Santa's Slay - Christmas Movie Deaths

In the Christmas spirit, we celebrate a cinematic masterpiece that has changed the face of film forever. That's right, the 2005 film Santa's Slay. Where else can you watch Bill Goldberg dressed as Santa set Fran Drescher's head on fire and drown her in eggnog? huh? Please tell me where, because I will buy tickets my friend.

Dead and Buried - Needle in the Eye

If you're an old school horror fan, Dead and Buried is a must watch. You could categorize Gary Sherman's horror masterpiece as a "small town with a secret" film or just simply a "zombie" movie. Either way, Dead and Buried is a classic that has largely been ignored and forgotten by horror fans.

Plenty of great kills, but the most brutal death in the movie is a two-parter. In the opening scene our victim is minding his own business until he is seduced by a beautiful, mysterious girl on the beach. Just as he thinks he's about to get lucky, a handful of townsfolk savagely beat and burn him alive.


But it ain't over yet, the poor bastard survives! As our burn victim rests peacefully in the hospital with a full body cast, he gets a visit by a familiar face. The same mysterious girl from the beach, now disguised as a nurse, has come to finish what she started with a giant hypodermic needle, Lucio Fulci style! Thank you Stan Winston.

Cobra - Off the Hook

It isn't politically correct, it's unrealistic, and sometimes just downright ridiculous. And you know what? It's the perfect 80's action film. It wets the appetite of those who crave a juicy manburger over the salad. A violent, explosive, and entertaining film, Cobra is pure 80's action. From Sly's comical one-liners to the deliciously clichéd storyline, Cobra is one of Stallone's most underrated films. If you caught the heavily cut version on TBS(that is not the way to watch an 80's action film), you might have missed one of the best kills in the movie. Cobra and Night Slasher, played by the always awesome Brian Thompson, engage in deadly hand-to-knife combat inside a steel mill. After going back and forth a while, Sly manages to judo chop Night Slasher into a daze. This gives him enough time to impale the Slasher onto a large metal hook. The hook leads our screaming antagonist into a blast furnace where he is burned alive as Cobra watches on with a look of remorse.

"This is where the law stops and I start - sucker!"

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28 Weeks Later - Doyle's Sacrifice

After escaping the firebombing of District One, our characters break into an abandoned car to escape the chemical gas released to kill the infected. Doyle(Jeremy Renner)gets out to attempt push-starting the vehicle as soldiers armed with flamethrowers get closer. The engine finally starts as Doyle is engulfed by a large ball of flame. The children get a close-up view of Doyle burning to death and collapsing to the ground as they drive away. A brutal but necessary demise for one of the best characters in the film. Doyle sacrificed himself in order to get the others to safety. His death also gives the story an extra boost as it leaves the kids without a strong male character to lead them the rest of the way. A very underrated "fast-moving zombie" movie(they're actually biologically infected people), 28 Weeks Later is entertaining from the thrilling and suspenseful opening scene to the last haunting image.

Richard III - Death to Richard

A great twist to a classic tale. "Let us to't pell-mell; if not to heaven, then hand-in-hand to hell"

The Towering Inferno - Death Scenes

The Towering Inferno was a well done(no pun intended) disaster film from 1974. The movie puts two big fears together, fire and heights. That combination is always good for a movie death or two. The Towering Inferno has plenty. Oh, and OJ Simpson is in it too, so yeah, epic.




ELEVATOR EXPLOSION

In this scene, as guests try to flee down the scenic elevator, an explosion blows the lift off track. One unlucky heroine falls to her death.





LORRIE'S DEATH

In this scene, Dan Bigelow(Robert Wagner) and his secretary(Susan Flannery) are both killed. Poor Lorrie breaks a window and gets blown out by a fireball.
SKIP TO 7:30 IF YOU HAVE A.D.D.

The Wicker Man - Ending

Ending to the 1973 film The Wicker Man, where we find out that Sergeant Neil Howie IS the sacrifice. The revelation that the whole film had been building up to this final scene makes it one of the greatest deaths, quite shocking on first viewing.


Nicholas Cage was also sacrificed in the 2006 version.