Horror Movies: A Fate Worse Than Death
A deep dive into horror movies that take their characters to a fate worse than death, leaving them haunted and tormented.
The Torment Continues
Horror movies often feature chaos, terrifying events, and death, but some take things to another level and end with their characters suffering a fate worse than death.
Detective Mills holding papers in Se7en.
A great horror movie can grab the audience's attention and put viewers in the middle of a gut-wrenching story. Whether that means having a monstrous villain who torments the characters, or some unseen supernatural events that keep putting the heroes into horrifying situations.
Spawn movie pic
Movies like Terrifier and Halloween, often classed as Slashers do a great job of showing onscreen kills that are as inventive and clever as they are gruesome and vile.
Michael Jai White as Spawn in the 1997 Spawn movie
But when a horror movie forces the heroes to live on in some altered state that continues to haunt them, that can often be more scary and impactful.
ben carson in Mirrors played by Kiefer Sutherland
Surviving with Torment
In the world of horror movies, survival does not always mean escaping unscathed. Some characters are doomed to live on in torment, haunted by the events that unfolded. Let's take a look at some iconic characters who have survived but at a great cost.
Michael Jai White as Albert Simmons in the Spawn movie
Detective Mills in Se7en and David in The Mist made it through the terrible events of their films, but their survival will forever be plagued by what happened.
Peter with a bandaged nose in Hereditary
Ben Carson in Mirrors is another example, trapped in the mirror world, unable to communicate with the outside, and forced to exist forever on the other side of a reflection.
Justin Long in Kevin Smith's Tusk
Al Simmons in Spawn finds himself trapped in hell, returned to Earth as a disfigured devilish creature, destined to live forever as a demon who can't return to his family.
Spawn in 1997 Spawn movie
Unsettling Endings
The endings of horror movies can often leave a lasting impact, especially when the characters are left in a state of eternal torment. From David in The Mist, who makes a devastating decision only to face an unexpected rescue, to Ash Williams in Army of Darkness, stranded in a decimated future, these unsettling endings stay with the audience long after the credits roll.
Army of Darkness - Bruce Campbell as Ash with Boomstick
In House of Wax, Wade becomes the unsuspecting victim, trapped within a wax casing as a part of the museum, forced to watch helplessly as his friends fight for their lives.
Jared Padalecki's character Wade is a wax figure in House Of Wax
Wallace Bryton in Tusk is slowly turned into a walrus-like creature and sent to live in a wildlife reserve, remaining conscious but isolated as a deformed creature forever.
Justin Long in Tusk
