20 Most Messed Up Deaths From The Star Trek Movies

17. The Franklin Files

To find its main antagonist, the third Kelvin film dipped into the 22nd century, when history was one and the same. Balthazar Edison was MACO then Captain of the USS Franklin, Earth's first warp four vessel. Vanished along with ship and crew in 2164, Edison reappeared about a century later, unrecognisable as Krall. Death and destruction preceded the 'paperwork' of "case closed" in Star Trek: Beyond.

Three was equally unlucky for a certain starship, whatever the universe. Above planet Altamid, an army of Krall's 'swarm drones' sliced through the Enterprise like it was molecularly synthesised butter. Countless crewmembers were blown into space or mown down by fancy energy weapons. That fate was almost a blessing compared to that of their kidnapped colleagues. In Doctor McCoy's words, "My God. What the hell?"

Edison and co. had survived the years in fighting form by using an ancient "energy transference" technology. In other words, they had sucked the life out of others to extend their own. On the surface of Altamid, we got a harrowing look at the technology in action. Strung upside down, writhing in fear and agony, two Enterprise officers were fed upon by Edison/Krall in front of the horrified Sulu and Uhura.