My second top list and I have decided to do it on
my top five slasher villains! I am a massive fan of slasher films, I remember
times where I have stayed up throughout the night watching them so in the
future I will review those films. The reason it is five is because I cannot
think of ten.
5. GHOSTFACE
Love the whole Scream franchise and Ghostface was a
formidable slasher for the protagonists; he has a great mask and costume and
the guy can take some punishment. Not to mention he has a love for horror films
and likes to reference them. However the reason that Ghostface is fifth is because
the identity of Ghostface constantly keeps changing and that is something I do
not like. Not only that but his incarnations in Scream 2 – 4 have never been as
great as the one in the original Scream.
4. FREDDY KRUEGER
The Nightmare on Elm Street film; a series that was
so creative yet declined with every new film they released, the only ones I
liked where 1 (of course this one!), 3, 4 and Freddy vs. Jason (If that
counts). However something they did get right creating such an iconic character
like Freddy; the burnt, knife fingered dream invader. This guy can really dread
going to sleep however as the series declined so did he and they just made his
murderers silly instead of creative since he could do anything in a dream. But
I do not blame Robert Englund for this because he is one hell of a slasher
actor!
3. NORMAN BATES
One of the first ever slashers to grace the screen
and I am talking about the Norman Bates from Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece not
the remake. This guy is creepy as hell and I am not talking about when he
dresses like a woman and kills women in the showers, even when he is not in his
mother disguise there is just something unnerving about him. I am sure anyone
who has watched the film remembers the scene where he is talking about taxidermy.
2. JIGSAW
A quite unique villain for the fact that he does
not just straight up kill his victims with a knife; instead he creates many elaborate
traps and make his victims kill themselves. Another reason is that he is not
doing this out of pleasure or revenge (like some of his apprentices do), he has
suffered in the past and his suffering with cancer so he knows how precious
life really wants his victims to know that as well.
1. JASON VOORHEES
Now my
favourite is the deformed serial killer from the Friday the 13th
series. Sure he has a bit of a mother obsession and he was not even the killer
in the first film but he has become an imposing, un – killable behemoth. His signature
machete and hockey mask have become so iconic and out of all of the killers on
this list I really don’t want to be chased by him. I also really like all of
his films and all of his portrayals; I even really like Jason X and the Friday
the 13th remake even though I know they were not well received.
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