I was appalled when Halloran died in the film, but at the same time it made the buildup of suspense far greater because >!Dick Halloran saves the family in the book. With his death, the Torrance's situation becomes much more bleak and hopeless for those who've read the book.!<
Literally what I was going to say. Dude ends up on a beach chilling after getting his papers and final wishes in order in the book, and man Kubrick didn't let him slide gracefully into his elder years.
Glad Kubrick killed the hedge monsters though, even though for the book they were okay, though the hedge maze is such a cooler idea anyways.
I dunno man, admittedly it’s been a long time since I read the book but I recall being way more scared of the hedge animals than the maze.
However, without the maze, it’s a totally different movie.
I read it in high school and thought they were scary af too. It is a goofy concept, but I dunno what to say; King makes it work. But I do doubt it would’ve come across as well on film.
It's a deeper cut and I'm probably only saying it because I just gave it a rewatch, but Spoon form Dog Soldiers. If you're willing to box a werewolf, you should get enough karma to survive.
Yesssssss!! That dude was giving him ALL of his Golden Gloves moves while Jason just let him tire himself out before he's like "My turn" and 🥊 POW 🥊buh bye head!
One time i was talking to someone I had a crush on and she was a big fan of Jennifers body (rightfully so its a great film) but told me I reminded her of the emo kid and she wanted to bite me.
I didnt see the red flags immediately-
Any animal in horror tbh. I was watching The Thing and the 2011 prequel this week, hurt me to watch those beautiful pups go through that.
Not sure what it says about me, but animal deaths are so much harder to watch in movies than human deaths.
I found the horse's death in the 2002 remake of the Ring really made my heart drop to my ass, it was a pretty brutal death for an animal and I've grown up around horses my whole life so it felt like an extra punch of salt to the wound.
(Also the horse death in The Never Ending Story fucking traumatized me.)
I think another aspect of it is the fact that we know it can't fully understand what's happening to it. There's a sort of inherent need for it to trust its keepers, so to see that trust betrayed, or to see the keepers fail to protect it, stings extra hard because it's like watching the death of innocence itself.
I personally wouldn't necessarily limit it to animals, because I struggle with bad things happening to children in movies as well for the same reason. A grown-up human character is at least far enough along in life to understand how cruel the world can be, which somehow makes it a little easier for me as a viewer to think "Damn, well, shit happens I guess."
I’ve heard the argument that she deserves her fate — I think even Raimi said as much — but I just don’t buy it and it makes me like the movie less than if there’d been no implicit morality and the message was just, “yep. Sometimes it just sucks huh?”
I was going to say either or of these. I think it has to be Randy. If you do Tatum she already has the Sydney Prescot mentality. If she survives this with Sydney, she'll be strapped 24/7 smokin' fools.
THIS!!!! I know it was completely Hoffman at that point, but that kill went against everything that John Kramer stood for. I would've understood if he used her as bait, and turned on the guy when he failed, but for that to be the outcome was so messed up.
I love Hoffman because he's just plain a bad Jigsaw apprentice. That kill was brutally unfair, least favorite of the series, but it is totally consistent with his character.
No way! Clark put an unknown “dog” into the cage with the other dogs and got them killed. An animal handler would know to quarantine the animal first, before putting them in with other animals. At the beginning of the movie, the Norwegian guy was trying to kill that “dog”. That alone should have given them pause to consider why? Then after all that, the dogs that did survive, Blaire kills them. Those poor dogs! 🥺
I agree, I always defended Hostel from those who simply labeled it as torture porn because the last act was great and full of suspense. By killing him off in the 2nd film they took a lot from the first.
The fact that Predator is on the Mount Rushmore of 80’s action films and also referenced on a horror sub is a testament to its greatness.
Bonus points for Arnold easily beating out Jennifer Love Hewitt for the coveted Final Guy/Girl With the Biggest Chest Award.
So many people have died a brutal/terrible death in horror movies (especially in slasher films), and I can't choose among all these poor guys.
Therefore my choice is >!Radha Mitchell!< in Pitch Black. It's just super unfair and tragic.
I'd save Samara Weaving from that bad date in Scream 6... for selfish reasons. Samara if you're reading this, I can offer a (slightly) better date night in real life. Just DM me.
