Top 20 Unexpected Horror Movie Deaths
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- Heavy spoiler warning alert! For this list, we'll be examining big-screen horror deaths that either surprised audiences or played with their expectations of character and story. Our countdown includes "Scream 2", "Psycho", "The Shining", "Hereditary", "Us", and more! Which of these totally caught you off guard? Let us know in the comments!
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Nancy Thompson's death hurt me alot.
You didn’t mention Bruce Willis in the sixth sense….
You know the comment above makes me think that WatchMojo should do a Top 20 Saddest Horror Movie Deaths
What about Sheriff Garris from Friday the 13th? He was a corrupt bastard who didn't believe Tommy's stories that he got what he deserved.
Ooohh do " top saddest reactions of parents of children who die in movies"
The single most brilliantly unpredictable death in horror history was Drew Barrymore in "Scream". When you're given top billing in a horror, you're usually given one of 2 roles. The villain or the final girl. Killing her off by the opening credits literally tells the viewer that no one is safe and that no one knows what is going to happen next. Pure brilliance by Wes Craven.
I remember seeing Heredity in the cinema, and during Charlie's shocking death, all of the audience gasped loudly. It was certainly unexpected.
I agree. I was shocked to see Carrie give Miss Collins a basketball backboard. To be honest, though, the hallucinations of everyone laughing and the blood drop made her snap. Miss Collins was the mother figure Carrie needed, but not even she knew that Sue was only trying to warn Carrie.
only good thing about that whole movie
Worst movie I've ever seen. I HATED that movie. 15 minutes of exposition at the end to explain everything means you did a terrible job showing the story. Trash from start to finish. I was so bored.
Can’t imagine
The most shocking thing tho was the fact that a teenager brother would take his young sister to a party at all, it was fucking weird. Boring movie in general
Bill Skarsgard as Keith from Barbarian should be an honorable mention. Everybody thought he was gonna be the bad guy before Mama bashed his head in and left everybody feeling bad they didn’t trust him.
So true
Scream was also a brilliant move on Drew Barrymore’s part. Her career was on life support when she took that role. So daring to accept a character who dies in the first act. She could’ve thought it was beneath her and instead made the most of her 5 minutes on screen.
Now she's forever immortalized in that role cause it's a scene no one will forget!
Casey Becker dying in "Scream" (1996) within the first 10 minutes was more shocking than most of these honestly. Everyone thought she was the lead character, so her getting killed at the beginning was a shocker.
A Quiet Place has two of the most devastating death scenes in modern movies.
Yeah, the little toddler's death was painful and heartbreaking.
Beau and the raccoon
The 19 or 20-year-old Randy Meeks (played by Jamie Kennedy) was one of my several favorite male characters from the ‘Scream’ film franchise.
I really HATE Billy’s mom and Sam’s grandma Nancy Loomis for killing Randy over the insult to her “precious son” who was NOTHING but a serial killer in the first film installment, good thing Randy and other victims were avenged at the end of the 1997 sequel.
Even Wes Craven himself has said he regrets killing off Randy. Randy was by far the best character in the scream franchise
Abby in Planet Terror, Emma Roberts in “the Hunt” & Christine Brown in “Drag Me to Hell” all caught me off guard
As a husband and a father of two boys, the ending of The Mist is truly the scariest thing I can imagine. If I was Thomas Jane, I would have begged the military to kill me.
Facts. And if they wouldn't do it, I would start bum rushing them to provoke them to kill me
I’m a single teenage girl but I can’t imagine and don’t want to imagine having that happen to me. If I felt like I was forced to kill my husband and child but then figured out that I did it for nothing….I get sick even thinking about it and I too would probably beg the people to kill me
I think the worst part is the fact that the woman and child that ran for it early in the movie are riding the military transport.
So the dad is left thinking he should have just run for it at the start,
I don't have kids but I couldn't imagine that kind of horror. I've always wondered if he could have waited until one of the creatures attacked before actually having to do what he did.
