After screening 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark,' we're a bit torn over the final product that had us cowering in our seats for the first half and laughing for all the wrong reasons during the second.

There are a number of issues we could point our fingers at, but the moment when things started to go sour was when we got our first good look at the monsters and quickly realized there was nothing to be afraid of. Despite Guillermo del Toro's involvement as both co-writer and producer, a horror movie can only work for so long when your creatures look like glorified dust bunnies and can barely take down a 12-year-old girl.

Then again, these aren't the first horror baddies who have been defeated by their bite-size stature. Click through to check out the other horror villains who wouldn't stand a chance against a swift kick to the brain.


Chucky From 'Child's Play'

How He Came to Be: With his final breaths, a serial killer uses the power of voodoo to transfer his soul into the body of a doll. Lo and behold, a mom buys the doll for her kid, the doll comes to life and starts killing people, and then it goes after the little boy after he tries to blow its cover.

Why He's Not Scary: He's 3 feet tall, he's a redhead, and he's a Cabbage Patch Kid knockoff.

How 'Child's Play' Could Have Ended in the First Five Minutes: Run up to Chucky, punt him as hard as you can, watch his plastic limbs fly all over the place. Carry home the torso and zap him in the microwave for good measure.
Do you think Chucky is scary?
Hell yes.2336 (49.8%)
Hell no.2356 (50.2%)


Stripe From 'Gremlins'

How He Came to Be: Stripe is the end result of teenage irresponsibility and ancient Chinese mysticism. In his owner's defense, there was never any deadline on the "Never feed them past midnight" clause.

Why He's Not Scary: He's 1 foot tall and has a drinking/gambling problem.

How 'Gremlins' Could Have Ended in the First Five Minutes: Run up to Stripe, punt him as hard as you can. Or just bring him outside, sit on his back, and wait for sunrise.
Do you think Stripe is scary?
Hell yes.1145 (30.1%)
Hell no.2658 (69.9%)


The Leprechaun From 'Leprechaun'

How He Came to Be: His ugly leprechaun parents gave birth to him.

Why He's Not Scary: He's 3 feet tall and uses a pogo stick to kill people. In his defense, he does scare the crap out of Garth Algar.

How 'Leprechaun' Could Have Ended in the First Five Minutes: Just give him back his gold. Alternately, punt him as hard as you can then beat him with his pogo stick.
Do you think the Leprechaun is scary?
Hell yes.1471 (41.0%)
Hell no.2120 (59.0%)


The Gingerdead Man From 'The Gingerdead Man'

How He Came to Be: Gary Busey goes on a killing spree, Gary Busey gets the electric chair, Gary Busey gets cremated, Gary Busey's ashes somehow get mixed in with baking flour and he gets reincarnated as a homicidal doughboy.

Why He's Not Scary: We think this one speaks for itself.

How 'The Gingerdead Man' Could Have Ended in the First Five Minutes: Pick him up and eat him. Crisis averted.
Do you think The Gingerdead Man is scary?
Hell yes.362 (11.2%)
Hell no.2878 (88.8%)


The Puppets From the 'Puppet Master' movies

How They Came to Be: Their weirdo creator figures out a way to bring them to life; no one's really sure how he does it.

Why They're Not Scary: Look, if you can't defend yourself against a bunch of toys, then you deserve what you get.

How 'Puppet Master' Could Have Ended in the First Five Minutes: Lace up those Timberlands and get to puntin'!
Do you think the 'Puppet Master' puppets are scary?
Hell yes.1013 (32.1%)
Hell no.2139 (67.9%)

What are some other horror villains that couldn't be less scary?

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