10 Horror Movie Characters Punished For Not Believing

10. Sheriff Brackett - Halloween

Sure, Donald Pleasence's Sam Loomis was forever an erratic, intense, shrieking presence, but if Leigh Brackett (Charles Cyphers) had listened to Dr. Loomis earlier in 1978's Halloween, he may have had a chance to save his dear daughter Annie (Nancy Loomis).

When confronted by a frantic Loomis who informs him an escaped murderer is on his way to Haddonfield on Halloween night, Sheriff Brackett is understandably a little dubious to listen to someone who is coming across as utterly nuts himself.

For Brackett, he throws out lines like, "I have a feeling that you're way off on this", "Well, it's going to take a lot more than fancy talk to keep me up all night crawling around these bushes", "Every kid in Haddonfield thinks this place is haunted", and generally thinks that Sam Loomis is nothing but a scared old man who might be a few sandwiches short of a picnic.

To be fair, that description of Loomis is correct, but it's also with good reason - and that reason, of course, is Michael Myers.

By the time Sheriff Brackett finally starts believing Dr. Loomis, his own daughter Annie has already been slaughtered by the Shape.