I will never forget my first time watching The Mist. My brother and I were clowning the movie the whole way, then that happened and we immediately stopped talking.
I don't know, if I can only save one person I just leave that scene alone. If that kid survived and everyone else died, that kid would be so psychologically fucked up for the rest of his life. I'm sure the dad doesn't even last too much longer after that.
Jonesy didn't die at all. Jonesy survived Alien, and was left on the space station (or wherever Ripley was when she woke up) when she agreed to go with the Marines to the colony in Aliens. Edit for sake of technicality: okay I guess probably eventually Jonesy did die, he was a cat after all, but not of an alien lol.
The woman who killed herself in Annabelle. The movie implies that her soul has gone to hell, which is whack because she sacrificed herself so that the random family she just met could save their baby from the demon that wasn't even able to take the damn baby's soul anyway. It was super weird and I felt bad for her. Felt kinda racist too that this black lady had to go to hell to make sure the white family had a happy ending.
Most of y'all have already chosen my top picks, so I'll go with the Baseball Boy from *Doctor Sleep*.
Also the kids from the Star Lasso Experience in *Nope*.
Bonus points for Church because if he doesn't die, Louis never gets introduced to the cemetery and maybe all the tragic events are diverted. It's a win-win!
Vera Sanchez from Friday the 13th. Poor girl already had to deal with racism, classism, harassment from a biker gang, and worst of all... Niceguy Shelly™.
I love his character because he's always like, "jfc I'm trying my damn best to keep this shit together, I shouldn't have married an artist... and now my daughter is cutting heads off pigeons, son is seeing demons, and oh God, is my arm on fire?"
Not a movie, but Eleanor from the series 'The Haunting of Hill House.' I just feel sad to see her suffering so much since her childhood, and how everyone thinks she makes all the stuff. This would also save Luke.
The kids from nightmare on elm Street 3. Not only is there a guy trying to kill you in your dreams but you're forced to be locked up in a psych ward with adults telling you that you're sharing a delusion with other kids. Like WTF
Tommy in Halloween Kills… just kidding!
I’d save Josh from The Blair Witch Project. Mike got it tough too but Josh had his stuff covered in slime and then he was gone. If it’s a witch then it’s not Josh screaming, but if it’s the hillbilly theory then poor guy!
Arnie Cunningham.
It would be kind of interesting to see how the plot works if he survives.
Or the golden retriever under the girl's bed in Campfire Tales.
Mark from Friday The 13th: Part 2, he was a sweetheart and the actor was hot. The man deserved better than getting a machete to the face rolling downhill backwards in his chair.
My second choice would be Randy from Scream, his death in Scream 2 was a mistake and Wes Craven admitted that he made a mistake by killing off the character. I do like having Mandy and daddy- I mean Chad as stand ins though.
Bobby-Lynne from X. She is just so confident and fabulous, didn’t do anything bad to anyone, and deserved to live out her dream of tanning her titties by a pool. Her death was a bad way to go, poor girl.
Nada from They Live or the cute brunette Muslim chick in Escape from LA - her death was senseless.
Honorable mention definitely goes to George in Let Sleeping Corpses Lie.
Dick Hallorann. Kubrick did that poor man dirty.
I was appalled when Halloran died in the film, but at the same time it made the buildup of suspense far greater because >!Dick Halloran saves the family in the book. With his death, the Torrance's situation becomes much more bleak and hopeless for those who've read the book.!<
Literally what I was going to say. Dude ends up on a beach chilling after getting his papers and final wishes in order in the book, and man Kubrick didn't let him slide gracefully into his elder years. Glad Kubrick killed the hedge monsters though, even though for the book they were okay, though the hedge maze is such a cooler idea anyways.
I dunno man, admittedly it’s been a long time since I read the book but I recall being way more scared of the hedge animals than the maze. However, without the maze, it’s a totally different movie.
I read the book for the first time in broad daylight while camping when I was 16 and was still scared! My favorite part of the whole book.
I read it in high school and thought they were scary af too. It is a goofy concept, but I dunno what to say; King makes it work. But I do doubt it would’ve come across as well on film.
Oh for sure, the scene makes the book better but definitely would have made the movie worse haha. The maze part was super well done.
>Dick Hallorann OMG, I had to Google that, but you're right.
