The book was darker… Join us as we count down our picks for the most terrifying literary villains whose true evil was softened or lost in their movie adaptations! Our countdown includes Patrick Bateman from "American Psycho" (2000), Annie Wilkes from "Misery" (1990), Nurse Ratched from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest" (1975), Humbert Humbert from "Lolita" (1962), Dolores Umbridge from "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2007), and more! From Hannibal Lecter’s unfiltered horror to Norman Bates’s true grotesque nature, these novels pull no punches. Which movie villain surprised you most in their original book form? Let us know in the comments!
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