Peter Cushing as Van Helsing in the Hammer classics "Horror of Dracula" and "Brides of Dracula." The greatest vampire hunter of all time.

Riddick. Hands down.

How about Perry Dawsey? He had some little monsters to kill.

Rowley: Afraid good ol' Perry isn't eligible until he's on TV or in a movie. If he was, though, he'd win nuts-down.

I have three nominations, for four nominees, in no particular order:

- Seth Gecko, From Dusk Till Dawn. Played with pitch perfect swagger and smarm by George Clooney. Seth is equally skilled at killing vampires with a gun, a stake or even a chandelier for impaling. He loves his brother, has a drop dead sexy tattoo that crawls up his neck, and the best lines in the movie. (Including the ripe-for-co-opting: Fight now, cry later.)

-Blade, Blade, Blade II, and Blade:Trinity. Wesley Snipes is all buff bod and meta-angst as Blade. Half human, half vampire, Blade fights the evil vampires, led by Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff) who is also 1/2 & 1/2. Blade owns a cool boomerang blade to assist in killing baddies, and uses it to great effect. He relies on modern science to keep him mostly within the human side of himself, feeling the serum becoming less effective as time goes on. Even as a totally popcorn, effects-driven movie, Blade's stuggle to find peace and find home is clear.

Jay & Slient Bob, Dogma Jason Mewes & Kevin Smith do battle (and win) against the demon Azrael, the devious Cardinal Glick, and the Golgothan. I think battling a poop monster justifies a nomination, even if Dogma's not exactly a monster movie. As a bonus: lots of sweet 80's music on the sound track.

the man the mith the Legend Bruce Campbell as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams from evil dead hand's down

Ellen Ripley - Alien, Aliens and Alien 3
She gets my vote because she has no super powers and no special skills, no ninja training not even a military background. she's just an working joe doing a the boring job of navigating a ship full of rocks, when she is forced to survive an alien invasion... and then two more, frequently with nothing more than a blunt stick.

Bruce Cambell AKA, Ashley J. Williams.
Better known as;
"ASH", of the Evil Dead movies.

Yeah.... Perry Dawsey is one tough and well disciplined bastard but he got to keep all of his limbs. Well, minus his junk that is. But they're working on reattaching that very soon. Last I heard at least.
"Good luck with that Perry"

ASH hacked off his own "demonized" hand without thinking twice after having already decapitated and buried his "demonized" girlfriend.
Not to mention that he took the same chainsaw to his demon girlfriends already severed head while strapped to a workbench vice grip after her body came back for secondes.
He goes to town on the undead with nothing but his double barreled "Boomstick" and a chainsaw in place of his right hand.
Say what you will about the cheesy one liners he seems have ready for his demon victims and damsels in distress.
There is no denying that the monster hunter known only as ASH, is one bad mother effer.

It's gotta be Jack Crow (James Woods) from John Carpenter's "Vampire$". Not only did he kick a$$, but he did it with style and without missing a beat of dialogue!

V-Man

I second the nomination for Peter Cushing's Van Helsing. That picture of Hugh Jackman makes me die inside.

I also want to nominate Hellboy. He kicks monster ass, while denying his heritage and inclination to be a monster himself. And he fires out one-liners and carries a big gun, plus his team (Abe, Liz, Johann, etc.) is awesome.

Dude! Whatever happened to Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) from the Jaws series? This freak of a shark won't stop terrorizing him, his town, and his family! What's scarier than a monster that hunts you down whenever you go out on the water? Oh, wait, I guess you could stop going to the damn beach... Oh well, ole Roy gets my vote.

I'm liking the Ash vote and I would also suggest that we need a feminine influence and for that... ah screw it we'll just go with Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil. Granted not great movies but at least she looked good doing her thing...

OK, as Perry is not allowed.

1. Alice from Resident Evil
2. Riddick from Pitch Black
3. Hell Boy

I'd like to nominate Dr. Alan Grant from Jurassic Parks 1 and 3.

I nominate the entire damn Monster Squad!

Gotta go with Hellboy. He's the definition of bad-ass. And he's got more smarmy one-liners than Schwarzenegger at a speed-dating event.

Hmmm who to choose so many possibilities....

Charlie Brewster (William Ragsdale) and Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowell) from Fright Night were some fond memories from being a child every everyman kind of a feel.

Quinn (Christian Bale) and Van Zan (Matthew McConaughey) were bad ass in Reign of Fire.

But then again you also have the classics Abbot and Costello; Laurel and Hardy; and the Bowery Boys all came up against classic movie monsters.

My favorite Monster Fighter though would have to be a monster himself though. So I nominate Frankie himself, Frankenstein's monster - Frankenstein Vs Dracula, and Frankenstein Vs the Wolfman.

And I'd also have to nominate Godzilla and Gamara they did more than their fair share of monster ass kicking....

