# Are there horror films where nobody dies? (Open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 28, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-horror-films-where-nobody-dies-open-spoilers/469950 "2008-10-28T15:33:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-horror-films-where-nobody-dies-open-spoilers/469950/61 "2008-10-29T13:52:09Z")
> [@mske](#): > > I was just going to say that one as well. But you have to ignore all the shootings at the start of the movie that “explain” the house, so you have to bend the rules. Yeah, before I got distracted, I was going to post, “Came in late, did you?” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-horror-films-where-nobody-dies-open-spoilers/469950/62 "2008-10-29T13:55:00Z")
> [@mske](#): > > I was just going to say that one as well. But you have to ignore all the shootings at the start of the movie that “explain” the house, so you have to bend the rules. I don’t remember that. Is that in the remake? I haven’t seen that - only the original with James Brolin. ---
**Author:** ![mske](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mske](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mske)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-horror-films-where-nobody-dies-open-spoilers/469950/63 "2008-10-29T14:02:08Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > I don’t remember that. Is that in the remake? I haven’t seen that - only the original with James Brolin. The original - I haven’t seen the remake either. It is a two or three minute bit of a dark figure walking from room to room and pumping a few bullets into some lumps with bloodpacks under the sheets. Then cut to an exterior view of the house with a For Sale sign in front of it on a beautiful fall day. Probably available on Youtube somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-horror-films-where-nobody-dies-open-spoilers/469950/64 "2008-10-29T14:10:37Z")
> [@mske](#): > > The original - I haven’t seen the remake either. It is a two or three minute bit of a dark figure walking from room to room and pumping a few bullets into some lumps with bloodpacks under the sheets. > > Then cut to an exterior view of the house with a For Sale sign in front of it on a beautiful fall day. > > Probably available on Youtube somewhere. A dark figure? A few bullets? I think you’ve seen the TBS version! Here’s a spoiler for the opening sequence The movie starts on November 14th, 1974. We see Ronald DeFeo sitting in his basement watching an old screen-test pattern (you know, with the Indian head). The clock flicks to 3:15 in the morning, and Ronald starts hearing voices that keep saying, “…Catch 'em, kill 'em.” With a possessed look on his face, he slowly grabs his shotgun and walks upstairs. He goes into one bedroom and kills his two brothers, which wakes his youngest sister, Jodie. He goes through the rest of the house, kills his parents and remaining brothers and sisters, and then heads for Jodie’s room. He doesn’t see her at first, but then he hears something inside the closet. He opens the door and sees Jodie sitting on the floor. She looks up at him and asks what’s wrong. He says, “I love you, Jodie,” sticks the barrel in her face, and pulls the trigger. ---
**Author:** ![mske](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mske](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mske)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-horror-films-where-nobody-dies-open-spoilers/469950/65 "2008-10-29T14:14:23Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > A dark figure? A few bullets? I think you’ve seen the TBS version! > Here’s a spoiler for the opening sequence > > The movie starts on November 14th, 1974. We see Ronald DeFeo sitting in his basement watching an old screen-test pattern (you know, with the Indian head). The clock flicks to 3:15 in the morning, and Ronald starts hearing voices that keep saying, “…Catch 'em, kill 'em.” With a possessed look on his face, he slowly grabs his shotgun and walks upstairs. He goes into one bedroom and kills his two brothers, which wakes his youngest sister, Jodie. He goes through the rest of the house, kills his parents and remaining brothers and sisters, and then heads for Jodie’s room. He doesn’t see her at first, but then he hears something inside the closet. He opens the door and sees Jodie sitting on the floor. She looks up at him and asks what’s wrong. He says, “I love you, Jodie,” sticks the barrel in her face, and pulls the trigger. That’s it - like I say, you’d have the bend the rules… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-horror-films-where-nobody-dies-open-spoilers/469950/66 "2008-10-29T14:23:37Z")
[quote=“Max\_Torque, post:55, topic:469950”] Only one human being dies in **The Fly** , and it’s debatable just how “human” he is at the end, anyway. But there’s loads of goop and goo and gore before that. Plus a very graphic baboon death. I had to think back but you’re right! Good one! ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-horror-films-where-nobody-dies-open-spoilers/469950/67 "2008-10-29T15:27:18Z")
**The Exorcism Of Emily Rose** almost qualifies, with two deaths I can recall. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-horror-films-where-nobody-dies-open-spoilers/469950/68 "2008-10-29T16:22:13Z")
[The Game](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119174/)directed by David Fincher. I suppose it is stretching the definition of horror a bit, and might be more accurately called a thriller, but i’s from the same guy who made Se7en, Alien 3, and Zodiac. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-horror-films-where-nobody-dies-open-spoilers/469950/69 "2008-10-29T20:30:13Z")
> [@Slacker](#): > > **The Exorcism Of Emily Rose** almost qualifies, with two deaths I can recall. Really - I only remember one: Emily herself. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-horror-films-where-nobody-dies-open-spoilers/469950/70 "2008-10-30T02:33:14Z")
WHat about _The Vanishing_ (the original–never seen the remake)? It breaks rule #2, but I think that’s it. And is one of the freakiest horror movies I’ve ever seen. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-horror-films-where-nobody-dies-open-spoilers/469950/71 "2008-10-30T02:57:20Z")
There’s an old French horror movie called [_Les Yeux sans Visage_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes_Without_a_Face) which I thought fit all of the rules. There is however one death, however, though it’s an accidental one. A generally bloodless film, but an effectively creepy one. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-horror-films-where-nobody-dies-open-spoilers/469950/72 "2008-10-31T08:35:10Z")
One of the scariest movies I saw was a G-rated docudrama: [_The Legend of Boggy Creek_](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0068837/) (1972), full of attempted home invasions by the title creature. No deaths except a dog, and that happens off screen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-horror-films-where-nobody-dies-open-spoilers/469950.md?page=3)