Best Death Scene

What is (in your opinion) the best death scene you have seen in a movie?

For me it would be in Children of the Corn II "The Final Sacrifice", the scene where the man in the church bleeds from every hole in his body (Nose, eyes, ears, etc) and splurts blood over everyone.

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Hmm, to me, there are two things that require a 'good' death scene. Deaths are meant to shock, perturb and disgust people in most genres. However, if it happens to be dark comedy then death scenes should be outrageously funny but sick at the same time.
I'll name but a few:

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Drew Barrymore in Scream - Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven knowingly took a leaf out of Hitchcock's book here by having the most famous star of the movie die in a pretty gruesome way. Not only that, but she died in the first ten mins. A chiling build up to a shocking death scene that actually made me care.


Joe Pesci in Casino - This scene brings new meaning to the term 'whacked'. Joe Pesci and his brother get the living **** beat out of them with baseball bats. A really uncomfortable and merciless scene made worse by the fact that they are subsequently buried alive. Plain and truly nasty.

Kristen Cloke in Final Destination - This happened to be a multiple death sequence inside a house. Although painful looking, it was quite funny the way this lass was one min taking glass from her throat then being electrocted by some random object! Cool moment of glee there.

I've never seen scream, but it's weird having the biggest star die within ten minutes, I studied effects like these at school in Media Studies.
And with the thread title I mean all of the things you mentioned and more:
What you think IN GENERAL is the best death scene ever, I myself can think of quiet a list off my head.

Death scenes can also be done for emotional impact. One of the best in this regard is Boromir's death in Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Of course, for sheer hilarity, it's hard to top Harold's "deaths" in Harold and Maude.

I'll think about some others and get back to you.

William Wallace's demise in Braveheart.

The shark's death in Jaws was awesome.

Vizzini's death in The Princess Bride.

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My favorite death scenes probably aren't the "best" ones. Most of my favorites are the endings to certain films which will remain unnamed right now, although I will give these clues: release years are 1969, 1970 and 1975. I guess I could hide them in spoiler type, but I honestly believe that most haven't been seen by too many viewers, even if there are plenty of memorable deaths at the end of movies from those years.

I remember the scene in Damien: Omen II, where they had to try to top David Warner's death from The Omen (see, that's a "spoiler" I don't mind mentioning), and they came up with a lesser character being sliced in half by an elevator cable... That almost reminds me of the end of The Boys From Brazil... endless Dead of Night loop... ... ...

I guess those were the good old days...

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I always liked Paul Reubens death in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


With additions of:

SPOILERS ( I won't mention what deaths, but if you've seen the film you know which ones)

Scarface
Opening of Suspiria
Vamps demise in Nosferatu
Little Caesar
King Kong
Wizard of Oz
Psycho
The Night Of The Hunter
Old Yeller
Dr. Strangelove
Night of the Living Dead
Cool Hand Luke
The Godfather (squiberific)
Chinatown
JAWS
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (black knight)
Ending to Raiders
Alien
Nightmare on Elm Street
Day of the Dead
Platoon
and of course the many deaths in Groundhog Day.

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The physical death of a character as you know can be a manifestation of the death of something much larger, such as a familial ideal or a cultural construct or identity for example.

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The issue of timing is paramount as well, which is why (though maybe not the "best") I like Katsumoto's death (and Ken Watanabe's sterling performance) in The Last Samurai.

Yeah mate, that was a damn emotional death. I think it's because you get a chance to really care about the character, that's why it has quite a big impact. I also absolutely adore Ken Wantanabe, so y'all can imagine I was close to tears on this one ):

Wow, I've gotta check out all these movies. You're right about good deaths being emotional aswell as looking good, in my opinion the best emotional death scene is for sure Boromir's in the first LOTR, as said above.

Best death scene? Easy. Elijah Cook Jr. as "Stonewall" Torrey getting gunned down by Jack Palance as the gunman Wilson in Shane. Torrey knows he's doomed but doesn't back down, and Wilson plainly enjoys murdering his victim, who falls and slides in the muddy street from the impact of the bullet. Palance also has a good death scene later in the same film as he goes up against Alan Ladd as Shane.

Best comic death scene? The War of the Roses, when a dying Michael Douglas reaches out to his dying ex-wife Kathleen Turner and she pushes his hand away! I'll bet all my ex-wives stood and cheered at that scene!

Just as far as cool deaths go, All of the deaths in Saw. They're just cool.

The guy is hit by at least .30-caliber ammo from a tank that is then hit by a rocket from a low-flying Mustang just a few feet from the mortally wounded Hanks--Hanks' character should have disappeared in the exploding wreckage and flaming fuel of the tank without any chance for his famous last words. He was just too close to the tank to have survived that explosion. In fact, he and his squad made so many dumb calls and bad moves that they all should have been dead meat long before they ever found Pvt. Ryan.

Boromir's death is awesome, absolutely love it. Makes you cry and cheer at the same time, he gets shot once which would ordinarily kill at once... but he gets back up and keeps on fighting to save the hobbits from the Uruk-Hai. Get shot again... gets right back up and keeps on fighting... probably the most powerful death scene I have ever seen.

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Excuse me, I liked the movies but I have a problem keeping up with the LOR characters except for the hobbits with simple names like Sam and Merry. So designations like Boromir and Urauk-Hai are totally lost on me--I don't know who any of those people are.

That said, a good death scene to me is one that has a certain realism to it. So I when a movie character suffers an obviously mortal wound, then gets up and keeps fighting, takes another mortal blow, gets up and keeps fighting, I get the giggles and want them to bring over an elephant to step on him just to see how he bounces back from being toe-jam!

Duke in Repo Man.

The lights are growing dim Otto. I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am.

Boromir, brother of Faramir is killed in Fellowship of the Rings, but one of the Urauk-Hai (ORCS). He is shot several times with arrows, yet still fights. He is finally taken down and dies in Arragon's arms. He's played by Sean Bean.

The best death seen I ever saw was when Steve McQueen shot Karl Malden a bunch of times, in the knees, elbows etc., in the movie, Nevada Smith.
All Karl Malden could do, was to call McQueen, "Yellah. Kill me! Yer yellah!"

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