20 Best Horror Movie Kills of 2025

20. Josh - Companion

Companion does the audience the courtesy of revealing upfront that its male lead Josh (Jack Quaid) is going to be killed by his companion robot Iris (Sophie Thatcher) by the film's end, but we just don't know how. The fateful scene in question is sure as hell worth the wait, though.

Attentive viewers probably noticed that director Drew Hancock lingers on an electric corkscrew a few times throughout the film, damn-near guaranteeing that it's going to be used as a weapon at some point. And indeed, during Iris' final fight with the scheming Josh, she grabs the corkscrew, places it at Josh's temple, and activates it, causing a hole to be bored through his skull, killing him in satisfyingly gnarly fashion.

Yes, it could be seen coming a mile off, but the phrase "give the people what they want" exists for a reason. Sometimes the right call is blindingly obvious precisely because it's the right call.