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This is a list of films in which characters die graphically violent, gory deaths, often depicted using special effects.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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[edit] Death from being eaten

  • American Werewolf in London, in which Jack Goodman is maimed and partially eaten by a killer werewolf, after which he remains undead for the rest of the movie.
  • The Alien series, in which many characters die from contact with the aliens' mouths. Alien embryos within a host victim do not actually appear to consume their host — instead, they function as a parasite (or, more accurately, a parasitoid) by drawing nourishment from the host's body, before killing the host by violently erupting out from the victim's chest (with the presumed cause of death being blood loss and/or damage to organs resulting from the explosive nature of the "birth" itself). Further, adult aliens are never actually seen consuming their victims for nourishment — while their double-mouth is frequently used to cause the death of their non-host victims, their motivations for the killings remain unspecified throughout the series as they frequently seem to result in complete dismemberment of the victims.
  • Anaconda, in which Jon Voigt's character is eaten by the anaconda, regurgitated while still alive and conscious, winks at the camera and is then eaten again.
  • Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, in which one of Dr. Evil's henchmen dies when his head is eaten by mutated, ill-tempered sea bass.
  • The Beastmaster, in which a man is caught and rapidly digested by a humanoid creature with leathery digestive 'wings'.
  • Beyond (alias E tu vivrai nel terrore - L'aldilà), in which a blind woman gets her throat eaten by her dog. The film also features a man falling from a ladder and being eaten by tarantulas.
  • The Blob, in which many people are eaten by a gelatinous blob.
  • The Bone Collector, in which a man is eaten by rats.
  • Braindead aka Dead Alive, in which numerous characters are eaten alive.
  • Cannibal Ferox, in which numerous characters are eaten by cannibals.
  • Critters films, in which many characters and animals are eaten by ravenous, toothy aliens that invade Earth.
  • Critters 2: The Main Course, in which a man is eaten when the "Critter Ball" rolls over him.
  • Dawn of the Dead, in which the zombies tear apart several biker gang members who invade the shopping mall.
  • Day of the Dead, in which a character is torn apart and eaten by zombies.
  • Deep Blue Sea, in which numerous characters are eaten by sharks.
  • Deep Rising, in which many people are eaten by a multi-tentacled sea creature which later excretes their skeletal remains. One man dies after being disgorged from the monster, partially digested and still conscious.
  • The Descent, where several characters are gruesomely eaten by crawlers.
  • Dreamcatcher, in which a character is eaten in a single bite by an alien, with blood spurting in all directions.
  • Eaten Alive (aka. Death Trap), in which a serial killer's victims are fed to a crocodile.
  • The Edge, in which a character is eaten alive by a grizzly bear.
  • Ghoulies II, in which a clown has his arm eaten by a Ghoulie, and a man had his buttocks devoured by a Ghoulie.
  • Hannibal, in which three characters are eaten by boars (two eaten alive, one already dead). In addition, a character has the top of his head removed and is fed a portion of his frontal lobe, the remainder of his brains being used by Hannibal Lecter to make a packed lunch.
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, in which Mola Ram is eaten by crocodiles.
  • The Jaws series, in which many characters are eaten by sharks.
  • King Kong (2005 film), in which several characters are eaten by creatures on Skull Island.
  • The Jurassic Park series, in which several characters are eaten by dinosaurs.
  • Meat Market, in which many people are torn apart and eaten by the living dead.
  • Meat Market 2, in which even more people are eaten by zombies.
  • Living Dead series in which numerous characters are eaten by zombies.
  • Pitch Black, in which bounty hunter Johns has his head bitten off by a winged creature.
  • Redneck Zombies, in which the 'sons of the dirt' go on a rampage, often eating their victims.
  • Resident Evil films, in which numerous people are eaten by zombies and monsters. In one notable scene, a guy is eaten by a mutated rabbit, spreading a lot of blood everywhere
  • Return of the Living Dead films, in which people get their brains eaten by the Trioxin zombies.
  • See No Evil, in which a vegetarian teenager (suspended from a firehose bungee while trying to escape from the killer) is devoured by a pack of feral dogs.
  • Shaun of the Dead, in which one of the characters is torn open and eaten by zombies.
  • Sin City, in which one of the characters is strapped to a tree and has a dog eat him.
  • TerrorVision, in which Grampa Putterman is eaten by an alien in a living room.
  • The Thing, in which characters are swallowed by a shape-shifting alien.
  • Thunderball, in which one of Largo's henchmen (while fighting with James Bond in a pool) is eaten by sharks.
  • The Spy Who Loved Me, in which villain Karl Stromberg feeds his disloyal assistant to a conveniently located shark.
  • Tremors in which numerous people are eaten by giant worm-like "graboids."
  • Suddenly, Last Summer, in which a character is eaten by Italian teenagers.
  • The Vikings, in which a Viking leader is thrown into wolfpit (based on Ragnar Lodbrok and King Aella of Northumberland).
  • The Uncanny, In the final sequence Peter Cushing is attacked and eaten by a pack of cats.
  • You Only Live Twice, in which two people are eaten by piranhas.
  • Zombi 2, in which victims of the undead are graphically eaten.

[edit] Death by bisection or dismemberment (excluding decapitation)

  • Akira, in which several people are torn apart
  • Blade II, in which Blade cuts a villain in half from the groin upwards.
  • Blind Fury, in which the villain is split into half and falls, with the two halves separating while falling.
  • Carrie, in which gym teacher Miss Collins is bisected by the basketball hoop in the gym at the fatal prom and Carrie's mother is speared with numerous kitchen knives.
  • Catch-22, in which a character, Kid Sampson, is bisected by an aeroplane propeller.
  • Cube, in which an unfortunate victim is shredded by a wire trap.
  • Cut and Run, A Ruggero Deodato film in which John Morghen is split from groin up by being trapped between two trees.
  • Damien: Omen II, featuring a death by elevator counterweight.
  • Dead Dudes in the House, featuring a young chap who is cut in half by a possessed window. Another young fellow has his hands severed.
  • Die Hard With a Vengeance, in which a henchman is cut in half by a cable.
  • Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain, in which Chasey Lain is cut in half.
  • Equilibrium, in which the main character slices off his new partners face using a katana.
  • Deep Star Six, in which a character is bitten in half by a giant predatory crustacean.
  • The Evil Dead, in which a ghoul is brutally hacked apart with an axe.
  • Final Destination 2, in which a barbed wire fence flies at Rory and slices him in threes.
  • Final Destination 3, in which Ian has a crane fall on him from above, and the sign bisects him vertically, spilling his organs onto the ground and leaving his intact half twitching briefly, the spasms causing his middle finger to extend.
  • Forklift Driver Klaus - The First Day On the Job where a character's upper body is cut in half vertically by a runaway chainsaw. This happens following a brutal mutilation that doesn't kill him immediately.
  • Friday the 13th Part 3,in which Andy, while walking on his hands, is bisected with a machete.
  • Ghost Ship, in which a large number of people are bisected by a steel cable.
  • Gladiator, in which a female gladiator is cut in half by a sharp blade attached to a chariot axle.
  • Guinea Pig: Flower of Flesh and Blood, a fake snuff film, in which a woman is tortured, dismembered, and partially eaten by a samurai.
  • Hardware, in which a character is chopped in half by a violently closing pair of sliding doors.
  • Hellraiser series, in which at least one character in all 8 films has their body and face torn apart by hooks embedded throughout.
  • The Hitcher, in which a girl is tied between a semi-tractor and a trailer and pulled apart by the villain.
  • Interview with a Vampire, in which the vampire Santiago, is bisected diagonally from shoulder to hip by Louis, played by Brad Pitt.
  • Ichi the Killer, in which a pimp is rudely interrupted from beating a prostitute by being sliced from groin to crown by the title character's boot-blades.
  • Johnny Mnemonic, in which a character is split into three by a razor-sharp futuristic whip.
  • John Carpenter's Vampires, in which a man is torn in half by the hand of a master vampire, also numerous bisections dismemberments.
  • Kill Bill v.1, in which numerous people's limbs are cut off with a sword and one henchman is cut in half from the head down.
  • The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, many occasions.
  • Mission to Mars, in which a character is ripped to pieces by a vortex on the Martian surface.
  • Pieces, in which a young woman is cut in half with a chainsaw.
  • Predator 2, in which a member of the Predator catcher team is bisected by Predator's disc weapon.
  • Re-Animator, in which a character gets sliced by a bonesaw through the chest.
  • Resident Evil, in which three characters are shredded by lasers.
  • Rob Roy, in which the movie's villain is cut vertically almost in half by the title character (played by Liam Neeson)
  • Saturn 3, in which a character is torn apart by a grid of fine wires in space.
  • Shaun of the Dead, in which a male lead character stands by a window and is grabbed by zombies and ripped apart. This is an homage to a similar scene in Day of the Dead.
  • Silent Hill, in which Christabella is ripped in half by barbed wire.
  • Sin City, the "Uncut" edition DVD, in which Miho slices a man in half during the extended version of "The Big Fat Kill."
  • Sleepy Hollow, in which a character is bisected by a pair of axes.
  • Slither, in which a hunter is slashed in half by the slug-beast's tentacle.
  • Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace in which Obi Wan Kenobi cuts Darth Maul in half with his lightsaber.
  • Starship Troopers, in which a character is lifted off the ground and bitten in half by a giant alien insect and another is killed by a closing door.
  • The Running Man, in which the hunter Buzzsaw is cut in half with his own chainsaw.
  • Thir13en Ghosts, in which one character is bisected along the Coronal Plane by a glass door.
  • Total Recall, in which Doug Quaid (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) holds a man by his arms so that they are ripped off by the edge of an elevator shaft (he subsequently falls to his death).
  • Underworld, in which vampire lord Viktor's (Bill Nighy) head is sliced in half.

[edit] Death by blendering

  • A View to a Kill, in which Max Zorin has a KGB agent thrown into a sea water pump.
  • Alien³, in which the alien sprays acid in the face of a prisoner and he slides into a huge fan.
  • Braindead, a.k.a Dead Alive, in which a group of zombies get blendered via a lawnmower. Also a zombie head is stuffed in a blender.
  • Brothers Grimm, in which a fluffy white kitten is kicked into swirling metal blades which are about to come down over tied prisoners.
  • Child's Play 3, in which the evil doll Chucky is thrown in to a large fan used to blow air through a haunted funhouse effect and is cut to pieces.
  • Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part IV, in which Mad Cowboy is thrown into a meat blender.
  • Die Another Day, in which a character is sucked into a jet engine. Strangely, this has no effect on the engine whatsoever.
  • Die Hard 2: Die Harder, in which a thug is sucked into a jet engine. Strangely, this has no effect on the engine whatsoever.
  • Fargo, in which Steve Buscemi's character is fed to a wood chipper in an often parodied scene.
  • Frankenfish, in which the main fish monster jumps into the propeller of a flatbed swamp air boat.
  • Gremlins, in which a Gremlin monster is dropped into blender and pureed.
  • Gremlins 2: The New Batch, in which a Gremlin is dispatched via a paper shredder.
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark, in which a large German soldier (probably a boxer) meets a larger propeller.
  • The Last Boy Scout, in which an assassin falls off a lighting platform and into an ascending helicopter's blades.
  • Licence to Kill, in which a villain is dragged through a machine that crushes bricks of cocaine.
  • The Mangler, in which various people get chewed up by a homicidal laundry folding machine.
  • On Deadly Ground, in which a bad guy is lifted up into spinning helicopter blades.
  • On Her Majesty's Secret Service, in which a villain skis into a snowblowing machine.
  • Prom Night III: The Last Kiss, in which a teacher is killed by having a blender stuck in his mouth.
  • Riki-Oh, in which a man is ground up in an industrial meat press.
  • Rumble in the Bronx, in which a gang member is fed into a wood chipper.
  • Severed Ties, in which several corpses are mulched in a giant blender and two of the main characters are liquified as part of the finale.
  • Speed 2: Cruise Control, in which two unlucky cruise passengers are sucked under and killed by the ship's propellers. Also, the captain is sent overboard and also was sucked into the ship's propellers.
  • The Toxic Avenger, in which the lovable Toxie kills a thug with a fast-food shop blender.
  • Tomorrow Never Dies, in which a villain is thrown into a newspaper-printing machine.
  • Underworld: Evolution, in which the evil vampire Markus is knocked into a helicopter blade turned sideways.
  • Universal Soldier in which Dolph Lundgren's character is put through a woodchipper.
  • The Wall, in which, during a fantasy sequence, school children fall into a giant meat grinder.

