

I must admit, that without the compelling and terrifying performance given by Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight two years ago, The Joker would never have made it into my top ten list of villains. I’m not sure if it is the smudged make-up that makes the character appear more real or his state of insanity that mimics the minds of real criminals, but the 2008 adaptation of the Batman film has definitely resulted in the mad man moving up a couple of notches on the villain scare scale.









