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10/13/2004: Halloween Cookies?

Long week at work so I had to keep this one short. I’ll make up for it over the weekend. Or so you think. Here’s a ditty on dem Halloween Cookies, brought to you by the Pillsbury Doughboy and, believe it or not, a mummy.

Now here’s your survey: what’s some of the best death scenes you’ve ever seen in a film? There’s hundreds of great candidates for this one.


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How about when in the first Blade movie Blade kills Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff) by injecting him with a blood-clotting serum that’s bad for vampires. He just inflates,and blows up in a orgy of blood.

Speaking of Friday the 13th deaths,the one that always made me wince was in part V when Jason (or his imposter) killed that girl who was sunninng herself naked after a lovemaking session with her boyfriend by taking hedgeclippers to her eyes. Yeeouch.

Ghosted by Overlord @ 10/14/2004 9:18 PM EDT

Suprised nobody mentioned Titanic, especially when the boat starts to tip over and that one guy falls and hits the railing on the way down. OUCH!

Ghosted by Marc79 @ 10/14/2004 10:20 PM EDT

The horse that falls over the side of the boat in the Ring. That was scary.

Jabba the Hutt getting choked out by a skinny broad on his own boat.

The nurse being drowned in the whirlpool of Halloween II.

Those are all I have right now.

Ghosted by bdsghost @ 10/14/2004 10:48 PM EDT

Maybe it’s just me, but mentioning an "awesome death" from the movie Titanic is kind of like saying there was a great death in the movie Schindler’s List.

Ghosted by 1drland @ 10/14/2004 10:51 PM EDT

best death scene is definately in scarface when angel gets sawed up with the chainsaw at the start of the movie.

Ghosted by diarrhea dave @ 10/15/2004 12:00 PM EDT

When the dad dies in Big Fish. Its the only movie to make me cry.

Ghosted by gougeaway1026 @ 10/15/2004 12:54 PM EDT

The mention of American History X’s curb scene makes me remember one of the greatest movie watching experiences I can remember:

Me and my friends were watching that scene and somebody said something that made us laugh for about ten minutes. We had to pause the movie, just so we could get the laughing out of our systems. Even thinking about it now, I’m giggling like an idiot.

Anyway, the next time you watch the movie and see that scene, here’s what to do. There’s a part where a police officer aims his gun at Norton and tells him to put his hands on his head. In a dark and serious scene, Norton places both of his hands over the back of his bald head. His face is straight and very sinister looking.

Now, then. While watching this bit, imagine if he just started gyrating his hips like Ravishing Rick Rude :)

Ghosted by Gavok @ 10/15/2004 3:17 AM EDT

I’m with you on Big Fish. Gets me every time.

Ghosted by jhnnywalkr @ 10/15/2004 9:34 AM EDT

I agree w/ DD, the Scarface scene w/ the the chainsaw kicks serious ass!

Ghosted by J-Dog @ 10/15/2004 10:37 AM EDT

Kristian:

I agree w/ Story of Ricky, but the best death scene from that movie is when that dude rips out his own intestines in an attempt to strangle Ricky. Ricky then delivers the knockout blow and we’re treated to an x-ray of the dudes skull being shattered. Classic stuff.

Ghosted by Pedro @ 10/15/2004 2:08 PM EDT

How can anyone forget Bambi’s mom?!? Well, that’s more depressing than anything…but tell me you didn’t expect that! She runs into the woods, and the BAM!

Ghosted by Sara @ 10/15/2004 2:18 PM EDT

The "evil laser waffle-maker of death" scene in the first Resident Evil is my favorite, cause it’s one of the few that makes me noticably grossed out.

Props go also to Lord Gemma’s "I’m drowning in gold!" scene in Ninja Scroll.

Ghosted by Sam R @ 10/15/2004 3:42 PM EDT

umm.. theyre ghosts. not witches.

Ghosted by Ghost Advocate @ 10/15/2004 3:44 PM EDT

ALso, the scenes in the Green Mile where they give that guy with the mouse and John Coffee the chair. IT’s just so sad. I was bawling like a baby when they died.Well, so maybe technically it’s not a death scene in the tradition of horror films, but it’s still a classic (I don’t watch that many horror films because my dad wont let me).

Ghosted by TOM @ 10/15/2004 4:26 PM EDT

don’t know if anyone has seen it, its a bit on the obscure side, but my favorite death scene has to be from slaughter high (1986), a real low-budget slasher, but gore/cheese fans should seek it out.

The death scene in question involves one of the characters underneath of a mowing tractor that has been jacked up so he can repair it. The murderer sneaks into the garage, and kicks out the jacks, so the guy is left to hold up the tractor by himself. then the murderer turns on the mowing blades, and as the guys strength gives out, the result is unavoidable. He has to let down the mower onto his own body, and boy does the gore fly.

first post, by the way.
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Ghosted by jim. @ 10/15/2004 5:11 PM EDT

The Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Ni!

Ghosted by Mr King @ 10/15/2004 6:41 PM EDT

Oh, I guess he doesn’t die. Well, give the knights points for trying anyway.

Ghosted by Mr King @ 10/15/2004 6:42 PM EDT

I can’t believe I forgot to mention Cabin Fever when shawn from "boy meets worlds" bludgeons his chick to shit with the shovel. Every time he hits her I imagine him saying "see bitch that’s what you get for being a cock tease!"

Ghosted by gimpy421 @ 10/15/2004 10:25 PM EDT

A-wel, in the Japanese version of Kill Bill, the House of Blue Leaves massacre stays in full color for the entire duration (and has a few very tiny alternate edits).

The curb-bite scene in American History X is intense, but I think we have to assume the victim didn’t die, since I think murder would carry a heavier sentence than Ed Norton’s character got. Best aggravated assault scene.

I’m kinda ashamed I didn’t mention Quint or Judge Doom. And how about Nedry in Jurassic Park?

The little red shoe from Roger Rabbit and the horse in Neverending Story are both still tearjerkers. Another death that’s not "best" as in funny or gory, but in that it’s very moving is Roberto Benigni in Life is Beautiful.

Ghosted by squee4242 @ 10/15/2004 11:28 PM EDT

I did an article on the pumpkin ones somewhere else.

And, for just 1/3 of the material, my article was actually longer. I strained.

Ghosted by Max @ 10/15/2004 11:45 PM EDT

Death scenes that made me jump out of my seat:

Shotgun head explosion in "Maniac"
-Had to back that one up a few times.

Girl vs Bus in "Final Desination"
-Totally, totally unexpected

Suicide Girl at beginning of new "Chainsaw Massacre"
-Camera pulls back through her head!

Ghosted by Deckard @ 10/16/2004 2:11 AM EDT

Part of why I love David Cronenberg films are the ideas and philisophical concepts dealt with. But I have to say I’m amazed only "Scanners" has been mentioned so far. Most of his films could easily make this list.

"Shivers" – When Joe Silver (the big guy with the glasses) runs to the sink to yank the aphrodisiac slugs off his face with pliers and the slugs’ original host runs up to save them and stuff them back in his body. I love telling people about this movie.

"Rabid" – Any scene in which Marilyn Chambers uses her new appendage, but also one scene in which a rabid maniac jumps on the hero’s car and is shot by soldiers. The blood splatters on the windshield and the soldiers thoughtfully wipe it off.

"The Brood" – The climax between the estranged husband and wife. Still the most frightening "evil kids" movie in my book.

"Videodrome" – When Barry Convex is shot with what FX artist Rick Baker called "cancer bullets."

"The Dead Zone" – Enough said.

"The Fly" – The death of Brundlefly. Still makes me cry.

"Dead Ringers" – We don’t actually see the details, but I’d include the final scene between Jeremy Irons and his twin brother (played by Jeremy Irons).

"Naked Lunch" – The eventual fates of Judy Davis and Kiki.

I would also include the end of "Easy Rider," the climax of "Blue Velvet," and the death of RAM from "TRON" ("Forget it Mr. High and Mighty Master Control!"). And any list of death scenes has to include the nuclear war films "The War Game" and "Threads," both of which could be defined as excrutiatingly long death scenes.

Ghosted by Alex @ 10/16/2004 4:19 AM EDT

In the sense of coolness, Boris the Bullet Dodger’s death in Snatch. You don’t get to really see it, but it takes a full magazine of .50’s at near point blank to take him down and put him away. In between the shots he and Bullet Tooth Tony exchange dialogue. It is the final part to the greatest scene in cinema history.

The scene in the hospital in Akira when Tetsuo liquefies the soldiers is quite awesome as well.

The first time you see an agent die in the Matrix is great too. The agent dodges everything Neo shoots, only to be shot from behind by Trinity. Nice.

This isn’t a movie, but when Gattsu goes berserk in Berserk for the first time. He walks up some stairs and through a division of soldiers bisecting people left and right with a 7 foot blunt sword. The scene is somewhat brief, but too awesome to be adequately described.

I guess you can tell I don’t watch very many horror movies.

Ghosted by MasterGakke @ 10/16/2004 4:34 AM EDT

I’m vegan. :P Never had carrot cookies, though! But if it’s anything like carrot cake, I wouldn’t mind that recipe.

Yeah, I think I read Matt saying somewhere that it meant Gen X, but I also agree with the "porn" sounding name. hehe. I always say X-E, too.

