10 Horror Movie Sequels That Totally Insulted Great Characters

10. Alice - Friday The 13th Part 2

Okay, so admittedly slasher franchises aren’t exactly known for their delicate handling of survivors who try to make the transition from one instalment to another. But Friday the 13th deserves to shoulder some of the blame for that fact. As the second slasher franchise to begin the tradition of adding endless instalments, it was the first to off its nominal heroine in the opening minutes of the next flick, giving every subsequent masked killer permission to follow suit.

It’s only fair to note here that Halloween did in fact keep Laurie Strode alive for its first sequel—and in fact for every sequel until Halloween Resurrection. And even then the franchise managed to revive her for 2018’s second reboot of the property (what a tangled canon we weave, eh Mr. Carpenter?).

Friday the 13th, on the other side, made it clear that mercy was not the order of the day from the outset, killing the first film’s resourceful, resilient heroine in its opening scene with a sequence which would go on to inspire Hostel Part II, another entry on this list. Alice may have been capable enough to survive Camp Crystal Lake, but the sequel was a crueller world and she bit the dust before you could say “pay raise”.