I'd nominate Mothra but it just creeps me the hell out

Buffy's my girl, and if we're talking sheer volume of monster killings/apocalypse-thwartings she should win hands down. But I also gotta give the Winchester brothers (Sam & Dean, Supernatural) some love.

If we're talking strictly films, then I also gotta give it to Ash. My runner up would be Elvis (Bruce Campbell again) and JFK (Ossie Davis--just go with it. It works) from Bubba Hotep, in which an incognito Elvis, now living in a nursing home in Texas, and the alleged JFK take down a mummy who's feasting on the souls of the nursing home residents. I mean, they're old, and they still kick monster butt. They deserve the honor just for that.

You KNOW who I'll be nominating.

Van Helsing and O'Connell all the way....SOMMERSVERSE REPRESENT!!!!

Hellboy, Hellboy, Hellboy

Hellboy, even though he's a monster too.

Casper Van Dien from Starship Troopers

or Wesley Snipes as Blade

At this point, Hellboy is looking like a strong #1 seed. Is he cheating because he's the only monster hunter with a movie that just came out?

Even though the movie was pretty terrible, you have to go with Van Helsing -- dude took down Dracula!

Ash from Evil Dead, Army of Darkness...and "Must be some kinda Bubba Ho Tep." Har! Even old, and with some kinda nasty growth on his extremity, he managed to prevail!

Ghostbusters! (na na na na na-na...)

Dizzy, that's got #1 seed written all over it. I hadn't even considered Venkman and the gang.

Bruce F-ing Campbell "ash" hands down, you can't beat his attitude under pressure, I mean come on cutting off you own hand and replacing it with a chainsaw!

Jamie Lloyd from the Halloween sequels. (Although she evades Michael Meyers for the better part of three movies, considering Michael, I'd have to say that is pretty badass).

Harry Potter, most definitely. Trolls, basilisks, dementors, centaurs, giants, and werewolves galore! You name the magical creature and Harry has definitely cursed it. Accidental or no. And he gets kudos because he doesn't fit the typical profile: not muscular, has dorky glasses and is a kid. That is definitely badass.

Shaun and Ed from Shaun of the Dead. Seriously. The records! It doesn't get better than that.

The Spartans, from 300. Oh yes, they definitely count.

Just to be facetious, I'll also nominate Dorothy Gale from Kansas, since she fits within the parameters. (From The Wizard of Oz if you're a dunce.)

(Beowulf, Laura Croft, the Pirates of the Caribbean cast, Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween), Bruce Willis (Fifth Element, et. al. and Mel Gibson (Signs, etc.) are all good contenders, as well.)

Roddy Piper - They Live...because he's all outta bubblegum!

Does Dexter count? He's a serial killer who goes after "monstrous" pedophiles, murderers, etc. (This one's a stretch - I just love Dexter!)

I will throw in a vote for each of Ripley and Van Helsing.

Evil Dead's/Army of Darkness' "Ash Williams" as played by the one and only Bruce Campbell. Chainsaw for a hand, boomstick forged of cobalt-blue steel, snappy one-liners for any occasion and an enjoyment of murdering the undead so full of vim and vigor you'd think he's gone stark-raving mad makes Ash "The King" of monster hunters. K'chk. "Groovy."

Oh no, there goes Tokyo.
Oh no, Godzilla

Godzilla vs Megalon, Mothra, Mechagodzilla, Destroyer, King Ghidorah, Biollante, Gigan, Megaguirus, Monster Zero, the Sea Monster, the Smog Monster, Space Godzilla, Bambi

Godzilla takes on all comers with cheesy English over dubbing, bad acting and low budget effects. What's not to love?

The Incredible Hulk took on a bunch of bad asses too.

- Winston

Roddy Piper-
not to mention Hell comes to frog town!

Hellboy and Ash should be two-one (or one-two -sigh). Please make Ghostbusters a 3 or something. Shop smart shop S-Mart. They are both filled with great one liners. They should meet in the finals regardless of who the other 14 are.

I would also nominate John Conner. It doesn't matter if it is from the TV show or from any of the movies. He saves humanity and routinely kills monster robots whose entire job is to kill humans.

Ripley should also go on there. Come on, you can't kill her. I could also think of a few marines from Aliens I could add here. Maybe that one chick with the big gun.

Charley Brewster from Fright Night is pretty good too. He should bow out the first round because his friend had an annoying voice. Although his girl was HAWT.

Rowdy Piper should be there. That was a good hit. He should be a solid 3 seed.

Jamie Lee Curtis should make the list. How many times did she kill Michael Myers? Would anyone know who she was if she wasn't the original scream girl?

I would leave off Cory and Corey (spelling?). Anyone that gets a "reality" show on Lifetime (or oxygen or whatever) should automatically be banned.

Team nomination....The Ghostbusters! Not only do the hunt monsters, ghosts and demons but they get paid for it too!!!!

David Arquette as Chris McCormick from Eight Legged Freaks.

Also gotta echo the love for Shaun, Hellboy, and O'Connell.

Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) slayer of Lo Pan in Big Trouble In Little China.

Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) monster and alien hunter in The X-Files.

Lloyd Gallagher (Kyle McLauchlan) alien lawman (lawthing?) in The Hidden.

BTW folks, Roddy Piper's character's name in They Live! is George Nada. While his name is never mentioned in the movie, he is credited as simply 'Nada' (spanish for 'nothing') in the titles, the character in the story the film was based on ("Eight O'clock In The Morning" by Ray Nelson) was named George Nada.

Listed in order of badness:
1. Ash from Army of Darkness and ED and EDII.
2. Riddick
3. Jack Brooks - from "Jack Brooks Monster Slayer" - really a great film and timed perfectly for this topic. Check it out!

Ok, people, can we establish some ground rules? Like, maybe....hair extensions are the opposite of badass? I'm all for Peter Cushing as Van Helsing, but Jackman? Cute, I'll give you that, but extensions people. Gecko would tear him up without thinking twice, and move on to the next sucker trying to bite him.

ChrisChrisChris I'm so with you on John Conner, great call. Just getting his head around the enigmatic timeline of his own life should put him way out ahead of the pack.

I do think Ash should be in the fight, if only because a one-handed mofi (monster fighter) should be pretty easy to beat. As are Zombies compared to other monsters, what with being moldy and leperous and all.

But if this turns out to be a gladiatorial cage match kind of fight, I'm going to have to tap out Bluntman and Chronic. They would last maybe 10 seconds...which is twice what the Ghostbusters would last. (Sorry, Sigler, but you know this is true. Even if they are scientists.)

i have to say the coolest is hellboy hes a bad ass you would be to if you had a giant fist that could open the underworld i defenitley think that constantine is awsome to and alice from resident evil all three of them are unstopable

I nominate Sam and Dean Winchester as well.

I realize a lot of horror fans aren't pleased with the rise of the WB/CW horror actors (myself included) that have killed our genre for about 10 years now, but the Brothers Winchester are different. Each week they dispatch of demons, vampires, etc. and the blood and gore are never hidden. Remember when the Hellhounds got a hold of Dean? That was brutal.

I love a lot of the nominees on here, but how many of them can equal the body count that Sam and Dean have racked up over 3-4 seasons?

P.S. I also like Hellboy and Jack Brooks as well. True Monster Slayers!

Shaun from "Shaun of the Dead", hands down winner. No competition.

Buffy, hands down, more monsters for more years than anyone. In retirement all she can say is, "Been there. Done that." 'nuff said.

Of course, that doesn't mean I have no fondness for Mulder & Scully, Carl Kolchak and Ash. They just don't have all the tools and talent at their disposal that one Buffy Summers possesses.

What about Kurt Russell as R.J. MacReady in The THING. He kicked alien butt all over that ice.

I have to throw down for the OG, Bruce Campbell as Ash. But one Monster Killin Vixen seems to have been forgotten, Kate Benensale as Selene in Underworld.

I have to give some more props to the Buffster, if only for the body count she's generated with just Mr. Pointy in hand.

To mix in a little more badassery, I offer another plug for Ash and his Boomstick. Always a fan fav.

I'm a little disappointed that no one else picked up on Colonel (now General) Jack O'Neil. How many planets full of snake-infested near-humans has Jack defended little ol' planet Earth from?

Finally for pure S's and G's, I have to put in a vote for an oldie-but-goodie, Scooby Doo. Now even if that monsters are all rubber masks and Hong Kong wire acts, nobody knew that for sure before going in. There really isn't much of a difference between a rubber poop monster and a poop monster until you get close enough to take the mask off (and pray it's not made of poop). Plus, the high anxiety flight-or-fight response time ensures that Scooby will bounce back again and again. Resilience is a virtue.

GIZMO! a little dude who kick some gremlin ass!!!

and Van Helsing in general, the dude is a legend.

49 comments and no mention of the intrepid mad scientist keeping space and time safe from otherworldly threats since 1963?

My vote goes to Doctor Who.

Brian Klauser. I know he doesn't have a movie, yet, but he's a total badass with awesome special-made toys. He deserves the list just for splintering a steel-reinforced oak door with one kick.

I also need to vote for Dave, the space guy from 2001: A Space Odyssey. All his comrades dead, and the ship that is his only hope of shelter is trying to kill him, as well.

The Frankenstein Monster - Totally indestructible, yet unlike Jason or Michael myers has a heart and has human type virtues that are misunderstood.

Does Gary Busey count in Silver Bullet? That guy is great...

WORD. Riffling is right, Dr. Who is THE MAN.
I mean once you have defeated the Daleks, what can you not do?

I'll go with Hellboy.
I also second the nomination for Van Helsing.

Hellboy and riddick for sure!!!!!

buffy. no doubt about it buffy will take down any big bad that comes her way, well other than the big bad that she fell for and had a soul...

