Celia Daniels – Emmerdale’s new villain – is sending chills down the audience’s spines with a series of cruel, sophisticated and equally terrifying actions.

As soon as she appeared, she quickly proved that she was not a “temporary bad girl” but a real threat to the Dales villagers.

The recent episode revealed the scene where Celia directly threatened April Windsor – an innocent girl who always believed in goodness.

A cold word from Celia: “If you open your mouth, your whole family will disappear” – was enough to make the audience shiver.

April was only accidentally caught up in the smuggling ring controlled by Celia, but now she has become a psychological hostage. Celia knows how to exploit fear: she doesn’t need force, just sows guilt and isolation. The upcoming clips show April cowering, hiding in the house, not daring to tell anyone about the threat. Meanwhile, Celia is still calmly mingling with the people, smiling as if she has never done anything wrong. It is this contrast that makes this character even more terrifying – the “sweet on the outside, poisonous on the inside” villain that Emmerdale is so good at creating.

Fans are currently divided: some believe that Celia will be exposed soon, but others believe that she will prolong the “psychological hell” for a few more weeks. One theory even suggests that Celia is not only targeting April, but also has a bigger goal – revenge on the Windsor family for a secret from the past. Whatever the truth, the audience agrees on one thing: Emmerdale has found a new “villain” that viewers both hate and cannot look away from.