Ash vs Freddy vs Jason vs Michael Myers... who wins in a fight?

With Halloween just around the corner we run down the contenders in the ultimate dream match - a four-way-dance between a quartet of horror icons...

Name: Ashley J. "Ash" Williams
Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan
Appearances: 3
Weapon of choice: Chainsaw, boomstick

The hero of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series, S-MART employee Ash (Bruce Campbell) has to contend with unimaginable terror, accidentally unleashing demonic forces when stumbling across the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis in a secluded cabin in the woods. After beheading his possessed girlfriend Linda and squaring off against his own hand (which he amputates and replaces with a prosthetic chainsaw), Ash is thrown back in time at the conclusion of Evil Dead II and finds himself forced to defend Medieval England from a legion of deadites in Army of Darkness.


Name: Freddy Krueger
Hometown: Springwood
Appearances: 9
Weapon of choice: Razor-blade glove

Dream demon Freddy Krueger terrorises the teenage population of Springwood in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street as he looks to gain revenge against the parents who delivered their own brand of justice on the twisted child killer. Slashing his way through seven more movies in the guise of Robert Englund, the bastard son of a thousand maniacs recently returned to the screen courtesy of Jackie Earle Haley in Platinum Dunes' 're-imagining' of the horror classic.



Name: Jason Voorhees
Hometown: Crystal Lake
Appearances: 11
Weapon of choice: Machete

After witnessing the decapitation of his mother in Friday the 13th, Jason Voorhees went on a one-man killing spree, butchering the inhabitants of Camp Crystal Lake until coming a cropper against Corey Feldman in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. Only this fourth movie wasn't the final chapter at all and a resurrected Jason returned as an unstoppable monster for a further seven films, including a battle with his Springwood rival in Freddy vs. Jason and a 2009 remake from Platinum Dunes.



Name: Michael Myers
Hometown: Haddonfield
Appearances: 9
Weapon of choice: Machete

A killer without reason, conscience, understanding, and even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, good or evil, right or wrong, Michael Myers became the original slasher icon when he returned to his hometown to stalk teenage scream-queen Jamie Lee Curtis in John Carpenter's Halloween. Myers continued his rampage for six sequels (with most reconning the events of previous films) before Rob Zombie's 2007 reboot, which was followed by its own critically derided follow-up in 2009.



So, who wins in a fight? Cast your vote now in our Halloween poll to help determine the winner of this epic confrontation...

Your favourite David Fincher movie is...

Results of our latest poll here at Flickering Myth...

To coincide with the release of David Fincher's latest movie The Social Network (not to mention Trevor Hogg's in-depth three-part career profile Killer Talent), we've been running a poll here at Flickering Myth to find your favourite movie from the director's impressive body of work. So, without further ado, let's take a look at the results...

Fight Club (1999) - 116 (40%)
Se7en (1995) - 75 (26%)
Zodiac (2007) - 31 (10%)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - 18 (6%)
Alien3 (1992) - 15 (5%)
The Social Network (2010) - 13 (4%)
The Game (1997) - 10 (3%)
Panic Room (2002) - 8 (2%)

Of course The Social Network had a disadvantage in that it's only just hit cinemas this month and had it been on release for longer it would surely have managed to overtake Alien3 and Benjamin Button, while possibly pushing Zodiac for a spot in the top three. Nevertheless, it's a decisive victory for Fight Club and although I'd have to go for Se7en myself, it's hard to argue with those kinds of numbers.

All that remains is to thank everyone who took the time to vote, and be sure to check back soon for our next poll!

Oscar Predictions!

The folks over at VoucherCodes.co.uk have kindly invited me to take part in their Oscars competition where a host of bloggers go head-to-head with the film critics to predict the winners at the 82nd Academy Awards. The rules are straightforward... one point for a correct guess, minus one point for an incorrect guess.

So, without further ado, here are my predictions...

Best Picture - Avatar

Best Director - Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)

Best Actor - Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)

Best Actress - Carey Mulligan (An Education)

Best Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

Best Supporting Actress - Mo’Nique (Precious)

Animated Feature - Up

Foreign Language Film - A Prophet

Best Original Screenplay - Inglourious Basterds

Best Adapted Screenplay - Up in the Air

Best Visual Effects - Avatar

Thanks to VoucherCodes for hosting the competition, and be sure to check out their great deals including fantastic discounts for LoveFilm, Amazon and Sky.

Drink Coke Zero, Get Free Avatar Stuff

Coca Cola giving away exclusive Avatar memorabilia...

With promotion for James Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar stepping into full gear ahead of its release next week, Coke Zero have teamed with Twentieth Century Fox to offer a trip to LA for a tour of the studios and screening of the film, along with other exclusive content.

Fans can immerse themselves in the Avatar world even further with film imagery, wallpapers, games and applications, regular “live” journalist reports from the moon of Pandora and regularly updated, real-time Avatar news, as well as redeeming points in exchange for one-off memorabilia. If that takes your fancy, join the Avatar program at AVTR.com...

... and be sure to check out Trevor Hogg's in-depth profile of director James Cameron, with all three parts now online.

Avatar is released on Thursday, December 17th in the UK, and a day later across the pond.

The Incredibles tops Your Favourite Pixar poll

Results of our latest poll...

We've been running a poll on the site lately to coincide with Trevor Hogg's comprehensive (and most excellent) profile on Pixar Animation Studios, asking for your favourite from their incredible back-catalogue of CG wonders. Well, the results are finally in and The Incredibles stands as the clear winner with 19% of the 398 responses opting for Brad Bird's 2004 superhero comedy ahead of WALL-E and Ratatouille in second and third.

Meanwhile merchandising bohemoth Cars (with estimated merchandising sales of $5 billion) was the only film not to break double-figures in terms of votes. Check out the full results below:

Your Favourite Pixar...

The Incredibles (2004) - 19%
WALL-E (2008) - 17%
Ratatouille (2007) - 15%
Up (2009) - 10%
Monsters, Inc. (2001) - 10%
Finding Nemo (2003) - 10%
Toy Story (1995) - 8%
Toy Story 2 (1999) - 3%
A Bug's Life (1998) - 2%
Cars (2006) - 2%

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to vote.

Poll Results - Which film deserved to win Best Picture?

The votes have been cast and the results are in...

Which film deserved to win Best Picture at the 2009 Academy Awards..?

Slumdog Millionaire - 32%
None of the nominees - 29%
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 18%
Milk - 10%
The Reader - 2%
Frost/Nixon - 1%

A new poll will appear on the site soon!

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