Geez, for once I seem to be running WITH the crowd. HellBoy. When the zombies come, I wanna be standing behind him. If we were just talking LOOKS, I'd rather be standing behind Blade, but.. uh, no, Hell boy.
Monster Killer Extraordinaire.
Second would be Riddick.

My nomination goes to John Constantine. He's an exorcist and a bad ass!!!

Buffy, no contest. (Well almost none, but still .... Buffy it is).

Buffy, of course.
Must admit I'm also with the kind soul who nominated Dexter. He does hunt monsters, and he does do it with tremendous style.

Buffy definitely! She is the best and baddest monster hunter. She's save the world so many times, and even died so many times! AND she's still kicking.

BUFFY FOREVER!

I'm gonna have to go with Buffy too, but I feel that, in addition, Angel definitely deserves his own nomination. I also want to recognize my favorite "rogue demon hunter," Wesley, though I guess he probably won't warrant his own nomination.

But Buffy and Angel should definitely make the list.

Special Deputy Jameson Arkeley, hands down.

Gotta go with Buffy and the Scooby Gang. They dusted more vamps, killed more demons, and saved the world more times than anyone else on this list.

If I have to go strictly motion picture, then my vote goes to Peter Cushing.

William Forsythe(Sheriff John Quincy Wydell) Devil's Rejects.

Danny Trejo is also a favorite.

Buffy Summers, hands down.

Will Smith (and his dog) in I am Legend?
Definitely Blade and don't forget Kris Kristofferson by his side.
What about Selene in Underworld (Kate Beckinsale). Yeah she's a monster fighting other monsters but DAMN she is cool. I want to be like her when I grow up.
While we are mentioning Conners how about his mom Sarah in the movie's. I still love the syringe full of chlorox jammed into the throat as a plan to get out of an insane asylum.
Neo and Trinity fought a good fight in Matrix against the agents.

Dr. Loomis for self sacrifice and tenacity, but Vampire Hunter D is the baddest of the bad. He's got a freakin' demon for a hand!

Buffy Summers, and I mean TV's Buffy Summers. She saved the world , a lot!

Definitely Buffy Summers. She saved the world countless times while dealing with life and looking great. What better monster-slayer could you think of?

I second the nomination for Johnny Rico (Starship Troopers) even though he was identified by the actor's name, not the character.

Why? I have a lot of love for Starship Troopers, because it not only has a really obnoxiously obvious political agenda, it is also a pure monster movie: "Kill the BUGS!!" Johnny Rico just loved killing those bugs on bug planet like a good, trained-up military young Aryan-type should, and that kind of zeal is for me, more bad-ass in a guy who's a lot more destructible and predictable than a Riddick.

I saw it in your original post, but I don't see anyone giving them love in the comments section. The Frog Brothers definitely need to make the final cut... although I wouldn't mind seeing the Monster Squad make the list either.

Okay, I'll say it. Buffy is lovely, funny, sassy...and 90 pounds soaking wet. She is badass as far as it can go at 90 pounds soaking wet. I know there's a lot of Buffylove, but come on people... stuffing the ballot box won't change physics, kids.

Also, I have big, big love for Doctor Who. Tried, true and long standing. However, he bemoans every single death anywhere near him in the universe. No one that maudlin can be a contender here, really. Also, he's got the sonic screwdriver is his weapon of choice because it's non-lethal. Can you imagine him going head-to-head with Hellboy? Ooooh, that sexy blue suit would not fair well.

Last, I think the strength of your nomination should not depend on kissing up to the judge. Perry Dawsey & Brian Klauser = bait. And WiX63? Unless you're Wellington himself...Special Deputy Jameson Arkeley = total kiss up vote.

River Tam, from Firefly and Serenity. Shot three men dead without looking; took out a bar full of people without breaking a sweat; slaughtered a shipload of armed Reavers with her bare hands.
Also: she can kill you with her brain.

I'd also like to second Jack O'Neill. Anyone who can piss off that many people deserves a reward. Oh, and for the aliens too ;)

ASH
BUFFY
DR. WHO
!!

Nominate Smart...Nominate S-mart...Ash kicks ass and will win this tourney of Monster Hunters with a chainsaw on one arm and his BOOMSTICK in the other.

Oh, and Ronon Dex from Stargate Atlantis. He's survived as a Runner for years, killing the Wraith that hunt him, let alone what he's done since joining the Atlantis Expedition

Buffy has it hands down!

I'll have to go with Ash (Bruce Campbell)
Followed by Hellboy and then the Ghostbusters!!

Buffy.

Buffy. Buffy. Buffy.

Then Hellboy.

My nomination is for Ash
(Evil Dead...NOT the POCKET monster hunter; e.g."got'a catch em all!" he couldn't count, he never hunted for blood, he just wanted to add monsters to his collection so he could force them in to slavery and force them catch more pocket monsters.... though, if he did hunt for the kill he would have a better record than any other monster hunters combined... oh,... ok,... I'll stop this tangent now)

The classic Van Hellsing not necessarily the movie "Van Hellsing" version but the classic hunter. He represents the all the main fundamental elements all monster hunters are based on.

