While the plastic bag ranks low on this list due to it being an extremely mundane item, it still deserves mention due to the surprisingly brutal nature of Clare’s agonizing asphyxiation, which proves that death can come from the most unlikely of sources. While Billy doesn’t really boast a recurring main weapon, one of the film’s most chilling scenes involves his creative use of a plastic bag to dispatch an unsuspecting Lynne Griffin, turning a seemingly innocent household object into an instrument of death. With that out of the way, don’t forget to comment below with your own favorite unorthodox weapons if you think we missed an important one.īob Clark’s 1974 Black Christmas isn’t just one hell of a creepy holiday flick, it’s also responsible for kicking off the Slasher craze with one of cinema’s first iconic killers. Second, these objects will be selected according to the creativity surrounding their use, not the overall quality of the film that they originally appeared in.
First of all, we’ll be defining “weapon” as any object used by a character to murder another character, no matter how mundane. After all, there’s more to scary movies than boring old stabbings and gunshots, and it’s about time that we honor some of the genre’s most innovative weapons.Īs usual, this list is purely based on personal opinion, but there are a couple of rules. While there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a classic cinematic beheading, variety is the spice of life (and death), and that’s why we’ve come up with this list of six of the most unusual weapons in horror movies. However, some filmmakers like to think outside the box when coming up with creative kills, forgoing the traditional tools of the trade and providing horror fans with memorable and often unexpected murders. This makes sense, as years of genre cinema have conditioned us to expect bloody carnage whenever a kitchen knife shows up in a scary movie. Axes, machetes and chainsaws – oh my! certain objects will forever be associated with the horror genre despite having completely normal uses in real life.
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