Who's the biggest and baddest horror?(round robin tournament)

[Zanham]

32 of the biggest and baddest horror movie franchises of all-time are set to duel it out for the next 31 days and culminate in one epic battle for all the souls on Hallowmas Eve, also known as Halloween(2010.)

The time for the first of 127 struggles between good and evil is now.


RULES & GUIDELINES1) Only modern Horror Franchises of 3 movies or more(preferably 4)and no tweeners(movies that can be classified as sci-fi or drama or whatever)are applied. (2)The tournament will be conducted under round robin rules for the first round - the 32 movies will be divided into 4 groups of 8. Once each movie has been in a match-up against each movie in it's division, the 4 best records in each division will advance to a bracket playoff of 4 with the best record playing the worst and the remaining two playing each other. (3)The winners of those two votes will playoff to see he goes to the final four. (4)In the Final Four, the Group A winner will play the Group B winner and the Group C winner will play the Group D winner. (5)The two remaining horror franchises will battle it out. (6)Voting will cease for given contest under one of three conditions: no votes for 24 or more hours, 10+ vote lead, or first one to 13 with a minimum 2 vote margin of victory(to prevent cheating)


VOTE FOR YOUR CHOICE IN EACH

GROUP A
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre vs Saw
Resident Evil vs The Hills have Eyes
Poltergeist vs Candyman
Silent Night, Deadly Night vs House

GROUP B
Friday the 13th vs The Dead Series(Day of, Dawn of, Land of, etc.)
Childsplay vs The Exorcist
The Howling vs Critters
Leperchaun vs Final Destination

GROUP C
Halloween vs Scream
The Living Dead Series vs Amityville Horror
Blade vs Children of the Corn
Re-Animator vs Pumpkinhead

GROUP D
A Nightmare on Elm Street vs The Evil Dead
Hellraiser vs The Omen
I Know What You Did vs Phantasm
Puppetmaster vs Wishmaster

 

[Zanham]

MY PICKS

GROUP A
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre vs Saw - Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Resident Evil vs The Hills have Eyes - Resident Evil
Poltergeist vs Candyman - Poltergeist
Silent Night, Deadly Night vs House - Silent Night, Deadly Night

GROUP B
Friday the 13th vs The Dead Series(Day of, Dawn of, Land of, etc.) - The Dead Series
Childsplay vs The Exorcist - The Exorcist
The Howling vs Critters - The Howling
Leperchaun vs Final Destination - Final Destination

GROUP C
Halloween vs Scream - Halloween
The Living Dead Series vs Amityville Horror - Amityville Horror
Blade vs Children of the Corn - Children of the Corn
Re-Animator vs Pumpkinhead - Re-Animator

GROUP D
A Nightmare on Elm Street vs The Evil Dead - The Evil Dead
Hellraiser vs The Omen - Hellraiser
I Know What You Did vs Phantasm - Phantasm
Puppetmaster vs Wishmaster - Puppetmaster

 

[Figs]

VOTE FOR YOUR CHOICE IN EACH

GROUP A
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre vs Saw - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Resident Evil vs The Hills have Eyes - The Hills Have Eyes
Poltergeist vs Candyman - Candyman
Silent Night, Deadly Night vs House - House

GROUP B
Friday the 13th vs The Dead Series(Day of, Dawn of, Land of, etc.) - The Dead Series...no contest
Childsplay vs The Exorcist - The Exorcist
The Howling vs Critters - The Howling
Leperchaun vs Final Destination - Final Destination

GROUP C
Halloween vs Scream - Halloween
The Living Dead Series vs Amityville Horror - Amityville Horror
Blade vs Children of the Corn - Blade
Re-Animator vs Pumpkinhead - Re-Animator

GROUP D
A Nightmare on Elm Street vs The Evil Dead - Evil Dead
Hellraiser vs The Omen - Hellraiser
I Know What You Did vs Phantasm - Phantasm
Puppetmaster vs Wishmaster - Wishmaster

Those are my picks

 

[bullets]

