10 Iconic Characters Without A Single Great Movie

8. Pinhead

Horror movies tend to give birth to some of the most iconic characters in cinema without the quality of the movies they appear in matching up to them individually. That can be the only reason we all have to endure so many poor sequels with the likes of Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger and Jason Vorhees in them.

They're the perfect examples of Hollywood's obsession with established brands and also of how fanbases will respond to great characters even when they appear in rubbish. And there are few better examples of those trends than Hellraiser's Pinhead.

His franchise has been defined mostly by absolutely abysmal sequels, but even the original was never really great. It was only good at best (and even then, it was never quite the mainstream success that the other horror franchise mentioned here were) and his appeal seems to have been borne out of how incredible he looks as a scary character.

It's about time someone gave him the film he deserves.