1. The Devil. Whether is Robert DeNiro, Ned Flanders, Emmanuelle Seigner, or anyone else, Ol’ Scratch is hard to beat as a bad guy.
2. The Russians. For most of my childhood, if you needed a bad guy, you needn’t have looked any farther than the U.S.S.R.
3. Nazis. “Nazis! I hate these guys!” ~ Indiana Jones
4. Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Book or film, Blofeld (almost) always delivered.
5. Darth Vader. He personified evil for me when I saw Star Wars at a drive-in in ’78.
Honorable Mention goes to: Space Girl (Mathilda May) in Lifeforce. She may not have had what it takes to make it into my Top 5, but if you’ve seen the movie, you know she has two strong attributes that earn her an honorable mention from me.