Your Ultimate Guide to Every Type of Movie Villain

Examples:

• HAL 9000 — 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Terminator — The Terminator
• Ultron — Avengers: Age of Ultron
• Roy Batty — Blade Runner

The Machine is often one of the most terrifying of villains because they are lifeless. They have no emotion. And they can’t feel pain or fear. They are cold and calculating. The Machine is obviously best represented in the science fiction genre. Kyle Reese explains the draw of writing such a villain through his classic description in the above clip.