Final Destination, the gal that got smoked by the bus was unexpected and funny
I called that one. She was standing in the street 😂 it was predictable
Yep. She just dropped f*cking dead as she put it
Classic movie franchise. I think about them every time I drop something or I place a bottle to near the edge of a table or something 😅
I was actually the same way about the exploding barbeque at the end of "Final Destination 2".
@@janb92 Still one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
The ending of Jeepers Creepers will always creep me out.
As the start of The Descent, I really didn’t see this coming. I just felt bad for her and my heart broke
Nancy Thompson will always be my favorite final girl and her death in part 3 was a punch to the gut.😪🙏
I agree & true but she returned in New Nightmare in 1994!! 💯
That she did.
The sad part about Sue Snell’s death in The Rage: Carrie 2 is that she tried to save Rachel and prevent history from repeating itself. In the original script, Sue manages to get inside the house unharmed and save Rachel only to be doused in alcohol then hit with a flaming log and burns to death.
The best deaths in horror movies are the ones you never see coming
I don’t remember how old I was in my teen years but I was shocked that Darry in Jeepers Creepers died. I was like “No, not Darry” but he died. The ending of him with his eyes out gave me the chills
To be fair, I was not at all shocked that Derry died. I was surprised that it didn't happen sooner. His sister wanted to leave and he insisted on investigating the Creeper. I don't know how it could have ended any other way. He refused to run when he had the chance and almost got his sister killed in the process. Creepy? Absolutely, but not unexpected.
Can’t see Samuel L Jackson die in Deep Blue Sea without thinking of Dave Chapelles’s impression of him. “NO I CANT STOP YELLING! THIS IS HOW I TALK! HAVENT YOU SEEN MY MOVIES?!? DEEP BLUE SEA?!? THE FUCKIN’ SHARK ATE ME!” 😂😂😂
😀😀😀
Love Samuel L. Jackson's "unexpected" death in Deep Blue Sea! "Get these Mother F-ing Sharks Out Of This Mother F-ing Ocean!" Drew Barrymore's death in the first few minutes of Scream really did shock me! I'm sure that 99% of you can agree! It's weird the way the guy in Alien died. I keep seeing the person on an operating table with the creature busting out of his chest. I may need to pull out my DVDs and watch again. Maybe Aliens?
Haven't finished watching Get Out yet, and probably won't. Way too freaking weird! So, I know I'm not gonna watch Us. I LOVE Jordan Peele, but come on man! Make a comedy! Even a dark comedy will work! I miss Key and Peele!!!
2:19 That's What She Said
Also, Justin Long in a horror movie is probably the closest thing to a Sean Bean
Samuel L Jackson’s demise in Deep Blue Sea TOTALLY caught me surprise. Saw it on Netflix, not in theaters
I feel like Randy Meeks should’ve been in the top 3 because all the Randy Fans cried when he died and I think that he is always going to be a scream legend but he was the G.O.A.T of Scream along with Dewey they both are LEGENDS
Yo Deep blue sea! That death is a staple of humor in my family 😂
Hereditary.. I’ll never forget the first time witnessing such horror..
Hereditary... I'll never forget the first (and definitely only) time I watched my least favorite movie ever
@@ChrisPierreBacon To quote The Dude, “Yea, well, that’s just like.. your opinion. Man..”
@@zackzaharko89 Yup. I know a lot of people liked that movie, but I have no clue why. That one scene sure, that was one of the most surprising and scariest scenes in any movie I've ever seen. But it doesn't excuse the rest of the movie being boring, convoluted, contrived, and sloppy all at the same time. Seriously, watch that one scene, watch the family's reaction, put on a different film.
I don’t remember any horror.
It was just boring.
