Albert Spica

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Pure Evil
Full Name	Albert Spica
Alias	The Thief Loudmouthed Pig Blind Bat
Origin	The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
Allies	His gang
Powers / Skills	Brute strength Criminal connections Rudimentary cunning
Goals	Maintain control over Georgina (failed). Take revenge on Michael (succeeded). Maintain control over Le Hollandaise and stay alive (failed).
Moral Event Horizon	Abusing and raping Georgina Torturing a little boy Brutally killing Michael
Kill Count	1
Worst Crimes	Abuse (including domestic and child) Murder Rape Attempted mutilation Torture Attempted cannibalism
Type of Villain	Misogynistic Crime Lord

Albert Spica is the titular main antagonist of the 1989 dark-comedy crime film The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover.

He is a violent, sadistic and thoroughly boorish gangster, Spica's ownership and patronage of the restaurant Le Hollandais and the miseries that occur within as a result forms the bulk of the film's plot.

He was portrayed by the late Sir Michael Gambon.

What Makes Him Pure Evil?

• He constantly abuses his wife Georgina, whether it’s verbal, physical or sexual.
• He has a debtor beaten, stripped naked, and then smeared with feces.
• He stabs a prostitute with a fork because she told him Georgina was cheating on him.
• He rapes his wife Georgina and forces Pup, a child, to watch.
• When he discovers his wife is having an affair with Michael, Albert proceeds to torture Pup, force feeding him his own shirt buttons and even threatens to cut off Pup's belly button and force feed it to him.
• He breaks into Michael's bookshop and proceeds to brutally murder him by stuffing the pages of his books down his throat until he suffocates to death.
  • He also tells Georgina that he plans to cook and eat Michael before his murder.
• While he is disgusted at eating Micheal’s body, it’s not out of moral standards but him finding it gross.

External Links

• Albert Spica on the Villains Wiki