How To Create A Villain That Is Always One Step Ahead

Horror loves telling you the killer is smart. Always ten steps ahead. And then you watch him and he's… standing in a hallway. So I went looking for a villain who's actually smarter than the person he's after, and not just being handed the answers by the script. Turns out there's one. He faked his own death, left his ex five million dollars with a behaviour clause on it, and his big weapon is an email account... and maybe... a suit.