When we watch a horror movie, we all expect scares, blood, guts, and plenty of satisfying deaths. Most of the time we should be encouraging anyone to escape and survive, but there are odd occasions when a particular victim has deserved their death for some reason, and as such not only do we not care , but we even celebrate its disappearance in some cases.
31 Days of Horror brings us to the victims of horror movies who somehow deserved their fate and whose deaths we celebrated…
Eric from The Evil Dead (2013)
A reboot of Sam Raimi’s original horror film had a lot going for it, but thankfully, with Raimi on board, it took the premise and gave it a new twist and a new lick of paint. Following the same basic premise as the original, a group of friends travel to a remote cabin in hopes of being able to help their friend kick his drug addiction.
A controversial addition to this list of deserving horror movie victims is Eric, a stereotypical stoner who just happens to be the intelligent, level-headed member of the group, who in his exploration of the cabin finds himself in a basement. damp and disturbing, which contains the Necronomicon. A book made of literal flesh bound and hidden should be enough warning for anyone to leave it alone. Not Eric though. Even the warning not to read the book kept him from reading it, and reading it aloud for that matter. Bringing everyone’s death somehow takes all sympathy away from his brutal and bloody death…
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Captain Rhodes from Day of the Dead (1985)
One of the most hated antagonists in zombie-related media and is another example of a selfish, unstable character who cares about himself. A year after the zombie outbreak, a group of survivors find themselves relatively safe from the marauding hordes above as they conduct their research in a silo below the surface.
Of course, things go wrong and people get bitten, zombies come in and chaos ensues. Surprisingly enough, the captain ends up killing so many of his team members in a variety of ways, including shooting them, throwing them to the zombies as punishment and warning others, as well as abandoning the men who helped his folly to ensure that he survives.
His death was a welcome end for the zombie-torn character after he was shot three times and greeted by one of his former subordinates, to the sadness and sympathy of absolutely no one.
Beni from The Mummy (1999)
A loose horror film compared to the others in this list, but Beni throughout The Mummy is self-centered, arrogant, egotistical and willing to put everyone at risk for a little gold, so when he met his inevitable end as he tried to escape the rapidly closing rooms, everyone cheered . His death was certainly grisley, but it seemed well deserved after the events he had set in motion.
Even with his death, he got what he wanted by dying surrounded by gold, which may have been a saving grace as he had the flesh of his bones eaten by the scarabs.
The Whole Family from Ready or Not (2019)
A family spending the wedding night of any new family member playing a game to pacify a deal with an ancient deity seems like a terrible premise, but this movie makes it work. As said repeatedly throughout the film, sometimes they end up playing everyday board games, but sometimes they have to play hide and seek, where the family searches for the hidden victim, with the intention of kill. All this without warning the person hiding.
Watching Samara Weaving’s character fight and kill family members as she tries to survive is a joy, and when it all comes to a bloody, explosive climax, you’ll find yourself cheering as she lights a cigarette. while waiting for the police to arrive.
Hoffman in Saw: The Final Chapter (2010)
Detective Hoffman spent the majority of his time in the Seen franchise as an apprentice and assistant to John Kramer’s Jigsaw as well as a cop investigating murders. Playing both sides allowed him great influence, but more to keep Jigsaw out of the cop’s hands than anything else.
Throughout the movies, he transforms into his own even more warped version of Jigsaw, setting traps that can’t be beaten, directly murdering cops, and eventually going after Jill, Jigsaw’s wife, after she was assigned to test Hoffman.
That’s why at the end of the seventh film, when Hoffman appears to be escaping after killing Jill, everyone was happy to see Dr. Lawrence Gordon return from his first appearance in the original film, with two masked helpers in tow, as they attacked. and drugged Hoffman, before leaving him to die in the same bathroom Gordon woke up to all those years ago.
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So there are our picks for horror movie victims who deserved their fate, but there’s a lot more to choose from. Which horror movie victims would make your list?
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