Iconic Horror Character Tournament

Handsome Bob

The game is simple; I have chosen 48 iconic characters from film and randomlypitted them against each other and you, The Nocturnal Public, get to decide who progresses into the next round.

The first round will consist of 24 one-on-one Battles. The first iconic character to achieve 8 votes goes through to the next round.

This is primarily just for fun so I have on purpose chosen relatively well known characters from the Horror/Fantasy genre, hence the word iconic. I have predetermined all 24 Battles but if anyone wants to ensure an iconic character is not left out just drop me a PM.

What makes this a Nocturnal Thread? You may have seen this game on other boards but if specifically narrowed it to dark characters to appease the mood on the Nocturnal Forum.

So, the first battle will commence now in a matter of seconds......

Handsome Bob

Norman Bates (Psycho)

Round 1 Battle 1

Battle of the Children



Regan MacNeil (The Exorcist)


v

Damien Thorn (The Omen)

Doctor DooM

Norman Bates (Psycho)

Got to give it to Damien, as Regan is actually just a nice little girl possessed by a demon whereas Damo is actually the anti christ.

anonymous_joe

Norman Bates (Psycho)

What Doom said.

I remember from childhood Mass going that the Anti-Christ is going to whoop a merely posessed child. :pac:

Galvasean

Wendy Torrance (The Shining)

Damien. He has the power of Satan under his control. Wheras Regan is possessed by a daemaon not as powerful as Satan with neither in full control.

Handsome Bob

Norman Bates (Psycho)

3-0 so far. I'm surprised and not surprised, in regards to the former because I thought I was starting with a tough call (:pac:) and in regards to the latter because I agree with the sentiment expressed so far on Damien.

Remember, first to 8 wins it.

Frisbee

Wendy Torrance (The Shining)

Damien. Especially if they have that cool devil music playing...

Galvasean

Wendy Torrance (The Shining)

Is this a case of who is inherently cooler or who'd win in a fight? (either way it's still Damien for me.

kerash

Brundlefly (The Fly)

Damien cause (what Doom said) + I could look at Regans pretty face all night but Damien I scrolled past quite speedily, creepy little fecker

Doctor DooM

Norman Bates (Psycho)

Frisbee wrote: »

Damien. Especially if they have that cool devil music playing...

ooooh, I dunno, purely on a musical scale, Regan has tubular bells...

Aisling(",)

Sidney Prescott (Scream Franchise)

the music from the omen is reminding me of fiddler on the roof!

hmm damiens creepyier...at least in the excorsist theres a few unintentional funny moments.

Damien wins for me

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Delirium

Wendy Torrance (The Shining)

Would have to be Damien. The movies didn't have to have Damien do much for him to be terrifying.

Handsome Bob

Norman Bates (Psycho)

Damien Thorn goes through to Round 2 with a resounding 8-0 victory.

I'd like to stress to all those taking part to feel free to elaborate as much as you would like in giving your answer.

Could I request from a Mod that the word "Battle" is removed from the title of the thread please?

The second battle of Round 1 will be posted shortly......

Handsome Bob

Norman Bates (Psycho)

Round 1 Battle 2

Battle of the Child Killers

Freddy Krueger


-v-

Pennywise

DarkJager

Defo Freddy....as scary as Pennywise is, he hasn't got **** on Freddy Krueger!

Delirium

Wendy Torrance (The Shining)

Would have to be Freddy for me. The idea of the monster killing you as you slept was really scary to me when I first saw the films. Everyone has to sleep, so eventually you would be vulnerable to attacks from Freddy.

From what I remember of the It film, the clown wasn't all that scary to me.

Handsome Bob

Norman Bates (Psycho)

koth wrote: »

Would have to be Freddy for me. The idea of the monster killing you as you slept was really scary to me when I first saw the films. Everyone has to sleep, so eventually you would be vulnerable to attacks from Freddy.

From what I remember of the It film, the clown wasn't all that scary to me.

Try watching this sick bastard when you're a kid.:o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZVq2Gm_Zjk

Delirium

Wendy Torrance (The Shining)

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Try watching this sick bastard when you're a kid.:o

On reflection, it probably would have been more scary if the Elm Street and Evil Dead hadn't got to me first.;)

Doctor DooM

Norman Bates (Psycho)

Thread title changed.

