Guest Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 Freddy Krueger Debut: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Main weapon: Bladed glove Other names: Springwood Slasher, Bastard Son of 100 Maniacs, Fred Krueger, Freddy Likes: Bad puns, young women, jump rope. Dislikes: Fire, indifference, remakes. vs Pazuzu Debut: The Exorcist (1973) Main weapon: Possession Other names: Captain Howdy, The Devil Likes: Crab walking, seperation of church and state, redecorating. Dislikes: Pea soup, priests, prequels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 Despite this being the #1 vs #32 in the seeding, it's actually pretty close in my eyes. Freddy's got sheer volume on his side, but both characters really only have two great movies to their name. Ultimately though, while Pazuzu was scaring people a decade before him, Freddy is the one that became such an icon, and all things being equal, I'd much rather rewatch Nightmare than The Exorcist at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 Freddy, and here's my reasoning. Is Pazuzu scary? Yeah, but it's not something I intrinsically fear coming to kill me. Freddy? Yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 First, the likes and dislikes are amazing! Second, because I'm not Catholic, Pazuzu never scared me. Though I respect The Exorcist on a technical level and appreciate that it frightened millions of people, the movie (and therefore the villain) loses something if a good portion of the audience shrugs with indifference. Freddy, on the other hand, you can't help but fear no matter your faith; he strikes at you when you're most vulnerable, and that's something, on an instinctual level, we all fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 Freddy because well, the Exorcist never really did it for me. I always felt it was more effects than tension. Freddy is a monster that kills you in your sleep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 The Exorcist was alright, but I'd much rather watch the Nightmare on Elm Street movies than The Exorcist ones, Also, Dubs, I counted three good Freddy movies: Nightmare on Elm Street. Nightmare on Elm Street 3. Wes Craven's new nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 What Suavestar said about the number of good films in the series. I'll be frank, Freddy scared the fuck out of me as a child and still does to some small extent today. While The Exorcist is a better movie than Nightmare and Pazuzu's possession of Regan is scary, it's not the main reason the film itself is great. Freddy is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 I've seen bits & pieces of The Exorcist, but enough to realise that Pazuzu was the spirit possessing the girl. And that's the problem: Freddy is a horror icon who can be played a variety of different ways. Pazuzu is, to most people, a possessed girl. It probably should be closer than the voting suggests, because The Exorcist was a huge deal when it was first released in a time when society was a lot less secular than today. I think Freddy is beatable in this tourney, and I hope he doesn't ease through on landslide votes too often, but I will vote for him here. Also Austen, you missed out Freddy vs Jason. I love that film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 Also Austen, you missed out Freddy vs Jason. I love that film. Shit, I did. I didn't think that counted, but yeah then. Freddy has four good films then. I think Freddy will do well in this tourney, but I don't think he can walk it, I think he should have some good competition soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 I ignore Freddy vs Jason because it doesn't place Jason X (the best Jason film) in continuity. Future-cyborg Jason FTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 I seeded Freddy number one, but I'm gonna throw Pazuzu a bone, because he/she/it is fucking terrifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 The Exorcist was alright, but I'd much rather watch the Nightmare on Elm Street movies than The Exorcist ones, Also, Dubs, I counted three good Freddy movies: Nightmare on Elm Street. Nightmare on Elm Street 3. Wes Craven's new nightmare. I said great movies. 3 is simply good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 I've never seen the exorcist and haven't really seen enough Freddy to form an opinion (well two movies, but I wasn't that impressed). To be honest what I saw of New Nightmare a few years ago was pretty terrible as I recall. Maybe I'm wrong but I didn't love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 The Exorcist was alright, but I'd much rather watch the Nightmare on Elm Street movies than The Exorcist ones, Also, Dubs, I counted three good Freddy movies: Nightmare on Elm Street. Nightmare on Elm Street 3. Wes Craven's new nightmare. I said great movies. 3 is simply good. Now come on, Freddy using the kids fears and insecurities against them was pretty damn good, and the ending gave a definitive ending to Freddy, that the other movies chose to ignore, and it had Laurence Fishburne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted July 2, 2011 Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 1. I agree with what Mike said about the Catholicism thing. I'm an atheist and find nothing scary in Exorcist. 2. Pazuzu was only in the first film, II and the two prequels. It was not him (it) in Exorcist III. So there's only one good film to his name. 3. Freddy has it all. But most importantly, there are three distinctly fucking cool things about his origin: 1: Bastard son of 100 maniacs who raped a nun, 2: pedophile hunted and killed by the parents of the neighborhood he stalked, 3: returning to menace and kill children in their sleep. There's absolutely no question for me. Freddy, by a long shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 2, 2011 Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 I always thought it was kinda implied but never stated that Pazuzu was a part of 3 in the background. Granted, haven't seen it in forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted July 2, 2011 Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 I always thought it was kinda implied but never stated that Pazuzu was a part of 3 in the background. Granted, haven't seen it in forever. Exorcist III is only an Exorcist film because it is also based on a religious thriller written by Blatty (Legion). It also contains the character of Kinderman and the setting of Georgetown. But that's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 2, 2011 Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 Pazuzu, welcome to his world, bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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