10 Horror Movie Deaths That Pissed Off Fans

In the Scream franchise, Randy has always been the one death that ticked off fans. The walking encyclopedia of horror knowledge was killed off way too soon, and fans have raged about it for decades.

Thanks to the release of the most recent sequel - simply titled Scream - though, there's now another death that rivals Randy's rage-inducing offing: Dewey.

Now, Dewey dying isn't inherently a bad idea. The whole joke of his character is that he's lucky to be alive at all, having been stabbed and left for dead so many times throughout the series. Likewise, his death scene is grandiose and well shot. They nearly nailed it, so what gives?

Well, the issue is that Dewey dies because of a writing contrivance, rather than anything believable.

After fighting off Ghostface and saving some would-be victims in a hospital, Dewey puts the survivors in an elevator and then steps out. He tells them that you've got to shoot the bad guy in the head and so goes alone, after being injured, to the incapacitated Ghostface to finish the job.

Not only is what comes next extremely predictable, it's just dumb on Dewey's part. Him being distracted by a phone call and failing to kill Ghostface despite having the upper hand is infuriating, as was him deciding to go alone in the first place.

You're smarter than this, Dewey!