The movies' most visceral DEATH SCENES... (1 Viewer)

[John Kilduff]

Five words and an abbreviaton: "To Live And Die In L.A".

The body count isn't that high, but the deaths are disturbing. The climax is the most brutal part of all.

I know that pretty much everybody on this board has seen the movie, but if you haven't, the ending is jaw-dropping.

Sincerely,

John Kilduff...

It's a great movie. Why haven't they covered it on an "I Love The 80s" program yet?

 

[Nicholas Vargo]

I just recently saw THE DEER HUNTER and the death of Christopher Walken at the end of the picture was something that made me feel sad. His death in the final Russian Roullette sequence is one of the most moving death scenes I've ever seen. It's also as visceral as anything seen on screen, and only few other death scenes rival it.

 

[Malcolm R]

Did you know there is an entire website dedicated to this subject?

www.moviedeaths.com

 

[Greg.K]

SCHINDLER'S LIST, of course has numerous memorable death scenes but the one that always gets me is when the Jewish woman engineer speaks up about the concrete foundation being done wrong and is shot in the head for it.

 

[Mike.P]

Count me in for the "curbing" in American History X. Watched the film for the first time last night, and it was good, but that scene really made me jump.

Also suprised I'm the first to add multiple deaths from "A History of Violence" to the list. Those were absolutely brutal, and I doubt I'd ever be able to forget them as long as live.

 

[GerardoHP]

For me, the most haunting deaths happen to female characters in movies. Nothing disturbs me more than when a good female character is done away with in a violent fashion by the movie's villain. These are the four worst I can remember, although they don't necessarily happen on-screen:

1. Evelyn Mulrway's death (shot through the back of the head and the eye) in CHINATOWN.

2. Tracy's horrifying rape and decapitation (as told by John Doe) in SE7EN.

3. Elaine's decapitation on the edge of a broken fishbowl glass in SILENT PARTNER (1978).

4. Laura Santini, the series female lead, being buried alive and found a month later in an advanced state of decomposition in the HBO miniseries EPITAFIOS.

Ouch. It's still hard for me to shake off the horror of those moments.

 

[John Doran]

the mellish's death in saving private ryan didn't really manage to get to me after the first half-hour of the movie, which is, to this day, the single-most harrowing movie-experience of my life. i can't watch that movie.

my second worst experience was schindler's list (another movie i can't watch) - any of the random killings in that movie are way worse for me than the death of any character in any other film.

but, if i had to pick one, i would say that the final moment of the final vignette in nine lives was annihilating...

 

[Michael:M]

Yes. An underrated film, but one that is (for me) extraordinarily difficult to watch. The Vietnamese girl's death is horrifying and brutal, all the more so because we know it's based on something that really happened.

 

[Jack _Webster]

Boromir, "The Fellowship of the Ring"

 

[Brett_M]

The words themselves don't seem so bad. I think it's the way he says them that chills my blood.

Malcolm -- thanks for posting them.

 

[Jeff Pounds]

I can't believe that nobody else has brought this up, but the cornfield beating of Nicki (Joe Peci) and his brother in CASINO is probably the first thing I thought of.

The "pinging" sound of the alumnium bats still makes me squirm in my seat...

 

[Paul McElligott]

I think the girl's death in the beginning is the hardest thing to watch in this film. You don't see any violence but Susan Blackline's reactions really sell the horror of what's going on under the water.

The horribly fake shot of the shark on the stern of the Orca before Quint's death really undercuts the death of the character.

 

[Greg_C_T]

1. Officer Murphy being shot to death in Robocop

2. The first female victim in Brotherhood of the Wolf (in a violent homage to Jaws)

3. Roberto Benigni's off-screen death in Life Is Beautiful. Such a great character who did all he could to protect his son while they were in the concentration camp. Still makes me tear up. Oh, and the hazy shot of the wall of bodies afterwards is chilling.

 

[GerardoHP]

Kim Novak's "second" death in VERTIGO.

 

[Mark Schmitt]

That's funny! That scene always sticks in my head. I guess that means they did a good job with it.

 

[Ashley Seymour]

The Deerhunter - The first Russian Roulette scene with DiNiro, Walken, an ARVN officer and the NVA captors.

I haven't been able to watch this movie since.

 

[Carlos_E]

Hey guys:

What about the decapitation scene in the "THE Omen" (the original from 1976)?

That movie in general just scared the hell out of me when I was young. And that scene greatly disturbs me.

 

[Carlos_E]

Jack Webster:

Who is that FOX in your signature? Sorry if not relevant but I MUST KNOW!

 

[Paul Padilla]

The FOX looks like Keira" Anorexia runs in my family, but not it me" Knightley. Very cute, but eat a sandwich already.

Back on topic...this one slips into the fantasy genre, but how about Arthur, suffering from a spear through the abdomen, plunging Excalibur into Moredred.

Another that springs to mind...William Wallace has already been mentioned, but what about his love being tied to the stake and having her throat slit?

 

[Scott Thomas]

The Shutdown of HAL 9000 in 2001

Kevin Spacey death in LA Confidential (most unexpected scene in movie history)