Best Sheriff of the Big Three (Halloween, Nightmare, Friday)?

[Jack Bauer]

Between Sheriff Leigh Brackett and then Sheriff Ben Meeker, Sheriff Michael Garris, or Sheriff Williams, which town has the best sheriff and better chance of surviving their resident madman?
Leigh Brackett has experience with dealing with Michael, but at the lost of his daughter.
Ben Meeker has the advantage of having a lot of firepower and some explosives on hand.
Michael Garris has a deputy with laser scoped revolver and doesn't take like it when that Jarvis kid and his daughter are hanging out.
Williams had the entire town of Springwood lockdown and the parents were helping with killing off the memory of Freddy.Personally its between Garris and Meeker for me.

[Jigsaw]

I voted for Garris, but I also like Brackett and Meeker.

[The Dream Master]

Of the ones here, I like Garris the most. I love the "balls as earrings" threat that he gives Tommy; plus, he's one of the few characters that's played like a dick at first but ends up being a good character. You don't see that too often.

And, by the way, Lieutenant Donald Thompson would pwn all these guys as long as he laid off the booze.

[Kane Lives]

Voted for Garris.

[Uncle Hoody]

I think Williams does a great job considering he's mostly able to keep the memory of Freddy dead. That takes a LOT of work.

[The New Blood]

Sheriff Garris was by far my favorite. He did a pretty good job of protecting the town as well(he made a good effort at least).

[SaturdayThe14th]

Meeker, Garris, and Brackett all have something in common (besides being sherriffs in towns with incredibly high murder rates).
they all have hot daughters!!!

[4BarrelHemi]

I went with Meeker. John Saxon's character would pwn all those guys though.

[Chex]

And, by the way, Lieutenant Donald Thompson would pwn all these guys as long as he laid off the booze.

I went with Meeker. John Saxon's character would pwn all those guys though.
That's exactly who I came in here to vote for. I mean, Thompson has even tangled with Joe Don Baker so he's clearly above all the others.

As for the choices:

Leigh Brackett: Didn't really get to do much other than follow Loomis's orders. His biggest course of action was looking into a hardware store that was closed in the afternoon (for whatever reason) and was broken into which set off the alarm. Oh, and complaining to Loomis that everything was his fault when he explained it wasn't time and time again.

Ben Meeker: Actually blasted Myers with a gun which forced him to fall down a mine shaft and drift down to a hermit's house. Other than that, he at least listened to Loomis and did his best to protect everyone. Sadly, he doesn't even get a death scene as he's just some random casualty of the Man in Black's tommy gun (or machine gun, whatever).

Michael Garris: While driving someone to the edge of the town (or was it county?), the person decides to break away and lead him to a cemetary to proves his story about Jason. Garris then proceeds to take the man back to the edge of town (or county) again with a warning not to come back. He's then surprised that the guy's back. I wonder if he does that to all the "low lifes".

Williams : Not much is known other than he's helped keep the name of Freddy hidden from the population of Springwood that mysteriously now occupy the town after however long since Freddy's Dead.

Honestly, they all did a little to help out (well, most of them did), but nothing much. If I had to choose one that helped out the most in a film along with acting like a sheriff and protecting the folk, I'd go with Meeker. He listened to someone who knew more than he did, he risked his own life to make sure he kept order in his town while running plans to stop Myers.

As much as I think Brackett's great, his biggest action was the hardware store shop lifting. Garris takes crazy folk to the edge of town and tells them not to come back even though they've disobeyed him already and are relentless in proving their story as truth. Not much is known about Williams and for all anyone knows, he simply just followed someone else's plan to keep the name Freddy hidden.

[The Dream Master]

Chex, Garris doesn't just drive people out to the edge of the county. He does that and threatens them not to come back or they'll be wearing their balls as earrings. For that alone, he got my vote.

I wonder how he would have threatened a woman in that situation?

[sCabbOy]

Um... Garris by far.

However, I did like Sheriff Tucker from ANB much more.

[Chex]

Chex, Garris doesn't just drive people out to the edge of the county. He does that and threatens them not to come back or they'll be wearing their balls as earrings. For that alone, he got my vote.

Yes, because more threats and assurtion matter to someone who evidently isn't going to listen yet another threat/assurtion will make all the difference.

Garris was just opening up the suggestion about touching Tommy's balls and gauging his reaction. If Tommy looked like he was up for it, then Garris would have made his move. He was mad crazy for some Jarvis balls.

