As we are all aware, death is as inevitable as a last gasp Manchester United goal, and probably just as painful.
Throughout the history of cinema, writers and directors have mined their collective morbidity to come up with some particularly horrifying ways of doing folk in.
Join us for a look at some of the most bizarre movie deaths ever commited to celluloid, and pray to Speilberg that when you go, it is in a fashion far less horrid than these poor souls...
Gremlins (1984)
The Movie: Billy Peltzer brings home a strange new pet, a Mogwai, for which he is given three important rules.
But silly Billy breaks them all, and inadvertantly unleashes a horde of mischievous, murderous Gremlins on his home town.
Death By: Microwave – Left at home with three gremlins, Lynn Peltzer, Billy’s mother, manages to puree one in a blender and stab a second.
Grisly yes, but then she executes her piece de resistance – exploding the third in the microwave.
If This Was The Real World: Half-baked on whale tranquilisers (or whatever the kids are taking these days), you put the cat in the microwave to warm the little fella up. A pop, a splat and a hiss later, and you've got some pretty serious explaining to do.
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ebrown2112
Jul 8th 2009, 9:33
Mr. Creosote didn't die...
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PadmanForever
Jul 8th 2009, 20:06
The writer did acknowledge that ;)
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Chaffro
Jul 8th 2009, 20:19
How on earth did you miss out Robert De Niro's demise in Terry Gilliam's incredible Brazil? Possibly the most bizarre of all movie deaths! Even more bizarre than being stabbed or shot! Come on TF!
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euanmcgrath
Jul 9th 2009, 10:22
basically it appears the guy in The Long Ships.. dies from falling over? ahh the old days..
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dgoodswen
Jul 9th 2009, 12:59
Yeah, if some modern director did a remake of The Long Ships, say Eli Roth, we'd get a 5 minute, all angles, slo-mo, re-capped, CG'd to buggery death scene showing the guy being cut in two... what happened to leaving things to the imagination?
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ojs99
Jul 10th 2009, 11:38
With Seven, I was thinking that the Sloth death would be more bizarre
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DanRose
Jul 10th 2009, 14:23
I think there are much better deaths out there then the ones you have mentioned! Slither fat bird, switchblade romance's head in the bannister and William Hurt in Alien to name but three...
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Apathygrrl
Jul 23rd 2009, 12:01
Hooray for Leland Orser
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QuicksilverFox
Aug 4th 2009, 18:41
Vagina dentata, what a wonderful phrase...vagina dentata, ain't no passing craze... *hums along*
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Faers
Sep 22nd 2009, 2:24
Thunder in Big Trouble in Little China
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gwobblewopkins
Dec 8th 2009, 2:14
This list could have been so many more than just 15... How about these: The football with the sword attached- Graduation Day (1981) The showerhead impalement- My Bloody Valentine (1981) Pulled down the sink- The Blob (1988) Shotgun impalement- Pumpkinhead (1988) Finger bullets- Shoot 'em up Carrots- Shoot 'em up Waterbed drowning- A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master Head punched off- Friday the 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan The ball- Any "Phantasm" film Razor frisbee- Phantasm 3: Lord of the Dead Starfish shuriken- The Toxic Avenger: Part 2 Swordfish impalement- The Toxic Avenger: Part 2 Human milkshake- The Toxic Avenger (I hate to even involve this one, but you started it when you brought up "Teeth") p***s impalement- Scary Movie Double chest-burster- Alien Ressurection I just came up with a list of fifteen on my own, this topic could have been endless!
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