I don't know, Im going to have to think about this.

I think I will have to give it to freddy, as his power comes from the imagination of humans and that's probably the strongest power in the world.

Also, Freddy keeps coming back!

DarkJager

SDooM wrote: »

Thread title changed.

I don't know, Im going to have to think about this.

I think I will have to give it to freddy, as his power comes from the imagination of humans and that's probably the strongest power in the world.

Also, Freddy keeps coming back!

And he's got a bad ass glove

Doctor DooM

Norman Bates (Psycho)

DarkJager wrote: »

And he's got a bad ass glove

... and he's got a bad ass glove!

Handsome Bob

Norman Bates (Psycho)

DarkJager wrote: »

And he's got a bad ass glove

And the memorable quotes. I for one will never forget "Welcome to Primetime bitch!":D:pac:

orestes

Paul Kersey (Death Wish Franchise)

This is one of the coolest ideas for a thread I've ever seen!

I've gotta go with Freddy for this one. Not just cos the guy damn near traumatised me as a child, but also because pennywise isn't really the evil one in that film. From what I remember the clown is actually just an anthropormphic projection (thank you Terry Pratchett ) of the actual monster, while Freddy was the soul of a dead guy he was still a real person if you know what I mean?

Also, Pennywise was freaky, but Freddy was just downright terrifying. I mean he killed you IN YOUR DREAMS! What is scarier than that?!

Handsome Bob

Norman Bates (Psycho)

orestes wrote: »

This is one of the coolest ideas for a thread I've ever seen!

I've gotta go with Freddy for this one. Not just cos the guy damn near traumatised me as a child, but also because pennywise isn't really the evil one in that film. From what I remember the clown is actually just an anthropormphic projection (thank you Terry Pratchett ) of the actual monster, while Freddy was the soul of a dead guy he was still a real person if you know what I mean?

Also, Pennywise was freaky, but Freddy was just downright terrifying. I mean he killed you IN YOUR DREAMS! What is scarier than that?!

Ah but all the memorable moments involved Pennywise hence why he is the iconic character.:p

And thank you for the compliment on the thread.;)

Galvasean

Wendy Torrance (The Shining)

Pennywise was eventually killed by a slingshot, where Freddy can't hurt you if you aren't afraid of him. Granted Pennywise becomes considerably weaker if you don't fear him, but not as completely helpless as Freddy becomes.

I'm going to go against the grain this time and go for Pennywise, he just barely scrapes through in what turned out to be a surprisingly underwhelming battle..

Handsome Bob

Norman Bates (Psycho)

Galvasean wrote: »

Pennywise was eventually killed by a slingshot, where Freddy can't hurt you if you aren't afraid of him. Granted Pennywise becomes considerably weaker if you don't fear him, but not as completely helpless as Freddy becomes.

I'm going to go against the grain this time and go for Pennywise, he just barely scrapes through in what turned out to be a surprisingly underwhelming battle..

Galvasean

Wendy Torrance (The Shining)

Allow me to elaborate. They both lose their powers if the person they are after is not afraid. Since neither would be afraid of the other neither would be particularly powerful.

Handsome Bob

Norman Bates (Psycho)

Freddy is leading comfortably, but Galvasean has given Pennywise a ray of hope.

So far it is 4-1 in favour of Freddy.

Frisbee

Wendy Torrance (The Shining)

Gotta be the Kreugmeister.
Surely scariness is measured in the amount of films you star in...

Aisling(",)

Sidney Prescott (Scream Franchise)

freddy kruger...you cant escape your dreams

pennywise is horrifically scary but the ending of that film is crap

he turns into a giant spider

so freddy wins for me once he dosent come get me in my sleep

BaconZombie

Another vote for Freddy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p713bNaO4A

Handsome Bob

Norman Bates (Psycho)

I'll give this until 1pm to see if we can get a deciding vote. If there isn't any further votes then I will make the deciding vote of the Battle in favour of Freddy.

I want to reiterate that this a tournament that stretches across the horror and fantasy genres (with a slight bit of science fiction). Next up, a battle of the heroines........

Doctor DooM

Norman Bates (Psycho)

LZ5by5 wrote: »

I'll give this until 1pm to see if we can get a deciding vote. If there isn't any further votes then I will make the deciding vote of the Battle in favour of Freddy.

