by thenewgreen

I was recently reading this post by NotPhil, it's a great read about the long path Walt Disney took to making the Wizard of Oz. It got me to go read this less than flattering review of the movie Oz the Great and Powerful, which says this about my pick for the best movie villain of all time

Margaret Hamilton's Wicked Witch in the original "Oz" was the stuff of nightmares for generations.

She certainly gave me nightmares as a kid. Hamilton had this to say of the impact the role had on children:

"Almost always they want me to laugh like the Witch. And sometimes when I go to schools, if we're in an auditorium, I'll do it. And there's always a funny reaction, like Ye gods, they wish they hadn't asked. They're scared. They're really scared for a second. Even adolescents. I guess for a minute they get the feeling they got when they watched the picture. They like to hear it but they don't like to hear it. And then they go, 'Ohhhhhhhhhh!...' The picture made a terrible impression of some kind on them, sometimes a ghastly impression, but most of them got over it, I guess... Because when I talk like the Witch and when I laugh, there is a hesitation, and then they clap. They're clapping at hearing the sound again."

So that's my pick, what is yours?