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« on: December 30, 2017, 12:05:37 AM »
For me, it's the monster in The Being (1983), its just a kid who got exposed to radiation and turned into a monster. He didn't do anything wrong, he wasn't bad, he just had some bad luck and he suffered far too much.
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« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2017, 02:29:46 AM »
I thought that Dracula, in the Francis Ford Coppola version, was a very sympathetic villain.

And Somorra in THE RING - she didn't ask to be the way she was, nor could she control it.
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« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2017, 03:11:10 AM »
The Frankenstein creature /thread  Wink
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« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2017, 03:27:14 AM »
.Most certainly the Monster in FRANKENSTEIN (1931) and the BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
.KING KONG (1933)
.Lon Chaney in the WOLF MAN (1941)
.All the Creature from the Black Lagoon films-but the CREATURE WALKS AMONG US (1956), where they mutilate him to try and make him more human-so sad.

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« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2017, 12:32:51 PM »
The FunHouse
Pretty much both the protagonist AND the antagonist have been having pretty crappy days prior to the showdown...
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« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2018, 06:36:33 AM »
I'm going to go with Norman Bates.
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« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2018, 08:17:24 PM »
Chucky seemed like just another Good Guy doll but was, in fact, possessed by a serial killer who transferred his soul into toy during his final moments. Chucky ends up in the hands of innocent Andy, who ends up being the owner of this doll that comes to life and kills people. Dolls have always been a little unnerving, but Chucky really made us look twice when we passed by a Cabbage Patch Kid.
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« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2018, 08:39:44 PM »
Rebecca De Mornay's character in The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (1992)
What happens to her character at the beginning of the movie makes it way to easy to empathize with her rage against Annabella Sciorra's character, with an ending that's way too predictable and formulaic.
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« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2018, 09:24:42 PM »
Quote from: stine.greta on January 08, 2018, 08:17:24 PM
Chucky seemed like just another Good Guy doll but was, in fact, possessed by a serial killer who transferred his soul into toy during his final moments. Chucky ends up in the hands of innocent Andy, who ends up being the owner of this doll that comes to life and kills people. Dolls have always been a little unnerving, but Chucky really made us look twice when we passed by a Cabbage Patch Kid.

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« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2018, 03:17:24 AM »
Carrie.  The titular character in the movie of the same name.

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« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2018, 08:08:20 PM »
I don't get Chucky as tragic either. 

I also back RC's Universal monsters suggestions and add one he left out.  The Phantom of the Opera. 

Norman bates is also really messed up and it's not his fault.  Not completely.  I'd actually recommend watching the entire Anthony Perkins Psycho series.  They do a great job at building his character without ever turning him into a cliche monster. 

I'm also going to toss out "Baby" Jane from Whatever ever Happened to Baby Jane.  There's a far underrated movie for you that's bound to make you uncomfortable at some point. 
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« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2018, 09:56:51 AM »
Quote from: indianasmith on December 30, 2017, 02:29:46 AM
And Somorra in THE RING - she didn't ask to be the way she was, nor could she control it.
A scene near the end of the movie did imply that she liked being that way.
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« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2018, 10:22:12 AM »
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« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2018, 11:16:36 AM »
Quote from: stine.greta on January 08, 2018, 08:17:24 PM
Chucky seemed like just another Good Guy doll but was, in fact, possessed by a serial killer who transferred his soul into toy during his final moments. Chucky ends up in the hands of innocent Andy, who ends up being the owner of this doll that comes to life and kills people. Dolls have always been a little unnerving, but Chucky really made us look twice when we passed by a Cabbage Patch Kid.
There is NOTHING tragic about that creep.
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« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2018, 01:06:31 PM »
King Kong.
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