10 Horror Movie Deaths That Could've Been WAY Better

10. Dewey Riley - Scream (2022)

In theory, Dewey's (David Arquette) brutal demise in the fifth Scream could've been an all-timer moment for the slasher franchise, which up to this point had allowed its three central characters - Dewey, Sidney (Neve Campbell), and Gale (Courteney Cox) - to emerge unscathed each and every time.

Dewey's death at the end of Scream 2022's second act was certainly inherently shocking, yet also left many fans underwhelmed by its ultimately lackluster execution (pardon the pun).

The problem? The scene requires Dewey to act with uncharacteristic stupidity, neglecting to shoot Ghostface in the head at the hospital and so deciding to go back to finish the job, at which point the killer manages to get the drop on him and gut the fan favourite hero.

Yet there was a ripe opportunity here to do something far more interesting and surprising. What if, when Dewey went back and aimed his gun at the fallen Ghostface, he was then attacked from behind and killed by the second Ghostface?

This would've intriguingly subverted expectations by revealing the presence of a second killer early - rather than in the third act as usual - and made Dewey's death feel a little less dopey, given the more unpredictable element of surprise involved.