Book special: a spoiler-free ranking of Stephen King's SCARIEST HUMAN MONSTERS!

[@osefsadiqi82]

Norman Daniels from Rose Madder just scares me alot, he is a police officer who just abuses and hunts his wife, like it frights me too much. Frank Dodd from The Dead Zone is probably one of my favourite Stephen King villains. He is a monster that always gets away with it, until Johnny Smith comes by and caughts him. I also loved the way he connects to other stories. Greg Stillson from The Dead Zone is honestly a scary evil monster. He is honestly more scary than some supernatural villains. He was bible salesman and scared me. Brady Hartfield from Mr Mercedes is just a messed up monster like he is disturbing in the way even when he kills the jobless people at the beginning. Danforth Buster Keeton from Needful Things was honestly a scary monster like he is messed up, even after brutally murdering his wife. He was such a awesome villain. I'm surprised you didn’t add him in your list. Ace Merrill was just an abusive bully you can see in The Body. I honestly loved the way King wrote Ace in Needful Things, like Ace is still evil and horrible bully that he cause more harm. Steve Kemp from Cujo was just a very evil and annoying monster to me, like he destroys Donna for leaving him. I honestly want to hear on your thoughts on Steve Kemp and Mrs. Carmody, and Danforth Keeton.

[@DaveReadsKing]

Thanks for this! So.. Mrs Carmody I totally forgot about and should have included her. She was terrifying. As for Steve Kemp and Danforth Keaton, I like them as villains but for me they are too cartoonish to make this list. I find them almost to be comic relief rather than evil.

[@skunke2290]

I would have John Rainbird from Firestarter here as well. And maybe Mrs Carmody from The Mist. Both are pretty evil.

[@DaveReadsKing]

Both excellent shouts - I’m annoyed with myself that I forgot Mrs Carmody

[@lazaa3949]

I would love to see a straight-up top 50 characters of king's work!

[@kariminalminds]

Came here to say the same thing 😂

[@DaveReadsKing]

I like this! I did already do a top 19 characters last year: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bp6uaoKgq6ejqNEsi=Z5ARAbxicogd6lLu But 50 sounds like a good challenge!

[@superkamigurualucardmckee6181]

I'm so glad you mentioned Apt Pupil! I just read it, and it freaked me right the hell out! Seeing Todd slowly turn rotten is what made it so intense and dark! It's amazing how trauma can effect a 12 year old and I know that from personal experience

[@DaveReadsKing]

Yes! Such a dark story!

[@kariminalminds]

I made a silent bet to myself that you would choose Annie Wilkes as the worst of the worst and I won 😂

[@DaveReadsKing]

😊😊😊

[@Nimar-fo2cl]

Margaret White in 'Carrie', Patrick Hockstetter in 'It', Mrs Carmody in 'The Mist'

[@DaveReadsKing]

Great choices!

[@StewartyMac]

Thanks a lot for doing this video and the shout out. Here's my own top 10... 1. Norman Daniels (Rose Madder) 2. Henry Bowers (IT) 3. Annie Wilkes (Misery) 4. Brady Hartsfield (Mr Mercedes) 5. Danforth Keeton (Needful Things) 6. Mrs Carmody (The Mist) 7. Joe St George (Dolores Claiborne) 8. Wild Bill Wharton (Green Mile) 9. Percy Watmore (Green Mile) 10. Morris Bellamy (Finders Keepers)

[@DaveReadsKing]

Thanks, again, for the suggestion - and for sharing your list. Can’t believe I forgot about Mrs Carmody!

[@my_19th_personality]

saw the title --> Norman Daniels must be in this!

[@DaveReadsKing]

Bullseye! 🎯

[@samtubebackagainramey6971]

Hey Dave great video. I think you should do 19 favorite characters from the dead zone because it's your favorite book.

