5 Horror Villain Deaths That Were Overkill and 5 That Weren't Gruesome Enough

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Some horror villains get their just desserts, while others slip away too easily! Join us as we examine the most excessive and underwhelming villain deaths in horror cinema. From exploding families to simple gunshots, we're analyzing which bad guys got more punishment than they deserved and which ones escaped too lightly!

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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at the horror villains whose deaths went a

00:09little overboard and some who should have gotten worse.

00:185.

00:19Overkill – Ludd Domas family, ready or not.

00:29After landing on the wrong side of her in-law's family curse, Grace spends her wedding night

00:33fighting for her life.

00:34Despite her efforts, the Ludd Domas clan manages to subdue her.

00:38However, they fumble the sacrifice by dragging it past the sunrise, and so we watch as every

00:49member of the family meets their doom.

00:51After everything they put the heroine through, it's incredibly satisfying to see the villains

00:55get their just desserts.

00:57But if the sight of red creeps you out, this scene might be hard to stomach.

01:01One by one, every character, young and old, burst out of the movie, ending the film with

01:06an absolute massacre.

01:135.

01:16Not Enough – The Fisherman – I Know What You Did Last Summer

01:29Anybody who's seen this teen slasher knows just how much carnage Bill Willis leaves in

01:34his wake.

01:35Considering the number of bodies that pile up, you'd imagine the villain gets an equally

01:38brutal downfall.

01:39But not only is it a surprisingly tame defeat, we don't even see him bite it.

01:43In the final showdown, Ray uses the boat's rigging to dump Willis overboard, sending him splashing

01:54into the water.

01:55And that's it.

01:56Apart from an unintentionally hilarious Willem scream, the bad guy gets no real moment of

02:00reckoning.

02:01For a murderer with such a significant kill count, this send off was disappointingly merciful.

02:124.

02:13Overkill – Christian Hughes

02:15Yes, we can all agree, this guy totally sucks.

02:30That said, does it really warrant him being set on fire?

02:33Christian spends the entire film belittling, ignoring and gaslighting Danny.

02:49Unfortunately for him, she snaps at the worst possible time.

02:53Given the choice between her emotionally manipulative boyfriend and a willing cult member, she chooses

02:58the former.

02:59Unable to move and stuffed into a bear carcass, Christian spends his last moment in fiery agony.

03:03We will show you to the deep darkness, where you can begrudge the pain.

03:13Although his fate is narratively symbolic, it doesn't exactly justify an execution.

03:17But judging by the chilling smile on her face, Danny seems to have no regrets.

03:21Honestly though, a simple breakup might have been a healthier option.

03:24Number 4 – Not Enough – Mark Hoffman – Saw 3D

03:27You want to know the only thing wrong with killing you, Jill?

03:30I can only do it once.

03:33Unlike previous installments that combine horror with social commentary, Saw 3D is all

03:38about the gore.

03:39On a roaring rampage of revenge, Jigsaw's failed successor Mark Hoffman targets his former

03:43mentor's ex-wife, Jill.

03:44Give me Jill, Tuck.

03:45You're protecting her despite the fact that she has direct knowledge throughout, which makes

03:50her complicit in every death.

03:52Along the way, he eradicates the entire police force before claiming Jill's life.

03:59However, his plans to flee are quickly derailed.

04:02Ambushed by Dr. Gordon, Jigsaw's secret accomplice, Hoffman is left chained up in the iconic bathroom

04:08trap.

04:09While it works as a way to bookend the series, it feels too low-key after all of Hoffman's

04:13ruthless murders.

04:14The cliché sealed in a room ending doesn't land all that well, not when some much-needed

04:19poetic justice would have been far more satisfying.

04:22After four decades and a franchise spanning multiple films and a TV series, it's clear

04:42that nothing can keep this killer doll down for good.

04:44But it's not like putting him away in the original was a walk in the park either.

04:48No matter how many times he dies, Chucky just gets back up.

04:52Not even after he's roasted in the fireplace.

05:01Despite being burned to a crisp, the antagonist stalks Andy and his mom until the latter shoots

05:05him into pieces.

05:06But is that it?

05:07Nope.

05:08The doll rises once again like it's business as usual, even without his limbs.

05:12By the time a shot through the heart finally claims him, the shock value has long since

05:16expired on this needlessly drawn-out climax.

05:19You believe me now?

05:21Yeah.

