10 Disgustingly Gory Moments in Otherwise Tame Films

By Chris Gallo /

3. Basketball of Death - Deadly Friend

Director Wes Craven has made some iconic horror films in his career; ranging from The Last House on the Left, to A Nightmare on Elm Street and the entire Scream series. There are a few hidden gems amongst his filmography and few stinkers as well. His 1986 sci-fi horror flick Deadly Friend falls into the stinker category as a decidedly dull exercise in the genre. A teenage boy reanimates his dead girlfriend with a microchip and she becomes a robotic killing machine. It€™s all pretty lame actually. However, the film does feature one of the wackiest €“ and straight up over the top gory €“ moments in Craven€™s career. The robotic menace, played by Kristy Swanson, who has super strength, gets revenge on her cranky old neighbor (played by Anne Ramsay from The Goonies) and throws a basketball at her face which causes her entire head to explode. Her headless body, spurting blood, then continues to flail around the room like a chicken that just had its head chopped off.It€™s definitely one of the best deaths by basketball you€™ll ever see in a movie.