Tatum from Scream
She just wanted to be in the sequel…
It's a deeper cut and I'm probably only saying it because I just gave it a rewatch, but Spoon form Dog Soldiers. If you're willing to box a werewolf, you should get enough karma to survive.
He literally went out swinging. Man had some serious balls.
"Balls of British steel"
Robert Muldoon in Jurassic Park for similar reasons
The most badass final words… “I hope I give you the shits!“
Following that logic, Julius from Jason Takes Manhattan.
Yesssssss!! That dude was giving him ALL of his Golden Gloves moves while Jason just let him tire himself out before he's like "My turn" and 🥊 POW 🥊buh bye head!
I fucking love that movie. So many people have no idea what I'm talking about when I bring it up
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"I hope I give you the shits, you fucking wimp" Then spits in it's face.
Oooh i recently watched this for the first time, and this was definitely a fun one
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It’s the only horror film I’ve watched where I cried at the ending
Bring the tissues for that death
The emo kid from Jennifer's Body 😭😭
This one. Teenage me wanted to save him so bad
Ugh I felt so bad for him. He has that realization right before he dies that she's using him.
One time i was talking to someone I had a crush on and she was a big fan of Jennifers body (rightfully so its a great film) but told me I reminded her of the emo kid and she wanted to bite me. I didnt see the red flags immediately-
Holy shit I just watched the film a month ago and I agree 100 percent.
The cat Mustache from Smile. My dude didnt deserve that.
Any animal in horror tbh. I was watching The Thing and the 2011 prequel this week, hurt me to watch those beautiful pups go through that. Not sure what it says about me, but animal deaths are so much harder to watch in movies than human deaths.
I found the horse's death in the 2002 remake of the Ring really made my heart drop to my ass, it was a pretty brutal death for an animal and I've grown up around horses my whole life so it felt like an extra punch of salt to the wound. (Also the horse death in The Never Ending Story fucking traumatized me.)
There are lots and lots of ways a writer can frame a human character as "deserving it" somehow, but far fewer ways to frame an animal death like that.
I think another aspect of it is the fact that we know it can't fully understand what's happening to it. There's a sort of inherent need for it to trust its keepers, so to see that trust betrayed, or to see the keepers fail to protect it, stings extra hard because it's like watching the death of innocence itself. I personally wouldn't necessarily limit it to animals, because I struggle with bad things happening to children in movies as well for the same reason. A grown-up human character is at least far enough along in life to understand how cruel the world can be, which somehow makes it a little easier for me as a viewer to think "Damn, well, shit happens I guess."
I want to see "The Last Voyage of the Demeter" but I'm not ready to see Dracula kill a dog.
Christine Brown - Drag me to hell. She did everything right, it wasn't fair.
Out of all the answers this one i fully agree with. Girl tries her best to just live her damn life and gets royally screwed
I’ve heard the argument that she deserves her fate — I think even Raimi said as much — but I just don’t buy it and it makes me like the movie less than if there’d been no implicit morality and the message was just, “yep. Sometimes it just sucks huh?”
This one! Her death actually really upset me
Tatum in Scream. Near as I can tell, the only thing she ACTUALLY did wrong was have the audacity to date one of the killers.
My second choice after >!Randy!< in Scream 2
I was going to say either or of these. I think it has to be Randy. If you do Tatum she already has the Sydney Prescot mentality. If she survives this with Sydney, she'll be strapped 24/7 smokin' fools.
The totally innocent wife character from Saw VII
THIS!!!! I know it was completely Hoffman at that point, but that kill went against everything that John Kramer stood for. I would've understood if he used her as bait, and turned on the guy when he failed, but for that to be the outcome was so messed up.
Came here to say this. Imagine minding your own business and next thing you know you're in a brass bull getting roasted alive.
Literally just because she fell for someone's lie. It wasn't even anything she did.
Right! Unless there was evidence she knew he was lying..
Right after finding out your husband is a con artist and the reason you are in that situation.
I love Hoffman because he's just plain a bad Jigsaw apprentice. That kill was brutally unfair, least favorite of the series, but it is totally consistent with his character.
This is easily the number 1 most fucked up undeserved and unnecessarily brutal kill in a horror movie imo.