Then I would vote for Vampire Hunter D... he's just bad ass.

Then an obscure vote for Saya from "Blood the Last Vampire"

I definitely second The Frog Brothers. Then I'll toss in a pair of Jacks. Captain Jack Harkness and Captain Jack Sparrow.

a Demon hand

a robot Horse

the prince of vampires

and he goes around slaying other vampires and wooing the ladies to boot

i think Vampire hunter D is perfect for (3rd?) nomination

Not to mention that freeking big assed sword

Ash. Groovy

Buffy kicks more ass in her attractive yet affordable boots than any other hero type out there. She's the bomb-diggity.

Ripley will kick some monster ass and then move all your shit to your new apartment all while strapped into her forklift driver.

Jack O'Nell makes me giggle as he's killing nasty, overdressed evil beings.

Both Van Helsing and Hellboy use weapons....BUFFY does not, ok, well except mostly for that pesky stake but give a girl a break will ya it's still used in close quarters fighting and not used from a distance. Unless, well, Oz tries to throw one but that shouldn't count.

Taking into account the wide variety of monsters BUFFY has slain, she MUST at least qualify for the FINAL FOUR.

Personally I think it's gonna come down to BUFFY and
VAN HELSING duking it out. In the end, Van Helsing is just a man, but BUFFY has the strength of a demon in her and would probably win a fight no matter who she took on.

Oh sure, other heroes can shoot at her from a distance, but my grandma can do that so it shouldn't be considered when tabulating the odds.

BUFFY IS AT LEAST WORTHY OF THE FINAL FOUR!

Buffy, obviously.

Also, I am forced to go with Hellboy too.

Yes, Buffy weighs 90 pounds soaking wet. She's a tiny blonde girl. That's kind of the point. She's a 90 pound blonde girl with superpowers who killed countless vampires single-handedly, not to mention countless demons, a giant snake, a hell god, and Satan's army (Satan, the First, whatever). She had help with that last one, but she led the charge, and won. She's also a pop culture icon and an inspiration to women and girls everywhere. So, come on. Since when are we judging by size? She can't NOT make the list. Why? Because it's wrong.

That said, Sam Neil and Jeff Goldblum from Jurassic Park both deserve some love here, too.

Also: Sam & Dean! (Yes, I voted twice.)

Oh, and a vote for Juno from The Descent. Sure she wasn't exactly a saint, but she did kick some scary CHUD ass.

No Question about it! Buffy. Period. End of sentence! Hellboy no. 2.

RESULTS SO FAR....RESULTS SO FAR....

I took the time to count up the votes so far just to give us an idea of how things are going. I cannot list all the votes but I will list the top 10, so here goes and I was absolutely honest in counting up the votes. I think you will be a bit amazed at the results so far

1) BUFFY - 19 votes
2) ASH - 18
3) HELLBOY - 16
4) VAN HELSING (old or new) - 11
5) TIED...KURT RUSSELL (as either Jack Burton/O'Neill)
ELLEN RIPLEY
RIDDICK - 5 each
8) TIED...BLADE
GHOSTBUSTERS
RODDY PIPER
DR. WHO - 4 each

12) TIED...SHAUN OF THE DEAD
VAMPIRE HUNTER D
ALICE (Milla Jovovich) - 3 each

There are 60 other nominations with either 2 votes each or 1 votes each and are too numerous to list them all here.

I hope I was helpful.

Rich L.
New Haven
Richjl413@Yahoo.com

There are

I vote for the following three:

River Tam from Firfefly and Serenity

Captain Jack from Torchwood

Ash "It's a trick, get an axe". Army of Darkness

Ash, Van Helsing, The Ghostbusters, Rilpley, Buffy, Shawn, Mulder and Scully, Hellboy, Seth Gecko and Rick O'Connell, all need to be in the mix.

Additionally:

How about some love for Tommy Jarvis? He beat Jason...twice!

Also Ben from Night of the living dead. He taught us how to kill zombies and keep suvivors in line.

I suppose at this point I'm just repeating, but I have to go with Buffy (who will reign victorious), the Doctor (who don't need no violence to bring down the baddies), the Ghostbusters, and River Tam (a 90lb girl, a 40lb axe and 2838724338497 Reavers? Hecks yeah.)

ARealGirl has the right idea. Buffy was fun and all. But, seriously?

Seth Gecko for arrogance and style. Hellboy for one-liners and big red balls. Ripley for indefatigability and flame throwers. Ash for boomsticks and pillow talk. Ridick for stone-cold bad assitude. Jack Burton for truck-drivin', kung-fu shootin' goodness. Peter Cushing's Van Helsing because that's how you kill vampires.

And to round it out with some light-hearted nominees: Monster Squad for Wolfman's nards. Ghostbusters cuz who ya gonna call?

