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We took 64 of the meanest and nastiest movie villains ever created and brought them together for a no holds-barred tournament, to find out who is the evilest villain of all times.  For rules and details about the selection process click here.

ROUND 1: Northeast Region

ROUND 1: Northwest Region

ROUND 1: Southeast Region

ROUND 1: Southwest Region

ROUND 2: East Region

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Darth Vader and Michael Myers took surprising falls in the east regions second round series and Damien and Gordon Gekko are just getting warmed up.  Who will move closer to hell in this region?  Let’s get it on!

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(4) Leatherface – Texas Chainsaw Massacre

(12) Cruella DeVil – 101 Dalmatians

Battle: Cruella had a good run but let’s face it, she’d never be a real threat to you or anyone you know.  You could run into her on the street and what’s she’s gonna do, take your dog?  If she really wanted to hurt somebody she’d have killed those dalmatian lovers and stole their dogs.  If you even try to drive down Leatherface’s street he’s going to kill you.

Winner: Leatherface

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(1) Joker – The Dark Knight

(8) Simon Pheonix – Demolition Man

Battle: The Joker and Simon Phoenix were after the same thing: chaos.  Joker killed city officials, turned a hero DA is a psychopath and tried to blow up two (literal) boat loads of people.  Simon Pheonix…killed city officials.  So while I totally Wesley Snipes would beat Heath Ledger’s ass any day of the week, his resume comes up a little short.

Winner: Joker

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(3) Catherine Tramell – Basic Instinct

(11) Clarence Boddicker – Robocop

Battle: Clarence Boddicker was really just out for a good time.  Should a cop get in his way — or anyone for that matter — he took pleasure in blowing them away.  Still, his objective was to party.  Catherine Tramell seemed to go out looking for trouble.  She wanted to twist people to her will and then kill them.  That’s some evil sh–.

Winner: Catherine Tramell

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(2) Jason Voorhees – Friday the 13th

(7) Alonzo – Training Day

Battle: Alonzo was chasing power and respect which most would say is the root of all evil, but in a way he was just trying to restore order.  His order, but still order.  Jason Voorhees was a scared little boy looking for his mommy, but he was demented enough to believe that anyone who entered his camp was his enemy and deserved to die.  Jason had more demons.

Winner: Jason Voorhees

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(4) Chucky – Child’s Play

(12) Peyton Flanders – The Hand that Rocked the Craddle

Battle: It’s the baby doll vs. the babysitter.  I think it’s safe to say that Peyton isn’t going to be rocking Chucky’s cradle anytime soon.  Yea she killed one guy and tried to take over a family, but let’s pretend she succeeded.  She’d have done anything to protect her family, but she wouldn’t go out of her way to hurt people.  If Chucky possessed a new body, his evil would know no bounds.

Winner: Chucky

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(3) Norman Bates – Psycho

(11) Max Cady – Cape Fear

Battle:  Here’s the deal with Norman Bates: he (and his mother) just wanted to be left alone.  They could have stayed in that crappy motel for years and not interact with anyone.  Evil contained.  Max Cady had an itch he just had to scratch.  An itch for rape, if not murder to.  He’d never just sit alone and let it fester.

Winner: Max Cady

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(1) Freddy Kruger – A Nightmare of Elm Street

(8) T-1000 – Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Battle: Just stop for a minute and imagine this battle for real.  Amazing right?  Well in terms of evil, the liquid terminators only objective was to assassinate (I think he is important enough to warrant the term) John Connor.  He didn’t really kill anyone he didn’t have to.  He wasn’t just poking bystanders in the eye with his liquid daggers.  Freddy would’ve.

Winner: Freddy Kruger

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(7) General Thade – Planet of the Apes

(15) Maleficent – Sleeping Beauty

Battle: Hmm…General Thade kept slaves.  Maleficent never had any slaves.  Maleficent tried to kill a baby and then eat the prince that came to save the grown up baby.  General Thade would certainly kill a human baby and anyone who tried to stop him.  Isn’t it ironic that Maleficent’s “Cinderella” story dies here.

Winner: General Thade

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It is a wide spread belief that movie sequels are never as good as the originals. Usually the sequel is only made because of the popularity of the original movie, which guarantees the following movie will rake in big bucks at the box office. Fortunately there are sequels out there that have proven this way of thinking wrong. These sequels are not only as good as the original movies, but a step above, ensuring a third movie will continue to earn our money. These are 5 sequels that have beaten the odds and surpassed the originals.

The first Spider-Man was surprisingly successful and well done, even if Kirsten Dunst was about the worst Mary Jane possible. Tobey Maguire was believable as the titular wall crawler, and it was an overall enjoyable movie. Then the sequel came, and what a sequel it was. The Green Goblin was replaced with the tormented Dr. Otto Octavius, AKA Dr. Octopus, who puts on a great performance. In the sequel Peter Parker struggles to accept the fact that his powers as Spider-Man put a tremendous burden on him and those around him. That’s pretty deep for a comic book movie, which made Spider-Man 2 vastly superior to the original.

The first Back to the Future movie was entertaining. The sequel built upon the comedy in the original, but also added in some murder and a set of guidelines for time travel. It was quite obvious that this sequel was not rushed out just to make some money, as the stories between all three of the Back to the Future movies intertwine beautifully. When the second installment ended in a cliffhanger, everyone knew that they had to see the third.

Terminator was a great movie. Arnold Schwarzenegger was terrifying as a single minded killing machine. Then the sequel came and flipped things upside down. Arnold was once again a killing machine, but this time he was on our side. That should mean instant victory, but a new Terminator was created that was practically indestructible. Terminator 2 played out this conflict perfectly, and also had some great special effects. James Cameron truly was a master of the sci-fi action movie back in the day.

The first Star Wars was good, but the second installment in the series is when all the back stories really started to get fleshed out. Not only do we get to meet Lando Calrissian, the only black man in the galaxy, but we see Han Solo frozen in carbonite and Darth Vader’s relationship to Luke and Leia is revealed. He’s their dad. I’d have said spoiler alert, but everyone already knows that. Look into your heart, you know this to be true. This is the movie that proved space operas are the best movie genre ever.

Once again we have a comic book movie sequel that was better than the already good sequel. Batman Begins was a great reboot for the series, and got to the dark and gritty soul of Batman before it became cliche. Then The Dark Knight showed up and blew us away. Let’s be honest, Heath Ledger’s performance as the Joker is what made this movie. That was one of the best performances ever. The movie itself, with Batman’s internal struggle to do what’s best for his city, and the rise and fall of Harvey Dent, was amazingly written and acted. The third film in the franchise will have a hard time stacking up to this.

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