[edit] Death by burning or other extreme heat exposure

  • Alien (film), in which the alien is sucked out of an airlock during the final scenes of the movie and then incinerated by the rocket engines started by Ripley.
  • Aliens, in which a colonist victim is incinerated by flamethrower as the alien embryo in her chest is erupting out. It is debatable as to whether the cause of death is by incineration, or from blood loss due to the injuries caused by the embryo bursting forth--death (even from such a traumatic injury) may not be instantaneous, but all that can be determined is that the victim loses consciousness in the moment before the flames reach her and so she may not be "dead" yet.
  • Assault on Precinct 13, in which numerous gang members are burned to death when one of the main characters fires a bullet into an acetylene tank, which then explodes.
  • Batman, in which the Joker fries a gangster to death through a handshake with a concealed joy buzzer.
  • Blade, in which Deacon Frost kidnaps the leader of the vampire council, takes the leader's fangs out with pliers, and exposes him to the rising sun.
  • Cabin Fever, in which a creepy guy in the woods gets set on fire by Rider Strong when he tries to steal the kids' truck.
  • Chronicles of Riddick, in which where a character commits suicide by deliberately stepping into a burning wind.
  • The Day After, in which people are incinerated by nuclear explosions.
  • Dragonslayer, in which a priest is burned to death by the dragon's breath.
  • Final Destination 2, in which two people burn to death when a hospital room's oxygen tank explodes.
  • Final Destination 3, in which two topless girls burn to death while trapped in tanning beds.
  • The Green Mile, in which a man is roasted by a sabotaged electric chair.
  • Ghost in the machine, in which a man is cooked alive by a possessed microwave oven.
  • Godzilla, films show him burning people with his atomic breath.
  • Gremlins, in which a Gremlin is cooked alive in a microwave oven where it melts/explodes.
  • Halloween II, in which Ben Tramor crosses the street wearing a Michael Myers mask and is incinerated after being hit by a car that explodes when it hits a van broadside in a motor vehicle accident. In a later scene, Michael Myers and Dr. Loomis are also presumably incinerated after Dr. Loomis ignites a hospital room full of flammable gas (a staggering Michael Myers is seen completely engulfed by fire, with the film ending with a close-up of flames coming out of the eye sockets of Myers' skull). Nevertheless, both return in Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers.
  • Independence Day, in which millions are incinerated during the initial alien attack.
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, in which a human sacrifice is lowered into a volcano.
  • Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost, in which various orphenochs burst into flames after being killed by various characters.
  • The Last of the Mohicans, in which an army officer is burned by the Huron Indians (he is shot dead before he can burn to death).
  • Layer Cake, in which a clothes iron is placed on a man's chest, which causes his heart to boil and burns a hole through his chest. Also, in another scene, another man is brutally beaten and then has a pot of hot tea poured on his face.
  • Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III , in which Tex is doused in gasoline in a fight with Benny. Benny then backs up and throws a lit lighter on Tex, causing him to go up in flames.
  • Manhunter, in which a tabloid journalist is strapped into a wheelchair, set on fire and rolled down a parking garage ramp. He dies in the hospital, but not before being questioned by police. He says something to the effect of "Is it hot in here, or is it just me?"
  • Mars Attacks!, in which humans are disintegrated by Martian heat beams.
  • Natural Born Killers, director's cut, in which convicts start a riot, throwing one cop in an oven and watching him burn alive, and throwing one in a washing machine, watching his skin burn off.
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street, in which serial killer Freddy Krueger is burned alive inside a boiler room. Later he kills Nancy's mother while she's sleeping by laying on her while he's on fire.
  • Poseidon, in which many crew and passengers are burned to death by a flash fire.
  • The Running Man, in which the character Fireball is blown up by his leaking fuel tank.
  • Saw, in which one of Jigsaw's victims had been completely coated with a flammable substance, then lit himself on fire with a candle.
  • Saw II, in which Obi is burned to death in a furnace.
  • Seed of Chucky, in which Tiffany sprays hairspray at a character then lights a lighter, engulfing her in flames. She then falls over the bannister and burns to death.
  • Silent Hill, in which Cybil Bennet is burned alive as a witch. Alessa Gillespie is nearly burnt to death, but survives with severe burn wounds.
  • South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, in which Kenny is burned to death after attempting to light a fart.
  • Star Wars, all six films, in which many characters are killed in ships, most notably the various pilots who get killed in starfighters e.g. Biggs Darklighter, Jek Porkins.
  • The Hills Have Eyes (both the 1977 film and 2006 remake), in which Big Bob Carter is crucified, doused in petrol stolen from his gas tank and burned alive by the resident area cannibals. Also, Jupiter is exploded after accidentally setting off a book of matches in a mobile home filled with gas.
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day, in which several people are incinerated by a nuclear blast, and both Terminators are killed by burning in an industrial vat of molten steel at the end.
  • The Towering Inferno, in which Dan Bigelow burns up while trying to run across a blazing lobby. Several partygoers burn to death when an elevator opens on a floor that is on fire. Also, the flaming body of a fireman falls down an elevator shaft.
  • The Thing (film), 1982, in which several characters as well as the alien antagonist are burnt alive.
  • The Wicker Man, 1973, in which Edward Woodward's character burns in the Wicker Man as the film ends.
  • Volcano, in which several people are burnt to death when a volcano erupts in Los Angeles.
  • The War of the Worlds, 1953 version, in which several soldiers and civilians are disintegrated by the alien death rays.
  • War of the Worlds, in which many people are turned instantly to ash by the alien tripods.
  • Young Sherlock Holmes, in which young abducted women are sacrificed by covering them with hot wax or oil.

[edit] Death by chainsaw

  • A.I., in which a character is cut in half with a chainsaw wielded by a motorcycle rider.
  • American Psycho, in which a prostitute has a live chainsaw dropped upon her from above.
  • Army of Darkness, in which Ash kills a witch with a chainsaw in a pit-battle.
  • Bad Taste, in which a character chainsaws a hole in the floor before diving chainsaw-first through the lead alien (on the floor below) with the line "I'm born again!".
  • Dawn of the Dead (2004 remake), in which a character cuts a zombie in half, but later accidentally kills another character with the chainsaw when the bus they are in turns over.
  • Evil Dead II, in which Linda's possessed (and headless) body tries to kill Ash with a chainsaw, but slips and is partially sliced down the neck. Ash then uses the chainsaw to finish off Linda's possessed head (shown in shadows). Near the end he buries the chainsaw blade in the "Rotten Apple Head".
  • Forklift Driver Klaus - The First Day On the Job, in which a chainsaw is dropped on the ground while running and forces itself into an unfortunate victim on the floor.
  • Motel Hell , in the climactic battle on chainsaws, Farmer Vincent dies from being chainsawed in the torso.
  • Pieces, in which several women are killed by a slasher wielding a chainsaw.
  • Premutos: Lord Of The Living Dead, featuring many gory deaths by chainsaw, including a quadruple amputation.
  • The Running Man (See bisection above.)
  • Scarface, in which Tony Montana's associate is hacked to bits by a Columbian drug dealer.
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre series and remakes. In the 1974 version only, one person is killed by a chainsaw (one dead character is disected with one), while in the later installments and the remake, many are sliced to pieces by Leatherface's chainsaw.
  • Saw III, is which Jigsaw is slashed in the throat by a circular saw/chainsaw.

[edit] Death by crushing

  • The 51st State, in which a character is accidentally squashed by a freight container.
  • The Abyss, in which Lt. Coffey is crushed when his damaged and sinking minisub implodes.
  • Akira, in which a soldier is crushed by a slab of concrete when Tetsuo unleashes his powers. Tetsuo later accidentally crushes his girlfriend when his powers get out of control.
  • Alien: Resurrection, in which a soldier's head is crushed by the alien/human hybrid.
  • American History X, in which neo-Nazi Derek Vineyard kills a black car thief by curb stomping him.
  • Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, in which a security guard is run over by a steamroller.
  • Band of Brothers, in which a wounded German soldier is crushed by a tank.
  • The Beast of War, in which an Afghan rebel is crushed by a tank.
  • Bladerunner, in which Roy Batty the lead replicant kills his creator Dr Tyrell by crushing his head between his hands.
  • Brotherhood in which a North Korean soldier is crushed by a falling concrete segment of a building whilst retreating.
  • Casino, in which a character has his skull crushed in a vice. The character then has his throat slit.
  • Child's Play 3, in which a garbage truck driver is crushed to death in the back of his garbage truck.
  • Con Air, in which Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom's head is crushed by a piledriver at a construction site.
  • The Core, in which a section of the ship breaks loose, crushing its occupant when it implodes.
  • The Crying Game, in which a soldier is killed when he's run over by an armored vehicle.
  • Dark City, in which one of the Strangers is killed when two buildings collide with him in between them
  • Final Destination 2, in which a kid is crushed by a large piece of construction glass which unhooks to the ground.
  • Final Destination 3, in which one of the characters has his head crushed between two weights which swoop down from a machine.
  • The Fly (1958), in which the mutated scientist Andre Delambre has his head crushed in a metal press.
  • The Fly II, in which a security guard's head is crushed under a lift. Interestingly, the head, despite being crushed flat, displays no trace of brain matter, only lots of blood.
  • Ghost Ship, in which a character is crushed between two large gears
  • Various Godzilla movies, in which bystanders are crushed by the titular giant reptile.
  • Goldfinger, in which one of Goldfinger's soldiers is crushed between a guard rail and the massive door to the safe during the raid on Fort Knox.
  • Halloween: Resurrection, in which Michael Myers grabs a person by their head, lifts them off the ground, and squeezes their head to the point where blood actually leaks from the persons eyes.
  • The Hills Have Eyes Part 2, in which one of the motocrossers narrowly escapes a booby trapped trip wire, only to shout in victory and be crushed by a falling boulder seconds later.
  • H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, featuring two scenes in which a woman bystander is crushed underfoot of tripod machines.
  • Hostel, in which Kana's head is crushed by a passing locomotive during her suicide.
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, in which a man is drawn into a rock crusher.
  • Hello Marylou: Prom Night 2, in which a character is crushed to death in a locker.
  • Various King Kong movies, in which bystanders are crushed by a giant ape.
  • Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, in which one of the heroes is executed by an elephant stepping on his head and crushing it.
  • Krull, in which a cyclops is crushed trying to hold open a closing door.
  • Lethal Weapon 2, in which Riggs activates a switch and drops a freight container on a bad guy.
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, in which several Orcs are crushed by a falling ladder and falling stones after the blast at Helm's Deep. Orcs are also crushed by the Ents at Isengard.
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, in which warriors are crushed by Oliphaunts. Many Orcs are crushed by stones hurled from catapults atop the walls of Minas Tirith.
  • Lost Voyage, in which a man gets his head crushed under an anchor.
  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park, in which a man is crushed underfoot by a T-Rex.
  • Maximum Overdrive, in which a Little League player is killed by a "rebelling" steamroller.
  • Mars Attacks!, in which a man is shrunken and stepped on by a Martian.
  • Monster Man, in which a man has his head crushed in a vice in the opening scene, though only blood pouring from his mouth is seen.
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, in which a girl named Debbie is turned into a cockroach by Freddy Krueger, then crushed to the death in a roach motel.
  • On the Waterfront, where a load of whiskey crates are dropped on a dock worker.
  • Poseidon, in which the survivors cross a table across an elevator shaft. The table falls and a waiter named Valentin is left clinging to the leg of Richard Nelson, who is forced to shake him off. Valentin falls on a spike and the elevator falls down, crushing his body and exploding the shaft as a whole.
  • The Proposition, in which a police officer's head is repeatedly and forcefully stomped upon (aborted decapitation).
  • Riki-Oh, in which a character crushes a head with his hands, and a character is crushed by a stone ceiling contraption.
  • Scream, in which Tatum's head is crushed by a garage door after she gets stuck in the catflap.
  • Sin City, in which Marv kills a man by crushing his head.
  • Snakes on a Plane, in which a character is crushed (presumably to death) by a boa constrictor before being swallowed whole.
  • Speed, in which a passenger/hostage is dragged under the wheels of the bus.
  • Starship Troopers, in which a character is crushed to death by a horizontally closing door on a spaceship, while another is crushed when an airborne arachnid is shot down and crashes on him.
  • A Tale of Two Sisters, in which a girl is crushed to death by a falling armoire.
  • Terror Firmer, in which an obese gentleman is crushed in an escalator in an extended sequence in which his colon also falls out.
  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, where Vilmer kills a girl by crushing her head with his bionically-enhanced leg.
  • Thir13en Ghosts, in which a character is crushed to death between two heavy panes of glass.
  • The Toxic Avenger, in which an 12 year old's head is backed over by a group of rowdy "teenagers" in a car.
  • Time Bandits, in which Fidgit is crushed by a chunk of column. (He is later revived by the Supreme Being.)
  • Titanic, 1997 film, in which several passengers are crushed by a falling smoke stack and the stern of when the ship breaks in half.

