April 2021 Best Movie Villains Challenge-Round 3

I hope you are having a great weekend. Today begin Round 3 of the April Villains Challenge here on the site. There were a number of close calls here and I have to say I was a little surprised how some of these match-ups turned out, but you have created several awesome contests this round with your votes!

To recap Round 2, I was not surprised to see #1 Darth Vader take down #32 Alonzo Harris or #48 Emperor Palpatine take out #18 Keyzer Söze. This sets up a master vs. apprentice face off in Round 3. Michael Myers (25) did surprise in the ease with which he took down Fatal Attraction's Alex Forrest (8). We'll see if he clears #9 Norman Bates who vanquished #24 Lord Voldemort in a close match.

The T-1000 (29) only pulled down one vote and proved no match for #4 Hannibal Lecter. Everyone's favorite cannibal will face off against #20 Jason Voorhees, who narrowly defeated #13 Tyler Durden. The middle part of the bracket continues with some close match-ups with #5 Bruce the Shark narrowly defeating #28 Calvin Candie. Bruce will take on #12 Pennywise who also completed a narrow win over #21 John Doe.

Continuing down the line, The Joker (2) soundly defeated #31 Freddy Krueger and will face off against the winner of the Hans Bowl, Hans Gruber. As the 47th seed coming in, Gruber is the second lowest seed, only higher than Emperor Palpatine. The other Terminator villain, the OG Terminator (7) easily took down #26 Immortan Joe and will face off against #23 Predator who soundly defeated #10 Mr. Potter. This is my favorite match-up of the month so far, with Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator character paired with the Predator, a film in which he appeared as the hero.

Nearing the bottom of the bracket, next up we have #3 Anton Chigurh with a comfortable win over Nurse Ratched. He will take on the Thanos (19) after the Mad Titan completed a solid win over #14 Leatherface. Our last match-up consists of #27 Gollum, who beat #6 Amon Goeth by a single vote, and #22 Annie Wilkes, who ousted The Wicked Witch of the West (11) by a 3 vote margin.

There were many more votes in round 2 than round 1 and I would love to get even more in this round. If you want to find out about the new rounds as they are available, please consider signing up for the Oscar Project newsletter.

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