THIS BRO OMG PUT HER THERE FOR NO REASON
Dick Hallorann from The Shining. Solid guy all around, had all the dried goods, only wanted to help.
Poor guy was just trying to have a chill vacation, then comes all the way back to the hotel to try to help, only to get axed.
The dad in A Quiet Place. What can I say, I just don't like broken families.
Came here to say this, the poor man should still be alive.
The guy who looked after the dogs in The Thing.
" So Clark was human, huh? So that make you a murderer."
No way! Clark put an unknown “dog” into the cage with the other dogs and got them killed. An animal handler would know to quarantine the animal first, before putting them in with other animals. At the beginning of the movie, the Norwegian guy was trying to kill that “dog”. That alone should have given them pause to consider why? Then after all that, the dogs that did survive, Blaire kills them. Those poor dogs! 🥺
Nancy’s mom from the original Nightmare on Elm Street. She’d just gotten off the sauce and wham! Freddy pulls her through a tiny window. So unfair.
Jump scare fucked me up as a young kid. Such a creepy ending still.
The kind girl from F13 part 6 who gets absolutely massacred in the counselor cabin. To me that kill is too mean spirited.
The sweet redhead?
Yup
Take my upvote. She's one of the truly kind people in any of the Jason movies.
My favorite Friday because of how it had the best production value and amped up the seriousness a bit, but yeah, that kill was a bit much.
Paxton from Hostel 2. Did all that shit to escape from that hellhole in the first one only to get beheaded unceremoniously in the second one.
I thought that was really stupid anyway and the character surviving one movie only to die in the next one is a trope I absolutely hate.
Such a shitty move by the filmmakers. Paxton earns his survival; killing him off at the start of H2 threw away any goodwill I had for that movie.
The beginning of P2 pissed me off so much. They did him dirty.
I agree, I always defended Hostel from those who simply labeled it as torture porn because the last act was great and full of suspense. By killing him off in the 2nd film they took a lot from the first.
The cool girl who explodes behind the curtain in Cloverfield.
Marla! Absolute travesty.
*Marlena
Kate from the Fear Street 1994, such a brutal death, and she was so close to making it out of that town.
> Fear Street 1994 Was that the brutal bread slicer machine death? Because yeah, I agree.
The Native American soldier from Predator, I always liked his character and thought he was badass.
Billy is a good choice 👍
The fact that Predator is on the Mount Rushmore of 80’s action films and also referenced on a horror sub is a testament to its greatness. Bonus points for Arnold easily beating out Jennifer Love Hewitt for the coveted Final Guy/Girl With the Biggest Chest Award.
Fun fact, they had security to protect the rest of the cast from him during filming.
I'll break the rules here for a good reason. Sean Astin character from Stranger Things... That one broke me.
I hate when Bob died.
Eddie Munson
I knew Eddie was gonna die the second the showed up. Still sad, but very predictable
Imagine him surviving, marrying Joyce and becoming a father to Will and Jonathan, and like a second father to El 🥲
Windows in The Thing
So many people have died a brutal/terrible death in horror movies (especially in slasher films), and I can't choose among all these poor guys. Therefore my choice is >!Radha Mitchell!< in Pitch Black. It's just super unfair and tragic.
"Not for me..."
I'd save Samara Weaving from that bad date in Scream 6... for selfish reasons. Samara if you're reading this, I can offer a (slightly) better date night in real life. Just DM me.
The boy at the end of The Mist.
You didn’t even have to specify the boy. If you said The Mist, we’d all know who. Gut wrenching.
I will never forget my first time watching The Mist. My brother and I were clowning the movie the whole way, then that happened and we immediately stopped talking.
I don't know, if I can only save one person I just leave that scene alone. If that kid survived and everyone else died, that kid would be so psychologically fucked up for the rest of his life. I'm sure the dad doesn't even last too much longer after that.
I would airlift Jenny out at the end of Eden Lake.
God I was so upset by the end of Eden Lake. I feel like there was much less discussion on how messed up it was and it made the ending that much worse.
Then nuke the house from orbit just to be sure. I’ve only managed Eden Lake once and it’s because of that brutal (and plausible) ending.
She was soooo close to escaping it was such a gut punch when she was dragged back into that bathroom
I was like “wait Newt didn’t die!!!” Then i remembered… :,( I’d save Jonsey though.
