10 Horror Films Where Only One Person Dies

10. House (1986)

House tells the story of William Katt's Roger Cobb. Cobb returns to his childhood home following the death of his aunt and finds that the home has many uninvited guests.

What makes House worthy of this list is its whacky creativity. Producer Sean S. Cunningham knew he wanted to make a PG film so it was up to director Steve Miner to find inventive and frightening ways to keep audiences entertained.

The filmmakers achieved this through an impressive use of practical effects and adding some surprisingly hilarious dark comedy to the story. Lurking within the titular house is a many-faced Demon, a squeaky-voiced witch and two gremlin dwarves. All of this makes us forget that we haven't witnessed a single on-screen death since the opening moments of the film when a delivery boy finds the dead body of Roger's aunt.

That's it - that's as much on screen death as House delivers. The rest of the film's paranormal encounters interchangeably make us scream or chuckle. Instead of human bloodshed, the paranormal visitors bear the brunt but never actually die because... they're evil?

House keeps the viewer glued with a wonderfully atmospheric score, perfectly timed comedic moments and a dark sub-plot about a missing child and war PTSD. There is little need for any on-screen death.