GROUP A
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre vs Saw= TCM
Resident Evil vs The Hills have Eyes= HILL HAVE EYES
Poltergeist vs Candyman = CANDYMAN
Silent Night, Deadly Night vs House= HOUSE

GROUP B
Friday the 13th vs The Dead Series(Day of, Dawn of, Land of, etc.) = FRIDAY THE 13TH
Childs play vs The Exorcist= CHILD'S PLAY
The Howling vs Critters= HOWLING
Leperchaun vs Final Destination = FINAL DESTINATION

GROUP C
Halloween vs Scream = HALLOWEEN
The Living Dead Series vs Amityville Horror= AMITYVILLE
Blade vs Children of the Corn = CHILDREN OF THE CORN
Re-Animator vs Pumpkinhead= RE_ ANIMATOR

GROUP D
A Nightmare on Elm Street vs The Evil Dead = EVIL DEAD
Hellraiser vs The Omen= HELLRAISER
I Know What You Did vs Phantasm = PHANTASM
Puppetmaster vs Wishmaster= WISHMASTER

Picks in red . I think the original TCM is better than Saw but the Saw films sequels are all of good quality . The only TCM movies I like are the the original and the remake but everyone will vote TCM so...

 

[The Joker]

GROUP A
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Hills have Eyes
Poltergeist
House

GROUP B
Friday the 13th
The Exorcist
Critters
Final Destination

GROUP C
Halloween
Amityville Horror
Blade
Re-Animator

GROUP D
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Omen
I Know What You Did
Puppetmaster

 

[Iron_Stark]

GROUP A
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Resident Evil
Poltergeist
House

GROUP B
The Dead Series(Night, Dawn and Day are what I'm basing my vote on - The Dead series should win the whole thing, Day alone would do it.)
The Exorcist
Critters
Final Destination

GROUP C
Halloween
The Living Dead Series vs Amityville Horror - Are you talking about Return of the Living Dead series? If yes Amityville Horror
Blade
Pumpkinhead

GROUP D
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Hellraiser
Phantasm
Puppetmaster

 

[.Rorschach.]

Group A
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Hills Have Eyes
Candyman
House

Group B
Dead Series
Childsplay
Critters
Leprachaun

Group C
Halloween
Living Dead series
Children Of The Corn
Re-Animator

Group D
Evil Dead
Hellraiser
Phantasm
Puppetmaster

 

[Spider-Vader]

GROUP A
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Resident Evil
Poltergeist
Silent Night, Deadly Night

GROUP B
Friday the 13th
Childsplay
The Howling
Leperchaun

GROUP C
Halloween
The Living Dead Series
Blade
Pumpkinhead

GROUP D
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Hellraiser
I Know What You Did
Puppetmaster

 

[Zanham]

The Dead Series(Night, Dawn and Day are what I'm basing my vote on - The Dead series should win the whole thing, Day alone would do it.)

Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Day of the Dead (1985)
Dawn of the Dead (2004 - REMAKE)
Land of the Dead (2005)
Day of the Dead 2: Contagium (2005)
Diary of the Dead (2007)
Day of the Dead (2008 - REMAKE)
Survival of the Dead (2010)

Are you talking about Return of the Living Dead series?

Return of the Living Dead(1977)
The Return of the Living Dead (1985 - REMAKE)
Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
Night of the Living Dead(1990-REMAKE)
Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993)
Children of the Living Dead (2001)
Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis (2005)
Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave from the Grave (2005)
Night of the Living Dead 3D (2006)

 

[Sawyer]

VOTE FOR YOUR CHOICE IN EACH

GROUP A
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre vs Saw Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Resident Evil vs The Hills have Eyes The Hills Have Eyes
Poltergeist vs Candyman Poltergeist
Silent Night, Deadly Night vs House

GROUP B
Friday the 13th vs The Dead Series(Day of, Dawn of, Land of, etc.) The Dead Series
Childsplay vs The Exorcist The Excorcist
The Howling vs Critters The Howling
Leperchaun vs Final Destination Final Destination

GROUP C
Halloween vs Scream Halloween
The Living Dead Series vs Amityville Horror The Living Dead Series
Blade vs Children of the Corn Blade
Re-Animator vs Pumpkinhead Re-Animator

GROUP D
A Nightmare on Elm Street vs The Evil Dead A Nightmare on Elm Street
Hellraiser vs The Omen The Omen
I Know What You Did vs Phantasm
Puppetmaster vs Wishmaster

Didnt vote for a few because I haven't seen them or they're just lame.

