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post #91 of 106
7/19/06 at 3:13pm

Re: The movies' most visceral DEATH SCENES...

I watched one today at work and I can't believe that myself nor anyone else has mentioned it yet! I was watching Scarface and that scene in the shower where Tony's friend, Angel, get's cut up with the chainsaw is some tough stuff to sit through.

Then when the guy says "How bout' the leg, eh?"

Christ oh mighty, the imagination goes into overdrive with this scene.
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post #92 of 106
7/19/06 at 4:20pm

Re: The movies' most visceral DEATH SCENES...

The death of Tuma in "The Great Santini"
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post #93 of 106
7/19/06 at 4:37pm

Re: The movies' most visceral DEATH SCENES...

This thread is depressing .

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post #94 of 106
7/19/06 at 5:09pm

Re: The movies' most visceral DEATH SCENES...

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Originally Posted by Holadem
This thread is depressing .

Yes, well, a thread with the words 'visceral' and 'death' in it's header isn't really bound to raise anyone's spirits.

Another one, the little boy on the bike in the unrated version of The Toxic Avenger.

THAT was some truly sadistic shit!
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post #95 of 106
7/19/06 at 11:35pm

Re: The movies' most visceral DEATH SCENES...

Definately second Malone's death in the Untouchables.

Matthew Broderick's last charge in Glory. Knows he's sacrificing himself to inspire his men to go on.

The guy in The Green Mile getting fried to a crisp because of the dry sponge.

And I was openly bawling during Professor X's death in X-Men TLS. I knew he was probably gonna bite it, but not in the first third of the movie and I definately didn't think the poor guy would be completely disintegrated. When the skin started to peel back from his fingers I was like "no, surely they won't..." - and they did. His last look to Wolverine before he goes, and Magneto's reaction, combined with the terrific score, reduced me to a weeping baby.
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post #96 of 106
7/20/06 at 8:50am

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Originally Posted by Stephen Brooks
And I was openly bawling during Professor X's death in X-Men TLS. I knew he was probably gonna bite it, but not in the first third of the movie and I definately didn't think the poor guy would be completely disintegrated. When the skin started to peel back from his fingers I was like "no, surely they won't..." - and they did. His last look to Wolverine before he goes, and Magneto's reaction, combined with the terrific score, reduced me to a weeping baby.

Did you stay after the closing credits, Stephen?
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post #97 of 106
7/23/06 at 9:11pm
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Re: The movies' most visceral DEATH SCENES...

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Originally Posted by Stephen Brooks
Matthew Broderick's last charge in Glory. Knows he's sacrificing himself to inspire his men to go on.

Definitely. Good call, Stephen. This scene in GLORY really solidified an already excellent film and gave it a huge emotional boost. As he sits atop his horse watching the sea birds above the ocean, knowing full well he is about to die, Broderick is simply devastating. He is an underrated actor, and this role should have won him and Oscar nod.
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post #98 of 106
1/25/10 at 9:00am
 Actually, the execution of Wallace in Braveheart always leaves me cold mainly because I think it was too pretentiously done. Also, I could swear the axe falls about 6 times. 

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One death that really made me shiver was Eli's in the last scene of There Will Be Blood. Plainview acts like a total animal in that scene!

One of the funnier ones I've seen lately that was also pretty intense was Hitler's in Inglourious Basterds. 
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post #99 of 106
1/25/10 at 11:42am
One to add is the death of the android/science officer in ALIEN. 
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post #100 of 106
1/26/10 at 5:31am
Ending in Se7en: I'll never watch that movie again.
The Devil's Advocate: Charlize Theron
Beginning of Cliffhanger: Nearly ruined the rest of the movie.  That scene was much too real for the type of over the top action movie it was.  If I watch the movie I just skip that part.
What Dreams May Come: While the movie doesn't really have any death scenes, the whole thing is about death.  I managed to get through it even though I am not sure why I even bothered because as a parent, it was very difficult to watch.

I find that as I have gotten older and become a parent, my view of deaths in movies has changed.  The standard action movie body count is no big deal but in drama, some deaths get to me more than they used to.  Parent/child stuff is much harder because it is much closer to home.  Sometimes a movie will set up a spouse/child death that is rather disturbing but then blow it off so nonchalantly just to give the hero some back story and motivation that it kind of pisses me off.
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post #101 of 106
1/26/10 at 8:11pm

I'm not a big fan of the film, but I found the death of the obese mother in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" disturbing. People like to make fat people the butt of jokes, but in that movie you really see the other side of the story when it comes to obesity. The last scene where the main character has to 
 


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 turn the house into her funeral pyre, because she is just too big to move
 

is both poignant and disturbing.

Somebody mentioned the death of the little girl in "Grave of The Fireflies". I'll second that one. She may have been animated but that didn't make watching her waste away any easier to take.














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post #102 of 106
2/14/10 at 5:51pm
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I realized after seeing "Saving Private Ryan" that the whole concept of screaming for one's mother can reduce me to tears. I find it incredible in our human nature that in moments of absolute pain and fear, the presence/idea of one's mother could somehow alleviate the situation.
 


I agree 100%.

Another scene that comes to mind, and the character is on screen for just a few minutes is the death of the female by the lake as her boyfriend watches in "Zodiac".  The way he stabs her repeatedly and the growns and screams from the scene.  Utterly shocking.
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post #103 of 106
3/8/10 at 1:33pm
 Aw hell, I'm surprised I didn't mention this one:

Eddie (Roger Guenevere Smith) being beaten to death w/a pool cue in Deep Cover. The way he screams is just horrid! 

Also, the guy who steps on the mine in Dead Presidents - OOOOOOG!!!
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post #104 of 106
3/8/10 at 1:55pm
Wow.  Some really great ones listed here already.  It is grusome how just talking about them brings them back to me and makes me feel rather ill.  I am such a wuss.

Ones that came to my mind:

Goodfellas - the first scene with the guy in the trunk.  Horrible.

30 Days of Night - the beheading near the end.  It was so realistic looking.  The whole audience in the theatre gasped.

Plague Dogs - the ending just kills me.  I weep openly on that one.

The Happy Prince - no show messes me up like this one with the deaths involved.  And it is a kids cartoon for goodness sake!
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post #105 of 106
3/12/10 at 11:23am
Damn, totally forgot about Billy Batts in GoodFellas! That one really shook me!!
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post #106 of 106
3/12/10 at 2:31pm
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One death scene I found fascinating is actually in a mediocre movie. It's the scene in Torn Curtain where Paul Newman and a farm wife kill the baddie (an EG security officer) in the kitchen - a graphic example of how *hard* it can be to actually kill someone. (The guy doesn't go gently into that good night.)

I have to agree with this Gromek's death in Torn Curtain is really astonishing. It goes on for about 3 or 4 min. Its two people trying to kill a third. And these are the good guys. Hitchcock totally turns it on its head to where you almost fell sorry for the bad guy they are trying to kill. Of course the final way they kill him, sticking his head in an unlit gas oven, has overtones of the Nazi death camps.
Doug
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