[@DaveReadsKing]

Interesting! Don’t know if I could pick 19 characters just from that book alone, but I like the idea. I did previously do my top 19 characters in general kzbin.info/www/bejne/bp6uaoKgq6ejqNEsi=Z5ARAbxicogd6lLu

[@mushroomdance8810]

Bevs father from IT is a truly sick human monster.

[@DaveReadsKing]

God, yes - absolutely. I feel like I could have made a top 19 worst humans in It alone!

[@eliasisthegreatest]

Bev’s husband Tom was really hard to read. I felt he was one of the more horrific human characters in Stephen King’s books.

[@DaveReadsKing]

This is a great shout - there are so many bad people in IT!

[@esidarapmot]

they way she gives it to him when she leaves their apartment was soooo awesome though

[@DaveReadsKing]

@esidarapmot heck yes!

[@connorfloyd5535]

I found Big Jim Rennie more terrifying than Greg Stillson, personally. Usually I would say that less is more, but Rennie just chewed up the pages with his evil. It was the book equivalent to not being able to take your eyes off of an actor in a role. Much more captivating and calculating than Stillson, in my opinion.

[@DaveReadsKing]

I can totally see that. I had Big Jim lower because I think outside of being stuck under a dome, he would get found out and ridiculed very quickly. Stillson, on the other hand, was cute and smart enough to have made it to the top - but for Johnny

[@RealHollarius]

I would add ... Wild Bill Wharton ... Mrs. Carmody ... Gary Barkovitch ...

[@DaveReadsKing]

Mrs Carmody is a great shout!

[@angelaholmes8888]

Norman was really scary he belongs in the top 5😱

[@ryantale]

In my opinion sometimes he was so evil that he became goofy as hell, like genuinely there wasn't a shred of good in him he was just an evil bastard doing evil bastard things with no apparent reason for evil-bastardness.

[@DaveReadsKing]

Heck yeah!

[@DaveReadsKing]

Totally!

[@sephirothii13]

I was thinking what about best kids in the books, adding only one per story...

[@DaveReadsKing]

Ooh, nice!

[@nigelmilner1514]

Love this list, think i may have snuck Straker from Salems Lot in, but hey. Im biased! Ever thought of 19 shit names Stephen King has committed to page. I mean.....Zak McCool!!!!

[@DaveReadsKing]

Straker is a great shout! I wrote him off because of vampires, but of course he’s not one! As for the shit names, wait until we get to Golden Years next time out. There’s a cracker 👀👀

[@jacobdavis3359]

If you’ve ever seen supernatural a quote I like is Demons ghost and vampires they all have rules but people people are just crazy

[@DaveReadsKing]

💯💯💯

[@ajcisneros1295]

In my opinion I think Percy should have been higher on the list he is so twisted

[@DaveReadsKing]

That’s fair - I didn’t want to give him the satisfaction though! 😉

[@angelaholmes8888]

Ramona is truly evil she belongs on this list indeed in both the book and in the film the actress in the movie version did a good job to me

[@DaveReadsKing]

Agreed!

[@Israel-qs9ig]

Hey Dave, have you already or considered making a video of Stephen kings top 10 overlook books because it really bothers me when people say they know Stephen king and they never heard of duma a key one of my favorite books people know holly but not wireman how is that fair

[@DaveReadsKing]

Oooh, nice idea! I will have a think!

[@Israel-qs9ig]

Awesome bro

[@stevenandcarminabeedle9089]

lol yeah Wireman 😍😍

[@angelaholmes8888]

Stephen king is great at writing evil human characters sadly people like the ones on this list do exist in real life

[@DaveReadsKing]

Very true!

[@Ag3nt_p0rk]

Im back after a year lmao

[@DaveReadsKing]

👋👋

[@cannibalisticwolf3319]

Big Jim's a real jerk.

[@DaveReadsKing]

He absolutely is!

[@angelaholmes8888]

I absolutely despise joe Dolores husband not surprised he's on the list🤬

[@DaveReadsKing]

Yep…he was something else