 

[Motown Marvel]

GROUP A
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Hills have Eyes
Candyman
Silent Night, Deadly Night

GROUP B
The Dead Series
The Exorcist
Critters
Leperchaun

GROUP C
Halloween
The Living Dead Series
Blade
Re-Animator

GROUP D
The Evil Dead
Hellraiser
Phantasm
Puppetmaster

 

[S.A.A.D.]

32 of the biggest and baddest horror movie franchises of all-time are set to duel it out for the next 31 days and culminate in one epic battle for all the souls on Hallowmas Eve, also known as Halloween(2010.)

The time for the first of 127 struggles between good and evil is now.


RULES & GUIDELINES1) Only modern Horror Franchises of 3 movies or more(preferably 4)and no tweeners(movies that can be classified as sci-fi or drama or whatever)are applied. (2)The tournament will be conducted under round robin rules for the first round - the 32 movies will be divided into 4 groups of 8. Once each movie has been in a match-up against each movie in it's division, the 4 best records in each division will advance to a bracket playoff of 4 with the best record playing the worst and the remaining two playing each other. (3)The winners of those two votes will playoff to see he goes to the final four. (4)In the Final Four, the Group A winner will play the Group B winner and the Group C winner will play the Group D winner. (5)The two remaining horror franchises will battle it out. (6)Voting will cease for given contest under one of three conditions: no votes for 24 or more hours, 10+ vote lead, or first one to 13 with a minimum 2 vote margin of victory(to prevent cheating)


VOTE FOR YOUR CHOICE IN EACH

GROUP A
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre vs Saw
Resident Evil vs The Hills have Eyes
Poltergeist vs Candyman
Silent Night, Deadly Night vs House

GROUP B
Friday the 13th vs The Dead Series(Day of, Dawn of, Land of, etc.)
Childsplay vs The Exorcist
The Howling vs Critters
Leperchaun vs Final Destination

GROUP C
Halloween vs Scream
The Living Dead Series vs Amityville Horror
Blade vs Children of the Corn
Re-Animator vs Pumpkinhead

GROUP D
A Nightmare on Elm Street vs The Evil Dead
Hellraiser vs The Omen
I Know What You Did vs Phantasm
Puppetmaster vs Wishmaster

These.

 

[venom892]

GROUP A
Saw
Resident Evil
Poltergeist
House

GROUP B
Friday the 13th
The Exorcist
The Howling
Final Destination

GROUP C
Halloween
The Living Dead Series
Blade
Pumpkinhead

GROUP D
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Hellraiser
Phantasm
Wishmaster[/QUOTE]

 

[Zanham]

CURRENT SCORE UPDATE:
GROUP A
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 10-1(WINNER) over Saw(Chainsaw opened up a 10-0 lead, which technically ended the contest)
The Hills Have Eyes 7-4 over Resident Evil
Poltergeist 6-5 over Candyman
House 7-3 over Silent Night, Deadly Night

GROUP B
The Dead Series 6-5 over Friday the 13th
The Exorcist 7-4 over Childsplay
The Howling 6-5 over Critters
Final Destination 8-3 over Leprechaun

GROUP C
Halloween 11-0(WINNER) over Scream
The Living Dead Series 6-5 over Amityville Horror
Blade 8-3 over Children of the Corn
Re-Animator 8-3 over Pumpkinhead

GROUP D
A Nightmare on Elm Street 6-5 over The Evil Dead
Hellraiser 9-2 over The Omen
Phantasm 8-2 over I Know What You Did
Puppetmaster 6-4 over Wishmaster

For the matches that over, by all means keep voting in them. Both Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween are now 1-0 while Saw and Scream are 0-1.

