Movie Deaths So Chillingly Cold-Blooded We're Still Not Over Them
Sometimes a total lack of emotion is what makes a movie death particularly disturbing.
When an important character dies in a movie, it is often presented as a dramatic moment full of emotion, so that the audience can fully experience the significance of the death.
But sometimes filmmakers try a completely different approach, where characters are killed in cold blood, almost mundanely, shocking the audience with how emotionless their deaths were.
So here we present you with five of the most chilling and cold movie deaths. Beware of potential spoilers ahead.
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
If you were expecting this movie to be your average cowboys and Indians western, you were in for quite a shock when the movie suddenly turned horror halfway through.
In the most infamous and disgusting scene, one of the characters is brutally dismembered by the Indians, who do it as casually as if they were carving meat for dinner (they are a cannibalistic tribe, after all).
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Guillermo del Toro 's fantasy horror film had its share of unnerving scenes, but one of the most shocking had no supernatural creatures involved.
When Captain Vidal finishes interrogating two civilians, a father and son, he suddenly smashes the son's face to a bloody pulp and then shoots the father, remaining disturbingly calm.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
When an AI HAL 9000 becomes violent, it kills most of the ship's crew while they are still in suspended animation by turning off their life support.
The entire scene has no dialogue, which makes it even more chilling as the audience watches the crew's vital signs drop.
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
As Stanley "Fish" Mellish is slowly and painfully stabbed by a German soldier, his killer shushes and comforts him, driving the knife deeper and deeper.
Neither wanted to die or kill, but fate decided otherwise, and the whole scene is just uncomfortable to watch.
Drive (2011)
Nicolas Winding Refn's neo-noir film had several shocking deaths, but perhaps the most cold and disturbing was that of Shannon, portrayed by Bryan Cranston.
In one second, Bernie Rose slashes his arm so that Shannon will bleed to death, reassuring him in the process: "Don't worry, that's it. It's done, there's no pain, it's over."