Buffy is the ultimate monster hunter. Not only did she dust thousands of vamps while the show was on the air, she continues to battle monsters in the season 8 comics.

She even managed to make a vampire fall in love with her and then endure the demon trials to regain his soul; he wanted to be worthy of such an amazing slayer.

My other choice is Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy. Never has so ordinary and goofy a person taken on the challenge of smiting the evil dead, zombies who tried to eat his soul and one who grew on his shoulder. And just when he thinks he's out, they pull him back in.

My fav's are:
#1 is definitely Riddick
#2...River from Firefly
#3...Shaun from Shaun of the Dead.

I have 2 nominees. I nominate these 2 because they are just ordinary folks kicking some major booty:

1. Dean Winchester from Supernatural (not Sam...he has demon powers so its a little unfair)
2. Ripley from Aliens

BUFFY, PLEASE!!!!!!! She's awesome. And totally kicks ass.

Also, there's Angel. He kills monsters, too. And looks really hot doing it...

BUFFY, PLEASE!!!!!!! She's awesome. And totally kicks ass.

Also, there's Angel. He kills monsters, too. And looks really hot doing it...

Buffy is easily the winner. She has fought bad guys of nearly every type (including a God). She didn't just fight through 1 movie either. She fought monsters for a movie and seven seasons! No one else even comes close to her slaying record. Any other choice for #1 wouldn't make sense.

Buffy Anne Summers. She Saved The World a Lot.
All the way!

Buffy Anne Summers (Buffy, The Vampire Slayer). Please!

She Saved The World a Lot.

Dean Winchester (from Supernatural)
Shaun (from Shaun of the Dead)
Hellboy
Constantine
Van Helsing

Buffy is the best hunter, she´s amazing and funny and the best hero. Dean winchester is also a good hunter. Please BUFFY,BUFFY, BUFFY.

Of course, without any doubt it's BUFFY!!! She is perfect in every way:pretty, smart, witty, funny, cool, kind... and saved the World a lot!!! She is the best role model. I am who I am because of "Buffy" I grew up with her,she is my HERO and my friend. I can't believe that I was only 12 years old when the show started and now I am 24, twice older and still love it more than anything. I don't have a life, I have my "Buffy" or should I say "Buffy" IS my life?
I trust Buffy and sleep better thinking that she is somewhere there in the night, to protect us from all forces of darkness !!! :)
(when I was younger I used to get scared a lot, and that thought made me feel secure!!!)

Hmm, a lotta contenders here, but I'll go with:

#1 BUFFY #2 RIVER #3 RIPLEY #4HELLBOY

Can you imagine the ass-kicking of this combined group?

BUFFY SUMMERS (TV's Buffy)
HELLBOY
SPIKE (from Buffy)
ASH
CASSIE HACK (from Hack/Slash)
SELENE (from Underworld Evolution)
MICHAEL CORVIN (from Underworld Evolution)
DEXTER

Well, I echo most of the comments, for me it has to be Sunnydales finest, Buffy Summers, I mean, how many times did she save the world??

But if we are gonna have some balance, if we have Doctor Who and Captain Jack Harkness, someone else who deserve at least a mention is Sarah Jane Smith, she's defeated a LOT of monsters in her own series! (Not sure if you over in the US get that show though :D )

I think Faith the vampire slayer should get a mention as well, not to mention Angel, has he ahd a vote yet??

1) BUFFY (Sarah Michelle Gellar)
2) ALICE (Milla Jovovich)

Ellen Ripley and Ripley #8 (Sigourney Weaver) from Alien movies. She was always my hero!

Buffy for sure!!

bUFFY!!!

#1 Alan grant from Jurassic Park
#2 Fox Mulder from X Files
#3 Tommy Lee Jones from MIB

It has to be Buffy Anne Summers....no one else is close! If I had to name another it would be River Tam and/or Fray.
Buffy saved the world a lot and died twice in the process, Sarah and Joss created a social icon in the process! Of course her and Satsu sealed the deal.

hellboy, definitely,
van hellsing of the ORIGINAL dracula,
buffy, of course,
Bruce campbell,
And John fucking Constantine!
I know Keanu Reeves played him in the movie, but we all know that the character can survive that

Ok, I wasn't going to, but I will.....

Buffy and Angel (slayage on a weekly basis),
Ash (Bruce Campbell giving new life to the chainsaw),
Ripley (so good they cloned her),
Bill & Ted (they beat Death!),
Starbuck (most Toasters toasted),
Cap'n Kirk (he came in peace but shot to kill),
Zapp Brannigan (Carpet bombing Eden 7 and defeating the pacifists of the Gandhi nebula amongst many 'victories')
Aragorn (eat steel, orcs and uruk-hai)

Gotta be Buffy.

Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) for sure! She is always absolutely perfect! love her!

