The hardest part about listing the top 10 horror movie deaths is that there are so many gruesomely excellent scenes to choose from. Narrowing it down to ten is a daunting task. Inevitably, it will leave people saying, “But what about (Fill in the blank)?” There are so many cinematic scenes of horrific character deaths which deserve to be included; such as Danica Scott’s (Debra Lynn McCabe) freezing demise in Saw 3, or Father Damien Karras (Jason Miller) hurling himself from the window in The Exorcist, or Carrie’s mother (Piper Laurie) being killed by flying cutlery in Carrie. But only ten can make the list. So after much deliberation, I’ve chosen the following scenes as the pick of the lethal litter.