05:22But who's gonna believe me?

05:263.

05:27Not Enough

05:28The Mist

05:29Even with horrifying creatures tearing people apart, Miss Carmody ends up as the film's

05:34scariest character.

05:35I have a friend, God up above.

05:39I talk to him every day.

05:41Don't you condescend to me?

05:43I'm sorry?

05:44Not ever.

05:45You don't mock me.

05:47Armed with a fanatical mind and powers of persuasion, she quickly turns the group of survivors into

05:52a bloodthirsty cult, even sacrificing some of them to appease the monsters.

05:56It's from them, the blood of human sacrifice must come, from them, the blood of expiation.

06:06As expected, something has to give.

06:08And the villain is shut down for good when tensions reach their peak.

06:11But her simple demise is oddly underwhelming.

06:14Two quick gunshots and Miss Carmody's done, a death that barely even registers.

06:19Sure, the threat she posed is gone, but the execution is so blink and miss that it robs

06:24audiences of their moment of catharsis.

06:26Jason X pushes the franchise to its wackiest extreme, launching the machete-welding killer

06:49all the way to space, in the future.

06:52If you thought he didn't stay dead before, try killing him when he's enhanced by futuristic

06:56nanotechnology.

07:03So, whether he's frozen in stasis, blown apart by an android, or incinerated in Earth's

07:09atmosphere, it comes across as more absurd than terrifying.

07:12The filmmakers clearly wanted to raise the stakes with one over-the-top death after another.

07:16But when a villain racks up so many demises in the same movie, it's hard not to roll

07:20our eyes.

07:21At some point, even the most die-hard horror fans have to say, enough is enough.

07:262.

07:27Not Enough.

07:28The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

07:33When it comes to pure brutality, few franchises can compete with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

07:40The second entry injects the series with a satirical flavor, playing most of the Leatherface's

07:55family's kills for laughs.

07:57By the end, Leatherface's brother Chop Top and protagonist Stretch are the last one standing.

08:04But rather than living up to the series' billing, Chop Top's defeat qualifies more as a Disney

08:18villain death.

08:19Chasing Stretch up a tower, the bad guy is knocked off and tumbles down a pipe.

08:23Compared to the twisted kills that came before, the film draws the line on Chop Top of all

08:28people.

08:29For some reason.

08:30After all the terrible things he'd done, he deserved an end far worse than the cartoonish

08:33fall he got.

08:341.

08:45Overkill.

08:46A Nightmare on Elm Street 4

08:49You shouldn't have buried me.

08:50I'm not dead.

08:51Elm Street films always get creative every time Freddy Krueger faces defeat.

08:56But this one goes way off the rails.

09:00Faced with its own reflections, the antagonist's countless victims revolt from within.

09:04And right before our eyes, Krueger's body starts falling apart, tearing him piece by

09:09piece.

09:102.

09:11Evil will see itself.

09:122.

09:13And it shall die!

09:142.

09:15Kudos to the makeup team.

09:17But the sheer revulsion from the scene is only reserved for the most hardcore fans of

09:21gore.

09:22While it gives the villain a taste of his own medicine, the freaky visuals drag on much longer

09:26than necessary.

09:27Especially since Freddy was back at it again in the sequel.

09:30All things considered, one word perfectly sums up this death.

09:34Ew.

09:35Rest in hell.

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09:531.

09:54Not Enough.

09:56Carter Burke, Aliens

09:58No one likes a corporate sleaze and Carter Burke is arguably the poster boy for selfish

10:11ambition.

10:12Initially presenting himself as a friendly and empathetic figure, Burke reveals his true colors

10:16by selling Ripley out for profit.

10:18Watching him stranded with a xenomorph seems like the perfect setup for a satisfying comeuppance,

10:23only for the film to cut away just as he screams.

10:25His doom is clear but deliberately ambiguous, leaving us to make up our own minds.

10:45With so much death and destruction already on screen, it's baffling why the film couldn't

10:49dedicate just a minute to Burke's downfall.

10:52Of course, fans did catch it in a deleted scene years later, but by then, it was too little,

10:57too late.

10:58I made a decision and it was wrong, it was a bad call Ripley, it was a bad call.

11:04Bad call?

11:05Right.

11:06These people are dead Burke!

11:07Don't you have any idea what you've done here?

11:09Which villain deaths gave you the heebie-jeebies?

11:12Let us know in the comments down below.

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