@@ryansmith4494 Well I’m glad you feel that way. For me, it got under my skin & stayed with me for quite some time. It had been a while since a horror film did that to me at the time
The narrator calling the Deep Blue Sea death "hilarious" took me out 😂
I never found it funny until now lol
I was surprised to see Randy die in Scream 2. I was speechless
#1 is one of my all-time favorite scenes from sci-fi motion pictures
Samuel L Jackson’s death definitely got me by surprise
Apparently nobody had told the cast of Alien what was going to happen, just that they needed to react. Those looks of horror are genuine 😂
"HEREDITARY" Was On A Level By Itself... Everything About That Movie Kept Me On The Edge Of My Seat, Twas A Masterpiece If I Do Say So Myself.
Hereditary holds special recognition from me... As the WORST movie I've ever seen. Holy shit is that movie terrible.
It’s such a dull movie
It was so boring.
I almost dozed off.
Love your lists!😊😊😊
The character named Ben from George A. Romero’s ‘Night of the Living Dead’, one of my top 6 most favorite zombie movies.
Jackson getting eaten by the shark had me crying
Regarding "Deep Blue Sea":
I would say that this... *putting on the sunglasses & dramatic pause* ... came out of the blue.
"YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAA"
Charlie’s death in Hereditary literally left me like 😱🫣
Yup that one scene was horrifying, fantastic terror. The rest of the movie was a steaming pile of dog shit.
Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! Thirteen Ghosts (2001) has quite a few unexpected death scenes as well. 🤣
Oh really? 😏😉
Hereditary was devastating. Not so much for the death of Charlie, shocking in its own right, but what stayed with me was the grief of the mother. The most heartfelt delivery of the line "I just want to die!" in movie history in my opinion.
Worst movie I've ever seen.
@@ChrisPierreBacon FO
@@eowyns4181 Lol get better taste.
@@ChrisPierreBacon get back to me when you find a better username
@@eowyns4181 Listen man, just because you want to fuck your avatar, doesn't make your opinion valid. It does, however, make you an incel.
I was heartbroken when Sue Snell was killed off in "The Rage: Carrie 2." I feel the same way about Jenna's death in the remake of "Friday the 13th." I honestly thought she would survive. And don't get me started on Nancy's death in "Nightmare on Elm Street 3." I end up in tears every time I watch that part.
‘Us’ is still one of my top 3 favorite Jordan Peele movies.
I’m the purge 2, when the guy who was in a struggling marriage gets shot up after they want to fix everything made my JAW DROP
I expected charlie in hereditary to be number one as it was probably the most shocked I've ever been at a death. I get goosebumps when I think of it.
After watching A Quiet Place at home, instead of the theaters. I had a feeling that the kid wasn’t going to make it. With the title “A Quiet Place”, Beau’s death was going to happen because of a toy
Kane’s death. What an iconic death. Not only that it surprised me and everyone else that’s seen the movie but also the actress that said “Oh God”
17:14 “Okay he’s dead let’s go get him that’s another one for the farm” got me ROLLING on the floor😂😂😂
The line was, "That's another one for the fire."
It might sound like he said farm, but that's just his accent.
They were burning the zombie corpses so they couldn't reanimate.
I'm surprised there's not a single comment about Cabin in The Woods. There's nothing unexpected about his death unless you weren't paying attention. Earlier in the movie, while they were going through the tunnel, the camera pans to a bird flying and hitting the force field.
Awesome list love all things horror and the Charlie wasn't expecting at all
Charlie’s death in Hereditary was the most unexpected death I’ve seen. After she ate the peanut butter I knew something would happen but I never expected a deer to show up and a pole to decapitate her.
Nancy's death and Randy's hit hard for me cause I loved them both as characters so much
Especially Nancy, she died to save them all
Horror is life. Life is horror.
Bro, horror is *NOT* life.
Life is life, Opus.
@@gamleskalle1 exactly
Condolences to Marilyn Burns (who played Sally Hardesty) in 1974’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Olwen Fouèrè as Sally in the 2022 movie did amazing but major bummer to see her get killed
As soon as I saw Russell Franklin in front of that pool I knew he was done for. The death of Dick Halleran was just one of a hundred things wrong With Kubrick's The Shining.