*Peter Cushing (Van Helsing - The original and still the best.)
*Bruce Campbell (Ash - "Shop smart, shop S-Mart.")
*James Marsters (Spike - Passed the demon trials.)
*Johnny Depp (Capt. Jack Sparrow - "But why the rum?")
*Vin Diesel - (Riddick - "Afraid of the dark?")
*Sigourney Weaver (Ripley - Excellent at both stand-up fights and bughunts.)
*Jensen Ackles & Jared Padalecki (Winchester Bros. - Kick butt and like hard rock. What more do you want?)
*Bret, Tyler, Rick & Missy (The Reaper Gang - Slackers rule!)

Buffy RULES!!!!!

A TRUE monster-hunter fights more than just one type of monster and actively seeks out the monsters. If you just defend yourself from monsters, your a monster-survivor NOT a monster-hunter.
With that in mind, the monster-hunters are...

Buffy Summers and the Scooby Gang, of course.

Angel, Spike, Wesley, Gunn & Fred from Angel. Let's not forget Angel's son, Connor, who survived the Quor'toth.

Ash, here's to sawing off your own hand, (BOOMSTICK!)

Sam & Dean Winchester from Supernatural

Doctor Who, ten incarnations and still kicking.

Hellboy

Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) from the Tremors movies and series. "Broke in the wrong gall-darn rec room!"

Carl Kolchak : the Night Stalker in the 70's series.

1) ASH - Evil Dead 1, 2, Army of Darkness
2) Sam and Dean Winchester - Supernatural
3) Hellboy - Hellboy 1, 2
4) Blade - Blade 1, 2, 3
5) Riddick - Pitch Black, Chonicles of Riddick
6) Dexter - Dexter (tv show)
7) Reaper gang (Sam, Sock, Bean, Andi) - Reaper
8) Captain Jack Sparrow - Pirates of the Carribean

BUFFY SUMMERS

Mr Giles! :)

Icabod Crane! (depp!)

Team Winchester (John, Dean, Sam, and Bobby) - Supernatural

Shaun from Shaun of the Dead, Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy, Seth Gecko from Dusk til Dawn, Ghostbusters, And a new on to throw in... Nancy from the Nightmare on Elm Street series. Freddy killed all her family and friends and drove her a bit loco but she still kept fighting back

oh yeah, And George Nada (Roddy Piper - They Live)

How about "Death" in the Final Destination series, for killing those monstrous teenagers. I don't think it's failed yet and with a fourth one coming out next summer, it shows no signs of slowing down.

Neve Campbell in the "Scream" series, always chasing down ghostface.

1. Selene(Kate Beckinsale) in the Underworld movies. Shes a death dealer who hunts werewolves, then turns around and hunts vampires.
2. Rhona Mitra's Sinclair in "Doomsday", she hunts down the cannibals and Kane.
3. Uma Thurman in "Kill Bill" going after the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad
4. Kiera Knightley as Domino Harvey, Bounty Hunter
5. V in "V for Vendetta" taking down big brother.

There not all traditional monsters these guys are hunting, but they qualify for the most part.

Both Buffy and Angel are the best hands down!!! Both have sacrificed themselves for the better good and saved the world a lot!!!

I completely agree with the Bruce Campbell, River Tam, Buffy/Angel and Michael Corvin/Selene (Underworld) noms. All have slain countless monsters and done so with style.

What does everyone think about characters from the X-Men movie series? I can't imagine anyone questioning Wolverines abilities and Jean Gray/Phoenix can turn armies to dust in the blink of an eye (humans and mutants alike).

Shaun - Shaun of the Dead
Flynn - 28 Weeks Later (by far the best zombie massacre ever...death by helicopter)

First let's get the more vamp-specific ones out of the way...

** Buffy the Vampire Slayer
I have to throw a shout out for Buffy (specifically the TV series Buf, not the movie one)

** the chick from the story Dead Languages
I heard this story on a recent Podcastle episode. I really liked the feel of the story, and also the main character. Unfortunately, I can't remember her name right now.

** Vampire Hunter D
Anime never gets no love. My friends and I liked this particular vamp hunter, although I have to wonder if either the creator of Blade or the creator of Vamp Hunter D "borrowed" the concept from the other since *both* feature a half-vamp/half-human that, ya know, kicks a$$.

(this is supposed to be about the hunters, but sometimes the accolades really go to a specific *scene* instead)

** the super-soaker scene in Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood
Taking out a nest of vamps with super soakers filled with holy water while "Ballroom Blitz" is playing in the background is such a high level of both goofy *and* cool, I don't see how anyone else can match it.

** the massive vamp steaking scene in From Dusk Till Dawn where our heroes dispatch many vamps and the priest is using a shotgun cross.
This scene isn't as cool as the one mentioned above.... but it's close.

--------------non-vamp monster slayers-------
Wow, there were a lot more vamp related things than I realized. And the weird thing is I don't even care about vampires particularly.

