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13 Twin Peaks Actors Gone Evil, But Is Anyone Scarier Than BOB?

Kyle MacLachlan as a murderer, Sheryl Lee as a vampire, Ray Wise as a psychopath surgeon... 13 Twin Peaks cast members in their most evil roles!
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Ray Wise as the Devil in Reaper: "I am the dark lord of asses!"

I’m not at all surprised that a lot of Twin Peaks cast members have been cast in countless horror movies and thrillers as both victims and villains. Here’s a non-exhaustive list* of a few of them in their most evil roles. Some obvious, some rather shocking!

Please feel free to append this list with your choice of wicked Twin Peaks actors in the comments. And Happy Halloween!

*Sorry Michael J. Anderson. I can honestly not pick my favorite out of all the malicious characters you’ve portrayed. Oh, and happy birthday to you by the way!

1. Dan O’Herlihy in Halloween III

Dan O'Herlihy in Halloween

Dan O’Herlihy (Andrew Packard) plays the primary antagonist, Conal Cochran, in Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982). Cochran is “the mastermind of a scheme that involves killing millions of children using Halloween masks that have been imbued with Stonehedge chips“. Quite the story.

2. Piper Laurie in Carrie

Piper Laurie (Catherine Martell) as the abusive mother, Margaret White, in horror classic Carrie (1976). She received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in that role which relaunched her career.

Piper Laurie as Margaret White in Carrie

3. Sheryl Lee in Vampires

Persuaded by the hair-raising Laura Palmer scenes in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, John Carpenter cast Sheryl Lee as the bloodsucking nightwalker Katrina in Vampires (1998).

Sheryl Lee in John Carpenter's Vampires

4. Sherilyn Fenn in Raze

Sherilyn Fenn as Elizabeth in Raze

A big departure from the adorable Audrey Horne in Twin Peaks, Sherilyn Fenn plays Elizabeth who organizes sadistic tournaments in which captive women are forced to fight each other until death using their bare hands. Fight Club + Hostel = Raze (2013).

5. Heather Graham in Compulsion

Heather Graham as Amy in Compulsion

How is Annie? Well, she has become a creepy and compulsive cook with a killer appetite in the psychological thriller Compulsion (2013).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp-OeOZkNXE

6. David Warner in Time Bandits

David Warner in Time Bandits

Often cast as “The Bad Guy”, David Warner (Thomas Eckhardt) literally plays the role of Evil in the Terry Gilliams movie Time Bandits (1981).

7. Lara Flynn Boyle in Hansel & Gretel Get Baked

Lara Flynn Boyle as The Witch in Hansel & Gretel Get Baked

Lara Flynn Boyle (Donna Hayward) plays candy witch, Agnes, in Hansel & Gretel Get Baked (2013). LFB and knives? That’s never a winning combo.

8. Graze Zabriskie in Charmed

Grace Zabriskie (Sarah Palmer), the actress with the most gut-wrenching scream of Hollywood and beyond, had a guest stint on the 5th season of Charmed (2003) as The Crone, a centuries old demonic Seer.

Grace Zabriskie as The Crone in Charmed

 9. Ray Wise in Criminal Minds

Ray Wise in Criminal Minds

Of course, Ray Wise played the fabulous Devil in Reaper (2007-2009), but did you know he was also killer surgeon, John Nelson, in season 8 episode “God Complex” of Criminal Minds (2012)? And probably a few dozen of other evil characters…

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10 & 11. Wendy Robie and Everett McGill in People Under The Stairs

Wendy Robie and Everett McGill in Wes Craven's People Under The Stairs

Wendy Robie (Nadine Hurley) and Everett McGill (Big Ed) reunite as a villainous duo in Wes Craven’s People Under The Stairs (1991).

12. Michael Parks in Red State

Michael Parks (Jean Renault) plays ultra-right-wing pastor Abin Cooper in Red State (2011). A pastor, you say? Yes, but a pastor who received a nomination for Villain Of The Year from the Virgin Media Movie Awards.

Michael Parks in Red State

13. Miguel Ferrer in Tales From The Crypt

Miguel Ferrer in Tales From The Crypt

Miguel Ferrer (Albert Rosenfield) as a sensual radio host? Sounds like the best imaginable horror story. And you’re in luck, because the entire In the Groove episode of Tales From The Crypt (1994) is available on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fndVQdBre-o

Bonus: Kyle MacLachlan in Tales From The Crypt

Kyle MacLachlan in Tales From The Crypt

Only five days after the final episode of Twin Peaks aired, Kyle MacLachlan appeared as murderer Earl Raymond Digs in the “Carrion Death” episode from the third season of Tales From The Crypt (1991). Watch part 1, part 2 and part 3 on YouTube. And you thought Cliff Vandercave from The Flintstones was the most malicious character Kyle MacLachlan ever had to play…

Kyle also directed TFTC episode “As Ye Sow” which briefly stars Miguel Ferrer.

What are your favorite horror movies starring Twin Peaks cast members? Post them in the comments!

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What's your response to this?

16 comments

  1. Gabriel says:

    Poor Cooper, first a role in that flinstones film and now getting your own hand cut off patetically and brutally like that?
    Dammit, thats a fate worse than getting posessed by BOB!

  2. Persephone says:

    Everett McGill was also the preacher/werewolf in Silver Bullet.

  3. Elena says:

    Bob is still scarier.
    Bob has given me nightmares as a grown up. Repeatedly.

  4. The Yeti says:

    Richard Beymer played a murderous plastic surgeon in the X-files.

  5. PhillipJeffries says:

    And Kenneth Welsh played a religious maniac obsessed with a stigmatic boy in the x files as well.

  6. Alexandrea says:

    What about Royal Dano in House II? 🙂

  7. DIsgruntly says:

    David Warner in PRACTICALLY EVERY ROLE HE HAS EVER PLAYED. lol

  8. Markus says:

    I would vore for Billy Zane in Dead Calm.

  9. Slotco says:

    Ray Wise & Miguel Ferrer in Robocop!

  10. Joseph Guidry says:

    Here are some off the top of my head: “RoboCop”- Ray Wise, Miguel Ferrer, and Dan O’Herlihy. “Time After Time”- David Warner as Jack the ripper. “Angel’s Dance”- Sheryl Lee as a crazy girl. “The Faculty”- Piper Laurie as a infested teacher. “The Hidden”- Kyle MacLachlan as an alien FBI agent hunting a parasite, who is possessing Chris Mulkey at the beginning of the film.

  11. Sean Gillhoolley says:

    How about Jerry Horne in The Warriors? I found him to be extremely creepy in that one. Waaarrriorsssss, Come out and plaaayaaay!”

  12. Rafaust says:

    Mädchen Amick in Dream Lover with James Spader. Great villainess.

  13. Merlina says:

    Dan O’Herlihy in an early sixties re-interpretation of the Cabinet of Dr Caligari with Glynis Johns – he was a very sinister Caligari. The film made quite an impression on me when I first watched it as a kid.

  14. Amy says:

    What about Richard Beymer as the evil plastic surgeon in the “X-Files”?

    One of my favorite episodes and truly terrifying. I’ll never forget when it originally aired. Still scares me.

  15. Rob B. says:

    A great line from MacLachlan from that *Tales From The Crypt” episode: “Women. Can’t live with ’em. Can’t fit more than one of them in the trunk at the same time…” 🙂

  16. Rob B. says:

    Also, Madchen Amick played the heroine in *Sleepwalkers*, alongside Brian Krause (Leo from “Charmed”) and the always creepy Alice Krige.

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