10 MORE Horror Movie Villains Who Broke Their Own Rules

10. Freddy Krueger - A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

To give it some credit, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge is anything but a cynical retread of Wes Craven's classic original. It at least tries to do something different, even if that different is wildly at odds with what the first movie established.

That's also precisely why it remains so divisive with the fandom - giving Freddy (Robert Englund) the ability to possess protagonist Jesse (Mark Patton) and embark on a rampage in the real world runs entirely counter to how he was presented in the original film, where he was largely powerless outside of dreams.

You can argue that the fluid, even dreamlike definition of Freddy's powers throughout the series is appropriate given the subject matter, but Freddy's ability to cause mayhem in the real world in Part 2 and numerous subsequent sequels remains a major point of contention for many fans. 

How much this goalpost-shifting bothers you will likely depend on how much you enjoy the camp and blatant homoeroticism of Freddy's Revenge.