all befuddling my dumb cracker mind.
[1002 The Girl in Gold Boots] the Icky Elf himself, Buzz. he’s also busy. when he’s not out committing petty robberies, he’s forcing himself upon his almost-robbed victims with toothy oily glee. [such a young man, too- what a shame.] he knows the score on everything: robbing, drug-pushing, chicks. if it’s a yucky pastime, you name it, he’s an expert on it. and he’ll dispense his slimy wisdom tirelessly. his own sister is bombed out of her used to be pretty mind on pills and is being kept by a nasty creep who casts her aside like a used kleenex; Buzz seems ok with this. when you can out-ick a roomful of luridly lit Vitalis dripping mustached pimp-types, you are memorable.
I wonder if Dr. F got his mole people from Neon.
Actually, the mention of mole people gives me an idea for a future thread: Call-forwards. That is, references to films that got covered later, either through skits or lines or whathaveyou.
kalgan – hands down is the most memorable villian
where’s my golf cart??
It’s been said before, but “Canadian Villian Garth Vader”.
I’d also like to mention Dr. Bill Cortner from The Brain that Wouldn’t Die, except depending on your point of view, he could be considered an anti-hero. Same goes for The Great Vorelli.
#27: How could I forget Yuri? He’s the absolute poster boy for the pitfalls of “I’ve got some more money, let’s do another couple of scenes” filmmaking.
Also, I love the description of J.C. in #37. Michael Pataki’s extravagant overacting is one of the things that really makes the movie for me. (He’s almost as memorably overblown in “It Lives by Night.”) I’ve always found “Side Hackers” and “Hellcats” far more interesting than “Wild Rebels,” because the latter has a less colorful cast.
Leo McCabbe from The Girl in Gold Boots–“My intentions are honorable.”
Joe Don Baker’s double dealing boss from Final Justice–played by Bill McKinney–whose character name escapes me. He was also one of the mountain men in Deliverance.
Satoris from The Final Sacrifice–He has Jesse Ventura’s voice and wears Totes!
Joel Era:
Cave Dwellers – Cher Wig Guy; Everything was spoken so dramatically…
Godzilla vs. Megalon – The Seatopians; I wish they had more scenes than just the dancing at the beginning and being behind the computer.
Manos: The Hands of Fate – Torgo & The Master; The dog was good, too. Probably sweeter than we were supposed to believe.
Santa Claus Conquers – The Martians; A little on the stern side, but they do stand out.
Mike Era:
Final Sacrifice – Villain with the spfx voice; Timeless.
Invasion of the – Neptune Men; I like them and their big helmets more than the Karckors, but I am unsure if I have them too highly on my list since … they kill the main hero of the movie! I hate that :-(
This Island Earth – The Metalunans; Hilarious people. They get extra points if even one of them had real forheads…
Wild World of Batwoman – The Mad Scientist & Helper; I swear, I think they’re even funnier than the Mads … Maybe in another dimension …
[Krankors] Whoops. (Harr harr harr harrr!)
Nobody has mentioned him yet, but, what about ROGER from the movie SQUIRM. He tries to kill the main characters, so I guess that makes him the villain. Man, what a Dork!
Queen Samar from “Hercules Against The Moon Men.” Not only does she have henchmen out the wazoo (and Mr. Chocolate Bar) but she really has no problem sending her sister and soon-to-be brother-in-law to their doom while seducing Hercules.
Speaking of Hercules, there was the hammy Eddie Izzard-looking would-be city ruler from “Hercules Unchained.”
Definitely second Satoris. Can you just picture the direction? “Come on, you don’t seem evil enough. Lower your voice more. I don’t care if you’re three full octaves below your normal range, I WANT EVIL!”
I’m with Mary-Jo. The stepsister from “Jack Frost” has a certain grotesque appeal.
I can’t believe we got this far without mentioning the Fat Chairman. Breathing knocks the wind out of him.
outer space alluded to him, but Robert Z’Dar in either of his roles. That’s a face that you can never forget!
I too was struck and perplexed by the hysterical middle manager in “The Last Chase” that seemed to exemplify the film’s premise that public transportation equalled fascism and privatly owned internal combustion engines equalled freedom, even in a dystopic future where there’s only enough gas for one car. Was the screenplay written by a disgruntled municipal transit authority worker or something?
Donald pleasance was pretty funny as the balding melon head villan in pumaman. Course time chasers and space mutiny also have memorable villans. Dr. z was pretty weird. krankor and most of the characters from sinister urge would also go well on the list.