1: Hellraiser VS Nightmare on Elm Street

[Idle Thoughts]

Tough one. I probably have to go with Freddy, though.

[SmartAleq]

Gotta go with Pinhead--the sequels were shite (same with Nightmare, though) but the concept of Hellraiser was miles more sophisticated than the Freddy Krueger claptrap. Also much grosser and scarier. Pinhead can't be fooled by simply waking up--fucker will cross hundreds of dimensions searching for you, and he will find you, too.

[Fay Rowe]

Both of them scared the pee out of me when I first saw them. Eternal torture by Cenobites vs. never being able to sleep again without risking being eviscerated? Freddy might play with me a little but will eventually kill me. The Cenobites feasting on my pain and torment until the end of time is just a bit scarier.

[SmartAleq]

There you go--Freddy, no matter how locally terrifying he may be, is pretty much confined to good old Elm Street and can really only affect kids. Cenobites? Those fuckers can turn universes inside out coming to get you, then remake whole new universes whose only raison d'etre is to make sure you suffer maximum pain and terror without ever dying, ever. Infinitely more terrifying. The implacability of Freddy compared to Cenobites is as a fart to a tornado.

[Idle Thoughts]

Whoa now, wait a minute, hold the phone.
Have you not seen Freddy Vs Jason? Not just taking place on Elm Street. : )

[SmartAleq]

Originally Posted by Idle Thoughts

Whoa now, wait a minute, hold the phone.
Have you not seen Freddy Vs Jason? Not just taking place on Elm Street. : )

Still doesn't travel over any and all universes, let alone time travel. Cenobites for teh win!

[Khampelf]

Hellraiser was scarier on a much more visceral level. Cenobites threaten not only your body, but your mind, and not just now, but forever. Much better cinematography, more complex plot.

And that scene with the guy carrying the couch, with the nail in the wall? Creeped me out worse than any bastard child of Carl Malden and Edward Scissorhands could.

[Radical Edward]

I have not actually seen either of those. However, there was this one episode of Doug that was a spoof of Nightmare on Elm Street, and it scared the crap out of me when I was six. So I'm going to vote for it, even though I haven't seen it. And Doug wasn't a scary show!

[Savannah]

Hellraiser scared the hell out of me, far more than Elm Street. I doubt I'll watch Hellraiser again. Gen-u-inely horrifying.

[Zeener Diode]

I so wanted to vote for Pinhead... but Freddy has been more enduring (if not schlocky) not to recognize.