From Hannibal Lecter to Harry Powell, serial killers are some of the most fascinating characters ever put on film. Here are EW's 30 favorite movies about the monsters in our midst.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since the original movies’ infamously brief theatrical run in 1984, this seasonal slasher — sometimes about a Santa-obsessed ...

In 1984, one of the most controversial horror movies was released when Silent Night, Deadly Night, a story about a troubled young man named Billy Chapman (Robert Brian Wilson) who dresses up as Santa ...

Cinema draws much of its power from letting us witness things we wouldn't otherwise see in real life. Thankfully, most of us will never encounter serial killers in our day-to-day lives, but we sure do ...

What is it about serial killer movies that draws us in? If there were ever any doubt about our appetite for stories of evil, we'd only need to look at the sheer number of films made about them. Maybe ...