Welcome to Day 27 of Spooky Season!! It’s hard to believe it’s almost over. Today, I wanted to share part 7 of the best villainesses in the entire horror genre! With their power, strength, manipulation, and wickedness, these women left their mark in horror history. If you don’t see your favorite here, be sure to check out my Villainesses Collection. I hope you enjoy and let me know your favorite horror movie Villainess! (SPOILER ALERT!!!)

Minnie Castevet – Rosemary’s Baby

Minnie Castevet (Ruth Gordon) was the neighbor from Hell. After young Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow) moved into a new apartment with her husband, Guy (John Cassavetes), they were almost immediately befriended by the seemingly innocent elderly couple next door, Roman (Sidney Blackmer) and Minnie Castevet. What they didn’t realize was that Roman and Minnie had a carefully mapped out plan to impregnate Rosemary with the son of Satan. Using her naive demeanor, Minnie perfectly manipulated the couple and made sure everything went according to plan. She used her “nosy neighbor” schtick to find out everything about Rosemary, seeing if she already had a family, was planning on having a family, she even drugged Rosemary for that horrible night. She was an evil woman hidden under a hospitable exterior.

Mary Shaw – Dead Silence

Mary Shaw (Judith Roberts) was the most famous ventriloquist in her town, Raven’s Fair. One fateful night, a young boy sitting in the audience heckled her, saying he could clearly see her lips moving. She didn’t take this tiny criticism lightly. She ended up killing that boy and turning him into a human dummy. The townsfolk couldn’t prove she had something to do with his disappearance, but that didn’t stop them from brutally murdering her and cutting out her tongue. This act left a plague on the town as her vengeful spirit ripped the tongues out of the residents responsible and their families. They stole her voice so she stole theirs right back. She is one of the most powerful and p***ed off spirits in the entire genre!

Mrs. Ganush – Drag Me To Hell

Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) holds the crown for Grudge-Holding Queen. After falling behind on her loan payments for her house, she went to the loan office to get another extension. When she was denied, she tried to beg the young loan officer, Christine (Alison Lohman) and was humiliated, she took it upon herself to get revenge. She attacked Christine and cursed a button she had on her coat. Now, Christine was tormented by the Lamia and if she couldn’t save her soul in three days, she’d be pulled into Hell to suffer for eternity. When Mrs. Ganush died, she also terrorized Christine every second she got. I love a good revenge story, but Mrs. Ganush really went over the top with this one.

Sex-Head – 31

There are 2 things that we know the bodacious Sex-Head (Elizabeth Daily) loved: her man, Death-Head (Torsten Voges) and brutally slaughtering innocent victims on Halloween night. With the love of her life, Sex-Head was hired to play a game of 31, where an abducted group of carnival workers had to survive for 12 hours against the psychotic clowns that wanted to gut them. She not only participated in the game, but she also flirted her way into seeing how many of the carnival workers were there and if they had any weapons that would prevent their abduction. She was sly, manipulative, and truly sadistic.

Mother – Barbarian

I’m sure it’s very debatable to consider Mother (Matthew Patrick Davis) as a villainess, but for me, any person who kills innocent parties is a contender for the Villain category. Mother was the inbred product of a serial-rapist who lived underground of an Airbnb house. She was obsessed with having a baby of her own, so she kidnapped every person who stepped foot in her territory and held them prisoner as her “babies.” If they tried to escape or if someone got in her way, she killed them with such brute strength. She was a very tragic and complicated character, you feel bad for her, but you also never want to be on her radar.