20 Greatest Horror Movie Deaths Of The 2020s (So Far)

20. Kate - Fear Street Part One: 1994

Fear Street Part One: 1994 well and truly proved that filmmaker Leigh Janiak wasn't messing around, considering the nauseating yet impressively creative death scene she served up for one of the movie's most likeable characters.

Poor Kate (Julia Rehwald) is taken off the chess board late in the movie when her head is shoved through an industrial bread slicer by the Shadyside killer.

While many filmmakers might've opted to cut away and demonstrate some discretion for the death of a well-liked character, Janiak instead lingers on the scene as Kate's head is pulped into chunks by the force of the machinery, all while she lets out the most horrific blood-curdling scream.

The practical effects wizardry combined with Rehwald's terrified performance and the sheer suddenness of it all make Kate's death by far the most memorable and disturbing in the entire franchise to date, and it'll be tough to top moving forward.