I love Halloween because I love scary movies. Love them, love them, love them. If you asked me to pick a favorite killer, though, I probably couldn’t. Here are a few of the more famous antagonists and the pros and cons of each.
 
Michael Myers (Halloween)
 
Why I like him: He’s pretty fucking bad-ass. A lot of the time he kills people with his bare hands, by crushing their trachea or smashing their head into the wall. His mask is scary as shit. Also, he will never run after you. Ever.
 
Why I don’t like him: He’s not a creative killer. Aside from the occasional face-stomping, he tends to rely too heavily on the knife. He tends to almost get killed a lot. Also, he has been known to show remorse, which isn’t cool.
 
Jason Vorhees (Friday the Thirteenth)
 
Why I like him: He’s probably the most famous of all these guys, and for good reason. He kicks ass. Jason gets lots of style points. In one movie he killed a girl by swinging her sleeping bag (with her in it) into a tree. He doesn’t stick to one weapon, and he isn’t above shooting someone in the eye with a harpoon. Also, most of the people he kills kind of deserve it.
 
Why I don’t like him: He wasn’t always the super-human, life-ruining badass we know him as. In the early movies he is just a guy in blue jeans and a hockey mask. He also loses points for constantly dying and having to be resurrected.
 
Freddy Krueger (Nightmare on Elm Street)
 
Why I like him: Probably the second most creative of all the killers. Since he lives in dream world, he can literally do anything he can imagine. The bladed glove is pretty sick, and I’m a little jealous of his fashion sense.
 
Why I don’t like him: He’s a child molester, so I don’t find myself rooting for him very often. I get pissed sometimes that he owns the dream world, because it’s not really fair. He doesn’t have to earn his kills the hard way like Jason or Michael. Also since he is one of the few killers that can talk, he is always spouting off cheesy ass lines before he slices people up. Just shut up already.
 
The thing from Jeepers Creepers
 
Why I like him: He has confidence. This thing doesn’t run when the police shows up, he just eats them. He whistles while he tosses bodies into the back of his van. He’ll fuck your shit up and sing you a tune at the same time.
 
Why I don’t like him: He’s a monster, and not a person, so it’s somehow less scary to me. It is pretty scary that he can’t possibly be stopped by anyone or anything, but that sort of takes away from the fun. You already know he’s going to win in the end.
 
Chucky (Child’s Play)
 
Why I like him: Attitude. He can talk, like Freddy, so that sometimes leads to cheesy dialogue, but often times it’s hilarious. It’s not everyday you get to see a doll dropping f-bombs like he invented it. Chucky can also get fairly creative at times.
 
Why I don’t like him: I can never shake the feeling that if he attacked you, you could just kick him and send him flying. It would be like getting attacked by a chihuahua.
 
Killer from Scream
 
Why I like him: The voice changer was cool, and the “what’s your favorite scary movie?” line is money. Pretty cool mask and a vicious demeanor. Finds time between murders to attend classes/go to parties/direct films/etc…
 
Why I don’t like him: He gets his ass beat by girls every single movie. It’s hard to take him seriously when he gets a lamp busted over his head every five minutes. Somehow he can easily knock off police officers, huge body guards, and football players, but Neve Campbell repeatedly proves to be too much for him. I also get tired of hearing him explain the entire plan to her at the end of the movie instead of just killing her.
 
Jigsaw (Saw)
 
Why I like him:  Easily the most creative of the bunch. He doesn’t just kill people, he makes them wish they were dead first. His contraptions are amazing, and so is his voice. Bonus points for going after the police on purpose.
 
Why I don’t like him: He’s an old, bed-ridden cancer patient. For all his genius, he can’t do all of this stuff alone. He needs some muscle to back him up. Watching the one detective beat the shit out of him in Saw II was awesome though.
 
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Who did I miss? Who is your favorite scary movie killer? Anyone you want to add to my list?

1. Will, October 30, 2007:

   Zombies

   Why I like them: It takes a lot of gumption to wander around aimlessly and eat brains.

   Why I don’t like them: They burn too easily.

   Zodiac

   Why I like him: Maybe I shouldn’t really say anything, since he was a real serial killer and all, but.. The scene in Zodiac when Gyllenhaal thinks he has found the guy and goes down into his basement is one of the freakiest I can ever remember having watched. And it isn’t easy to freak me out. Oh yeah, the whole code thing makes him pretty badass, also.

   Why I don’t like him: Zodiac? Sounds a bit too New-Agey.

   Nosferatu

   Why I like him: Talks creepily, lives in a big castle, sucks blood, and scares the shit out of gypsies and anyone living nearby. Oh, and the black and white helps, also.

   Why I don’t like him: I actually can’t think of any reason why I wouldn’t.

2. Chris, October 30, 2007:

   Aliens (We’re talking Ridley Scott, James Cameron, etc)
   Why I Like Them: They’re gross, have a second mouth inside the first, and when they aren’t impaling people with their tails, they’re reeking havoc alongside facehuggers and chestbursters. Also, sneaky as hell.
   Why I don’t like them: They make a weird screech noise that isn’t really threatening. Also their slave-like obedience to the Queen alien.

   Predator
   Why I like them: Not really a horror icon, but it’s the ultimate hunter. Kills in creative, badass ways.
   Why I don’t like them: They hunted humans and could be defeated. Also teamed up with humans, although the new AVP2 movie looks to rectify this (check IGN for the trailer and try not to cream your pants, I dare you).

   Vampires
   Why I like them: They’re seductive creatures, and they are pretty damn powerful.
   Why I don’t like them: They’re aristrocratic bitches.

   Werewolves
   Why I like them: They are the brute force. You don’t mess with those hairy fools.
   Why I don’t like them: They’re constantly portrayed as riffraff as humans. Bullshit.

   The Bad Guy in Se7en
   Why I like him: Without a doubt, the most creative killer ever imagined. His reasoning behind it, everything, was just brilliant.
   Why I don’t like him: There’s honestly nothing about him that I don’t like. The ultimate horrific badass.

3. Barbara, October 30, 2007:

   Buffy the Vampire Slayer…the movie, not the soap opera tv show is a tradition. It isn’t Halloween without at least one showing of Buffy. Love her! Nothing to hate..cute, buff (get it?), sixth sense about vampires, and very valley.

   Anachrophobia (sp?) has got to be one of the scariest movies. Do spiders count as villains? . Who hasn’t seen the scene with John Goodman in the bathroom and then next next time you use the loo, you look first before sitting down?

4. King Kong Long Dong, October 31, 2007:

   All you rfriends are douches. You forgot one of the biggest and baddest. PInhead. Straight from hell itself. Only mother fucker in the world that could summon chains from no where to rip your skin off. “What your pleasure?”