Every once in a while, an actor turns in a performance that is so positively haunting and horrifying, it transcends genre, criticism, and — in some cases — even the movie it's in.
So, if there was an Academy Award given for "Most Terrifying Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture," what are some of the performances that would've for sure taken home the gold?
Maybe your nomination would be for a performance that actuallyalreadytook home a different (real) Oscar, like Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh inNo Country for Old Men(2007).
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Or perhaps your pick would be from a more recent film, like Lupita Nyong'o's bone-chilling turn as Red inUs(2019).
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Heck, maybe you'd use your ballot to vote for a wild throwback, like Robert Helpmann as the nightmare-inducing Child Catcher inChitty Chitty Bang Bang(1968).
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Tell us which actor's performance you'd nominate for this fake Oscar and a little bit about what you believe made them so terrifying in the comments below for a chance to be featured in an upcomingBuzzFeed Communitypost and/or video!