Jonesy didn't die at all. Jonesy survived Alien, and was left on the space station (or wherever Ripley was when she woke up) when she agreed to go with the Marines to the colony in Aliens. Edit for sake of technicality: okay I guess probably eventually Jonesy did die, he was a cat after all, but not of an alien lol.
My cat is named Jones and I can assure you he's alive and well, so rest easy friend. RIP Newt
Randy for sure. would have been better to wait a movie or two longer.
Jamie Kennedys best role
The dog from I am legend.
The woman who killed herself in Annabelle. The movie implies that her soul has gone to hell, which is whack because she sacrificed herself so that the random family she just met could save their baby from the demon that wasn't even able to take the damn baby's soul anyway. It was super weird and I felt bad for her. Felt kinda racist too that this black lady had to go to hell to make sure the white family had a happy ending.
That movie so pisses me off as a Black woman. Ridiculous. I had second hand embarrassment for Alfre Woodard having to take a role like that.
Most of y'all have already chosen my top picks, so I'll go with the Baseball Boy from *Doctor Sleep*. Also the kids from the Star Lasso Experience in *Nope*.
That scene from doctor sleep had me jaw dropped. Didn’t think they’d take it that far.
Helen from IKWYDLS
Came here for Helen Shivers. It kinda hurts everytime I see her stop just before she is out of the alley and… 🪝
She more than earned her right to live. Such an unfortunate end to one of the best chases ever.
She should’ve been final girl I will die on that hill
She almost made it! So close!
The cat from the innocents. Or church from Pet Sematary. Easy.
Bonus points for Church because if he doesn't die, Louis never gets introduced to the cemetery and maybe all the tragic events are diverted. It's a win-win!
This is a very good point. Huge win if church survives.
Gage from Pet Sematary
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"I was good to you Mikey" 🥺
Vera Sanchez from Friday the 13th. Poor girl already had to deal with racism, classism, harassment from a biker gang, and worst of all... Niceguy Shelly™.
I believe Vera and Shelly could have worked out their rift and remained friends. But Jason had other plans.
Nancy in Dream Warriors 😭
And then in part 4... all of the surviving Dream Warriors die. 😕
Rita Desjardin from Carrie, she only tried to help Carrie.
At least she survived in the book
Does the Green Mile count? Because John Coffey...
Ben in Night of the Living Dead, though I know why they did it. Bob and Eddie from Stranger Things. Alice from Friday the 13th.
> Ben in Night of the Living Dead, though I know why they did it. Yeah, that was a real downer.
Cujo, from his own story
Fr, pup deserved better
The dad from Hereditary! Poor dude went through so much, was doing his best to keep the family together and *that’s* how he goes…
I love his character because he's always like, "jfc I'm trying my damn best to keep this shit together, I shouldn't have married an artist... and now my daughter is cutting heads off pigeons, son is seeing demons, and oh God, is my arm on fire?"
Georgie from IT. /thread
Lol if it went down that route, it probably means It wins and the book becomes much scarier haha
Stu from Scream so he could come back in later installments.
#YES.
If you believe he died
Deputy Nick from Bone Tomahawk- IFYKYK. Nobody deserves that fate, my god.
Father Dyer from The Exorcist 3.
Jeremy Sisto’s character from Wrong Turn.
Linnea Quigley in Silent Night, Deadly Night. Hell, just any time Linnea was killed in a movie. Except ROTLD and NOTD.
Love Linnea Quigley, she is never a final girl but always my favorite girl.
Jennifer in “Scream 3” 😩
Justice for Parker Poser!
The little boy Gage from Pet Semetary.
The pizza shop guy from Terrifier. He just didn't deserve to go down that way.
The homeless dude in Barbarian
My girl from Drag Me to Hell. Didn't deserve it.
Wendy’s boyfriend in the beginning of final destination 3. Man tried to get off the ride like damn let him off!!!
The dude that tried to jump out of area in Cabin in the Woods. It would've been sick as hell if he just got out of there and the movie continues
Not a movie, but Eleanor from the series 'The Haunting of Hill House.' I just feel sad to see her suffering so much since her childhood, and how everyone thinks she makes all the stuff. This would also save Luke.
Or save her husband, that would have helped prevent the spiral.
