Horror

Freddy's dream manipulation commandeered the shared psychic battleground, dismantling Pennywise's fear-based power source and severing its access to regeneration within a domain Freddy structurally controls.

Jason's superior strength overpowers Leatherface's physical resistance while his regeneration nullifies the chainsaw damage that would have ended any human opponent, leaving Leatherface—who possesses no equivalent resilience—with no path to a kill.

Fear Empowerment converts Vecna's own psychic assault into fuel, compounding Pennywise's reserves faster than Vecna can drain them, leaving Vecna spent while Pennywise is still feeding.

Freddy's dream manipulation operates at a magical intensity that exceeds Pinhead's defensive threshold, and acting first within that terrain denies Pinhead the initiative needed to land his own finishing condition.

Pennywise's Fear Empowerment and Nightmare Realm convert everything the Babadook deploys into sustenance, then contain the Babadook inside a constructed psychic prison it has no ability to breach or escape.

Chucky's possession magic bypassed Ghostface's zero supernatural defenses, stalling him at the critical moment and allowing Chucky — the marginally superior weapon-master — to land the decisive strike first.