[edit] Death due to contact with a caustic or otherwise deadly substance

  • The Abominable Dr. Phibes, in which Vulnavia has a vat of acid poured on her that was meant for Dr. Vesalius. Later in the film, Dr. Phibes embalms himself next to his wife's corpse.
  • AI: Artificial Intelligence, in which an android is melted by acid during the Flesh Fair.
  • Alien Nation, in which salt water is like acid to the "Newcomers".
  • Beyond (alias E tu vivrai nel terrore - L'aldilà), in which, at the beginning of the movie, the Sorcerer has multiple buckets of acid thrown over him. Later a woman is knocked unconscious and acid falls onto her face.
  • Blade, in which several vampires are injected with an anticoagulant chemical, EDTA, and explode violently.
  • Class of Nuke 'Em High, in which the class 'geek' drinks radioactive water from a drinking fountain. He later excretes green at the mouth and ears, tries to strangle classmates and throws himself out of a window, then promptly dissolves.
  • Cube, in which an unfortunate fellow is sprayed in the face with acid.
  • Cube Zero, in which an unfortunate fellow is sprayed with a water-like substance which in actuality is an extremely quick-acting strain of necrotizing fasciitis which changes the flesh and skin to liquid state.
  • Dante's Peak, in which a lady jumps into a highly acidic and near-boiling spring which causes severe damage to the flesh of the lower half of her body; she dies shortly thereafter.
  • Dark City, in which the Stranger, Mr. Book, is killed in a collision with a water tower. Water is corrosive to the Strangers.
  • The Day of the Triffids, in which salt water is poisonous to the invading aliens.
  • Flesh & Blood, in which several people die from drinking water infected with bubonic plague.
  • The Fly II, in which a compound security guard is sprayed in the face with corrosive enzymes by the transformed son of Seth Brundle.
  • Ghost Ship (film), in which a large portion of the passengers are poisoned with the soup on board.
  • Hardware, where a reactivated droid injects its victims with a potent toxin that causes them to enjoy the experience of dying.
  • Heathers, in which Heather Chandler is tricked into drinking a mug of liquid drain cleaner as a hangover cure.
  • Hospital Massacre, in which the killer forces a janitor's face into a sink full of acid, causing his face to melt into a bubbly mass of flesh.
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in which the villain (having chosen "poorly") drinks from a false grail, causing himself to age hundreds of years in seconds.
  • Jack Frost, in which a serial killer is melted by anti-freeze.
  • The Jackal, in which a man touches a highly toxic substance on the villain's van and immediately dies.
  • Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday, in which a victim is shoved into a deep fat fryer and then thrown on a grill.
  • Jason X, in which a blonde scientist has her face put into liquid nitrogen by the masked killer Jason Voorhees, letting it freeze and then smashing it on a table.
  • The Last Seduction, in which a character has chemical mace sprayed in his mouth.
  • Leonard Part 6, in which numerous vegetarians are killed after ingesting, or coming into contact with, meat products.
  • The Lost Boys, in which a vampire is killed when he falls into a bathtub of holy water.
  • Magnum Force, in which a pimp kills a prostitute by forcing a can of drain cleaner down her throat.
  • The Mummy, in which several men are sprayed with "salt acid" (likely hydrochloric acid) when they open a chamber in Hamunaptra, the ancient city of the dead.
  • The Man with the Golden Gun, in which Krau, one of Scaramanga's thugs falls into a vat of liquid nitrogen after being clubbed.
  • Mindhunters, in which one of the junior profilers smokes a cigarette which had been impregnated with a type of acid (not LSD), resulting in their lungs and chest hemorraghing.
  • Nikita, in which a diplomat is drenched in acid in a bathtub.
  • Phantasm II, in which the Tall Man is injected with embalming fluid.
  • RoboCop, in which Emil drives into a tower full of toxic waste and begins to melt. (He disintegrates after being hit by a car).
  • The Rock, in which a soldier died from mishandling containers of VX gas. Another one has a VX ball broken in his mouth and is dissolved by the toxin.
  • Runaway, in which several people are injected with acid by small, spider-like robots used by the villain.
  • Saw II, in which several people die by inhaling a toxic gas.
  • Scotland, Pa., in which Norm Duncan's head gets shoved into a friolator.
  • Seed of Chucky, in which a man has a bottle of sulphuric acid dropped onto his head.
  • Signs, in which water is poisonous to the invading aliens.
  • The Silence of the Lambs, in which Hannibal Lecter chews off part of a police officer's face and sprays Mace into the wound.
  • Slaughter High, in which one man drinks a poisoned beer causing his intestines to expand and explode. Later acid is fed into the running bathwater of a woman, whose flesh is burned off, leaving a bloody skeleton.
  • Slither, in which an infected Trevor spits an acidic goo onto Margaret, and her neck swells up and she dies; also, another character is spit upon by many affected people, and he dies screaming in pain.
  • Snakes on a Plane, in which various characters are bitten to death by a range of exotic, venomous snakes.
  • Starship Troopers, in which two soldiers are sprayed with a flammable substance by a "tanker" insect.
  • Star Trek: First Contact, in which the Borg queen is exposed to a coolant that dissolves organic tissue on contact.
  • Street Trash, in which a large number of tramps melt after drinking bottles of mystery booze.
  • Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, in which the main villain's skin and flesh melts off after being thrown into a pool of acid.
  • Underworld, in which several lycans are killed by silver bullets or other silver materials, a vampire is killed by ultraviolet ammunition, and another vampire dies after being exposed to sunlight (flashback sequences).
  • Urban Legend, in which a character is forced to drink a variety of cleaning products, followed by a whole package of pop-rocks.
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit, in which "The Shoe" gets "dipped" (in turpentine) by Judge Doom. Judge Doom later succumbs to this fate.
  • X2, in which "Lady Deathstrike" is pumped full of liquid adamantium metal.

