7 Horror Movie Characters Who Did Not Deserve to Live

      Have you ever finished a horror movie and wondered how a character could possibly have survived? These seven characters are lucky exceptions, as it's hard to believe they would have made it through in reality.

      Warning: Spoilers ahead.

      But First

      Sebastian Stan in Fresh, Hulu/Searchlight – Credit: C/O

      Horror films, by their nature, tend to be quite unrealistic. So let’s admit that debating the outcomes of already far-fetched horror movies is a bit silly. This is just for fun, and these are merely our opinions. So keep that in mind.

      Marty in The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

      Fran Kranz as Marty in The Cabin in the Woods, Lionsgate – Credit: C/O

      In this horror story, five college students visit a cabin in the woods for what they think will be a fun weekend, only to be horrified to learn they're being used as human sacrifices in a bizarre ritual for the Ancient Ones.

      Each character embodies a stereotype: the virgin, the athlete, the promiscuous girl, the scholar, and the fool — which is Marty (Fran Kranz). True to his role, Marty isn’t particularly bright. At one point, he's stabbed by a zombie and appears to be dragged away, seemingly dead.

      However, it’s later revealed that he somehow survived. But honestly, it’s difficult to believe Marty was either clever or fortunate enough to escape that fate. Realistically, he should have remained dead.

      Noa in Fresh (2022)

      Daisy Edgar-Jones in Fresh, Hulu/Searchlight Pictures – Credit: C/O

      In this cannibal-themed horror film, Sebastian Stan portrays Steve, a doctor who kidnaps women to surgically harvest their body parts for sale to wealthy buyers on the human meat black market. Daisy Edgar-Jones plays Noa, his latest captive.

      Kept in a cell within Steve's luxurious remote home, Noa undergoes gruesome surgeries, as Steve intends to keep her and his other victims alive to ensure their meat stays “fresh,” as the title suggests.

      However, spoiler alert: Noa escapes in the end. Yet it's hard to believe she could truly have gotten away alive. For starters, after escaping with the other victims, they are all recovering from having parts of their bodies removed. How could they possibly be agile enough to navigate the house or the surrounding woods? They’d likely be in unbearable pain. And if they were on painkillers, they’d probably be too medicated and dazed to flee.

      Additionally, after Noa manages to shoot Steve, she’s subsequently strangled by his wife, Ann. Noa only escapes by stabbing Ann in the neck with a set of keys. But can a standard house key really penetrate someone's neck like that? It’s doubtful that Noa, while being choked, would possess enough strength to stab with that kind of force. It seems that Ann, being otherwise healthy, should have easily overpowered Noa.

      It’s incredibly hard to accept that Noa survived this ordeal. But good for her, nonetheless.

      Matt Hooper in Jaws (1975)

      Richard Dreyfuss as Matt Hooper in Jaws, Universal Pictures – Credit: C/O

      In this iconic 1975 thriller, Richard Dreyfuss plays marine biologist Matt Hooper. However, it seems quite implausible that Hooper would come out unscathed from his encounter with the shark.

      During the climactic scene, Hooper descends into a shark cage to get close enough to kill it with a lethal dose of strychnine. But the shark destroys his metal cage, causing Hooper to drop the spear he intended to use for the injection. It strains credibility that Hooper could evade being devoured by the shark after it bites through the bars, leaving him completely exposed. He should have perished right then and there.

      Yet, astonishingly, Hooper swims away and hides on the ocean floor during the scene when the shark brutally kills Quint (Robert Shaw), the shark hunter. Wouldn’t the shark have noticed Hooper after devouring Quint?

      It's tough to believe Hooper could calmly swim away from the shark and hide behind some seaweed while it rampaged.

      Then, after the shark is killed, Hooper and Brody (Roy Scheider), the main character, leisurely paddle back to shore despite the blood-soaked water. Wouldn’t that blood attract other sharks? We have several questions.

      Lindsay in The Human Centipede (2009)

      Ashley C. Williams in The Human Centipede (First Sequence), IFC Films – Credit: C/O

      This may be one of the most unsettling horror films ever made. Without delving into too many gruesome details, by the end, Lindsay (Ashley C. Williams) is the sole survivor of a three-person human centipede. She is surgically attached to two others, both of whom