Having read the book I don't blame King for hating that adaptation. The TV mini series was better.
I can't stand when movies are made from a book and they change the story. That's why I can't stand Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot. Those movies are a travesty and an insult to Agatha Christie.
@@pattierotondo1108 Agree 💯
I dislike the ending of The Mist because it paints Carmody as possibly being correct as once the boy dies the Mist subsides, just like she said it would.
I still ❤ ‘Psycho.’
A lot of them are very unexpected and shocking very very great epic list I like it a lot very very great job mis mojo one of my absolute favorite list ever 😊❤
I haven't watched this yet but the Mist better be on here.
Veronica Cartwright has some of the best reactions to things yo
I like to say for the record that horror movies and other movie genres are untouchable. I’m like, come on, you can’t give a franchise to a movie if it’s going to measure up to the original
Darry was an idiot in Jeepers Creepers. From the first time I saw that movie, I knew he would die. i have watched this with my kids. And my kids all say, "Damnit, Darry, idiot."
His sister had brains at times. He was a complete fool. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
There is nothing shocking about him getting killed.
What an idiot he was.
The ending of the Mist was a gut punch 🤜 and not to mention so senseless if he would of just waited five minutes five minutes 😢😫😭😭😭😭😭😭
You could have put Sophie from Lights Out
It's pointless to say spoiler alert without saying which movies it's for, since unless someone's seen literally every movie in existence they can't know if it's safe to watch or not until after you've said the spoiler 🙃
Romero stated in the 1990 remake he wanted a few things from the original corrected including Ben's demise by having him become a zombie this time having them shoot him without choice that and Barbara becoming a badass and not useless like the original.
Fun Fact. Drew Barrymore was originally cast to play Sydney but she pulled out only 6 weeks before production started. Some people say it was for unknown reasons bur im oretry sure she admitted she liked the idea of dying in the film and of course we all know syd doesn't die so they gave the role to Neve Campbell
Former child actress Drew Barrymore did a great playing the 17-year-old Casey Baker as one of Billy Loomis and Stu Macher’s victims in ‘Scream.’
The rage: Carrie 2, Rachel lang is the half sister of Carrie, same dad
I say a particularly shocking death would be Eddie in The Blob (1988).
I wouldn’t call Casey Becker’s shocking but “the start of the movie/great beginning”.
SPOILER ALERT:
Sue’s death is supposed to have the same shock as the death of Miss Collins in the original film.
I really like Carrie 2 but that death was the only part I didn't like
@@rockero1313I agree. I actually thought I was the only person who liked that movie
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"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (2022)
Forget Ben getting shot, did anyone catch what the sheriff said to the reporter about the zombies trying to get into the barn?, he said "we beat'em off and blasted'em down"... I'm sorry sheriff, you did what? 🤨... yeah he definitely should have worded that differently 🤣
Those terms meant different things when that movie was made in 1968.
The chest scene is great but the back scene in the 2017 movie was somewhat
Randy's death was pretty surprising. He was cool and funny. Really nice guy :) Carrie 2 seems like garbage. Nightmare on Elm Street are awesome movie. Saw the clips mostly :D I think Robert needed to die in The Omen. It's about the Antichrist,fighting against him.Samuel L Jacson death in Deep Blue Sea EXTREMELY shocking :D I jumped when watched few years ago :D Shining is legendary movie :D Perfect. I agree Drew's death is shocking and surprising. Billy's voice is terrifying :D Qiuiet Place death pretty disturbing. Mist ending extremely disturbing. Imagine this happens. Marylyn death in Psycho is epic. I think Allien is deserving number 1.Very scary. Even the actress was shocked and scared :) Great list in general :D
Off topic but I HATE it when main characters die. Such as the leads in 47 Ronin, Warcraft and Léon: The Professional. If I watched that zombie movie, I would be mad
Jenna's death in Friday the 13th was soooo stupid. You can have 2 females who survive! I was so mad.
we need more movies like hereditary
then make them
Nah, it was super boring
@@dashtoroya2838 A M E N!!!!!
