10 Horror Movie Scenes That Weren't Meant To Be Funny (But Were)

10. Michael Myers Uses A Gun - Halloween 4: Return Of Michael Myers

John Carpenter's Halloween single-handedly popularised slasher movies. Because many films in the genre couldn't compete with Halloween in terms of pure-horror, they overcompensated by relying on excessive gore and overelaborate deaths.

Because of this, Michael's hacking and slashing in the later movies seemed a bit plain, inspiring the filmmakers to give the masked killer more inventive ways to dispose of his prey. But more often than not, these methods of execution were stupid, rather than clever.

In Halloween 4: Return of Michael Myers, the titular psychopath corners a woman called Kelly with a shotgun. As he points the barrel towards her, viewers expect the mask-wearing mute to blow her to kingdom come.

Instead, he stabs her... with the gun! He drives the weapon straight through Kelly's abdomen with such force, it comes out of her back, pinning her to the wall.

Although this kill is meant to subvert expectations and show off Michael's superhuman strength, it's too ridiculous to take seriously. I mean, c'mon, Mike. We know you love stabbing people but you had a freaking shotgun! Surely, pulling the trigger at point-blank range is an easier way to kill Kelly than to shove a gun through her body.