10 MORE Horror Movies That Tricked You Into Rooting For The Monster

10. Freddy Vs. Jason

If you want to make the audience root for an unsavoury character, there's no easier way to do it than simply introducing an even worse character for them to do battle with.

And that's exactly what happened in Freddy vs. Jason, where despite being one of cinema's great mass murderers, Jason Voorhees (Ken Kirzinger) near-enough becomes the hero of the movie when facing off against Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund).

After all, it's Freddy who resurrected Jason and manipulated him into killing again by taking the form of his dear late mother. If left to his own devices Jason is a considerably lesser threat than Freddy, who wishes to rise to full dream-invading power once again.

The movie's human characters straight-up admit that Jason is the lesser of two evils here, and so the film as a whole clearly encourages fans to root for Jason, even if Freddy vs. Jason's core appeal simply lies in seeing these two genre icons finally duke it out.