Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life (1983)
The Movie: A series of short skits which attempt to explore the meaning of life through darkly comic means.
Like the TV show Flying Circus, the film also contains a variety of musical numbers and is renowned for it’s gruesome violence – the aim being to ‘offend everyone’.
Death By: Eating - Mr. Creosote (Terry Jones), an impossibly fat man, has eaten an enormous meal after vomiting on himself, the waiter and the cleaner in order to ‘make room’.
Persuaded to eat one last “waffer theen” mint, Creosote explodes, showering the restaurant with human entrails, and causing all the other patrons to throw up...
Okay, a bit of a cheat as Creosote doesn't die on screen, but we bet he doesn't last long after this episode...
If This Was The Real World: Taking part in the Nathan’s World Hot Dog Eating Championships on Coney Island, New York, you overextend yourself a bit and burst your stomach, leading to internal bleeding and death.
The crowd and other contestants start vomiting over each other at the sight of your grisly demise. Because you're the only one that didn't puke, you win the contest on a technicality. Good times.
Hot Fuzz (2007)
The Movie: PC Nick Angel is far too good at his job, so good he’s making all the other cops in London look bad, so they ship him off to sleepy middle England.
On the beat with his half-wit new partner, Angel stumbles upon a series of gruesome accidental deaths, which may not be so accidental after all…
Near-Death By: Church Spire – Tim Messenger (Adam Buxton) is trying to meet with Nick Angel in the churchyard, hopefully to explain exactly what is going on around Sandford.
The killer breaks a spire off the church roof, dropping it on the hapless journalist. It impales Messenger, completely obliterating his head, and he stumbles around a moment before finally collapsing with a splat.
If This Was The Real World: Realising that your life is a complete mess, you decide to find God, and trundle off to the local church to see the vicar.
God has other ideas however, and in an ironic twist, drops a spire on your head. Your missus gets a massive compo payment, and wastes no time spending the lot enjoying life without you.
Next: Freddy's Dead, Hannibal
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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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