Part 1: Top 10 Characters I Wish Stayed Alive

Last Updated on July 28, 2021

Written By Serena Whitney:
People see horror flicks for mainly two reasons: 1) to be
scared and 2) to see people get butchered. If we didn’t see people
get killed, then it would be a lame ass movie.

In most horror flicks, the body count generally consists of
people the audience could really give two sh*ts about. Most horror films also
follow a specific formula. Keep the leads with personality and common sense
alive, and kill the rest of the weak and stupid supporting characters.

But, sometimes horror films (usually good ones) tend
to ignore this formula, and end up surprising you by killing off the characters
that you really liked, just to prove to you that not all scary movies are
predictable. This is the list of deceased characters I wished that made it to
the end.

WARNING HUGE FREAKING SPOILERS – READ AT YOUR OWN
RISK!

10-
Devon Sawa

Final Destination 2

I don’t know about you, but I
absolutely hate it when writers just kill off an important character off-screen
if they can’t explain why the actor isn’t returning to reprise their role. It’s
like it’s their form of punishment towards the actor. I can just picture the
writers thinking, ‘He thinks he’s too good to be in MY sequel?? (snort) Yeah,
well I’ll show him!’ In Final Destination 2, the audience finds out that
Alex (the main character from the previous film) was tragically killed….by a
falling brick. The writers REALLY must have been pissed with Devon. Now anyone
who has seen the first film realizes how insulting that is. Alex went through
hell just to make it through the first film, and to have his character die from
a brick is just plain stupid. Ironic, yes, but mostly stupid.

9-
Harvey Keitel
From Dusk till Dawn

Many may argue with me, but I
thought Jacob (the priest who lost his faith) was the best character in this
film. Sure, the Gecko Brothers and Sex Machine were interesting, but they
weren’t the best. Jacob was just a man who was trying his hardest to
protect his kids. He even had to rediscover his faith to protect them from the
vampires. I also admired his character because he didn’t take any crap from the
Gecko brothers, (Clooney and Tarantino) even when they had him and his family
under hostage.

(Now that takes major balls!) I
always find that vampire/zombie movies have the most well developed characters,
because the filmmakers want the audience sitting on the edge of their seats
praying that their favourite characters don’t get bit or scratched.
So when I saw Jacob get bit, I slumped in my seat and muttered profanities under
my breath. (Yeah, I get a little too emotionally attached to characters
sometimes.)

8- Kris
Lemche

Ginger Snaps

There are two reasons why I really
like this actor. 1) He’s a fellow Canadian. 2) His dry and sarcastic humor
always comes through in everyone of his roles. Most people might know him as
“God” from Joan of Arcadia, but I will always fondly remember him as
Sam, the wise-cracking drug dealer from the werewolf flick, Ginger Snaps.
When Ginger fully transforms into a werewolf and devours Jesse, I remember
feeling really sad about the anti-hero’s demise. It was a damn shame too,
because his character’s presence would have definitely made the inferior sequel
a lot more watchable.

7-
Bruce Bohne

Dawn of the Dead (remake)

I still ask myself why I liked
this character so much. The only things the audience really gets to know about
Andy, was that he was a sharp shooter who kicked ass in playing Chess. I think
maybe it was his humorous rooftop messages he sent Ving Rhames that made me like
him. Hell, I cared more about him than most of the other survivors stuck in the
damn mall. So, when the hippie looking sharp shooter gets turned into a zombie,
I couldn’t help but mutter, “Damn it!” under my breath. I commend the filmmaker
for making me feel for a character who hardly had any lines. Most horror flicks
have characters shooting their mouths off, and I usually don’t give a sh*t if
they live or not.
 

6- Ryan
Philippe

I Know What You Did Last Summer

This character may have been an
Asshole with a capital ‘A,’ but he was the only one who I felt had any
personality to him. Sure, he was the one that got the gang in trouble from the
psychotic fisherman, but he had some of the best one liners I’ve ever heard in a
slasher flick. (e.g. “You got a letter? I got RUN OVER!!”) But more
importantly, he was BEYOND hot in that locker room sequence. (I think I must
have rewound that scene at least 5 times per viewing.)

So when the fisherman eventually kills him, I was pissed. Not because I actually
liked the asshole with the heart of gold, but because the only eye candy I was
left with was from the not so talented Freddie Prinze Jr. who ALWAYS had his
damn mouth open. (Dude, you can breathe through your nose too!!)

STAY TUNED FOR PART 2 OF THIS LIST!
COMING SOON!