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In the Texas chainsaw massacre 2022 movie Melody getting killed by Leatherface just before the movie ends was a surprise for me
Surprised me as well. Didn’t see that coming. I was beyond shocked
Elsie Fisher (voice of Agnes) is the final girl
Not sure it’s a horror movie but Samuel L Jackson’s “we are not gonna fight anymore!” From deep blue sea…Gotta be up there
Unexpected and hilarious 😂😂😂
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Judy from the 2012 Maniac opening scene caught me off guard and definitely deserves a place in this list
I honestly don't know if I am the only one, lol,but I thought Deep Blue Sea was a great scary movie and the idea of genetically modified hyper intelligent sharks was scary and unique.I haven't seen the follow up movies but thought the first one was great and sinister and loved the cook,lol.I hope and pray that you are all blessed out there and happy!!!❤😂
Jordan Peele needs to Reboot the Nightmare on Elm street movies XD
When Eddie gets killed in the sewers in The Blob remake...wasnt expecting a young kid to get eaten like that.
I’m still mad that Beau was even in the back. He should’ve been in the front 😢
No sense
No parent would let their youngest child be at the end of the line while walking single file. The dad would have been in front and the mother would have been last IRL.
What Ben’s death told me is no main character is safe until after the end credits
Chris Hemsworth was in Red Dawn, and his death was out of the blue!!!
Both that film and CITW were filmed long before Chris was cast as Thor. After Thor came out, they found a way to release those right away. Because they thought "Oh they'll see our movie if Thor is in it". CITW was good, the Red Dawn remake... It was fine. Nothing to write home about.
he had to die in the Red dawn remake, just Swayze did in the original
@@rockero1313 Is it a horror film?? Red dawn I mean??
@@ashwinidesai4051 nope, it's an action drama. the original is pretty good, the remake is just ok
Killing Drew Barrymore in Scream was excellent film making. She was easily the most famous actor in the cast so no one expected her to be killed in the opening act. Amazing! That being said, the final scene of The Mist is easily the most emotional unexpected deaths in film history. The death at the end of Night of the Living Dead would be higher on the list if the movie came out later. It suffers from being too early in Hollywood. We hadn't yet been conditioned to the idea of the surviving hero at the end of a horror movie.
I was 8 when my baby sitter let me watch scream and I tipped toed around the house for months not days months. I was quick enough to figure out how to turn the ringer off the phone.
The two kills that caught me off guard was Jessie from Friday the 13th and the girl with the telephone pole. Keep up the good work,. Watch mojo. I love seeing your videos on horror movies.
The core where the scientists went to the center of the earth and one was left behind got crushed to death
I love that movie. I still cry every time the guy with the kids dies and Stanley Tucci's character's death. He's an ass in the beginning but being played by Stanley Tucci makes him more likeable. Lol
Why is Jeepers Creepers 'controversial '?
Pedo director
The director has been accused of child SA also the storyline was inspired by an unsolved mysteries case in the late 80s.
@@ericapoe oh, ok. Thanks for letting me know.
Now it just so happens that I'm wearing my dream warriors shirt right now by far favorite movie and favorite shirt
#8 (Samuel L Jackson) his death in the Jigsaw movie wasn't expected (incase you do another list) and it's the one death that broke my heart, if I'm being honest. I cried like a baby!
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12:42 lets just say the sharks thought it was to much
Sue Snell's death was probably the most insulting death in horror movie history. You take a legacy character who is killed accidentally and there's no reason Rachel ever even knew she was there. She might as well have died breaking her neck while walking to the 7-11 at the time.
What about Bruce Willis in the sixth sense movie?
scream for sure
Curt’s death in Cabin in the Woods wasn’t that unexpected since it was revealed earlier that there was force field there
the looped FCP music is distracting, but good list.
The only two movies I've seen on this list is Jeepers creepers and Carrie 2 the rage
The deaths in A Quiet Place were AWFUL 😭😭😭