Plenty of horror movies feature witches front and center, but only a select few can boast the creation of the scariest takes on the idea ever put to screen. The concept of the witch has been around for untold centuries, with one of the earliest horror movies , Häxan , putting the idea of the profane female spellcaster into audiences' minds as early as 1922.

Since then, the mental image of the witch has waxed and waned in pop culture via movie representation, with the green-skinned, cackling, broomstick-riding Wicked Witch of the West of The Wizard of Oz fame still representing the classic Halloween witch. However, films have expanded the terror of witches in all sorts of directions, from withered bestial hags to cruel demonic sorcerers.

10 Aunt Gladys (Weapons)

Aunt Gladys

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