Seasonal Disney: Halloween's Scariest Villians

In honor of Halloween, I've decided to put together a list of the top ten scariest Disney Villains:

#10: The Oogie Boogie Man

At number ten, this Disney villain was brought to life in the stop-motion film, The Nightmare Before Christmas.  Voiced by Ken Page, this dual-holiday film features Oogie Boogie as the classic villain, who wants to get rid of Santa Clause and make sure that Christmas never comes to Halloween Town. Oogie Boogie's villain song, ironically entitled 'Oogie Boogie's Song', was written and composed by Danny Elfman and Ed Ivory.

#9: Lotso Huggin Bear

Making his first appearance in Disney Pixar's Toy Story 3, Lotso Huggin Bear portrays the antagonist, as he slowly builds his toy empire to become exactly the way wants, with no hope of ever leaving Sunny Side Daycare with all of their parts. As to be expected of Pixar, this villain has no feature song, but with his menacing voice over, it wasn't found lacking. Voiced by Ned Beatty, Lotso is eventually overcome by Woody, Buzz, and the surprisingly intelligent political voice of Barbie.

#8: The Queen of Hearts



The Queen of Hearts, voiced by Disney veteran Verna Felton, starts as the role villain in this children-friendly adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. As we might assume from the image above, the Queen of Hearts is known to be psychotic, and is prone to, in fits of rage, ordering beheadings at the drop of a hedgehog. Although Verna Felton wasn't allowed to grace us with a song, she was given a song completely about her psychotic breakdowns, called 'Painting the Roses Red', which is almost better, if not more entertaining.



#7: Mad Madam Mim

At number seven, the magnificent, marvelous, Mad Madam Mim graces us with her dragon-like presence. First seen in the Sword in the Stone, Mad Madam Mim is brought into the film as a witch, essentially Merlin's arch enemy. She is given a spooky song, which scared me intensely as a child and still gives me the heebie-jeebies. She was voiced by the late Martha Wentworth, which was her last  acting job before her passing. Her song is simply titled, 'Mad Madam Mim'. She bears a similar resemblance to the Queen of Hearts, in the way of their mannerisms.



#6: Dr. Facilier

You should know right off the bat, Dr. Facilier is one of my favorite villains of all time. The mystery of New Orleans, and the magic of his voodoo is an extremely intriguing combination to me. The reason he is on this list, is that in this film, The Princess and the Frog, Disney finally brought back some of it's classic styling. There was a princess, a prince, a sidekick, and a villain. Should every movie be like this? No, but it was a sorely missed combination, at least by me. His voice actor Keith David did an incredible job keeping this character alive throughout the entire movie, and made his song, at least in my opinion, a modern classic. His song is entitled, 'Friends on the Other Side'.

  



#5: Brer Fox

Br'er Fox was starred in the Disney film, Song of the South. No matter how you may feel about this film, even the most skeptical person has to agree that this a classic Disney villain. The first time I watched Song of the South, and Br'er Fox started plotting about how to kill Br'er Rabbit, I was more than a little surprised! When you think of Disney, you think of gorgeous princesses, and romance, and maybe villains. But this villain clearly helped shape future characters, and art influences bleed from this film clearly into other Disney Classics. Voiced by James Baskett, this character was both psychotic and hilarious all at the same time.

#4: The Horned King

I'm sure if you know about The Black Cauldron. or if you've seen most or all of it that you're confused as to why the Horned King ( voiced by John Hurt ) is so early on this list. After all, he looks pretty scary. And the reason for that is, I don't get scared by the obviously fictional characters. I don't, even as a kid, I was as close to a realist that a kid could be. I completely agree that this character, voiced by Jon Hurt, is terrifying to most people, but frankly, not to me.



 #3: Scar

Scar ( voiced by Jeremy Irons ) makes his first appearance in the Lion King, and is featured with cameos in several other Disney movies, including Hercules and The Return of Jafar. As the younger scheming brother, Scar is incredibly devious and is modeled after a character from the Shakespeare play Hamlet. Since he plots his brothers death, and attempts to murder his nephew, I'd say he earned his high ranking on this list.

#2: Chernabog

The fact that Chernabog isn't number one on this list of Scariest Villains may surprise, confuse, or even anger some people, since he is arguably the most intense Disney Villain. But, to me personally, he is just a really well done villain with breathtaking animation techniques, and the fact that he was voiced by Corey Burton is perfection.


#1: Frollo

Frollo! Without a doubt, Frollo is the scariest villain to me. To see the accurate history combined with Disney fiction is a terrifying combination, and to know that he essentially existed in the ideals of other men and women in his time, completely terrifies me. Voiced by Tony Jay, his performance of 'Heaven's Light/Hellfire' is one of my all-time favorite Disney songs.