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23 Character Actions and Deaths in Popular Films

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How does Jason Voorhees murder the coroner, allowing him to break out of the morgue in ‘Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter’?

Surgical Scissors

Surgical Scissors

Ligasure

Ligasure

Defibrillator

Defibrillator

Hacksaw

Hacksaw

How does Ginny attempt to kill Jason in ‘Friday the 13th: Part 2’?

Axe

Axe

Kitchen Knife

Kitchen Knife

Shotgun

Shotgun

Machete

Machete

How does Jules, played by Demi Moore, attempt to kill herself in the 1985 Drama ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’?

Sets her bedroom on fire

Sets her bedroom on fire

Closes all the windows and turns on the gas cooker

Closes all the windows and turns on the gas cooker

Jumps out of her window

Jumps out of her window

Opens all her windows in an attempt to freeze to death

Opens all her windows in an attempt to freeze to death

How are John Russell’s wife and daughter killed in ‘The Changeling’?

Car accident

Car accident

Trapped in a burning building

Trapped in a burning building

Deadly Virus

Deadly Virus

Pack of wolves

Pack of wolves

How does Xi attempt to kill a goat in order to eat it in ‘The Gods Must Be Crazy’?

Shoots it with a tranquilizer arrow

Shoots it with a tranquilizer arrow

Shoots it with a rock in a sling-shot

Shoots it with a rock in a sling-shot

Stabs it with a shard of glass

Stabs it with a shard of glass

Stabs it with a pocket knife

Stabs it with a pocket knife

How does the young boy called Jason die in the 1980 Horror ‘Friday the 13th’?

He is run over

He is run over

He falls from a tree

He falls from a tree

He drowns

He drowns

He is is a fire

He is is a fire

How are Rosemary and Roy murdered by Rosemary’s ex boyfriend at “Lovers Lane” in the 1981 Horror ‘The Prowler’?

Axe

Axe

Pitchfork

Pitchfork

Chainsaw

Chainsaw

Machete

Machete

The 1981 Horror ‘The Evil Dead’, was originally released under what title?

Land of the Dead’

Land of the Dead’

The Dead’

The Dead’

Book of the Dead’

Book of the Dead’

Story of the Dead’

Story of the Dead’

In the 1980 Horror ‘Maniac’, what does murderer Frank Zito take from his victims as trophies?

Their Scalps

Their Scalps

Their Hands

Their Hands

Their Bellybuttons

Their Bellybuttons

Their Toes

Their Toes

How does Pauline kill bernie, in the 1989 Dark Comedy ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’?

She drowns him in the bath

She drowns him in the bath

Stabs him

Stabs him

Heroin overdose

Heroin overdose

Pushes him out of the window

Pushes him out of the window

How does a robot gain human-like intelligence in the 1986 Sci-Fi Comedy ‘Short Circuit’?

Has a human brain inserted into the computer

Has a human brain inserted into the computer

A Power cut happens in the lab

A Power cut happens in the lab

Has water spilt on it

Has water spilt on it

Struck by lightning

Struck by lightning

How does Veronica, played by Winona Ryder, accidentally kill clique leader Heather Chandler, played by Kim Walker, in the 1989 Comedy ‘Heathers’?

Poisons her

Poisons her

Stabs her with a pen

Stabs her with a pen

Drops a brick on her head

Drops a brick on her head

Sets her on fire with a bunsen burner

Sets her on fire with a bunsen burner

How do separated siamese twins Duane and Belial die in ‘Basket Case’?

Fall from a hotel window

Fall from a hotel window

Brain damage

Brain damage

Car accident

Car accident

Internal bleeding

Internal bleeding

How does “Chucky”, kill Andy’s babysitter Maggie, as his first victim in the 1988 Horror ‘Child’s Play’?

With a knife

With a knife

With a gun

With a gun

With a hammer

With a hammer

With a axe

With a axe

How many years has it been since the Shipwreck off the coastal town of Antonio Bay in ‘The Fog’?

Ten Years

Ten Years

Thirteen Years

Thirteen Years

One Hundred Years

One Hundred Years

Fifty Years

Fifty Years

How many fingers did the man have, who killed Buttercup’s father, in ‘The Princess Bride’?

Ten

Ten

Two

Two

Twelve

Twelve

Six

Six

How many years has Norman Bates been in a mental institution, before he is released to return back to his motel in ‘Psycho II’?

Twelve years

Twelve years

Twenty-two years

Twenty-two years

Twenty years

Twenty years

Ten years

Ten years

How does Norman kill Emma after she reveals that she is his “real” mother in ‘Psycho II’?

With a shovel

With a shovel

With a hammer

With a hammer

With a shotgun

With a shotgun

With a butchers knife

With a butchers knife

How does Conrad Jarrett’s older brother Buck die in the 1980 Drama ‘Ordinary People’?

Car accident

Car accident

Overdose

Overdose

Plane crash

Plane crash

Sailing accident

Sailing accident

How does Rockstar Sammi Curr, played by Tony Fields, die, in the 1986 Horror ‘Trick or Treat’?

Drowns in a hot tub

Drowns in a hot tub

Gas station Fire

Gas station Fire

Hotel Fire

Hotel Fire

Drowns while skinny dipping in a duck pond

Drowns while skinny dipping in a duck pond

How many years has Michael Myers been in a coma for, before waking and embarking on another murder spree, in ‘Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers’?

Thirteen Years

Thirteen Years

Seven Years

Seven Years

Two Years

Two Years

Ten Years

Ten Years

How many times does Dr. Samuel Loomis shoot Michael Myers in the beginning of ‘Halloween II’?

Eight

Eight

Fifteen

Fifteen

Six

Six

Ten

Ten

How does “Chucky” break John’s arm and leg, in the 1988 Horror ‘Child’s Play’?

He runs him over

He runs him over

Using a voodoo doll

Using a voodoo doll

He uses a hammer

He uses a hammer

He pushes him out of a window

He pushes him out of a window

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