[edit] Death from decapitation

  • Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in which a character is decapitated with a sword while speaking. The severed head flies through the air, lands several feet away, finishes the sentence and dies.
  • Apocalypse Now, in which Col. Kurtz's camp is littered with severed heads. Later, Kurtz presents the severed head of Chef to Willard.
  • Audition, in which Asami kills her abusive ballet teacher by wrapping a piece of piano wire around his neck and pulling hard on opposite ends.
  • Battle Royale, in which a student is decapitated with a sword by the main villain.
  • The Beast Within, in which a man has his head ripped off by a transformed teenager.
  • Black Rain, featuring a drive-by beheading by a Yakuza lieutenant.
  • Blade, in which the hero kills a henchman with a thin wire.
  • Braveheart, in which William Wallace's head is cut off by an executioner. Wallace himself also slices the head off an English Army officer in battle.
  • Caligula, in which several prisoners of Caligula are buried to their necks in the floor of an arena and a giant machine with spinning blades clips them off. One of the victims is Caligula's close friend, Macro.
  • Conan the Barbarian, in which Conan decapitates Thulsa Doom, and throws his head down a flight of stairs.
  • Cube 2: Hypercube, in which the detective's head is detached by an abruptly growing piece of cylinder glyph.
  • Dawn of the Dead, (partial), featuring the top of a zombie's head cut off by helicopter rotor.
  • Dawn of the Dead (2004 film), in which various zombie heads are splattered by a truck backing up down a ramp.
  • Deadly Friend, in which an elderly woman is decapitated by a basketball; the headless body walks several feet before collapsing.
  • Dementia 13, in which a hunter is beheaded by an axe.
  • Demolition Man, in which Wesley Snipes's frozen head is kicked off by Sylvester Stallone.
  • Demon Seed, in which a man is surrounded by a geometric device and decapitated.
  • Equilibrium (partial), in which Taye Diggs's character has his face removed by a Katana.
  • Evil Dead II, in which Ash uses an axe to cut off his zombie-girlfriend's head, which is seen flying in slow-motion.
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, in which Aragorn slashes an Orc named Lurtz's head off. Earlier, he beheads another Orc during a fight in Moria.
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (extended edition), in which Aragorn beheads the Mouth of Sauron at the Black Gate of Mordor.
  • Final Destination, in which Seann William Scott's head is cut off at the mouth by flying debris, following an auto/train accident.
  • Final Destination 2, in which a character gets her head stuck in an elevator door which then goes up, decapitating her in the process.
  • Final Destination 3, in which a character has the top of his head ripped off by an engine blade.
  • Forklift Driver Klaus - The First Day On the Job, in which Klaus loses his head.
  • Freddy vs. Jason, in which Jason severs a character's head with his machete.
  • Friday the 13th, in which killer Mrs. Voorhees has her own machete used against her.
  • Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, featuring a triple decapitation of three paintball players with a machete. Also, Jason twists a character's head all the way around and then tears it off.
  • Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, in which Julius duels Jason in an epic fist fight. Julius deals a devastating series of blows in a combo, Jason responds by taking one punch; knocking Julius' head off, as it rolls across multiple rooftops and finally into a dumpster which closes promptly after.
  • Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, in which the renegade gynoids' preferred method of killing people is by kicking a human being's head off. This tactic is used against two police officers early in the film, as well as against the Locus Solus security forces on the factory ship.
  • Ghost Ship, (partial) in which a wire cuts through the ballroom floor, after which a female character watches the top part of the captain's head slide off onto the floor.
  • Ghosts of Mars, in which a female police soldier has her head removed by a flying disc.
  • Gladiator, featuring the decapitation of a number of enemy fighters.
  • Glory, in which a soldier is decapitated by a cannonball in the battle at Antietam.
  • Hellbound: Hellraiser II, in which the top of a Cenobite's head is torn off by the large tentacle attached to it.
  • Highlander film series, featuring multiple decapitations of characters who would not be The One.
  • High Tension, in which Alexia's father is decapitated by a bookcase.
  • House of Wax, in which Dalton is decapitated twice, once when he is alive, and once when he is dead (after he is decapitated the first time, Vincent puts his head back on with some type of metal contraption).
  • Ichi the Killer (partial), in which a character loses face, literally.
  • Jeepers Creepers, in which a male officer is pulled through the roof of the police car and is decapitated by the Creeper's huge axe (also, the Creeper later eats his tongue from the head as the two main characters watch in horror).
  • Johnny Mnemonic, in which the villain at the end is killed by decapitation with its own razor-sharp whip.
  • The Incredible Melting Man, in which a Bill Gates look-alike has his head ripped off by the melting man.
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in which a character is beheaded by giant blades, causing his head to roll along the ground. Several heads are also shown on the ground from previous decapitations.
  • Kill Bill, in which a Japanese mob boss loses his head; Lucy Liu is also partially decapitated.
  • Land of the Dead, in which a zombie attacking the main character is thrown into and decapitated by a closing metal door.
  • The Lift, in which a security guard has his head trapped by lift doors while the lift car stopped at the next level above descends slowly until his head is severed, whereupon the lift doors close
  • Lost Highway (partial) in which a character falls forehead-first onto the edge a glass coffee table.
  • Kingdom of Heaven, featuring the decapitation of a Saracen pilgrim, later a Saracen messenger, and finally Raynald de Chatillon.
  • Marked for Death, in which the villain is decapitated by a sword-wielding Steven Seagal.
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail, in which Sir Bors has his head bitten off by the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
  • Mortal Kombat (partial), in which the character Scorpion has a portion of his head sliced off before exploding.
  • Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, in which the character Jade has her head eaten by a demon.
  • Motel Hell, in which multiple victims are buried up to their necks in a garden, forced fed to fatten them up, and then have their heads removed by rope and tractor.
  • The Omen, in which a man is decapitated by a piece of sheet glass which slides into him.
  • The Omen (2006 film), in which a man is decapitated by a swinging ladder whilst trying to get holy knives.
  • One Missed Call, in which an unseen force first twists a girl Natsumi's arm around many times, clearly breaking it at many places, then turns her head around and around until it completely tears off and falls to the floor, after which her body walks around dazed for a few seconds and then also falls to the floor.
  • Pathfinders, in which Phil Hacksor gets decapitated by a jinxed branch.
  • The Patriot (2000 film), in which an American revolutionary soldier is decapitated by a cannonball.
  • Prom Night, in which a character is decapitated with an axe.
  • Ran, in which the beheaded body of Lady Sue is found in the grass, and the beheading of Lady Kaede with a katana.
  • Re-Animator, in which a character is decapitated only to be resurrected as a bodiless head.
  • Resident Evil, in which a hapless office worker has her head sticking out of an elevator door and is decapitated as the elevator moves. Also the soldier's nurse is decapitated by a laser.
  • Return Of The Living Dead: Necropolis, in which a Hybratech security guard has his head ripped off by escaping zombies while shooting them with a shotgun.
  • Rose Red, in which a falling pane of glass decapitates a construction worker.
  • The Running Man, in which a prisoner loses his head due to an explosive collar.
  • Scarface, in which a chainsaw is misused in the Ashower.
  • Seed of Chucky, in which a character is decapitated very graphically.
  • Sin City, in which Marv (Mickey Rourke) removes Kevin's (Elijah Wood) head with a hacksaw. Miho also decapitates one of Jackie Boy's buddies.
  • Sleepaway Camp, in which a character is decapitated at the end of the film.
  • Sleepy Hollow, in which many different characters lose their heads.
  • Speed, in which a mad bomber, while on top of a moving subway train, has his head forced up into the path of a hanging light that decapitates him.
  • Stargate, in which Col. Jack O'Neill (Kurt Russell) kills an alien Serpent Guard by forcing its head into a teleportation device and activating it without the rest of the body inside.
  • Starship Troopers, in which several soldiers lose their heads from the sharp wings of flying "Bugs".
  • Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, in the Battle of Geonosis, Jango Fett's head is removed in battle with Mace Windu.
  • Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, in which Anakin Skywalker uses two lightsabers to remove Count Dooku's head.
  • The Last Samurai, in which a general commits seppuku.
  • The 13th Warrior, featuring various decapitations.
  • Theatre of Blood, in which Arthur Lowe's head ends up on a milk bottle.
  • Thriller - en grym film, in which the villain has his head torn off by a noose tied to a horse's reins.
  • Thursday, in which Casey pulls Nick's head out of a bag.
  • Titanic, in which a man falls off the deck as the ship sinks and is decapitated when his head hits the massive propellor.
  • Tromeo and Juliet, in which Tyrone Capulet is hit by a ladder hanging out of a car, whereupon his arm is ripped off, and then he hits the back of a truck and is decapitated, his head flying into the air and causing the car crash of a happy family driving by.
  • Wedlock, in which a prisoner's head is blown off by an exploding collar designed to prevent prisoners from escaping.
  • Wild Wild West, in which a scientist is killed by a flying saw blade attracted to the magnetic collar he is forced to wear.
  • Wild Zero, in which zombie heads (living-dead) explode frequently. (A drinking game is associated with taking a drink every time this happens.)
  • Windtalkers, in which Sgt. Anderson's head is removed by a Japanese soldier wielding a katana blade.
  • Wrong Turn, in which Carly (Emmanuelle Chriqui) is decapitated from the mouth up with an ax.

[edit] Death from decompression or over-pressure

  • Alien: Resurrection, in which the alien-human hybrid is sucked into space through a tiny hole on a glass window.
  • Blade, in which Blade injects a vial of his serum into two enemy vampires, building enough pressure in the blood stream to cause their entire bodies to burst.
  • The Core, in which a scientist is killed when the compartment of the ship he's travelling on crushes due to extreme pressure within the Earth's core.
  • Deep Star Six, in which a character ascends from the ocean floor too rapidly in a bathysphere, causing fatal decompression.
  • Licence to Kill, in which a character is locked into a recompression chamber and explodes when the pressure conduit is axed.
  • Mission to Mars, in which an astronaut removes his helmet while spacewalking.
  • Man Behind The Sun, in which an experiment subject in a hyperbaric chamber is exposed to such intense atmospheric pressure that his intestines squirt from his anus.
  • Outland, in which various characters suffer from explosive decompression from exposure to vacuum of space.
  • Project: Shadowchaser 3000, in which a wheelchair-bound character is forcibly locked inside an air decompression chamber on a space station.
  • Total Recall, in which Vilos Cohaagen (Ronny Cox) dies from lack of air/decompression in the thin atmosphere of Mars.

[edit] Death by desiccation and/or disintegration

[edit] Death from exploding head

  • Child's Play 2, where, in the end, Chucky's head explodes after a loose air hose is shoved into his mouth.
  • Chopping Mall has a scene in which a teenager is shot by a security robot's laser, causing her head to explode.
  • Dawn of the Dead (1978), in which a man's head is blown off violently with a shotgun.
  • Dogma, in which an angel's head explodes after hearing the true voice of God.
  • Leonard Part 6, in which a vegetarian's head explodes after taking a bite of a "magic" sausage.
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark features a scene of a man's head exploding after looking at the opened Ark of the Covenant. In order to secure a PG rating, the gory explosion had to be covered by flames.
  • Scanners, which features an infamous scene in which a man's head explodes due to a Scanner's mind powers.
  • Spy Hard, in which "Weird Al" Yankovic's head explodes while holding a very long note during the opening theme song.
  • Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny shows a man's head exploding due to the power of a note Jack Black holds during a song.

[edit] Death from explosion

  • The 51st State, in which The Lizard (Meat Loaf) explodes after drinking an explosive cocktail
  • Live and Let Die, in which, during an underwater fight, James Bond sticks a helium bullet into Mr. Big's mouth, causing him to float to the ceiling & explode.
  • The Lost Boys, in which a vampire is pinned to a stereo system by an arrow & explodes from electrocution.
  • The Matrix, where Neo jumps into the body of Agent Smith and causes him to explode.
  • The Matrix Revolutions, where Agent Smith and his clones explode after his climactic battle with Neo.
  • The Meaning of Life, where Mr. Creosote explodes after overeating.

[edit] Death by falling (hitting to the ground/surface with great speed)

[edit] Death by fluid extraction

  • The Abominable Dr. Phibes, in which Vincent Price's insane physician dispatches a victim by hypnotizing him, then draining his blood, pint by pint.
  • Dr. Giggles, in which the Doc puts a sucking tube with blades down a patient's mouth filling a bowl with blood, etc.
  • Exorcist III, in which a patient in the hospital has all his blood drained into Dixie cups lined up neatly next to his bed.
  • Halloween II, in which Michael Myers puts an arm pump around a patients arm in a hospital and cuts a tiny hole under the pump. Later, victims running from Michael enter the room and a man slips on the blood from the drained and lifeless patient.
  • Hot Shots!, in which a blood donor is comically sucked dry during a blood extraction.
  • Interview with the Vampire, in which various minor characters have their blood drained by vampires.
  • Killer Klowns from Outer Space, in which various characters have bodily fluids sucked out by sippy straws.
  • Tank Girl, in which characters have all water from their body extracted.
  • The Thing From Another World, in which two scientists are hung upside-down with their throats cut so their blood will be food for the monster's offspring.
  • The Tuxedo, in which Peter Stormare's character tests his bioweapon on an underling. This deadly bacteria completely dehydrates the man within seconds, leaving him a brittle and dried-out corpse.
  • War of the Worlds (2005 version), in which captured humans have blood drained from their bodies so as to grow the red weed.

