10 Awesome Characters Trapped In TERRIBLE Horror Movies
6. Vilmer - Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
The fourth entry into the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, The Next Generation, is largely accepted to be one of the worst - if not the worst - in the series, and is really only notable for featuring early performances from Renée Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey as hero and villain respectively.
And really it's only McConaughey's slimeball antagonist Vilmer who makes any sort of impression, primarily thanks to McConaughey's fearlessly off-the-wall performance.
Vilmer is a pathological sicko even for the franchise's standards, a member of a cabal of sadistic killers who relishes slaughtering the locals and hanging their corpses up in the back of his truck.
The character's errant psychopathy made him the only truly frightening and unpredictable part of an otherwise nothing movie, with McConaughey firing on all cylinders throughout. His performance and his character make the film worthwhile(ish), but only just.