Leatherface

Tobe Hooper's chainsaw-wielding, skin-mask-wearing man-child is horror's most primal villain — no supernatural powers, no grand plan, just a mentally disabled man raised by cannibals doing what his family taught him. Gunnar Hansen's original performance conveyed confused rage rather than calculated evil, which made Leatherface uniquely disturbing. The chainsaw dance at sunset remains one of horror's most iconic images. He's the villain who reminds you that the real monsters are depressingly human.