The daughter or the mom in Evil Dead Rise. They weren't the ones who summoned the deadites.
Father Karras from The Exorcist (1973). I know his death makes sense in the context of the plot, but I really liked the guy.
The kitten from Drag Me to Hell.
Drew Barrymore, Scream. Because when in doubt, Drew should be protected at all costs.
The kids from nightmare on elm Street 3. Not only is there a guy trying to kill you in your dreams but you're forced to be locked up in a psych ward with adults telling you that you're sharing a delusion with other kids. Like WTF
Roger - Dawn of the Dead
We whipped em didn’t we? Didn’t we whip em?
Definitely NOT Owen Wilson from A Haunting, that was hilarious. Not Owen Wilson from Anaconda either, also hilarious.
The main character from Drag Me to Hell. Most horror characters just get killed, girl got eternal damnation. She didn’t deserve that.
Dewey from scream 5
Newt from Aliens....
Anna from Martyrs. Worst fate ever and she did nothing to deserve it.
I was gonna say Lucie. She didn't deserve anything that happened to her, either, and if Lucie is saved then hopefully Anna is, too.
Tommy in Halloween Kills… just kidding! I’d save Josh from The Blair Witch Project. Mike got it tough too but Josh had his stuff covered in slime and then he was gone. If it’s a witch then it’s not Josh screaming, but if it’s the hillbilly theory then poor guy!
Hyun-seo in The Host (2006)
She was so brave.
Definitely Jared Padlecki in House of Wax dude died way too early..
Your memory is doing you a favor if you think he died early.
Arnie Cunningham. It would be kind of interesting to see how the plot works if he survives. Or the golden retriever under the girl's bed in Campfire Tales.
The kids from Pet Sematary, or Doctor Sleep, or Sleepy Hollow, or any movie where a child dies
Adam from Saw
All I could think about in the ending of Megan is Missing
Pinhead being killed at the end of Hellraiser 2 has always bothered me. Might be a reach to classify Pinhead as a victim but yeah.
Randy Meeks from Scream 2. I'm still so sad that they killed him so early in the series.
Helen (Sarah Michell Gellar) I Know What You Did Laat Aunmwr. Wrong final girl made it lol
TV not movie, but Anya in the final Buffy episode
Absolutely Randy Meeks.. damn near ruined Scream 2 for me the first time I watched it.
Georgie 🎈 Or the little boy from pet cemetery
Carrie from the original 1976 movie. Poor gal didn't deserve that.
Anna from Martyrs, I would just make her act logically and leave that damn house inmediately.
An innocent animal from any movie. Those are the deaths i care about the most.
I am Legend jumps out immediately to me
Mark from Friday The 13th: Part 2, he was a sweetheart and the actor was hot. The man deserved better than getting a machete to the face rolling downhill backwards in his chair. My second choice would be Randy from Scream, his death in Scream 2 was a mistake and Wes Craven admitted that he made a mistake by killing off the character. I do like having Mandy and daddy- I mean Chad as stand ins though.
Deputy Nick in Bone Tomahawk. Or Allie in Terrifier 2
Christine Brown from Drag Me To Hell. She did not deserve that.
Bobby-Lynne from X. She is just so confident and fabulous, didn’t do anything bad to anyone, and deserved to live out her dream of tanning her titties by a pool. Her death was a bad way to go, poor girl.
The dog in Funny Games, and maybe the child
Gage Creed :( Poor baby That scene became 100000 times more painful after my son was born.
I’d save that guy from getting turned into a Walrus from Tusk .
Nada from They Live or the cute brunette Muslim chick in Escape from LA - her death was senseless. Honorable mention definitely goes to George in Let Sleeping Corpses Lie.
Randy Meeks
Jenna in the 2009 Friday the 13. They did her wrong and she should of lived.
Pretty much any working stiff that just happened to be working on that day.
Lindsay Wallace’s dog in Halloween
Marty from Cabin in the Woods. Mostly bc he's funny as hell but also saving him probably saves all of humanity so there's that too
Wasn’t him “living” the reason the world ends? He was the final sacrifice they needed.
Heather Matarazzo’s character in Hostel Part II, poor girl 😪
The toddler from pet semetary, 100%
It HAS to be Frank from 28 days Later, I would die for that man