Max Jenke

Max Meat Cleaver Jenke is the main antagonist of the 1989 horror film called The Horror Show. He is serial killer barbarian and the archenemy of detectives Lucas McCarthy.

He was portrayed by the deceased Brion James.

The Horror Show
Jenke is a serial killer who killed many people, he is pursued by detectives Lucas McCarthy and his assistant after he kidnaps a girl. The police soon manages to trace Jenke to where he lives, arriving there they discover a series of dead bodies of the previous victims of Jenke. Jenke manages to kill Lucas's assistant by cutting off his arm, he then uses his kidnap victim as a hostage, and promising to released her if McCarthy released his weapon, which he accepts, however, Jenke goes back and kills the girl. Jenke is later arrested by the authorities and sentenced to death, he then runs the electric chair, even with the use of the electric chair, Jenke still reacts and the officers are forced to fuel the electricity by killing him.

After his death, Jenke becomes a supernatural entity in search of revenge on McCarthy for arresting him, Jenke begins to mislead McCarthy with images of his family killing his daughter's girlfriend, Bonnie, McCarthy is incriminated by Jenke and arrested. McCarthy is soon informed with an occult specialist as defeat Jenke, however, Jenke kills him.

After that, Jenke rapes McCarthy's daughter and wife, Bonnie and Donna, and it hurts McCarthy's son, Scott. In his confrontation with McCarthy, he simply drags both Lucas and Donna to their dimension, than where he keeps Donna hostage and threatening to kill her. Donna manages to escape Jenke, and she and McCarthy dace Jenke in fight. Then both she and McCarthy are restored to their normal human form, and Jenke dies when McCarthy shoots him.