10 Ballsy Movies That Kill Off A Major Star In The First Act
7. Halloween: Resurrection (Jamie Lee Curtis)
Like her mother, Jamie Lee Curtis became inextricably linked to one of the most revered horror movies of all time. Also like her mother, Jamie Lee met her sudden, unexpected, and grisly end at the very beginning of a horror film.
Unlike Janet Leigh, however, Curtis made it out of four previous installments of Halloween alive. In fact, her character Laurie Strode had become the archetype for strong, female protagonists in horror films who are able to outsmart and outlast their murderous foes.
It wasn't until her fifth go-round in the series (the eighth film in total), that she finally met her maker.
According to stories from those involved with the production, Curtis was contractually obligated to make at least a 30 second cameo in the film. Evidently, she was so engrossed by the script - and, presumably, so bummed out that other scripts had stopped showing up on her doorstep - that she agreed to extend her stay on set by four days, and appeared in the entire opening sequence.
The scene was admittedly pretty awesome, and genuinely shocked audiences who thought the most famous "final girl" of all time had become just as immortal as her psychotic tormentor, Michael Myers. But as her dramatic death proved, no one is ever really safe in a horror franchise.