Summary

fabled horror picture villains are sometimes defeated in a manner that forget audiences disappointed , as their death come too easily at the hired man of the moving-picture show ' hoagie . While many ofthe best horror movieshave memorable heroes and appealing Final Girls , there is no deny that the music genre ’s villains are its master drawing card . FromANightmare on Elm Street ’s Freddy Krueger to theHalloweenfranchise ’s Michael Myers , the chronicle of repugnance is take with inimitable baddie whom viewing audience ca n’t get enough of . Despite this , some repugnance villains meet with really lame close .

Even some ofthe shivery moviesmay feature disappointing baddie death . Some repulsion scoundrel are reveal to have giddy weaknesses while others end up being defeat by hero who antecedently seemed to have no chance against them . Occasionally , this happens because the film ’s creators have written themselves into a quoin and need to kill off a villain who was previously unstoppable . In other causa , this occurs because all the memorable exercise set pieces have already enfeeble the budget and the finale needs to keep its ordered series and dream confine .

11The Aliens In Signs (2002)

Death by Glass of Water

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M. Night Shyamalan’sSignsis a tense foreign invasion thriller about a family whose remote rural household is besieged by extra - terrestrial encroacher . However , the celluloid falls aside in its final scenes as viewers check thatthe A-one - stiff aliens are fatally allergic to water . This turn is such a disappointment that it even prompt a fan possibility claiming that the unknown are really demons , the water is anointed , and the two heroes recover their religion is what truly defeats the villains .

10Big Ben In House (1985)

Death by Grenade

Houseis a hothead horror - drollery wherein Roger , a beleaguered Vietnam veteran , move into a frequent house he has inherited , only to be attacked by all manner of flakey supernatural beingness . Eventually , the movie ’s rightful villain turn out to be his former brother - in - arms , Big Ben . An amoral soldier , Big Ben was a militant hooligan whom Roger left to die in Vietnam . The supposedly immortal Big Ben soundly beats Roger in their first few coming upon , only for Roger to easily get the better of the baddie via a grenade to the ribcage once he believes in himself and overcomes his guilt .

9The Mutants In Neon Maniacs (1986)

Death by Spray of Water

WhileNeon Maniacsis a fun ‘ fourscore slasher curio , its villain have a truly ridiculous fatal flaw . For a while , it looks like this will be the rareslasher film that kill all its charactersuntil the eponymous monsters turn out to be body of water - soluble . All it takes is a spray of water to defeat the otherwise indestructible killer mutation , which pee them a circumstances less scary in retrospect .

8Helena Markos In Suspiria (1977)

Death by Decorative Peacock

Dario Argento’sSuspiriais a terrifying survival test that doles out more and more baroque and gruesomely imaginative deaths to its female stars throughout its fresh runtime . However , when the flick ’s heroine at long last finds the enchantress whose coven was behind all the slaughter , their concluding battle is laughably one - sided . The heroine easily date through the villain ’s disguise , stabs her in the neck once with a cosmetic peacock butterfly quill , andSuspiria ’s Helena Markos promptly shuffles off this mortal coil without any protestation .

7Pennywise In IT: Chapter Two (2019)

Death by Ridicule

Stephen King ’s killer buffoon might be one of the repulsion genre ’s creepy villains , but evenThe Simpsonsmade Pennywise’sIT : Chapter Twodeathbetter when the show parodied the novel ’s two - part movie adaptation . In this second installment , Pennywise kills Eddie only to be defeated by the power of the Losers Club making merriment of him . Pennywise withers away into a fawn pool after a few insults , which make Eddie ’s death feel pretty pointless on a re - watch .

6Machine In 8MM (1999)

Death by Stabbing

Joel Schumacher’s8MMis a major going from mannequin for the movie maker . A drab , humorless feeling at the earthly concern of snuff movies,8MMsees an atypically stoical Nicolas Cage investigate some truly abominable criminals who make their money by film execution . When Cage ’s troubled antihero eventually recession , Machine , the orca from these movies , the guy turns out to be a normal - seeming suburbanite . To make matters weird , he dies from a astonishingly swift single knife thrust .

5The Three Ghostface Killers In Scream VI (2023)

Death by Stabbing & Television Set

Scream VIstarted adisappointing 2023 slasher trendwhen the movie kept almost all of its fighter alive , but the identity of the villains made this surprise even less welcome . For the first meter in theScreamfranchise , there were three characters behind the mask . Despite this , all three of them were defeated by Kirby , Tara , and Sam . Worse , Scream VI ’s villains did n’t do to stamp out any of those champion , or their friends Mindy and Chad , in the procedure .

4Stuntman Mike In Death Proof (2007)

Death by Beatdown

Quentin Tarantino’sDeath Proofgoes out of its way to subvert slasher trope . Where most slashers sport mask , mute killers , Stuntman Mike has plenty of dialogue . While slashers unremarkably take office at night , most ofDeath Proof ’s story occurs in broad daylight . lastly , where most slasher movies make their villains almost impossible to kill , Stuntman Mike is beaten to death less than a instant after he crashes his car . This is subversive , but it is also a major disappointment .

3Pamela Voorhees In Friday The 13th (1980)

Death by Decapitation

While Tarantino ’s gave his slasher villain a weak ending , its status as an wry homage to grindhouse pic give some leeway . The originalFriday the 13thhas no such excuse . When this classic slasher picture break that Jason ’s mother , Pamela Voorhees , somehow pulled off all the movie ’s kill , it ’s no time at all before the heroine disarms and decollate her ina shockingly lopsided , tension - free final fighting .

2Audrey II In Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Death by Exposed Electrical Cable

At the death of theLittle Shop of Horrorsmusical remaking , the monstrous lecture flora Audrey II is shockingly easy to pour down . The plant is electrocute and but vanishes into atoms instantly , providing the fighter with a convenient happy ending that cut his role in the preceding debacle . This only materialize because studio executives balked at the darker alternative conclusion , which would have seen the undefeated Audrey II eat on the Italian sandwich , the quietus of the characters , and much of the world ’s population .

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