Soap Villains Who Were Truly Scary

[SoapDope]

When I was a really small kid I remember that creepy Edward who was stalking Nikki on Y&R. He talked to his mother's ashes. Victor was nuts back in the day too when he had Michael Scott locked in the basement and played a psychological game of cat and mouse with Julia. Vanessa Prentiss was freaky. Shaun Garrett who buried Lauren alive was another psycho. Bill Bell loved all that Hitchcock type stuff.

 

 

[j swift]

Here's the thing, it was definitely a choice to keep the mustache and haircut for over 20 years because the accent was fictional but the look was deliberately creepy.  I'd love to see who Christine Baranski is dating now to see if she has a type - maybe Larry the cable guy? 

[DaytimeFan]

 

Very good pick - Darlene's Rose was so different from Sally Spectra you can see where Bill Bell would be impressed with her talent. Rose was just plain evil and totally mercenary.

[ReddFoxx]

Another one that was scary was Allison Perkins on OLTL. Barbara Garrick nailed that cult follower persona and just watching the character as creepy.

[Khan]

 

Granted, that's the only scene I've seen of Jingles the Clown, but...sorry, Mr. Slesar...he seems more goofy than scary.

[Faulkner]

A lot of the later stuff was silly, but I agree. 

[Quent]

For me, it will always be Stephanie Martin on "The Edge Of Night". Her reign of terror was so overwhelming that when she was finally done in, you knew everyone in Monticello would have been justified to kill her.

[P.J.]

James Stenbeck----malice and evil personified. 

Roger Thorpe---how has he not been mentioned until now? Yes, he was cold and calculating, but there was always this anger bubbling under the surface, ready to snap at any moment.

Stephanie Forrester

Sheila Carter

Vanessa Prentice

Lucille Wexler

Lilith McKechnie

[Khan]

 

Frankly, I empathized too much with Roger to be scared of him.

[Faulkner]

Ditto. There was something deeply pathetic and self-loathing about Roger that MZ put on the surface. He craved acceptance in Springfield society and was so envious of those who had it (Ed Bauer).

[vetsoapfan]

 

Me too. I daydreamed about marrying him and saving him from himself (leaving Holly to be free to reunite with Ed Bauer).

[YRBB]

Sheila has been mentioned of course, but there were times on Y&R were David Kimble was terrifying, like when he fantasized about surprising Cricket and strangling her to death. Corbett's eyes went deadly scary.

[Fevuh]

Will Jeffries, GL.  Didn't page through all of the posts to see if he was mentioned. 

[Gray Bunny]

As an 11 year old watching Melrose Place’s Dr. Kimberly Shaw rip off her wig and reveal her nasty scar, I was terrified of her for months afterwards, waiting for the next scar reveal moment (it happened two other times). 

[Dr Neil Curtis]

That crazy man that was after Nina. Can’t think of the name right now.