March Badness : Monster Madness - Sour 16

It's time to separate the real monsters from the childish ghouls and bad CG knockoffs. This is the Sour 16.

ICYMI:
March Badness 2015
Explanation / list of contenders
Round 1
Round 2

Pale Man (Pan's Labyrinth) vs Stripe (Gremlins)

Pale Man is definitely a real monster. Stripe is fun but not nearly as terrifying as his opponent.

Winner: Pale Man

The birds (The Birds) vs Velociraptors (Jurassic Park)

The birds are scary, but the thought of a velociraptor disemboweling you with one slash of its claw is scarier.

Winner: Velociraptors

Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors) vs Frankenstein's monster (Frankenstein)

Get your pitchforks. Audrey II is good for a laugh, but Frankenstein's monster is the real deal.

Winner: Frankenstein's monster

Pennywise (It) vs The Balrog (Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)

There are countless adults who still have an irrational fear of clowns to this day because of Pennywise.  Sorry, did I say "irrational"?

Winner: Pennywise

Flukeman (The X-Files) vs The Bugs (Starship Troopers)

There are a few different varieties of Bugs from Starship Troopers and they all impress in one way or another.  Flukeman is creepy but doesn't pose the kind of threat that the Bugs do.

Winner: The Bugs

The Nothing (The Neverending story) vs The Brundlefly (The Fly)

The slow transformation of Seth Brundle into the Brundlefly is disturbingly gross.  The visual aspect of that ordeal trumps the power of the Nothing.

Winner: The Brundlefly

The Rancor (Star Wars: Return of the Jedi) vs The Xenomorph (Alien)

The Rancor is cool, but too easily defeated.  By contrast, the Xenomorph is a very tough and even cooler creature that causes all kinds of nightmares for anyone who encounters it.

Winner: The Xenomorph

Hybrid spiders (Arachnophobia) vs Jaws (Jaws)

The spiders from Arachnophobia might be the biggest surprise of the tournament so far.  But the Cinderella story ends here, as they are just no match for a classic killer like Jaws.

Winner: Jaws

The Bracket

Here's what the bracket looks like at the conclusion of the Sour 16 match-ups: