Morbid imagery abounds, as Nick provides his selection of cinema’s most spectacular, poignant and terrible deaths…
Warning: the following inevitably contains spoilerific, violent and NSFW footage.
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This really isnt your usual list of memorable movie deaths.
For a start, theres no ranking or countdown to the best one.
Some incredibly well-known and famous death scenes arent featured.
Also, were broken this over two pages.
Watch the spiders made of pipe cleaners very slowly advance and eat a mans face.
You really have to applaud the sheer length of this death scene.
Id buy that for a dollar.
If you jot down worst movie death into Google, chances are it will bring you up this beauty.
He then takes over a minute to die, and manages to ruin the walls with bloody hand prints.
I mean theres Kung Fu Masters, and then theres Kung Fu Masters.
Who then obviously dies.
But which one sums up the Bean philosophy or living large and going out like a champ?
I salute you Boromir.
Even after all this time, this still hurts.
One of the most badass characters in the original trilogy goes out like a complete pussy.
Even as a child I was disappointed by this.
And so it came down to Brody, a sinking boat, and nowhere to escape from Jaws.
So whats a man to do after losing his spear to the angry shark?
Instead, its the dunking in the pit of lava that finally kills him.
Are there any words for this?
A long extended shrug following a poorly-timed job offer and the ninja has his revenge for his friends death.
He was the greatest captain Starfleet ever had.
So what would be a fitting end for this icon of the ages?
Apparently falling over onto a rock and dying.
Escaping from the feds, Bodhi goes on the run, chasing his 50 year storm.
Ending up in Victoria, Australia, he find hes been tracked by Johnny Utah.
Cue an amazing fight in the waves before Utah handcuffs himself to Bodhi.
They shout at each over the surf, You know theres no way I can handle a cage man!
Bodhi begs to be allowed to ride the storm, Im not going to paddle to New Zealand.
Hes not coming back.
Your foster parents are dead.
I guess you cant get much more specific or memorable then the way Carl Weathers goes out inPredator.
In a war full of some very bad things, Sgt Elias was a moral centre.
Taking his opportunity, Barnes betrays Elias by shooting him and leaving him for dead.
Cue iconic arms outstretched in the air death as the Viet Cong machine gun him down.
However, before the ceremony is done, Slayers attack the wedding in a surprise assault.
Colwyn is presumed dead, and as Lyssa tries to flee she is intercepted by Slayers.
A hero was born in my young eyes.
What a way to go.
Plus, those Knight costumes are awesome.
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Seemingly unstoppable in their rampage, the Gremlins fear no man.
Good job then that Billys mum is on the case, and pissed off theyre in her kitchen.
Ive seen things you people wouldnt believe.
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate.
All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain.
Time… to die.
Damn you Joss Whedon!
Thanks to Washs death, you then spent the rest of the film expecting everybody else to die too.
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Do people really die like that?
Either way, its made one of the finestTumblrson the internet possible.
Maybe Leatherface was just trying to teach all those kids correct chainsaw technique?
He was one lucky guy.
Apart from when he shot himself in the head in this scene.
My mother would be so proud.
Because its a brilliantly unexpected death in a movie thats all about killing off its characters.
Sucks to be you Donald.
How wrong he is.
Punched to death by a Soviet behemoth.
Worst boxing match ever, and surely a stain on Rockys training career?
Then just as hes about to tell them what to do next, bam!
Shark comes up and bites him in half.
Hands up, did anyone actually cry at this?
Thats how I want to go out when my time comes.
Of course Jesus wouldnt have chosen a blinging gold goblet to drink from.
That would only be the Church that followed the humble carpenter of Nazareth…
Still, it does give us an excellent aging death and one of the best lines in cinema history.
Yeah, I said it.
Well actually the Grail Knight does.
a dying Bill Murray is asked.
You know its bad when his aviators fall to the ground in slow motion.
Still didnt quite expect the brutal neck snapping though.
Who the hell saw this one coming?
A really shocking finale to a film which didnt seem to require one…
So James Marsden got a role onSuperman Returns, meaning his screen-time onX-Men: The Last Standwas limited.
Well, they certainly dont cleverly write around his unavailability.
Instead they kill him off in the opening act, and not even on-screen!
He just gets a hug and next thing you know, dead.
At least I think he is, as being off-screen you dont even get a clip of it.
Heres a picture of him in happier times instead.
Why did you do it Granny Ruth?
Quite simply, the best four seconds of the entire 194 minute film.
So what if he wanted to make a quick buck shipping off Thorin to Azog?
Seems fair to me.
What a way to go on your first film appearance.
Wow, I guess that guy really liked getting cut apart by the chainsaw…
Chased into the sewers like a rat, Harry Lime is cornered but still dangerous.
Shooting down one pursuer, he is then shot in the back.
Fingers clasped around it touching the Vienna air, its the last feeling of freedom hell ever get.
The fact he has said criminals child in his arms just makes it even more darkly funny.
Ladies and gentlemen, I leave you with this.
Stay safe out there…
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