 

[Nightmare]

GROUP A
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Hills have Eyes
Poltergeist
Silent Night, Deadly Night

GROUP B
Friday the 13th
The Exorcist
The Howling
Leperchaun

GROUP C
Halloween
The Living Dead Series
Blade
Pumpkinhead

GROUP D
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Hellraiser
I Know What You Did
PWishmaster

 

[Eggyman]

GROUP A
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Hills have Eyes
Poltergeist
House

GROUP B
The Dead Series(Day of, Dawn of, Land of, etc.)
The Exorcist
The Howling
Final Destination

GROUP C
Halloween
Amityville Horror
Children of the Corn
Re-Animator

GROUP D
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Omen
I Know What You Did
Puppetmaster

 

[Jackasscoley15]

Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Day of the Dead (1985)
Dawn of the Dead (2004 - REMAKE)
Land of the Dead (2005)
Day of the Dead 2: Contagium (2005)
Diary of the Dead (2007)
Day of the Dead (2008 - REMAKE)
Survival of the Dead (2010)


Return of the Living Dead(1977)
The Return of the Living Dead (1985 - REMAKE)
Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
Night of the Living Dead(1990-REMAKE)
Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993)
Children of the Living Dead (2001)
Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis (2005)
Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave from the Grave (2005)
Night of the Living Dead 3D (2006)

No trying to be nitpicky, but there are a couple of problems with this list. Firstly, Day of the Dead 2: Contagium should not be included with the Dead series, for the sole reason that it has nothing to do with Day of the Dead or the rest of the Dead series in general. It was a horrendous Direct-to-DVD zombie movie that ripped the name for publicity.

Secondly, both Night of the Living Dead remakes should be included with the Dead series, since:

1. They have nothing to do with Return of the Living Dead.
2. You counted the Dawn and Day remakes as part of the Dead series as well.

Sorry, I'm a stickler for detail.

 

[Zanham]

Day of the Dead 2: Contagium should not be included with the Dead series, for the sole reason that it has nothing to do with Day of the Dead or the rest of the Dead series in general. It was a horrendous Direct-to-DVD zombie movie that ripped the name for publicity.

That's an opinion. The fact is, the number '2' in 'Day of the Dead 2' suggests it is part of that series.

The Direct-to-DVD fact means little. A good chunk of the movies in a lot of these series are Direct-to-Video.

Secondly, both Night of the Living Dead remakes should be included with the Dead series, since:

1. They have nothing to do with Return of the Living Dead.
2. You counted the Dawn and Day remakes as part of the Dead series as well.

Sorry, I'm a stickler for detail.

I was thinking about using Romero's name for the one series and Russo's for the other, to distinguish. But I don't believe in using names in situations where names aren't used for all participants - That is why 'of the Dead' and 'the Living Dead' are the 2 major dividers with 'Night of the Living Dead' being the only acception due to the fact it IS the prequel to the 'of the Dead' series as well as the "Living Dead Series' but since Romero was the primary creator I think it belongs with the series that has his name on it.

 

[Jackasscoley15]

That's an opinion. The fact is, the number '2' in 'Day of the Dead 2' suggests it is part of that series.

The Direct-to-DVD fact means little. A good chunk of the movies in a lot of these series are Direct-to-Video.

Wouldn't quite say it's a matter of opinion, seeing as the filmmakers made DOTD2 without any consent or knowledge on the part of the makers of the original Day of the Dead, making it an unofficial sequel. The fact is that the movie, as a whole, has nothing in common with the first besides the name. The '2' was tacked on to trick fanboys into buying it. Lumping it in with the rest of the Dead series would be equivalent to lumping a Nightmare on Elm Street fan film in with the official series, or determining that "Titanic 2" is part of James Cameron's Titanic solely because it added a number to the title.