[DavidDunn]

I would say Garris, just for the "balls as earrings" and the "screwing the pooch" quips alone, but Meeker to me, was a go-to guy, who unlike the other Sheriffs listed (aside from Williams, who had to put in some over-time on keeping Freddy Krueger's memory quarrantined) actually believed in the killer that he was pursuing and didn't waste any of the wise sage Loomis's time in stopping Michael before he got to Jamie. He actually listened, and in the world of horror movie idiots and morons, a true listener that takes action speaks volumes. Meeker it is.

[4BarrelHemi]

Mt issues with Garris and is why he loses this is simply he doesn't listen or even investigate claims or a murder.

Also like Chex pointed out his solution to the problem is driving Tommy out of town even after saying he is the type to go to extreme's to prove his point.

[MaDMaNMaRz]

Definitely Sheriff Garris.

I sure as hell wouldn't want to wear my balls as earrings. He could make it happen. :sniffle:

[The Dream Master]

Yeah, Barry Simms issued that same threat to that dude on the phone in Halloween 6, and look what that got him. He's no Garris.

[Jack Bauer]

I finally caved and voted for Sheriff Ben Meeker just because he would that shotgun on you if he caught you with his daughter.

[The Dream Master]

Yeah, but Garris's daughter was hotter though, so...

Garris > Meeker (and the rest of the crew in this regard, for that matter)

[SaturdayThe14th]

[QUOTE=4BarrelHemi;253914]Mt issues with Garris and is why he loses this is simply he doesn't listen or even investigate claims or a murder.

Seriously though you live Crytal Lake (Forrest Green), with the towns history and all you think you would take a little more consideration into someone claiming that a homicidal maniac killed his friend and is after him.

[Jack Bauer]

Yeah, but Garris's daughter was hotter though, so...

Garris > Meeker (and the rest of the crew in this regard, for that matter)
True, but I rather risk a shotgun blast from a 12 gauge then mess with Garris and his Balls for Earrings gag.

[Creighton Duke]

Yeah, but Garris's daughter was hotter though, so...

Garris > Meeker (and the rest of the crew in this regard, for that matter)

I don't know... Kelly Meeker was pretty damn fine. :p

I voted for Sheriff Garris. I think people had the best chance of surviving under him. He was very strict and demanding.

Sheriff Meeker was pretty laid back, judging by peoples' reactions to him. As Earl said in Halloween 4, "Martians could land on ol' Ben's door step and all he'd do is spit once and get himself a shotgun." As much as I love Sheriff Meeker, I couldn't choose him. Two departments were killed while Sheriff Meeker was in charge.

I couldn't bring myself to vote for Brackett just because of his cruel comments towards Loomis. I mean, "YOU LET HIM OUT!" Seriously, Leigh...what the fuck? Loomis was the only one doing anything to stop Michael, and Brackett pins it on him.

[MaDMaNMaRz]

I think Kathleen Kinmont (Kelly Meeker) looks alot better now than she did in H4. She looked really good on the H25 DVD. :shyface:

[4BarrelHemi]

Garris's comment didn't seem to phase Jason though.

Meeker while he did lose two police departments and seemingly his own life at least acted like a policeman who's town had a maniac killer in it. Willing to listen to advice and tips. Meeker also is the one who put Myers down in H4.

[Chex]

Garris gets my vote....for person who's the least qualified to be a sherrif. The man draws his gun and points it at someone who runs into the police department. Guess who usually is running into the PD? Folks in trouble. Garris seems to think it's some random lunatic out to get him.

While recently rewatching the film, I didn't see anything that Garris did that was logical. Some guy trying to tell me that some killer is back from the dead and wants me to look at the proof? I'll ignore it. Should I call the clinic this guy came from and tell them what's going on and follow procedure and let them know about everything? No, I'll drive him to the edge of town (actually the county). Did I just say that I knew that while we were following him to the edge of town (county) that he would try and elude us/take us to his evidence? I sure did which must be why I let him drive his own vehicle instead of having my deputy do it while I escort him in the squad car. Should I be suspicious that Tommy will come back since I mentioned that he's the kind of fella who will go to whatever lengths to prove his story right which could include murder yet all I did was drive him to the edge of town (county)? Probably and I'll even act surprised when I start finding some body's. Should I worry that my daughter looks like her face is being pulled back and she gets 10 times uglier when she arrives at the camp? Maybe, but that has nothing to do with how bad I am at being a sherrif.

If we were counting deputies into this, Garris would somehow find a position lower than dead last. "Where ever the red dot goes, y'bang." No dumbass, where ever the red dot goes does not blow up. Where ever below the red dot goes does.