[edit] Death by freezing

  • Alien: Resurrection, in which a soldier is frozen to a wall by icy vapors. He breaks away, leaving his right arm attached to the wall, and crumbles apart.
  • Airborne (1998). in which a man is frozen to death by liquid nitrogen venting from a ruptured pipe in a plant. His legs freeze first, snapping off at the knees and toppling him to the floor, where the rest of his body quickly succumbs.
  • Con Air, in which Pinball (Dave Chappelle) gets stuck in landing gear of airplane and freezes to death in the cold air during flight.
  • The Day After Tomorrow, in which a helicopter crewman flash-freezes to death in the eye of one of the three superstorms.
  • Decoys, in which young men are seduced and then frozen from the inside out by female extra-terrestrials (an inevitable consequence of mating).
  • Demolition Man, in which Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) is frozen by liquid nitrogen, then has his head kicked off by John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone).
  • Flushed Away, in which Toad and Le Frog are sucked up into a gear shaft by the tongue, and are promptly frozen solid by liquid nitrogen, before being destroyed in the machine's explosion.
  • Goldeneye, in which Boris Grishenko (Alan Cumming) cries out "I am invincible!" immediately before being frozen by an exploding vat of liquid nitrogen.
  • Goodfellas, in which Jimmy (Robert De Niro) begins to worry about the gang spending their split and drawing unwanted attention, so he kills most of those involved. Frankie Carbone (Frank Sivero) ends up in a meat truck, frozen blue and dangling from a hook.
  • Jason X, in which Jason grabs the victims hair and submerges her face into a vat of liquid nitrogen, then slams her face onto the table shattering it into pieces.
  • Mindhunters, in which a character gets blasted by a ruptured tank of liquid nitrogen, and then falls and breaks into many pieces.
  • Mortal Kombat, in which a combatant is frozen in mid-air by Sub-Zero's Ice Blast, then shatters. Later on, Sub-Zero himself is impaled on an icicle and freezes when he hits the wall.
  • Saw III, in which a naked woman is chained in a freezer with water sparatically spraying her.
  • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, in which an inmate of a prison on a frozen asteroid is tossed on the surface, causing him to die within a minute.
  • The Shining, in which Jack Torrance freezes to death while chasing his son through a hedge maze.
  • Titanic, in which many characters freeze to death in the icy Atlantic Ocean.

[edit] Death by gunfire

  • American Beauty, in which Lester Burnham is killed by a gunshot to the back of the head.
  • Akira, featuring multiple instances, including a revolutionary shooting a police dog, the same revolutionary being pulped by automatic weapons fire from riot police, Kei shooting a police officer in the face in order to save herself and Kaneda, a tunnel infiltrator being mowed down by a vulcan cannon-armed flying platform, leaving only his arm holding a submachinegun, and rioters being hit with a laser rifle.
  • Assault on Precinct 13, featuring multiple instances, including a little girl shot in the chest by a gang member and numerous gang members cut down by shotgun fire.
  • Back to the Future, in which Dr. Emmett Brown is gunned down by Libyan terrorists in a mall parking lot (though due to time travel this eventually does not happen).
  • Band of Brothers, featuring many scenes in which soldiers are shot and killed.
  • Battle Royale, featuring multiple instances, the most notable ones being two schoolgirls being machinegunned by an ambushing character, killing one outright, and then finishing off the mortally wounded survivor with another burst, and a gunfight where a character's head is blown off with a shotgun.
  • Big Trouble in Little China, featuring various gang-wars that depict both sides losing members from being gunned down, and hero Jack Burton uses a sub-machine gun to take down hoards of enemies in a daring rescue mission
  • Blade Runner, in which the replicant Leon is shot from behind and in the head, forming a large exit wound in his forehead. The two female replicants, Zora and Priss, are also retired by multiple gunshots.
  • Bad Boys 2, in which the main villain is shot in the forehead, then subsequently falls onto a live minefield, destroying his entire upper body.
  • Blue Velvet, in which Jeffrey Beaumont discovers in Dorothy's apartment the bodies of Dorothy's husband and the corrupt police detective Tom Gordon. Dorothy's husband is without an ear, bound and shot in the head. Gordon continues to stand even though he's dead. Jeffrey later ambushes Frank Booth, shooting him in the head, leaving a mess of brains.
  • Bonnie and Clyde, in which the titular characters perish in a spectacular hail of bullets.
  • Boogie Nights, in which Little Bill shoots himself after shooting (off-screen) his wife and another man. Later, Buck Swope walks into an armed robbery in which the robber, the counter clerk and a bystander kill one another. Also, during Todd's attempt to rob Rahad Jackson, Rahad shoots Todd in the chest with a shotgun.
  • Chinatown, in which a woman is shot in the back of the head while driving. When the car door is opened, a gaping bullet exit wound is revealed where her eye socket had been.
  • Constantine, in which Keanu Reeves' character explodes multiple assailants using a shotgun.
  • Dawn of the Dead, 1978, featuring (in particular) the "Ghetto Holocaust" scene, in which SWAT member Wooley blows off the head of a housing project resident with an SPAS shotgun.
  • The Deer Hunter, in which one character loses while playing Russian Roulette with the Viet Cong.
  • The Devil's Advocate, in which Keanu Reeves' character shoots himself in the head.
  • The Devil's Rejects, in which multiple characters are killed by gunfire.
  • Dog Day Afternoon, in which John Cazale's character is shot in the forehead while attempting to board his plane.
  • The Dirty Dozen, in which everyone dies of gunfire except two Nazi soldiers who are clubbed to death and one admiral, who is stabbed in the back.
  • End of Evangelion, in which various characters are shot by the JSSDF, a few JSSDF agents are shot by Misato Katsuragi, and Ritsuko Akagi is shot by Gendo Ikari.
  • The Executioner's Song, in which Gary Gilmore is executed by firing squad.
  • Fargo, in which a state trooper is shot through the top of his head.
  • Fight Club, in which Robert Paulsen is unmasked, revealing he's been shot in the head.
  • The Frighteners, in which special agent Milton Dammers' head is blown to chunks by a shotgun shell, leaving a ghost behind.
  • Full Metal Jacket, in which various, but with notable deaths being the murder of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman and suicide of Leonard 'Gomer Pyle' Lawrence, who puts the gun in his mouth and shoots himself, and a scene later in the film, where a sniper almost eliminates a Marine squad by putting them in a "honey pot" situation.
  • Ghost in the Shell, in which a diplomat is shot in the head with an explosive round, a kidnapper is shot with a high powered sniper rifle through an armored car, and Major Kusanagi and an android have their heads blown off by heli-borne snipers.
  • The Godfather, featuring multiple instances, the most notable being Sonny Corleone's demise from a fusillade fired by Tommy gun-wielding hitmen at a tollbooth on the New Jersey turnpike. One hundred forty-seven squibs, a record number at the time, were placed on James Caan's body to simulate being hit by multiple bursts of automatic weapons fire.
  • Goodfellas, in which Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) gets shot in the back of the head.
  • Hamburger Hill, in which American soldiers are hit by friendly artillery fire and a Viet Cong guerrilla suffers from a M60 machine gun burst at point blank range to the face.
  • The Hills Have Eyes (2006), in which a gas station attendant commits suicide by taking a shotgun to his chin and blowing his brains out.
  • Jarhead, in which an anonymous Marine is shot through the helmet during training with live gunfire.
  • JFK, in which John F. Kennedy is assassinated. The footage of the assassination shown in this film comes mostly from the Zapruder Film.
  • Kill Bill Vol. 1, in which first a man's shin is blown apart and then he is shot again, in the head
  • Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, in which Harry Lockhart accidentally shoots a hospital guard in the head while interrogating him at gunpoint.
  • Kiss the Girls, in which Dr. Alex Cross shoots Casanova in a room full of natural gas by shooting through a milk carton that covers the muzzle flare of the shot.
  • The Limey, in which Wilson (Terence Stamp) stylishly shoots several minor characters off-screen.
  • Left Behind, in which Joshua Todd-Cothran and Jonathan Stonagal are shot in the head by Nicolae Carpathia during a UN meeting.
  • The Matrix, in which Mouse is gunned down by several members of a Swat Team, numerous agents are shot in various manners, and Neo is shot multiple times in the chest by a high caliber handgun.
  • The Matrix Reloaded, in which Trinity is shot in the chest by an Agent.
  • The Matrix Revolutions, in which millions of "squiddies" are gunned down.
  • Memento, in which the opening scene of a man being shot in the head runs in reverse.
  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico, in which nearly all characters are killed by gunfire. In one scene, a character is shot once in each kneecap with a sawn-off shotgun, exposing both knee joints.
  • The Proposition, in which a tribesman is partly decapitated by rifle fire.
  • Pulp Fiction, featuring (amongst others) Vincent accidentally discharging his pistol into Marvin's face, covering the rear windshield and the interior with blood and brain matter and leaving unrecognizable gore in Jules' hair.
  • Out of Sight, in which White Boy Bob trips on a stair step while running toward Jack Foley, falls onto his pistol and shoots himself under the jaw.
  • Reservoir Dogs, in the finale where several characters kill each other in a Mexican standoff.
  • Saving Private Ryan, in which a private takes off his helmet in astonishment during the Normandy Invasion at Omaha Beach after a bullet ricochets off it, then is killed by a shot in the head.
  • Saw, in which Detective Sing steps on a tripwire connected to a shotgun which blows his head off.
  • Scream, in which Billy Loomis is shot in the head, showing a huge bullet hole.
  • Scream 2, featuring three instances: Derek hangs from a fake cross and is shot in the chest by Mickey, Mickey is shot around 17 times by Gale and Sidney (also earlier by Mrs. Loomis), and Mrs. Loomis is shot in the neck by Cotton and again in the head by Sidney.
  • Scarface, in which Tony Montana shoots Alejandro Sosa's assassin in the head, spreading blood all over the window behind him. Also later on the protagonist is shot in the back by a shotgun after being hit several times by M16 assault rifles.
  • Starship Troopers, in which a Federation soldier is shot in the head during a live-fire training exercise.
  • The Thing,in which MacReady shoots Clark in the head.

[edit] Death from immersion or falling into a molten substance

[edit] Death from impact with a blunt object

  • Army Of Darkness in which an Oldsmobile, with careful modification, is given a large set of rotating blades which are used to smash a large group of zombiefied "Deadites".
  • Braveheart, in which several people are killed with a war hammer and one is killed with a flail.
  • Broken Arrow, in which a man is killed when a thrown hammer hits him in the forehead. Another character is killed later when a flying nuke hits him in the chest.
  • Conan the Barbarian, in which the character Thorgrim smashes several people with a heavy war hammer.
  • Deep Cover, in which a drug dealer is beaten to death with a pool cue.
  • Demon Knight, in which the Collector smashes his fist through the head of a state trooper.
  • End of Days, in which Satan (in the guise of a priest) punches his fist through a subordinate's head.
  • Escape From New York, in which Snake Plissken kills an opponent in a death match with a baseball bat studded with nails.
  • F/X, in which Rollie Tyler kills an assassin with a steam iron.
  • Final Destination, in which the antagonist gets hit with a falling billboard sign.
  • Gangs of New York, in which several people are killed by Monk who wields a shillelagh. Monk is later killed with his own weapon. Also, Priest Vallen is seen beating many natives to death with a stone crucifix before dying.
  • Gladiator, in which the head of a slave is hit by a swinging warhammer just after entering the arena.
  • Grosse Pointe Blank, in which Martin Blank smashes a television over Grocer's head.
  • Heavenly Creatures, in which a woman is continually smashed into the head with a half brick in a stocking, by her daughter, and her best friend.
  • Irréversible, in which a man's face is repeatedly smashed by another man wielding a fire extinguisher.
  • Land of the Dead, in which Cholo beats to death a suicidal zombie with a metal spike and crushes his skull.
  • Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, in which a woman is killed in the opening scene by a sledgehammer to the face. A man is later killed by a swinging sledgehammer while hanging upside-down in the Sawyer family's kitchen.
  • The Matrix Revolutions, where Neo kills Bane with a jackhandle by hitting him in the skull.
  • Maximum Overdrive, in which a Little League baseball coach is hit in the head with a soda can shot from a "rebelling" vending machine. Another character dies when a truck hits him head-on.
  • Platoon, in which Sergeant Barnes kills several men with an Army-issue shovel. Earlier, Bunny kills a Vietnamese villager with the butt of his shotgun.
  • Rocky IV, in which Apollo Creed is killed by a vicious punch from Ivan Drago that breaks his neck.
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, where Leatherface kills two hapless teenagers with hammer blows to the head.
  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2, in which L.G. McPeters has his skull crushed in with a ball peen hammer.
  • The Untouchables, in which Al Capone beats a man to death with a baseball bat.
  • Sin City, featuring multiple instances, most notably John Hartigan punching a character's head until it is crushed.
  • Slaughter Disc, in which Andromeda Strange pulps a man's head by repeatedly smashing it with a hammer.
  • Valentine, in which one victim is beaten to death with an iron.

