Vera (Superman III)

1983’s Superman III saw a major downturn in the quality of the Christopher Reeve Superman movies. One of the reasons for that was the comedic and camp tone that the movie had (Richard Pryor had a major role in it, for heaven’s sake), but another was the quality of the villains.

Robert Vaughn’s Ross Webster was a poor man’s Lex Luthor, who had a supercomputer built, in to which his sister Vera was pulled. This resulted in her turning into an evil cyborg – an evil cyborg that looked absolutely ridiculous, nonetheless.

Vera kept her black hair and her white clothing, but her skin was covered in metal plating that simply made her look like a cheap children’s toy. She looked even worse than General Zod and his cronies from the previous movie – and that’s really saying something!

And now we move on to a truly silly looking villain from a little-known comic book movie.

Anton Arcane (Swamp Thing)

Not many people are even aware that 1982’s Swamp Thing movie exists, but it does and it’s actually not that bad. Wes Craven directed it in an attempt to prove that he could handle stunts and bigger-name actors than those he usually worked with (not that there were many A-listers in this movie, mind you) and he didn’t do too bad a job.

That being said, the special effects were hideous and this particular villain was awful. He was Dr. Anton Arcane – played by Louis Jourdan – and he used the same formula that transformed Dr. Alec Holland – played by Ray Wise – into Swamp Thing, in a bid to become immortal.

The resulting monstrosity was a cross between a merman and a werewolf – but one you’d put together from a cheap fancy dress store. Seriously, look at the state of him!

And now we move on to some characters from the oldest movie by far on this list!