Seriously, it's like the town simply took the first two volunteers for the position of sherrif and deputy and said ".....yeah sure, whatever. Jobs yours". Not even in a comical, entertaining way is either of them decent. I'd even give it to the sherrif from FvJ simply because he did his job halfway decent in all 2 1/2 minutes of screen time.
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Oh, and Kathleen Kinmont looks better than Jennifer Cooke (I think that's her name). Heck, Meeker's daughter had the power to turn down Wade and sex it up with Goblin (Brady). Definitely stronger than Megan who could only yell out for her dad to come and get killed.

Timing's gotta be primo.

[Darth Sinister]

I go with Meeker, because he wasn't inept and did listen and believed Loomis right off the bat. He only doubted two times, both of which he was certain Michael was no longer a threat. But he at least erred on the side of caution. I also like Tucker, who is not on the list, because he was pretty open to who the killer was even if he was off just a hair.

Garris, no he didn't listen at first. But he did listen when Megan told him that Tommy was with her, when they estimated when Nikki and Cort were apparently killed. Note that he hesitated when she said that and he was starting to wonder if she was right, when they got to the camp.

[Violent VictiM]

I'm going to have to go with Garris. He really seemed like he'd fuck Jason up given a second chance and access to wikipedia.

[4BarrelHemi]

Garris gets my vote....for person who's the least qualified to be a sherrif. The man draws his gun and points it at someone who runs into the police department. Guess who usually is running into the PD? Folks in trouble. Garris seems to think it's some random lunatic out to get him.

While recently rewatching the film, I didn't see anything that Garris did that was logical. Some guy trying to tell me that some killer is back from the dead and wants me to look at the proof? I'll ignore it. Should I call the clinic this guy came from and tell them what's going on and follow procedure and let them know about everything? No, I'll drive him to the edge of town (actually the county). Did I just say that I knew that while we were following him to the edge of town (county) that he would try and elude us/take us to his evidence? I sure did which must be why I let him drive his own vehicle instead of having my deputy do it while I escort him in the squad car. Should I be suspicious that Tommy will come back since I mentioned that he's the kind of fella who will go to whatever lengths to prove his story right which could include murder yet all I did was drive him to the edge of town (county)? Probably and I'll even act surprised when I start finding some body's. Should I worry that my daughter looks like her face is being pulled back and she gets 10 times uglier when she arrives at the camp? Maybe, but that has nothing to do with how bad I am at being a sherrif.

If we were counting deputies into this, Garris would somehow find a position lower than dead last. "Where ever the red dot goes, y'bang." No dumbass, where ever the red dot goes does not blow up. Where ever below the red dot goes does.

Seriously, it's like the town simply took the first two volunteers for the position of sherrif and deputy and said ".....yeah sure, whatever. Jobs yours". Not even in a comical, entertaining way is either of them decent. I'd even give it to the sherrif from FvJ simply because he did his job halfway decent in all 2 1/2 minutes of screen time.
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Oh, and Kathleen Kinmont looks better than Jennifer Cooke (I think that's her name). Heck, Meeker's daughter had the power to turn down Wade and sex it up with Goblin (Brady). Definitely stronger than Megan who could only yell out for her dad to come and get killed.

Timing's gotta be primo.

This brought a tear to my eye. Well played sir well played!

[Autobotsdie]

I said Bracket because he has some experiance with dealing with the lose of his daughter.

[nottidelterrore]

Of the ones here, I like Garris the most. I love the "balls as earrings" threat that he gives Tommy; plus, he's one of the few characters that's played like a dick at first but ends up being a good character. You don't see that too often.

The "balls as earrings" quote alone won me over for Garris. He was a dickhead but overall a pretty good guy.

RIP Sheriff Garris. :(

[The Dream Master]

Finally, someone else that appreciates the awesomeness of Garris!

Take that, Chex!

[Rich]

Damn! I love all of those sheriffs besides the Freddy vs. Jason one.

Jason Lives: Friday 6 Sheriff Garris: "With all the grief you've given me, you should be leavin' here wearin' yer balls as earings!" "If I had you where I wanted you, they'd be pumpin yer ass full a feraltahide!"

Halloween's Leigh Bracket was an "I got this under control" kind of guy while Halloween 4's Ben Meeker was total bad ass. They were both great character, and unfortunately both lost their daughter to the boogeyman.

Overall I must go with...Ben Meeker of Hallo-4. I think he was my favorite horror sheriff, though they were all grrat characters.

[Dave Dunwoody]

Garris was a prick but he was tough as nails.

[The One and Only]

Sheriff Ben Meeker. Tough as nails. And probaly the most refreshing, ready to listen to Loomis. Unlike most law enforcement in horror films who end not relizing the danger until they're at the end of killer's blade, or mopping up the remains. Although I thought his character was unfortunatly wasted in the follow up flick though.

[sooners4life98]

My pick was Garris but I like the others as well.