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In repulsion movies there are so many fibre who come signally nigh to surviving , only to meet inauspicious end against all odds . One of the most exciting things about horror movies is the incessant percept of risk . As characters swing between life and dying , their chances for survival of the fittest are more and more uncertain . Audiences still clothe in these theatrical role , rooting for them to overcome obstacles , evade terrorizing villain , and escape ever - present danger .
Across the history of horror , there are also many character who come along as if they ’ll hold out but don’t . Horror ’s final daughter tropeoften shows one lone survivor who appears designate to live . However , there are others who add up fastidiously close to realise it out alive , only to get together their end through a shameful readiness of circumstances , a jump - scare attack , or plain old bad luck .
15Ben - Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
Mistaken For A Ghoul & Shot To Death
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After fending off the undead and emerge as the most live fiber in 1968’sNight of the Living Dead , Ben appears to find redemption when an USA posse arrives to defeat the stay on ghouls . After seeking food waste in a farmhouse root cellar , Ben emerges when he pick up gunfire duringNight of the Living Dead ’s controversial ending . unhappily , he ’s misguided for a body snatcher by the other humans and shoot down with the rest of the monsters . Until the last moment of the film , Ben is the lone subsister , and he ’s on of the more tragic case of a character who almost survived .
14Xavier - Saw II (2005)
Plays Jigsaw’s Game But Dies Anyway
TheSawseries is know for the cobwebby volume of characters who almost live but terminate up dying in increasingly ghastly trap . One victim who it really seem will overcome the odds and make it out alive is Xavier Chavez inSaw II . Having already retrieved the key want to carry out Jigsaw ’s sickish secret plan , Xavier mangle his own cervix with a knife to scan his required number . However , just when it seems he has persevered , Daniel slits his pharynx with a hack saw , and he quickly dies .
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13Billy Drayton - The Mist (2007)
Dies Just Before The Cavalry Arrives To Save Him
Perhaps one of the most tragical and needless deaths in repulsion flick account , eight - year - old Billy Drayton is murdered by his own father as a mercy putting to death to satisfy his hope that he would never allow the fauna in the Mist to get him . However , the heartrending reality is that , moments afterward , a military rescue convoy arrives to pull through the group . After the hard and heartrending decision his father make , it seem his premature death is in vain .
12Casey Becker - Scream (1996)
Stabbed Right Before Reaching Safety
The demise of Casey Becker in the opening instant ofScreamis one no one go steady coming . Since she ’s portray by Drew Barrymore , many assumed she ’d be the lead of the film — or at least make it past the title cards . The pic begins with Casey ’s famous phone conversation with Ghostface , and before long , he ’s at her room access and chasing her down . She nearly outrun the killer . As Casey ’s parents come home and call the police , she seems to be moments aside from safe . However , she ’s caught and meets an untimely end .
11Helen Shiver - I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
Had Time To Make It To Safety
InI Know What You Did Last Summer , Helen Shiver , portrayed by Sarah Michelle Gellar , appears as if she ’ll last as she runs away from the come-on - wielding killer chasing her . Through panicked screams , she runs through building , jumps out a window , and even give it to the refuge of the outside world . While wandering the street , she becomes distracted as a pyrotechnic display and passing parade cause a keen commotion . Despite having the time to keep run , she stalls in the street , and the killer catches up with her in a fatal attack .
10Randy Meeks - Scream 2 (1997)
Killed By Ghostface In Broad Daylight
Horror geek and film fanatic Randy Meeks acts as the audience foster in the first twoScreammovies . In the original movie , Randy excuse the rules of repulsion movie , one of the most obvious ways the franchise uses self - referential meta humor . InScream 2 , he tells Dewey Riley what to expect from a sequel . A fan - pet quality , his death inScream 2comes as a surprisal to audiences , as his in - profundity cognition of horror clichés should exit him one step ahead of Ghostface . sweep into a new wave and murdered in broad daytime , short Randy never sees it coming .
9Dewey Riley - Scream (2022)
Helped Others Escape The Hospital, Only To Meet His End
8Carter Horton - Final Destination (2000)
Survived Until The Final Moments Of The Film
High school tough Carter Horton manages to evade death after being chuck out from Volée Airlines Flight 180 , the doom flight that killed so many of his class fellow . Throughout the movie , death hunts down all of those who were destined to conk on that plane . In the final moment of the film , only Carter , Alex Browning , and Clear river are still alive . To celebrate , they fly to Paris and enjoy the trip they never had the first sentence around . However , Carter have a small bit too cocky that he manages to surviveand is kill by throw neon signs just as the closure credits roll .
7Noah Clay - The Ring (2002)
Survived For Seven Full Days And Appeared To Beat The Curse
Noah Clay is the video - analyst ex - boyfriend of Rachel Keller inThe Ring . Recruited by Rachel betimes in the plastic film to help her unveil the enigma behind the cursed videotape that causes whoever watches it to die after seven Clarence Shepard Day Jr. , Noah take in the magnetic tape and at first appears to survive past his allotted fourth dimension . However , just when it seems he ’s go to make it out awake , the vengeful ghost of Samara Morgan materialise on his TV screen , and he meets his unfortunate end .
6Father Damien Karras - The Exorcist (1973)
Dies Heroically After Making It To The End
Father Damien Karras shows his heroic side inThe Exorcistas he attempts to transfer the monster that has possessed unseasoned Regan MacNeil into his own body . In a unfearing and bluff move , he fights with the devil , and pray it to “ take me . ” When his request is granted and the demon take on over his body , rather than hurt the unseasoned fille , he hurls himself out of the bedroom window . He would likely have hold out if it was not for the flight of stairs of stairs waiting below . However , after making it through the whole motion-picture show , Father Karras break down down the dance step and meet a fell close .
