10 Awesome Recent Horror Movie Death Scenes

10. Samira - A Quiet Place: Day One

A Quiet Place: Day One makes it clear from its establishing scenes that there's going to be no happy ending for protagonist Sam (Lupita Nyong'o), a terminally ill cancer patient who simply wants to live long enough to revisit the jazz club where her late father played and grab a slice of pizza.

Sam fulfills that wish before film's end, but rather than die a predictably sacrificial death to help her new pal Eric (Joseph Quinn) get to safety, things go in a slightly different direction.

Having achieved her goal and content that Eric is now safe, Sam walks through the New York City streets while listening to Nina Simone's anthemic "Feeling Good" on her iPod.

Fully accepting her death, she unplugs her earphones, causing the song to blare loudly in the vicinity, and attracting the attention of the alien creatures.

Though we know that Sam's about to be duly torn apart by the monsters, director Michael Sarnoski smartly ends the film on a shot of Sam taking back control of her own life and preparing to die on her own terms, cutting to black before the grisly outcome occurs.