Best death scene… geeze, I dunno. For some reason I can’t think of anything except Interview with the Vampire and how Lestat got his throat cut my Claudia and all the blood poured out of him until he was nothing but a husk. But, we all know that Lestat didn’t REALLY die! (yay!) Now, I’m thinking of the part where Claudia gets burnt up into a cinder by the sun.

Ghosted by Ryane @ 10/16/2004 11:51 AM EDT

There were good deaths in Freddy Versus Jason, like the one where Jason stabbed that guy repeatedly through the back, and then folded up the cot he was on. The there was the part where Jason sliced that one kid Freddy posessed in half.

Ghosted by Number 5 @ 10/16/2004 12:28 PM EDT

Best horror movie death: Had to be from Leprechaun (I think it was the first, may be the second) when the horny teenager goes into the garage and sees a "hot chick". Pans in close on her boobs, he walks up, thinks he’s burying his face in her boobs…then we cut to reality and see he’s really sticking his face into lawnmower blades. Damn that Leprechaun!

Best "normal" movie death: If anyone has sat through the VERY slow In The Bedroom, they’ll surely remember the boy getting shot in the face by the ex-husband. Comes out of nowhere, and when they pan in on his face, truely gruesome. Definately one of the most realistic special FX’s I’ve witnessed on film. *Shudder*

Ghosted by WhiteTrash @ 10/16/2004 1:13 PM EDT

I can’t believe the best movie death ever has been left out, Scarface, Tony Montana’s final demise.

Ghosted by RonBurgandy @ 10/16/2004 4:18 PM EDT

In the classic 2002 movie black knight when nalty dies and magically appears alive again to help martin lawrence kill the evil son of a bitch

Ghosted by Martin Lawrence @ 10/16/2004 8:10 PM EDT

Clicheman, I belive that was the end of Casino, not Goodfellas.

My favorite death scene is from Total Recall when Richter, Michael Ironside, gets his arms ripped off on the elevator shaft in the alien mine, and Ahnold says "See you at the party Richter!".

Ghosted by FredEx @ 10/17/2004 8:26 AM EDT

I can’t believe no one else has mentioned the scene from Alien, where the thing pops out of the guy’s chest. I know it’s been done a bunch of times since then, but no one acted it out better than John Hurt did. He just totally committed, made it look and sound like he was in such agony, before the sweet moment where the baby alien pops out and sprays blood everywhere, even soaking that crybaby Veronica Cartwright played.

I saw a documentary once, and it said that after they did that scene, Yaphet Kotto (Parker) had the creeps for two weeks. He would go into his room, and not come out for two whole hours.

Ghosted by Number 5 @ 10/17/2004 9:41 AM EDT

Why am I not surprised that I seem to be the only one who’s ever seen this movie. :)

–Johnny Mnemonic, when the guy uses his ring weapon (the amazing device that produces a thin lazer-string) to slice the guiy up in two places. You see the guy stand there for a second looking perplexed, and then his body slides apart in three pieces. Nice.

–Any death perpretrated by the brothers in Bookdock Saints.

"That prayer is awesome! Can you teach me that?!?"

"No, it’s a family thing. Father taught it to us, and he taught it to his father’s father sort of thing."

Ghosted by J. Michael @ 10/17/2004 7:17 PM EDT

Naked Blood – Two words: Self cannabalization.

Ichi the Killer – God, so many good scenes in this one. If you like Kill Bill, try and find Ichi the Killer. Tarantino actually was inspired by this movie and some of the scenes in Kill Bill seem to be homages. The best scene has got to be when Ichi uses the blades on his heel to slice that guy in half. Awesome.

Suicide Circle – Right at the beginning, about fifty or so school girls are lined up next to some subway tracks. They join hands and jump… BAM. That’s an opening scene that grabs your attention.

Ghosted by luciferchan @ 10/17/2004 9:35 PM EDT

I felt really sorry when Murphy was slaughtered by Clarence and the gang in Robocop.

Ghosted by marril159 @ 10/20/2004 11:12 PM EDT

The fat kid in Friday the 13th V. It was a real pleasure watching hime die.

The bitch that gets the curler in Sleepaway Camp.

Mufasa’s death in the Lion King.

Ghosted by nothingman @ 10/21/2004 12:14 PM EDT

Seeing Helena Bonham Carter die horribly twice was definitely the best thing about "Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein" (the otherwise fairly sucky version with Kenneth Branagh.) Once by getting her still-beating heart ripped out, and once by being set on fire.

Other deaths nominated here are probably superior, but that one made me feel positively jolly for days.

Ghosted by MetaphorMonster @ 10/21/2004 8:44 PM EDT

I think the best deth Scene Ever was that when that bike ridding kid in "Toxic Avenger" got hit by the car and then they backed over his head. To be honest… ever death scene in that movie is memorable.

Ghosted by Wayne in Hell @ 10/22/2004 4:24 PM EDT

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