7. Severen as portrayed by Bill Paxton in Near Dark
Kathryn Bigelow’s (Zero Dark Thirty) Near Dark is a forgotten vampire classic, and Bill Paxton’s Severen is a big reason why it is so excellent. This young actor creates a truly unhinged, sociopathic monster. Severen is gruesome, malicious, and gleefully mischievous. He relishes in the violence and in being a vampire, and Paxton sells each beat. You would not want to run into Severen in a dark alley, but on screen he’s so ferocious you can’t look away.
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