Written By Serena Whitney:
People see horror flicks for mainly two reasons: 1) to be
scared and 2) to see people get butchered. If we didn’t see people
get killed, then it would be a lame ass movie.
In most horror flicks, the body count generally consists of
people the audience could really give two sh*ts about. Most horror films also
follow a specific formula. Keep the leads with personality and common sense
alive, and kill the rest of the weak and stupid supporting characters.
But, sometimes horror films (usually good ones) tend
to ignore this formula, and end up surprising you by killing off the characters
that you really liked, just to prove to you that not all scary movies are
predictable. This is the list of deceased characters I wished that made it to
the end.
WARNING
HUGE FREAKING SPOILERS – READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!
5-
Justin Long
Jeepers Creepers
Most average moviegoers who have
seen this sleeper hit really hated this movie. I, on the other hand really
admired it. It was the first horror flick I had seen in a long time where I
genuinely cared about both of the lead characters. I really wanted to see the
sibling duo make it to the end. So when the final frame reveals the disturbing
image of Darry’s eyes gouged out, I felt three things. I was pissed because the
Creeper killed him. I was surprised because the writer didn’t give the audience
the ending they wanted or expected, and I was scared shitless because I was home
alone drunk and paranoid that The Creeper actually existed, and I was his next
meal. (Yeah, one TOO many tequila shots that night!)
4-
Radha Mitchell
Pitch Black
Who else was completely taken back
when an alien scooped up Carolyn Fry from thin air? I NEVER would have guessed
that she would have died considering both her and Vin Diesel were the leads in
this 2000 space-horror flick. I was really disappointed, because she had this
“Ellen Ripley” thing going on, and she was the absolute LAST person who I
thought would have become alien food. You know what was even more surprising?
The only brother in this movie actually lived!! (Yay!) Now that’s something you
don’t see everyday.
3-
Heather Lagenkamp
Nightmare on Elm Street 3
I never got why they killed Nancy
in this sequel. If this film was the last in its series, then I would have got
it. To me, Nancy and Freddy represented a physical yin-yang of good versus
evil. After Nancy was killed, it didn’t really matter what the three other
pointless sequels were about. Freddy gets resurrected; he kills a bunch of
sleepy and horny teens, and then gets killed only to be resurrected in the next
terrible sequel. (YAWN!) No wonder they brought Heather back for New Nightmare.
They had to make up for those boring sequels.
2-
Jamie Kennedy
Scream 2
Scream happens to be my
favourite all-time scary movie, and Randy Meeks (played by the under-rated Jamie
Kennedy) happens to be my favourite character from the movie. So you can
imagine how I felt when this beloved film geek was stabbed to death in the back
of a news van in the sequel. I didn’t even want to watch the rest of the movie
after that point. I didn’t even care if the rest of them lived. F*ck ‘em! You
know what really ticked me off though? The fact that he never got the girl! He
didn’t even get to tell Sidney how he felt. It’s very “Pretty in Pink” if
you ask me.
1-
Jamie Lee Curtis
Halloween 8
In my personal opinion, this movie
should have NEVER been made. H20 was the perfect ending to the Michael
Myers saga. When I went to the theatres to see that movie, everyone clapped at
the end. (Even the die hard Michael Myers’ fans were cheering.) They clapped
because they thought it was finally over. So when Halloween: Resurrection
came around, I was beyond upset. Everything that made H20 a success was
taken away by the first ten minutes of Resurrection when Michael Myers
kills Laurie on the rooftop of a mental institute. What the f*ck were the
writers thinking?!
Did they actually think that fans of the series watched
these movies over twenty years, just to see their heroine get killed “Drew
Barrymore” style in a really awful sequel? After her death, there really was no
point to continue the movie. Michael accomplished his goal. Why do the viewers
have to sit there and be subject to an additional hour or so watching Michael
Myers getting his ass kicked by Busta Rhymes? In my opinion, if you haven’t seen
Resurrection, Don’t!
READ PART 1 OF THIS LIST HERE!
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