We all thought Anthony Hopkins’s Hannibal Lecter was the final word, but Mads Mikkelsen manages to take it to the next level in the NBC series Hannibal. His artful cooking and impeccable fashion sense are enough distraction that you’ll forget what he’s serving you for dinner…

In the Australian horror film Wolf Creek, Michael “Mick” Taylor (John Jarratt) is a cold, calculating, and sadistic man. His m.o. is to gain the trust of tourists traveling the outback before kidnapping, torturing, and murdering them. He’s loosely based on a real life serial killer nicknamed the The Backpack Killer.

In Hannibal, Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) is an FBI profiler who makes use of his pure empathy and overactive imagination to bring down serial killers. In an unfortunate arrangement, he seeks therapy from world renown psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

A blood splatter analyst by day and a serial killer by night, Dexter Morgan walks the line between super villain and superhero. Whether you see his lifestyle choice as good or evil, you can’t deny he looks good doing it.

Jeff the Killer is a classic meme originating from a creepypasta post in 2008. He is a young boy who, after being badly beaten and burnt, goes insane, cutting his eyelids and mouth and becoming a deranged serial killer. He tells his victims “Go to sleep” before murdering them.

Leslie Vernon is the focus and antagonist of the cult classic mockumentary comedy-horror Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon. He is a wannabe serial killer inspired by the likes of Jason, Michael, and Freddy (who in this world really exist). What he lacks in physical power he makes up for in his cunning planning and setting up of traps for his would-be victims. Don’t forget to wear and tear his clothes. Leslie Vernon walks barefoot, so it’s recommended that you wear sandals when not posing for pictures. Black face paint for the black circles around his eyes.