March Madness: What Culture's Horror Movie Villains Tournament
We've gathered the best movie madmen, slashers, and whack-jobs from cinematic history and seeded them in a 16-man (or creature?), single elimination tournament.
CRYSTAL LAKE REGION #1 - Jason Voorhees: Jason was a special needs child that drowned in Crystal Lake while his counselors were doing the nasty. The first film unleashed his axe-wielding moms and her death sparked the young zombie to return to life, renew his charge account with the local hardware store, and go to work. Jason has done it all - superpowers, space, New York, crossovers.
Debut: 1980 Movies: 12 U.S. Box Office: $382,746,073 Creator: Victor Miller Preferred Weapon: Machete#4 - Pumpkinhead: Pumpkinhead is a demon that is reincarnated by those seeking vengeance by a witch. He's big, strong, and armed like a troll with a claw, claw, bite combo. The creature is immune to damage so long as the original summoner still lives.
Debut: 1988 Movies: 4 Total Box Office: $4,385,516 Creator: Stan Winston Preferred Weapon: Claws & Teeth
SPRINGWOOD REGION #1 - Freddy Krueger: Freddy is the bastard son of a thousand maniacs and ... a nun. Ooh, truly evil. In life he was a child murderer, but the citizens of Springwood burned him alive in his hideout. That's when shit got real, ya'll. He came back as a dream killer, utilizing his trademark knife-fingered hand and repertoire of one-liners against a fresh crop of horny teens. Debut: 1984 Movies: 9 U.S. Box Office: $370,491,197 Creator: Wes Craven Preferred Weapon: Razor Glove #4 - Wishmaster: The dude is a Djinn and he grants wishes. Should some fool take all three wishes, then the Wishmaster can open a gateway to his home realm for a Djinni Spring Break. As you can imagine, the ability to grant wishes means that the being is essentially omnipotent, but trapped within Zoroaster's red jewel until rubbed the right away. Debut: 1997 Movies: 4 U.S. Box Office: $15,738,469 Creator: Peter Atkins Preferred Weapon: Magical Powers 
HADDONFIELD REGION #1 - Michael Myers (The Shape): Little boys in clown suits are to be avoided at all costs, especially if you have a fondness for brushing your hair with your boobs out. That being said, the Shape came back to Haddonfield each Halloween to unleash terror. He was the first of the Slashers and had a great wing man in Dr. Loomis to tell everyone that he's totally bad ass. Debut: 1978 Movies: 10 U.S. Box Office: $308,522,625 Creator: John Carpenter Preferred Weapon: Kitchen Knife #4 - The Tall Man: This guy's real name is Jebediah Morningside, so I can understand why he tells the chicks his name is Tall Man. He has superhuman strength and mild telekinesis, but his primary attribute are flying balls of steel (sentinels) with a spiky syringe sticking, lasers, buzz saws, and more. He's an interplanar necromancer that makes undead dwarves. Nuff said. Debut: 1979 Movies: 4 U.S. Box Office: $19,271,320 Creator: Don Coscarelli Preferred Weapon: Steel Balls 
TEXAS REGION #1 - Leatherface: Good ole Leatherface is the muscle in a family of Texas cannibals that were put out after the slaughter house when techno-savvy. His trademark is a massive chainsaw and a mask of human skin. His most famous lines involve snorting like a pig. Other than that, he's a hell of a good cook. Be sure to try the head cheese. I hear it's delicious. Debut: 1974 Movies: 6 (7 with 2012 release) Total Box Office: $164,925,750 Creator: Tobe Hooper Preferred Weapon: Chainsaw #4 - Leprechaun: Nothing says evil like the mascot for the Fighting Irish. Like Jason above, our Leprechaun has been all over from Ireland (obviously) to the Hood and even into Space. This little pixie is particularly angry about any messing with his Lucky Charms ... er .. I mean gold. Debut: 1993 Movies: 6 Total Box Office: $10,817,562 Creator: Mark Jones Preferred Weapon: Magical Powers