The Doctor (Doctor Who) -- my childhood hero. Every adventure features one or more "monster(s)". Sometimes it needs slaying and sometimes it does not. Oh, and the 4th Doctor did once kill the Last of the Great Vampires with a spear-like spaceship.

Ripley in Aliens
Yeah, she was cool in the other movies too, but I like her best in Aliens.

the two main characters from Tremors for repeatedly applying logic and reason to outwit and eventually kill the monsters. Also, an honorable mention to the gun-nut couple for providing a ridiculous amount of artillery. :-)

Bryan Clousser (sp?) from Our Future Dark Overlord's podcast audio book Nocturnal
If he can ever get used to the spring loaded gadgets and whatnot, he'll be downright badass.

Legolas in all three Lord of the Rings movies. If you have to ask why, then you obviously haven't seen them yet. Go take a couple days off and watch them. :-D

Eowyn and Merry in Return of the King (can you tell I'm a fan?)

Neo from the Matrix. Especially the end of the first one where he defeats his enemy by modifying the nature of reality. That's just cool.

Trinity from the Matrix movies. Ok, so she can't really do much actual slaying seeing as she's not the Chosen One, but she always looks great in leather.

the Ghostbusters -- my *other* childhood heroes.

and speaking of childhood heroes and the basic nature of monster slaying--the real-life artist Voltaire also deserves an honorable mention here. He has a sort of dark lullaby named Goodnight, Demonslayer. You sing it to your child. The refrain goes like this:
"Goodnight, Demonslayer, goodnight. Now it's time to close your tired eyes. There's devils to slay and dragons to ride, and if they see you coming, well *they* better hide. ..."
and it ends like this:
"I won't tell you that there's nothing 'neath your bed. I won't sell you that it's all in your head. This world of ours is not as it seems, the monsters are real, but they're not in your dreams. Learn what you can from the beasts you defeat, you'll need it for some of the people you'll meet."

--
Furry cows moo and decompress.

Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman version). That character had been taking down monsters for...ever, and during the course of the movie he took down three vampires, a werewolf, and whatever you want to call Hyde. :/ That and he was good with weapons, got the killed (and accidentally killed her...oops.), and rode off into the sunset. Isn't that what monster hunting is all about? :D

I also second Dennis Miller's character in that Tales from the Crypt movie...whatever his name was. Super-Soakers+ Holy Water+Vampires=Amusement.

First of all, I'd just like to say that it's very hard to pick a badass demon-slayer when there have been some idiot directors out there who have made really bad movies with certain demon slayers; i.e. Resident Evil 2 & 3, Blade 2 & 3. And these bad movies can influence whether or not the slayer even enters your mind when trying to think of one worthy to add to this nomination list.

So you find yourself reflecting- am i nominating this slayer because the movie was good and they looked good in it, or am i nominating them because even though the movie was shit, i KNOW theoretically they are good at their job?

Just thought I'd put that out there, but in any case, here are my nominations:
1. Ellen Ripley
2. Blade
3. Alice (Resident Evil)
4. Lara Croft (Tombraider)

My nomination goes to Buffy Summers!!!

In no particular order:
*ASH(Bruce Campbell)- Evil Dead
*VAN HELSING and company (Anthony Hopkins, Bill Campbell, Richard Grant, Carey Elwes) Bram Strokes Dracula
JACK BURTON (Kurt Russell) Big Trouble In Little China
NADA (Rowdy Roddy Piper)THEY LIVE
Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) HALLOWEEN

Buffy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And the Team Winchester from Supernatural..

My TV faves are: the sisters from Charmed, David Boreanz from Angel and Elvira making fun of the horror flicks nearly to death on Movie Macabre.

Film faves are Selene from Underworld, Evelyn in the second Mummy movie, Vincent Price in The Last Man on Earth and, of course, the Frog brothers in Lost Boys.

Even though they aren't in a movie (as of yet anyway), I think the Belmont family from the Castlevania video games would do well here. Here's an entire family of vampire hunters that has continually beaten Dracula and hordes of other monsters for almost an entire millineum! I guess they don't qualify, but I wanted to throw them out there anyway.

As for movie and TV hunters:

1. Dr. Abraham Van Helsing (Peter Cushing)
2. the Winchester brothers

Buffy Vs Serenity:

Votes for BUFFY!!!!

http://polls.amctv.com//chart/data/1418-round-1-match-1.html

BUFFY VS SERENITY

VOTA POR BUFFY!!!

http://polls.amctv.com//chart/data/1418-round-1-match-1.html

Vampire Hunter D for sure - he's ALLLL business.
Remeber the Marcus Brothers from the same movie? They deserve a mention.

Sorry, but Gordon Freeman deserves a special mention, even though he doesn't really belong here

Kurt Russell as R.J. MacReady in 'The Thing'

I have to nominate:
Dr. Alan Grant from Jurassic Park
Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), The X-Files
and
Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), Torchwood
Doctor Who
Ronon Dex, Stargate Atlantis

They are the best for me!