[edit] Death by impalement or crucifixion

  • 1900, in which Attila (Donald Sutherland) is impaled on a wrought iron fence.
  • Braindead, in which a priest, after dispatching numerous zombies by means of karate, is thrown onto a sharp stone and impaled.
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula, in which the title character impales an enemy on his spear during an early battle sequence.
  • Braveheart, in which an English soldier is headbutted and thrown onto a sharpened post.
  • Cannibal Ferox, in which a woman is hung by hooks which pierce her breasts.
  • Cannibal Holocaust, in which an impaled cannibal native is filmed by the documentarians.
  • The Catcher, in which one player is crucified on the pitcher's mound and battered to death by baseballs hurled at him by a pitching machine.
  • Con Air, in which Billy Bedlam (Nick Chinlund) gets pushed onto a pipe in the belly of the plane after refusing to put Cameron Poe's (Nicholas Cage) daughters present back in the box.
  • Conan the Barbarian, in which Thorgrim is impaled by Conan's trap.
  • Charlie Muffin (aka A Deadly Game), in which a character is impaled by a construction machine.
  • Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part IV, in which Ron Jeremy is impaled through the head with a cross.
  • Commando, in which the main villain is impaled through his stomach by a metal tube. Another thug is killed when he lands on a table leg that impales him through the chest.
  • The Crow, in which the villain is pushed off the roof and impaled on a stone gargoyle's horns.
  • Cube, in which a character is impaled by another with a broken-off door handle.
  • Cyborg, in which the main character is crucified and survives to kill his attacker by stabbing him through the chest with a knife and impaling him on a meat hook.
  • Dawn of the Dead, (2004 version), in which a zombie is impaled through the jaw with a broken polo mallet and another zombie is impaled through the eye socket with a fireplace poker.
  • Dead Again, in which the bad guy is impaled on a huge pair of scissors.
  • Death Warrant, in which the back of a man's head is impaled by the valve of a pipe.
  • Die Another Day, in which Zao is impaled by a chandeleir which is shot.
  • The Enforcer, in which one bad guy is impaled on the horn of a carousel unicorn.
  • Enter the Dragon, in which the antagonist is impaled on a spear.
  • Face/Off, in which a character is killed with a harpoon gun.
  • Final Destination 2, in which a young woman is impaled by PVC piping through her head.
  • Final Destination 3, in which a girl gets impaled with a flagpole, and another girl gets impaled ten times in the head with nails from a nail gun.
  • Flash Gordon, in which Ming the Merciless is run through by the spike (antenna?) on the front of the war rocket Ajax.
  • Freddy vs. Jason, in which two rave dancers are double-impaled on a spear by Jason. Also, another character is impaled numerous times with a machete and then folded in half.
  • Friday the 13th, in which famously featuring a young Kevin Bacon receiving an arrow forced through his throat.
  • Friday the 13th Part 2, where Jeff and Sandra are double-impaled on a spear while having sex on the bed.
  • Ghost, in which a character is gruesomely impaled by falling glass.
  • Godzilla: Final Wars, in which where Kamacuras (a Giant Mantis) is impaled on an electric tower by Godzilla.
  • Goldeneye, in which Alec Trevelyan is impaled by a falling satellite antenna.
  • Grosse Pointe Blank, in which Martin kills Felix La PuBelle aka "Sidney Feldman" by puncturing his jugular with a pen.
  • Halloween: Resurrection, in which Michael Myers lures a woman into a dead end, lifts her up and impales her onto a sharp point sticking out of the wall.
  • Happy Birthday to Me, in which a character is impaled through his palate with a metal shish-kabob skewer.
  • The Hills Have Eyes Part II, in which a motocrosser rides into an iron spear which pierces his intestines.
  • House of Wax, in which Paris Hilton falls onto an iron pole, which goes right through her head.
  • Identity, in which a character is impaled by a truck and slammed against the wall of a building, impaling him and crushing him at the same time.
  • I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, in which PJ falls off a roof and is imapled on a tractor.
  • Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday in which a girl, at the peak of an orgasm, is stabbed with a fencing post. The post is then ripped upwards, ripping her partly in half.
  • Jason X, in which a soldier is picked up and dropped onto an oversized rock drill, while another is impaled against a swinging girder.
  • Jesus Christ Superstar, in which Jesus is crucified.
  • The Last Temptation of Christ, in which Jesus is crucified.
  • Live Wire, in which person falls onto spikes on top of metal fence.
  • Lord of the Flies, in which a character is stabbed with several long pointed sticks.
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, extended DVD release, in which Saruman falls from his tower and abruptly lands on a spiked wheel. (In the original theatre version, Saruman remains trapped in the tower.)
  • The Matrix Revolutions, in which Trinity is impaled with a trio of rebars after crash-landing her ship.
  • Midnight Express, in which a guard in the prison is thrown against a wooden coatpeg that plunges into the back of his head.
  • The Mission, in which a missionary is crucified, and the cross is sent floating head first over a waterfall. Parodied in the animated film Madagascar.
  • Monty Python's Life of Brian, in which the title character, along with several petty criminals, is crucified.
  • No Escape, in which an outsider gets impaled by a swinging booby trap and Marek gets impaled by a stake after being knocked off a tower.
  • The Omen, in which a lightning rod impales a clergyman.
  • Once Upon a Time in China, in the second sequel of Once Upon a Time in China, Antagonist Priest Kung is kicked towards a buddha-like statue by Wong Fei Hung and ends up impaled.
  • The Passion of the Christ, in which Jesus is crucified.
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark, in which a man is seen after being killed by multiple spikes in a booby-trap.
  • Rambo, in which the title character shoots several enemy soldiers with arrows, one through the head.
  • RoboCop, in which the title character kills supercriminal Clarence Boddicker by stabbing him through the neck with his computer interface spike.
  • The Rock, in which a terrorist is impaled on a pole after being shoved through a window by a rocket.
  • Scarecrow Gone Wild, in which one character is impaled with a volleyball net pole, and another impales himself with a crucifix.
  • Serenity, in which the pilot Wash is suddenly impaled by a Reaver harpoon seconds after a rocky but successful landing of the Serenity. Also, a minor character is rendered immobile and falls on the killer's sword.
  • The Silence of the Lambs, in which a security guard is disemboweled and crucified.
  • Silent Night, Deadly Night, in which Denise is picked up and impaled on a hanging pair of deer antlers.
  • Snakes On a Plane, in which a man is impailed through the ear with a high heel shoe after falling and being trampled by the passengers running to the back of the plane.
  • South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, in which Saddam Hussein is lifted up by Satan, thrown into a pit of hell and impaled by a jagged rock.
  • Spartacus, in which Spartacus and his followers are crucified.
  • Spider-Man, in which the Green Goblin is impaled by his own glider.
  • Star Trek: Nemesis, in which the villain is impaled by a length of steel molding.
  • Strange Things Happen At Sundown, in which a man is impaled with an 8 foot stake.
  • Tales from the Hood, in which a corrupt cop is crucified by a black zombie, his body pinned to the cross with hypodermic needles.
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day, in which the T-1000 (imitating Sarah Connor) impales John Connor's stepfather through the mouth and the milk carton he was drinking from.
  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre , in which a character, Andy, is hung on a pair of meat hooks, and a girl is gored on a different meat hook.
  • The World is Not Enough, in which one of the villains, Renard, is impaled with a nuclear reactor fuel-rod in a fight with James Bond.
  • Thunderball, in which several characters are killed by harpoon guns.
  • Total Recall, in which a man is impaled by a hard rock mining drill.
  • Troy, in which a soldier is impaled through the head with a spear. Also, the hero, Achilles, is shot through the ankle with an arrow and dies.
  • Very Bad Things, in which a stripper is thrown against a wall hook in a hotel bathroom.
  • Village of the Damned, in which a man is forced by demonic children to jump from a roof while holding a broom to his abdomen.
  • The Virgin Suicides, in which Cecilia Lisbon jumps and lands on a pointy fence outside the Lisbon home.
  • Virtuosity, in which the antagonist is impaled on large shards of glass.
  • X-Men: The Last Stand, in which Wolverine kills Phoenix by stabbing her with his claws.

[edit] Death due to explosives

  • Battle Royale II: Requiem, where a student is killed when the control collar placed on his neck explodes.
  • Broken Arrow, in which John Travolta's character is propelled by a deactivated atomic bomb over a supply of burning fuel for a helicopter right as it explodes during a train crash.
  • The Butterfly Effect, in which a woman and her baby are killed by a stick of dynamite placed in her mailbox.
  • A Fistful of Dynamite, in which one of the bandits didn't know about the short fuse.
  • Heathers, Christian Slater's character commits suicide in the final scene by detonating the explosives he has strapped around his waist.
  • Flesh & Blood, in which a bomb made from a wine barrel explodes too soon after the fuse is lit, killing the soldier who was placing it.
  • Hard Target, in which a grenade is placed into Emil Fouchon's pants. Fouchon tries to disarm it before sparks set it off killing him in the explosion.
  • Land of the Dead, in which a soldier, while attempting to prime and throw a grenade, has his throwing hand hacked off by a zombie. The grenade falls to the ground, and the soldier, coiling in pain, falls on it.
  • Lord of the Rings:the Return of the King, where several Mordor orcs are killed by Gandalf the White on the walls of Minas Tirith while he protects Pippin.
  • Man on Fire, in which C4 is improperly placed inside the rectum of an individual and ultimately detonated.
  • The Naked Gun, where a suspect, chased by Frank Drebin, crashes into a fireworks store while riding a missile.
  • The Punisher, in which the antagonist's son is forced to hold a bomb that has a triggering cord attached to the ceiling with an outstretched arm (the arm gets tired and he drops the bomb, triggering an explosion).
  • Raising Arizona, in which the hell-biker dies when he can't get an activated hand-grenade from his vest after a character pulls the pin.
  • The Running Man, where a restraint collar explodes killing a man who tries to escape beyond an electronic perimeter fence.
  • Saving Private Ryan, in which a soldier waits too long to insert a sticky bomb into a tank's track.
  • Scream 3, in which a character lights a lighter to read a fax from the killer. The lighter sets off a gas explosion, exploding Jennifer's entire house, and the character that was in it.
  • Swordfish, in which two hostages are blown to smithereens by explosive belts
  • Terminator 3, in which the T-850 takes out his hydrogen fuel cell and puts it into the T-X's mouth, where it promptly explodes. (Since the T-X is not a human, some consider this to not be death.)
  • The Thin Red Line, in which Woody Harrelson's character grabs a grenade by the pin during action and dives on it to save his battalion.
  • The Thing, in which Crazed Norwegian foolishly fumbles a grenade, then panics around looking for it in the snow, detonating himself and his helicopter.
  • Underworld: Evolution, in which a character is stabbed by his own son, then denotates the ship with him on it.
  • Vertical Limit, in which several characters die from dropping, exposing to sunlight, or otherwise improperly caring for canisters of nitroglycerin.
  • A View to a Kill, in which one of the criminals accidentally drops a lit explosive while in an airship, and cannot retrieve it before it explodes.
  • Videodrome, in which, in an attempt to reprogram Max Renn via his chest slit, Harlan's hand has been transformed into a "hand grenade", which explodes and kills Harlan.
  • Wanted: Dead or Alive, in which Gene Simmons character head explodes after Rutger Hauer pulls the pin on a grenade stuck in his mouth.
  • X-Men 2, in which Magneto uses his control over magnetism to pull the pins out of the grenades of several soldiers.
  • Saw 3, in which a doctor has a collar strapped on her which has shotgun shells attached, causing her head to explode.

