<p id=”par-1_52″>Horror movie villains <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/most-iconic-horror-movie-screams.html/”>terrify viewers</a>, but there are some who get people’s hearts racing for different reasons. A new study looked into a number of iconic movie villains, examining them based on sex appeal and scare factor. After looking at facial proportions and social media buzz, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/christian-bale-misleading-american-psycho-viral-marketing.html/”>Patrick Bateman</a> came out on top.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-patrick-bateman-is-at-the-top-of-the-list-of-the-most-attractive-horror-movie-villains”>Patrick Bateman is at the top of the list of the most attractive horror movie villains</h2>
<p id=”par-2_54″>Ahead of Halloween, <a href=”https://www.psychicworld.com/psychic-readings” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Psychic World</a> looked at ten iconic horror movie villains. Bateman, who was <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/american-psycho-christian-bale-followed-dangerous-wall-street-guys-to-disturbing-places-to-research-the-movie.html/”>portrayed by Christian Bale</a> in <em>American Psycho</em>, scored a 95 on their sex appeal scale. His features earned him 84% against the golden ratio. He also has a significant number of posts praising his looks on X (formerly Twitter). </p>
<figure class=”wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio” id=”emb-1″><div class=”wp-block-embed__wrapper”>
<iframe loading=”lazy” title=”American Psycho (2000 Movie) Trailer – Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Chloe Sevigny” width=”925″ height=”520″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/81mibtQWWBg?feature=oembed” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share” referrerpolicy=”strict-origin-when-cross-origin” allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div></figure>
<div class=”related-article related-article–simple”>
<span class=”related-article-flag”>Related</span>
<p class=”related-article__title”>
<a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/notable-people/kim-kardashian-torched-after-north-wests-baddies-halloween-costume-sparks-parenting-backlash.html/”>
Kim Kardashian Torched After North West’s ‘Baddies’ Halloween Costume Sparks Parenting Backlash </a>
</p>
</div>
<p id=”par-3_60″>Bale narrowly edges out Hannibal Lecter and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/criminologist-believes-psycho-killer-norman-bates-would-have-been-caught-very-quickly-real.html/”>Norman Bates</a>. They are tied in second place with a score of 94 on their sex appeal scale. The study noted that Mads Mikkelsen’s portrayal of the infamous cannibal contributed to his score. He received an 84% against the golden ratio, while Bates, who was first portrayed by Anthony Perkins, received a 79%. </p>
<p id=”par-4_32″>Perhaps surprisingly, <em>Nightmare on Elm Street’s</em> Freddie Krueger ranks next, with an 84 on the sex appeal scale. Pinhead, Jigsaw, Pennywise, Leatherface, Michael Myers, and Jason Voorhees are also on the scale.</p>