# Most disturbing death scene **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [August 6, 2001, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061 "2001-08-06T02:35:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/121 "2024-05-16T17:56:24Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Sly Stone drops a mountaineering woman to her death in the beginning of Cliffhanger. From Sly and the Family Stallone? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/122 "2024-05-16T20:50:01Z")
I would wager that back when we were all younger, the ending of the original **Night of The Living Dead** would be plenty disturbing. For me, the ending of Kevin Smith’s **Red State** was rather disturbing. I can’t go into too much detail without ruining the whole movie. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/123 "2024-05-17T16:30:10Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > For straight up brutal, graphic and somewhat realistic my vote goes to the scene Midsommar where the old couple is thrown of a cliff and their bodies smashed by a giant hammer / club Unexpectedly, this is also a description of the [Trondheim Hammer Dance](https://montypython.fandom.com/wiki/Trondheim_Hammer_Dance#:~:text=%22Zees%20vos%20zer%20Trondheim%20Hammer,veeth%20round%20sticks%20of%20clerdowl.%22). ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/124 "2024-05-17T16:37:00Z")
Mellish’s in _Saving Private Ryan_ is an easy one but and although it was not the death scene, the head on a stick scene in _Wolf Creek_ because their pose just before was so intimate. But the death scene that really disturbed me, and I know this will sound stupid, was Lylla, Teefs and Floor in _Guardians of the Galaxy 3_. I’m not sure why but it bothered me for days after I saw it. I think it was Floor yelling that they should go and Rocket froze. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/125 "2024-05-17T16:47:21Z")
No, it’s not silly. _Guardians 3_ was unexpectedly brutal. I think it qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![knavette57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knavette57/32/3871_2.png) [@knavette57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knavette57)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/126 "2024-05-17T16:48:21Z")
Yes, I am much more horrified by the more subtle death scenes, in which you only see indirectly the person’s demise but you can still strongly infer their suffering. More violently shown deaths tend to make me feel unreal, since I know that the death is all acting and special effects, and the actor is not really being killed in a horrible way. I am sure they research all of that, to portray as much brutal reality as is possible, but still…I know that the murdered actor was cleaned up and walked away after the scene, so I don’t become too upset…well, not often. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/127 "2024-05-17T17:05:33Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > No, it’s not silly. _Guardians 3_ was unexpectedly brutal. I think it qualifies. I friend of mine refuses to watch _Guardians 3_ because from what she heard about it she is sure it would trigger her. I finally watched it a few weeks ago by myself, and agreed that there is no way she should watch it. Hell, it set off a few of my triggers. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/128 "2024-05-17T17:08:54Z")
Yeah, I’ve never been particularly sensitive to animals in peril, but damn, that was rough. Anyone who is sensitive to that stuff should steer clear. I do recommend the film, it was very well done, but I also have to add that caveat. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/129 "2024-05-17T17:27:14Z")
I agree, it was a great movie, very well done, and I’m never going to watch it again. I feel the same way about the Ian McKellan film, _Mr. Holmes_. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/130 "2024-05-17T17:53:07Z")
The police officer at the beginning of _No Country for Old Men_. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/131 "2024-05-17T18:17:12Z")
My choice is the death of Maddy in **Twin Peaks**. We find out who killed Laura and a minute later Maddy comes in to meet her fate. The sound effect of her screaming while gurgling blood was horrific as was Leland/Bob’s expressions. Having an **Alien** climb out of your abdomen is right up there too. Many of the deaths in **Six Feet Under** were creepy, but the one where the baby dies in his crib was the worst. Or maybe the guy getting cut in two by the elevator. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/132 "2024-05-17T18:44:56Z")
The scene in the original “Alien” where the creature explodes out of the guy’s abdomen screaming and then scurries away, and you it is there SOMEWHERE. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/133 "2024-05-17T18:52:33Z")
I’ll see your chest-burster scene, and raise you the birthing video from the Fallout TV show. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/134 "2024-05-17T18:58:32Z")
_crosses Fallout off my list_ I love _Alien_ though. I think it’s one of the most perfect movies ever made. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/135 "2024-05-17T19:10:25Z")
Season 6, Episode 7 of Homicide: Life on the Street, “The Subway”. The entire episode is essentially a death scene. A man (Vincent D’Onofrio) is pinned between the train and the platform and the episode is devoted to how various characters deal with the fact that he’s effectively already dead, even though he is conscious and in no (significant) pain. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/136 "2024-05-17T19:15:46Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > Season 6, Episode 7 of Homicide: Life on the Street, “The Subway”. The entire episode is essentially a death scene. A man (Vincent D’Onofrio) is pinned between the train and the platform and the episode is devoted to how various characters deal with the fact that he’s effectively already dead, even though he is conscious and in no (significant) pain Yes, that was very upsetting. ER had a similar situation where a man had been exposed to a fatal amount of a poisonous gas, although he didn’t look or feel all that bad yet. They let him know he was about to be a goner. They only had a few hours to locate his family before he succumbed. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/137 "2024-05-17T19:24:03Z")
Old Yeller. I knew how it ended, but had never seen it. The principal where I taught showed it to the whole school–and was very upset that nobody told him how it ended! We all thought he knew! ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/138 "2024-05-17T19:31:01Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Old Yeller. I knew how it ended, but had never seen it. The principal where I taught showed it to the whole school–and was very upset that nobody told him how it ended! We all thought he knew Maybe he grew up like Pheobe did… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/osRX86BYsVg/hqdefault.jpg "Friends - Old Yeller") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osRX86BYsVg) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/139 "2024-05-17T19:32:34Z")
There was a movie called [Independence Day (1983)] ([Independence Day (1983) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085724/)) wherein Dianne Wiest, the sister of one of the 2 main characters, is an terribly abused spouse who can’t take it anymore. The look on her face when she purposely fills the house with gas and lights a match (iirc) right in the midst of it is shocking and horrible. The scene in Better Call Saul where Nacho shoots himself before the Salamancas could. Classical tragedy. The scene where Howard Hamlin gets it was pretty awful, too. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061/140 "2024-05-17T19:55:21Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > The scene in Better Call Saul where Nacho shoots himself before the Salamancas could. Classical tragedy. That one really caught me by surprise because, by some trick of memory, I could have sworn I remembered Nacho also being in Breaking Bad. So I though he had unassailable plot armor in BCS. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061.md?page=8)