[edit] Death from ocular trauma

  • 28 Days Later, in which Jim gouges a soldier's eyes out with his thumbs.
  • Assault on Precinct 13 in which a corrupt police officer is impaled in the eye by an icicle.
  • Bad Boys II, in which Mike Lowrey's character shoots a Haitian man in the eye as he is looking through a hole.
  • Battle of Britain, in which various Lutwaffe pilots are shot through the eyes with machine guns.
  • The Battleship Potemkin, in which a mother is shot through her glasses by Tsarist soldiers during "the Odessa Steps" sequence. This scene is rather iconic and has been imitated in several films, including some entries on this list.
  • Blade Runner, in which Dr. Eldon Tyrell (Joe Turkel) is murdered by replicant Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) by insertion of his thumbs into Tyrell's eyes.
  • Brazil, in which a cleaning lady is shot through her glasses and falls down stairs.
  • Bulletproof, in which Adam Sandler pretends to trip and shoots a bodyguard in the eye through his glasses.
  • Casino Royale, in which Bond shoots Gettler in the darkened lense of his glasses with a nailgun, killing him.
  • Child's Play 2, in which a security guard for the toy factory is killed when a machine stabs doll eyes into his real eyes.
  • Demolition Man, in which a character has his eye removed with a fountain pen. He dies from this (as well as other injuries) a few minutes later.
  • Demon Knight, in which all the lower level demons die from the destruction of their eyes (windows to their souls).
  • Die Hard 2: Die Harder, in which John McClane uses an icicle to kill a sentry.
  • Dr. Butcher, MD (Medical Deviate), in which the good doctor executes one of his 'patients' by gouging out his eyeballs.
  • Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, in which Vincent Price uses a trick microscope with blades in the eyeholes.
  • Donnie Darko, in which "Frank" is shot in the eye by Donnie.
  • Evil Aliens, in which a farmer has his eyes poked out by an alien.
  • The Evil Dead, in which a possessed Scotty's eyes are gouged out by Ash.
  • Evil Dead II, in which a zombie's eye pops out of its head and flies down a victim's throat. (This may be an ambiguous entry since the trauma happens to an undead zombie.)
  • Flesh & Blood, in which a marauder is stabbed through the eye by a spear and dies.
  • Final Destination 2, in which a character is impaled through his right eye by a falling fire escape ladder.
  • The Fog, in which one of the fishermen on the Seagrass has both eyes stabbed out by a zombie leper.
  • The Faculty, in which Queen Alien is killed by stabbing a vial of caffeine in its eye.
  • Friday the 13th Part 3, in which Vera is shot through the eye with an arrow. Later, Jason squeezes Rick's head until his eyes pop out.
  • The Godfather, in which casino owner Moe Green is shot through his glasses. This is reminiscent of the scene from "The Battleship Potemkin".
  • Halloween III: Season of the Witch, in which a man is killed in his hospital bed by an automaton who thrusts a finger into each eye and cracks his skull.
  • Hard Boiled, in which a character is shot through an eye.
  • In Dreams, in which a character is killed with an ice pick through the eye.
  • Mission Impossible, in which a man sitting on top of an elevator pierced through his eyes by a metal spike on the ceiling as the elevator rockets out of control.
  • The Phantom, in which a librarian is tricked into stabbing his own eyes with a rigged microscope.
  • Saw II, in which Gus looks through an eyehole and is shot as a gun goes off behind it.
  • Saving Private Ryan in which a German sniper is shot in the eye by an American sniper.
  • See No Evil, in which the psychopathic serial killer Jacob goodnight graphically and grotesquely rips out his victims eyes and keeps them stored in jars of liquid (holy water?).
  • Shaun of the Dead, in which zombie and former flatmate Pete takes a shell to the right eye and dies (again), his mind mush blown out the back of his skull by one of Shaun's rarely accurate shots.
  • Single White Female, in which Hedy tricks Sam into letting her give him oral sex, and Sam threatens to tell his girlfriend, and Hedy's roommate, Allie. Hedy attacks Sam with her shoe, jamming the stilletto heel into his eye and killing him instantly.
  • Sniper, in which Tom Berengers character, Thomas Beckett, shoots another sniper through his rifle scope (this scene, much like the one in Saving Private Ryan, was based on an actual shot taken by Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock in Vietnam).
  • The Street Fighter, in which Sonny Chiba kills an opponent by gouging his eyes.
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day, in which a security guard at an insane asylum is lanced through the head (via the eye) by the modified finger of the T-1000 (who is imitating him at the time).
  • Tromeo and Juliet, in which Harry is stabbed in the eye with a tattoo needle.
  • The Unborn, in which a disgusted father is stabbed in the eye with a knitting needle by a mutant baby.
  • Zatoichi, in which Zatoichi blinds the gang leader with his katana sword.
  • Zombi 2 (a.k.a. Zombie Flesh Eaters), in which a wooden splinter impales a woman's eye.

[edit] Death from slicing by a sharp object with delayed separation

  • Aliens vs. Predator, in which a Predator slashes an alien with a bladed throwing weapon.
  • Blade II, in which one character is bisected from top to bottom (a moment widely reputed to be a homage to Vampire Hunter D).
  • Bless the Child, in which Christina Ricci's head falls off after Kim Basinger tries to speak to her.
  • Cube, in which a character is sliced into small cubes then slowly disintegrates.
  • Cube Zero, in which a man is cut in pieces by sharp wires.
  • Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, in which a soldier salutes an officer after a battle and then falls apart into thin slices.
  • Equilibrium, in which a character's face is sliced by a sword, and slowly slides off.
  • Final Destination 2, in which a character is hit by a flying piece of barbed wire fence, slicing him into several chunks.
  • Fist of the North Star, in which many many people are killed by being inexplicably sliced into pieces.
  • Fortress, in which the villain slashes a bladed object against a lackey's neck, leaving the lackey standing for a few seconds before his head falls off.
  • Freddy vs. Jason, in which the character awakens from a dream to find his father sitting next to him on the porch, and when he touches him the top of his head slides off.
  • Ghost Ship, in which a cruise ship's patrons are sliced in half by fast-moving wire.
  • Godzilla: Final Wars, in which Gigan is decapitated twice (in separate fight scenes) and Keizer Ghidorah is deprieved of two of his three heads.
  • Highlander, in which a villain's neck is severed, but his head remains in place long enough for villain to chuckle.
  • Ice Pirates, in which a ruffian is struck by a sword so sharp that it takes a few moments for him to realize that he has been beheaded.
  • Ichi the Killer, featuring several slow bisections and arterial cuts with a delayed reaction.
  • Interview With the Vampire, Louis slices a vampire diagonally from the left shoulder to the right hip with a scythe, leaving him to stand for a moment before sliding apart.
  • Izo, in which Bob Sapp's character is sliced in half diagonally with a katana.
  • Johnny Mnemonic, in which a character's torso (Ralfie) is sliced by a nanothread. (falls slowly into 3 pieces)
  • The Last Samurai, in which a man is sliced with a samurai sword and his head falls off a few seconds later.
  • The Matrix, in which Trinity throws a knife into the head of a security guard.
  • Mindhunters, in which after the team wakes up after drinking coffee laced with sleeping medicine, LL Cool J's character attempts to wake up Will Kemp's character, causing his head to separate itself from his neck, as it had already been cut with a hacksaw.
  • Resident Evil, in which a character is sliced into small cubes by a moving grid of laser beams.
  • Samurai X, in which Seijuro Hiko cuts a bandit into several dozen pieces before he has time to fall.
  • Silent Partner, in which Christopher Plummer's psycho villain slits a woman's throat by running her neck along the edge of a broken fish tank.
  • Sin City, the uncut edition DVD, in which Miho slices a man in half and his body takes a few seconds to split apart lengthwise during extended version of "The Big Fat Kill." She also kills another man by throwing her swastika-shaped shuriken through the top of his head.
  • Slither, in which one character is sliced down the front by the main bug, and slowly opens up to have his guts fall out.
  • Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, in which Darth Maul is cut and falls down a large shaft in two pieces.
  • The Cell, in which a horse is split into several pieces.
  • Thir13en Ghosts, in which one character is bisected along the Coronal Plane by a glass door.
  • Underworld, in which Victor's head is bisected by a very thin sword. There is first no sign of this having occurred, Victor turns around, Selene holds up her sword showing that there is blood on it and then a segment of Victor's head slides off.
  • A very common way of killing in many samurai anime films and series.

[edit] Death by strangulation or asphyxiation

  • Band of Brothers, in which a soldier is found hanging in a tree after being strangled by his parachute.
  • Deathwatch, Two of the lost platoon are engulfed and 'strung up' by animated barbed wire.
  • Final Destination, in which a victim slips on a wire that he used to hang up clothes and is strangled.
  • Dr. Giggles, in which Dr. Giggles suffocates a girl by attaching a gigantic Band-Aid to her face. He later kills a doctor by strangling his with a blood pressure cuff.
  • Faces of Death 4, in which a cocaine dealer is suffocated with a plastic bag.
  • Halloween, in which Michael Myers hides in the back seat of a car and strangles a woman who climbs into the driver's seat.
  • My Little Eye, in which Charlie is suffocated with a plastic bag by Matt.
  • A Nightmare On Elm Street, in which an inmate is strangled by an invisible Freddy Kruger using a bedsheet.
  • Resident Evil, in which several workers at the hive are suffocated when the Red Queen closes them in air-tight rooms.
  • Saw III, in which Amanda suffocates Adam with a plastic bag.
  • Silent Night, Deadly Night, in which Billy garrotes one of his co-workers with a long string of Christmas lights.

[edit] Death by sword/knife

  • 28 Days Later, in which Selena is forced to hack her companion to pieces with a machete before he can become an Infected (people infected with the Rage virus that drives them to kill)
  • Apocalypse Now, in which Colonel Kurtz is hacked to pieces with a machete by Captain Willard.
  • Chronicles of Riddick, in which Riddick jams a knife into an enemy's head and snaps the handle off, lodging the blade inside their head.
  • Children of the Corn, in which many victims meet their end to a large knife, scythe, or axe.
  • The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, in which a man's throat is slit by a gangster.
  • The Crow, in which a character is stabbed in every major organ "in alphabetical order."
  • The Devil's Advocate, in which Mary Ann Lomax commits suicide by slitting her own throat.
  • Eraserhead, in which the lead character cuts open the bandages clothing his grotesque mutant baby, revealing unprotected internal organs. He then stabs one of the organs as the baby screams.
  • Halloween, in which Michael Myers murders several people with a kitchen knife.
  • Kill Bill I & II, featuring multiple kills in sword fights.
  • Psycho (1960 and 1998), in which two characters are killed by a butcher knife-wielding maniac.
  • RoboCop, in which Clarence Boddicker bleeds to death after Robocop stabs him in the neck with his interface spike.
  • The Matrix, in which Trinity throws a knife into the head of a security guard.
  • The Matrix Reloaded, in which Neo kills many guards of the Merovingian using knives and swords from the walls.
  • Saving Private Ryan,where an American soldier is killed by a knife slowly plunging into him by a Nazi SS soldier.
  • Scream films, in which the serial killer murders with a knife.
  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film), in which Andy has been hanging by the skin on the back of his neck on a meak hook for hours, until his friend Erin finds him. He begs Erin to kill him, and reluctantly, she picks up a kitchen knife and stabs him in the gut.
  • V for Vendetta, in which V kills most of his opponents with knives, either by slashing them or by throwing the knives at them.
  • Valentine, in which a character has her throat slit with a knife while hiding in a body bag in a morgue.
  • Zatoichi, in which Zatoichi kills off the yakuza with his sword.
  • One of the most common graphic deaths, particularily in fantasy films.