I want to reiterate that this a tournament that stretches across the horror and fantasy genres (with a slight bit of science fiction). Next up, a battle of the heroines........

Be careful,.if you pit Galvatron against Optimus prime I reckon you may cause a schism which will tear the nocturnal forumapart!

Handsome Bob

Norman Bates (Psycho)

SDooM wrote: »

Be careful,.if you pit Galvatron against Optimus prime I reckon you may cause a schism which will tear the nocturnal forumapart!

Ha ha!:D When I say sci-fi, I mean I'm applying it where there are both elements of horror and sci-fi in a film. But hey, if you sell to me how Transformers has horror elements then I will take great pleasure in giving the likes of yourself and Galva a headache!:p:pac:

Doctor DooM

Norman Bates (Psycho)

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Ha ha!:D When I say sci-fi, I mean I'm applying it where there are both elements of horror and sci-fi in a film. But hey, if you sell to me how Transformers has horror elements then I will take great pleasure in giving the likes of yourself and Galva a headache!:p:pac:

Well... these lads really

Handsome Bob

Norman Bates (Psycho)

SDooM wrote: »

Well... these lads really

Fair enough. I will take it under consideration as some of my final choices are giving me a headache.:pac:

Doctor DooM

Norman Bates (Psycho)

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Fair enough. I will take it under consideration as some of my final choices are giving me a headache.:pac:

lol, I don't seriously think giant robots would really eb suitable for your competitions.

Aliens predators and human sized ones now...

Handsome Bob

Norman Bates (Psycho)

SDooM wrote: »

lol, I don't seriously think giant robots would really eb suitable for your competitions.

Aliens predators and human sized ones now...

Damn you Doom.:mad: Sure I was just humouring you anyway.:p:D

girl_friday

Freddy

He's pretty scarey!! :eek:

Handsome Bob

Norman Bates (Psycho)

girl_friday wrote: »

Freddy

He's pretty scarey!! :eek:

Thank you girl friday.:)

Freddy goes through to Round 2 in what I must admit was a comfortable 8-1 victory.

The next battle will be posted shortly......

Doctor DooM

Norman Bates (Psycho)

girl_friday wrote: »

Freddy

He's pretty scarey!! :eek:

Si that your 8 LZ?

Handsome Bob

Norman Bates (Psycho)

Round 1 Battle 3

Battle of the Heroines Part 1



Sarah Connor (Terminator 2: Judgement Day)





-v-



Laurie Strode (John Carpenter's Halloween)

Delirium

Wendy Torrance (The Shining)

Sarah Connors for me. Using a those weapons, plus she had the Terminator helper in T2. Both are survivors, but Sarah Connors I feel has to be more prepared/paranoid. I mean, Laurie only has to be on the lookout for a guy in a mask. Sarah has to be watching everyone.

Doctor DooM

Norman Bates (Psycho)

I'm going with Sarah Conner on this one.

I assume we are going with post T2 Sarah?

She's used to fighting killer robots from the future, while they're both skilled at surviving, I think Sarah would have more kill or be killed skillz than halloween girl.

It would prob be a good fight, and Laurie might improvise well and hurt Sarah, but in the end Sarah Conner's got it.

Also, she is most willing to KILL.

Galvasean

Wendy Torrance (The Shining)

Sarah Connor. Absolutely no contest. As Laurie runs away screaming.. from bullets! Futile.


edit: supports the idea of Apeface versus Snapdragon.

Doctor DooM

Norman Bates (Psycho)

You know when this is done, we should write a king of the ring style story about the fights...

Galvasean

Wendy Torrance (The Shining)

SDooM wrote: »

You know when this is done, we should write a king of the ring style story about the fights...

Yes, yes we should.
I just hope no uber powerful force shows up at the end:

ie: Cthulhu

orestes

Paul Kersey (Death Wish Franchise)

Sarah Connor, no question

Handsome Bob

Norman Bates (Psycho)

Bah! LZ promises to make it a tougher call in the next round.:pac:

Doctor DooM

Norman Bates (Psycho)

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Bah! LZ promises to make it a tougher call in the next round.:pac:

LZ doesn't need too, we're weeding out the weak ones for the second stage... Sarah Conner VS Freddy, that's a much tougher call, for example!