I was thinking about using Romero's name for the one series and Russo's for the other, to distinguish. But I don't believe in using names in situations where names aren't used for all participants - That is why 'of the Dead' and 'the Living Dead' are the 2 major dividers with 'Night of the Living Dead' being the only acception due to the fact it IS the prequel to the 'of the Dead' series as well as the "Living Dead Series' but since Romero was the primary creator I think it belongs with the series that has his name on it.

I would agree with you on this if it weren't for one detail: Romero's original was acknowledged as a work of fiction based on a real event in Return of the Living Dead, meaning that NOTLD is not a prequel to the rest of the 'Living Dead' movies, rather a movie within a movie. That being said, I see no reason as to why the NOTLD remakes can't be listed with the original, since they are remakes of the first film in the 'Dead' series.

 

[Figs]

In regards to the discussion about the Dead series and which films should be included, for me if it's not made from Romero then it's a seperate series that were cheap DTV films.

When are the next voting selections going to start?

 

[Iron_Stark]

No trying to be nitpicky, but there are a couple of problems with this list. Firstly, Day of the Dead 2: Contagium should not be included with the Dead series, for the sole reason that it has nothing to do with Day of the Dead or the rest of the Dead series in general. It was a horrendous Direct-to-DVD zombie movie that ripped the name for publicity.

Secondly, both Night of the Living Dead remakes should be included with the Dead series, since:

1. They have nothing to do with Return of the Living Dead.
2. You counted the Dawn and Day remakes as part of the Dead series as well.

Sorry, I'm a stickler for detail.

This.

In fact, the '90 remake of Night was produced by Romero and he hand picked Tom Savini to direct.

 

[Zanham]

When are the next voting selections going to start?

Likely sometime tomorrow. The '24 hours without a vote' rule may come into play if no one else votes by 11 am tomorrow.

 

[childeroland]

My choices in bold.

GROUP A
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre vs Saw
Resident Evil vs The Hills have Eyes
Poltergeist vs Candyman
Silent Night, Deadly Night vs House

GROUP B
Friday the 13th vs The Dead Series(Day of, Dawn of, Land of, etc.)
Childsplay vs The Exorcist
The Howling vs Critters
Leperchaun vs Final Destination

GROUP C
Halloween vs Scream
The Living Dead Series vs Amityville Horror
Blade vs Children of the Corn
Re-Animator vs Pumpkinhead

GROUP D
A Nightmare on Elm Street vs The Evil Dead
Hellraiser vs The Omen
I Know What You Did vs Phantasm
Puppetmaster vs Wishmaster

 

[Bim]

My votes:

GROUP A
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Resident Evil
Poltergeist
House

GROUP B
Friday the 13th
The Exorcist
Critters
Final Destination

GROUP C
Halloween
Amityville Horror
Children of the Corn
Pumpkinhead

GROUP D
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Omen
I Know What You Did
Puppetmaster

 

[Zanham]

Likely sometime tomorrow. The '24 hours without a vote' rule may come into play if no one else votes by 11 am tomorrow.

So much for that theory.

Several contests are within 4 or less votes(12/14) for the '13 votes required to declare a winner rule' to kick in.

UPDATES
GROUP A
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 13-2(WINNER) over Saw(Chainsaw opened up a 10-0 lead, which technically ended the contest)
The Hills Have Eyes 9-6 over Resident Evil
Poltergeist 9-6 over Candyman
House 10-4 over Silent Night, Deadly Night

GROUP B
Friday the 13th 8-7 over The Dead Series
The Exorcist 11-4 over Childsplay
The Howling 9-6 over Critters
Final Destination 11-4 over Leprechaun

GROUP C
Halloween 15-0(WINNER) over Scream
The Living Dead Series 8-7 over Amityville Horror
Blade 10-5 over Children of the Corn
Re-Animator 10-5 over Pumpkinhead

GROUP D
A Nightmare on Elm Street 10-5 over The Evil Dead
Hellraiser 11-4 over The Omen
Phantasm 9-5 over I Know What You Did
Puppetmaster 8-6 over Wishmaster