#40. CANCER MAN from THE X-FILES. Many X-Philes refer to him as the Smoking Man but I’ve always preferred “Cancer Man”. It has a better ring to it and more symbolic connotations. The best part [...]

51 GREATEST FICTIONAL BAD GUYS #41. ADRIAN ALEXANDER VEIDT/OZYMANDIAS from WATCHMEN The line between hero and villain is often very thin, often determined by motive -- and how far that moral compass is willing to [...]

51 GREATEST BAD GUYS #42. PRINCIPAL ED ROONEY from FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF. Some of the names on this list are inhuman predators. We've seen Satanists, psychopaths, and fiends: guys who want to exert their [...]

51 GREATEST FICTIONAL BAD GUYS #43. JOHN “ACE” MERRILL from STAND BY ME I spent three of my most miserable years at Kelly Road Senior Secondary School. It was in a northern town called Prince [...]

51 GREATEST BAD GUYS #44. THE SATANIC COVEN from ROSEMARY’S BABY I became obsessed with ROSEMARY’S BABY (both the novel and the film) when Sophie was pregnant with our first kid. It’s a fascinating story [...]

Was able to resume my James Bond Marathon last night with A VIEW TO A KILL, and to be frank, I'm happy I've completed the Roger Moore era of the series. There were some highlights [...]

#45. JOHN RYDER from THE HITCHER I watched THE HITCHER over and over again on Super Channel and like most (but far from all) horror flicks, it’s extremely sparse on story but thick with wonderful [...]

51 GREATEST FICTIONAL BAD GUYS #46. BUDDY ACKERMAN from SWIMMING WITH SHARKS. For those of you who have never heard of SWIMMING WITH SHARKS, it’s a parable about wide-eyed Guy (Frank Whaley) who loves the [...]

51 GREATEST FICTIONAL BAD GUYS #47. LORD SUMMERISLE from THE WICKER MAN. I’m not religious in the slightest. The older I get, the more cynical I get. Human fingerprints on theological doctrines kind of give [...]

51 GREATEST FICTIONAL BAD GUYS #48. HENRY from HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER. There are few scenes in cinema that upset me as much as the family massacre in Portrait of a Serial Killer. [...]