10 Ridiculous Horror Movie Villains That Shouldn’t Have Worked… But Did

10. Victor Crowley - Hatchet (2006)

If Adam Green’s Hatchet films look like trashy B-movies, that’s because they are – but in the most fantastic way. Set in the bowels of a Louisiana swamp, each of the four films in the series thus far sees a group of characters being brutally and creatively axed-off by the vengeful spirit of Victor Crowley, who’s played by Jason Vorhees actor Kane Hodder.

A disfigured child who lived deep in the swamp with his father, Victor met his unfortunate end one Halloween night when a group of children, wanting to scare him, inadvertently set the Crowley house on fire. Victor’s father tried to save his son by breaking down the door with a hatchet. But unaware that his son was on the other side, accidentally killed him. Now Crowley roams the swamp each night in a murderous rage.

Given how self-indulgently schlocky everything else about these films are, one would expect Crawley to be just as ridiculous. This isn’t the case, however.

Not only does Hodder’s imposing onscreen presence make Crowley a threatening and seemingly unstoppable presence, but the levels of violence he displays is sickeningly visceral. If anything, the comedy is a welcome palette cleanser to accompany Crowley’s carnage.