Barb of ‘Stranger Things’ and 12 Other Amazing Fan Favorite Characters Killed in Horror Movies

Bonus Pick: Curt – Cabin in the Woods

Our first bonus pick focuses on Curt – played by Chris Hemsworth – in the shockingly refreshing film, The Cabin in the Woods. The burly jock of this group of 20-somethings seems as though he’s the guaranteed hero of the film. He even successfully tangles with massive weapon wielding zombies, all to defend his girl. For a stereotype often looked at in negative light, this jock is certainly likeable.

Not likeable enough to live to see the final credits, however.

In what has to be one of the most unexpected moments featured on a big screen in 2012, Curt finds himself running into a wall… literally. Curt revs his dirt bike, determined to get away from the cabin and locate some help. He’s got one hell of a jump to make (by the way, all access to the road Curt aims for has been sabotaged, which is precisely why he looks for an unconventional method to clear a sizable gap and get to the road and find help), but it looks possible… until Curt gets airborne and suddenly smacks into an invisible wall, smashing his body and sending the broken remains into a sad free fall.

Go figure, someone finally makes a movie in which the jock is cool, and he gets himself obliterated fairly early in the movie!

Bonus Pick: Hero – Feast

If you haven’t seen Feast (I would recommend the full trilogy, as they’re all very different in setting, but similar in tone, and all quite entertaining), look into it. The movie has some very real surprises in store for viewers.

The greatest surprise of them all, however (if you haven’t seen Feast, but intend to, do not read the remainder of this bonus pick) is the death of the “hero.” This dude gets a stellar introduction and he looks like an unstoppable bad ass. Five seconds after introduction he’s ripped from the safety of a rundown bar and torn to shreds outside.

Hero? Yeah… we like what you did there, John Gulager.

Bonus Pick: Barb – Stranger Things

Poor Barb. This innocent to a fault young lady just aims to provide moral support for her BFF, Nancy. Unfortunately for Barb, Nancy doesn’t give a damn about anything other than getting herself laid. She blows off her supposed best friend without a second thought (selfish bitch – seriously, I loathed her character from this point forward, as she proved to be little more than your standard shallow, selfish high school girl who thinks spreading her legs is going to make her popular… up until about episode 6), who just minutes later becomes one of the early victims of that damned Demogorgon.

Barb deserves a lot better. And interestingly enough, her character had the potential to be a very magnetic element of the story.