thescriptlab's Top 10 Death Scenes
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Psycho (1960)
Name: Marion Crane
Played by: Janet Leigh
Cause of Death: Over a dozen stab wounds by kitchen knife in the infamous shower scene.
Played by: Janet Leigh
Cause of Death: Over a dozen stab wounds by kitchen knife in the infamous shower scene.
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Name: Charles Foster Kane
Played by: Orson Wells
Cause of Death: Old age
*Note: This death is memorable because of Kane's last word: "Rosebud." Which stirs the question throughout the entire film, "Who or what is 'Rosebud?'"
Played by: Orson Wells
Cause of Death: Old age
*Note: This death is memorable because of Kane's last word: "Rosebud." Which stirs the question throughout the entire film, "Who or what is 'Rosebud?'"
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Name: The Wicked Witch of the West
Played by: Margaret Hamilton
Cause of Death: Melted by water.
Played by: Margaret Hamilton
Cause of Death: Melted by water.
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Scarface (1983)
Name: Tony Montana
Played by: Al Pacino
Cause of Death: Firing squad of gangsters
Played by: Al Pacino
Cause of Death: Firing squad of gangsters
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Thelma & Louise (1991)
Names: Louise Elizabeth Sawyer and Thelma Yvonne Dickinson
Played by: Susan Sarandon (Louis) and Geena Davis (Thelma)
Cause of Death: Driving off cliff to avoid being arrested.
Played by: Susan Sarandon (Louis) and Geena Davis (Thelma)
Cause of Death: Driving off cliff to avoid being arrested.
Name: Chrissie Watkins
Played by: Susan Backlinie
Cause of Death: First victim to be killed by the shark.
Played by: Susan Backlinie
Cause of Death: First victim to be killed by the shark.
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Alien (1979)
Name: Kane
Played by: John Hurt
Cause of Death: Alien bursting through chest.
Played by: John Hurt
Cause of Death: Alien bursting through chest.
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Names: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Played by: Paul Newman (Butch) and Robert Redford (Sundance)
Cause of Death: Several gun shots firing at them while audience look upon a freeze frame shot of them.
Played by: Paul Newman (Butch) and Robert Redford (Sundance)
Cause of Death: Several gun shots firing at them while audience look upon a freeze frame shot of them.
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Name: Bill
Played by: David Carradine
Cause of Death: Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique
Played by: David Carradine
Cause of Death: Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique
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