10 Horror Movie Characters Who Got Undeservedly Brutal Deaths
6. Barbara - Shaun Of The Dead
For a supposed
horror-comedy, this 2004 classic packed a hell of an emotional punch!
Protagonist Shaun’s mum Barbara is sweet, kind and an all round good egg. Therefore, when she is revealed to have been bitten by one of the undead horde, both Shaun and the audience are understandably miserable at this revelation.
Barbara deserved to make it to the end of the movie, not get bitten and die so close to the finish line! She didn’t admit her condition to the others sooner as she didn’t want to be a bother which only adds to her truly angelic nature.
What makes this worse is that it is Shaun who has to shoot his own mother when the infection takes over.
It’s as
emotional as it gets, as Shaun tearfully tells his mum that he’s sorry before
having to shoot her. Given how attached the audience has become to the ragtag
team of survivors (except David, f**k you David), Barbara’s death is as brutal
for her loving son as it is for the shocked audience.