[edit] Death by violent organ removal

  • Braindead, in which an unfortunate victim's entire ribcage is ripped out in one go.
  • Braveheart, in which William Wallace, (Mel Gibson) is disemboweled alive as punishment for treason.
  • Cannibal Holocaust, in which one of the characters gets killed while his organs are removed by cannibals who eat them.
  • Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part IV, in which many minor characters are murdered by having organs removed, while The Noxious Offender is finally killed after having his liver, colon, heart and other organs removed one-by-one.
  • Dawn of the Dead, in which a man is violently torn apart by zombies and they eat his internal organs.
  • Day of the Dead, in which one character is torn apart by zombies, spreading his internal organs across the floor.
  • Dumb and Dumber, in which Jim Carrey's character daydreams about ripping somebody's heart out, putting it into a doggy bag, and handing it back to him, most likely parodying Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
  • Event Horizon, in which Sam Neil's character disembowels a man by slicing him open and hanging him from the ceiling so that his organs simply fall out.
  • Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain, in which Jenna Jameson's character's silicone implants are violently removed and then her internal organs are pulled out.
  • Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, in which a newly resurrected Jason Voorhees punches through a victim's body, holding his heart out the other side (uncut version of the film features the character's guts being pulled out as well).
  • Hannibal, in which a character is sliced open and hanged from a balcony, causing his intestines to fall out.
  • I Spit On Your Grave, in which a male character dies of blood loss due to the heroine slicing off his penis, as revenge for raping her. In the same movie, another male character is disemboweled after he begs the heroine not to kill him. He is flailing in the lake near her summer house and grabs on to the motor of her boat, only to have her restart the engine and kill him.
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, in which a sacrificial victim's heart is ripped out (technically this did not kill him; rather he was magically kept alive until being dropped into hot lava).
  • Kill Bill Volume 1, in which Gogo Yubari disembowels a would-be suitor.
  • The Last of the Mohicans, in which a man's heart is cut out during the film.
  • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, in which Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter) gets her heart ripped out by the Creature.
  • Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, featuring ritual disemboweling (seppuku).
  • Monty Python's Meaning of Life, in which Graham Chapman and John Cleese remove Terry Gilliam's liver.
  • Phantasm, in which a man has his brain sucked out by a flying silver sphere that drills into his head.
  • The Queen of the Damned, in which the queen of the vampires rips out the heart of a male vampire and drinks from it.
  • Re-Animator, in which a character dies after having his brain removed from his head.
  • Road House, in which a character dies after having his throat ripped out by another character's bare hands.
  • Saving Private Ryan, in which a disemboweled soldier lies on the beach in Normandy screaming for his mother.
  • Saw, in which Amanda Young gouges out a person's stomach to retrieve a key inside.
  • Saw III, in which the female detective has her ribcage violently removed.
  • Scream, in which a male character is killed by having his internal organs removed in front of his girlfriend, and his girlfriend being gutted (her guts are seen on the grass below her hung body) and hung on a tree.
  • Seed of Chucky, in which Tiffany stabs Redman in the gut, leaving his intestines to fall on the floor.
  • Shaun of the Dead, in which David has his entrails pulled out by a crowd of zombies.
  • Silent Hill, in which Anna has her skin (the largest organ) torn from her body by Pyramid Head.
  • Sin City, in which a main character rips off another character's genitals with his bare hands.
  • Species, in which a character has their spine ripped out in a public bathroom.
  • Starship Troopers, in which a character has his brains sucked from his skull by an alien.
  • The Street Fighter, in which Sonny Chiba kills a man by tearing off his penis with his bare hands.
  • The Terminator, in the beginning of the film, the Terminator rips a punk's heart out after he fails to give the terminator his clothes.
  • Trinity Blood Genesis, in which a man is cut in half, telekinetically controlled to remove his beating heart and squish it in the palm of his hand.
  • The Toxic Avenger, in which the final surviving villain has his stomach violently torn out by the Toxic Avenger.

[edit] Miscellaneous deaths

  • Army of Darkness, in which a man is tossed into a pit containing a Deadite. Moments later, a scream is heard, and a fountain of blood sprays from the pit.
  • Battle Royale, featuring multiple deaths from poisoning, necks being sliced open, jumping off cliffs, explosions, disease, and, most often, gunfire.
  • The Black Hole, in which Maximillian uses his spinning blades to kill Dr. Durant, who then falls into an elevator shaft.
  • Braindead, featuring numerous deaths, including a girl whose head is ripped in two by a zombie baby burrowing inside from behind.
  • Cannibal Holocaust, in which various characters and animals are raped, impaled, dismembered, decapitated, and eaten. In one scene, a live monkey's skull is hacked open and the brains eaten.
  • Chronicles of Riddick, in which Riddick kills a convict with a sharpened soup cup.
  • Con Air, in which the central antagonist is punched, stabbed, shot, electrocuted and then crushed before he is finally killed.
  • Date Movie, in which a man shoots himself in the head with a nail gun because he can't take Julia's horrible striptease.
  • Dead Heat, death by reanimation. The main antagonist kills himself. Not satisfied with this end, the protagonists re-animate him, bringing him back to life. Then he is re-reanimated, which causes a violent and bloody explosion.
  • End of Evangelion, in which two people are crushed from being stepped on by an Evangelion, an Eva pilot is split into pieces because she is synchronized with an Eva that is being ripped apart, various Evangelions die of self-impaling in a ritual, many people are shot (soldiers deliberately empty entire clips into personnel who are trying to surrender), everyone alive with the exception of Shinji Ikari bursts into LCL as their AT-Fields collapse, Gendo Ikari's head is bitten of (in his mind) by Eva Unit 01, and Lilith disintegrates and falls to pieces after Shinji rejects Instrumentality.
  • Final Destination 2, in which a wooden log that falls off a truck during a dream sequence smashes through Officer Burke's windshield and 'splatters' his head.
  • Final Destination 3, in which a girl is hit from behind by an automatic nail gun, which sends a dozen or so spiked-sized nails into the back of her skull and which are seen poking out of her face.
  • The Fly, in which Seth Brundle's outer body features steadily fall off during the latter half of the movie, and he Seth Brundle finally grotesquely breaks apart. After his lower jaw is pulled off, Seth's skin breaks into large pieces, revealing the man-fly inside. He is further deformed when an accident within a teleportation pod fuses his body with several chunks of inanimate debris, finally being mercy-killed when Ronnie shoots him with her editor/former lover's shotgun.
  • Galaxy Quest, in which a pig-like creature is turned inside-out by a teleporter malfunction and subsequently explodes.
  • Ghost Ship, in which a character is struck by flying debris and inexplicably explodes.
  • Godzilla vs Destoroyah in which Godzilla melts from radioactivity overdosage.
  • House of Wax, featuring a character being incapacitated by having both his achilles tendon and pectoral muscles severed, then being boiled alive in hot wax; he later has part of his face removed with an axe.
  • Irréversible, in which one man kills another by crushing his head with a fire extinguisher.
  • I Spit On Your Grave, in which one man is killed by a blow to the back with an axe. In the same movie, a mildly retarded man is allowed to have sex with the heroine, who he raped previously. She slips a noose around his neck while he is in a catatonic orgasmic state and hangs him.
  • Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday, in which a character is freed from possession of Jason Voorhees's demonic soul, only to have his flesh melt away.
  • The Lawnmower Man, in which several guards are killed when they are digitized and disbursed into the air.
  • Man Behind The Sun, in which a female subject has her arms subjected to freezing temperatures. One of the experimenters then pours hot water on her arms, causing the flesh and muscle to slough immediately off the bones. This is a fictionalization of the Unit 731 frostbite experiments,
  • Marked for Death, in which the villain Screwface has his eyes gouged out, his back broken over Steven Seagal's knee, and is thrown out of a tall building's window, only to land on a sharp pole, impaling him. It is unclear which of these killed him.
  • The Matrix Revolutions, in which Captain Mifune suffers numerous (and somewhat disfiguring) cuts when his APU is swarmed by Sentinels.
  • Nightmare on Elm Street, death by carnivorous bed: Johnny Depp's character is sucked into his double bed and (presumably) minced, judging by the high volumes of blood that fountain out from the bed once Johnny has disappeared.
  • The Princess Bride in which Westley is (mostly) killed by 'The Machine,' which sucks the years of his life out of him.
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark, in which Toht and many other Nazis are melted by the Ark of the Covenant.
  • Riki-Oh, in which one character is killed by simply having his head smashed with a handclap.
  • Scanners, featuring a character's head exploding from psychic energy and a gruesome battle of minds between the two principal characters.
  • Se7en, in which characters are murdered in a variety of ways, including binding a victim and making him eat himself to death; cutting a victim's nose off, gluing sleeping pills to one hand and a phone to the other, thereby giving her a choice of which fate to choose; making a victim cut off a pound of his own flesh and bleeding him to death; and binding a victim to his own bed, feeding him the vital nutrients to live, thereby keeping him physically alive while turning his muscles to "mush" by not moving for an entire year.
  • Sleepy Hollow, in which the main character's mother is placed in an Iron maiden.
  • Slither, in which Brenda is impregnated with parasites by the Grant monster. She becomes an enormous blob with an unstoppable compulsion to eat meat, who then explodes due to 27,000 slithering parasites fighting their way out. Many other characters in this movie die due to parasites burrowing their way into their brains.
  • Spy Hard, in which "Weird Al" Yankovic's head explodes due to holding a high note for an extended period of time during the opening musical number.
  • Straw Dogs, in which a hayseed gets his head caught in a bear trap being swung by his wayward opponent.
  • Timecop, in which the villain is killed by touching a version of himself from another time, creating a space-time paradox that causes both versions to fuse and melt into a pile of goo.
  • Tron, in which Tron splits open the top of Sark's head with his disc, and pixels pour from the wound.
  • The Shining, in which Scatman Crothers is thumped in the chest with a fireman's axe, swung by Jack Nicholson.
  • Saw II, where it's shown that Adam died in the bathroom from the first Saw. Although it's not shown how he died until Saw III, where we find out he was suffocated by Amanda.
  • Slaughter Disc, in which Andromeda Strange commits suicide by slitting her wrist and throat with a straight razor. An undead Andromeda later kills a man by slicing his throat with a straight razor.
  • Valentine, in which the character Lily is shot in her stomach with 3 arrows, right after she falls from a 5 story building and lands in a dumpster.

[edit] References

  • De Coulteray, Georges: Sadism in the Movies, New York, Medical Press, 1965.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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