10 Iconic Horror Movie Characters Done Dirty

Dating all the way back to the early days of cinema, the horror genre is one overflowing with iconic characters. Whether that's heroes or villains, horror has served up some of the greatest figures in film history - from the Universal Monsters, to Leatherface, to Michael Myers and Laurie Strode, to Jason Voorhees, to Freddy Krueger, to Ghostface and Sidney Prescott, and so, so many more.

Of course, it's not always been a smooth ride for these characters, and there are instances when they've absolutely been treated badly. Sometimes, that rough treatment has been possible to bounce back from, but other times those poor characters didn't stand a chance. In fact, in some cases, it's the way in which the death of a certain character was handled that's the most insulting thing.

Whether these characters appeared in multiple movies, had notable roles to play across huge franchises, or maybe even just appeared in one silver screen outing, they were all still given short shrift in some form or fashion.

With that in mind, then, here are ten legendary horror characters who have bafflingly been done dirty over the decades.

Paxton Rodriguez really was screwed over in Hostel: Part II, having spent the prior movie somehow surviving the eerie antics of the Elite Hunting Group; that group having, amongst other things, killed Paxton's best buddy, Josh.

Ending Hostel by butchering the unnamed Dutch businessman who'd been responsible for some of the trauma Paxton had gone through, our sole survivor is on a train to safety. With Jay Hernandez's character confirmed to return for the second Hostel movie, it was initially presumed he'd wind up once again having to fend off those nefarious Elite Hunting Group sorts, seemingly alongside the trio of Lauren german's Beth, Bijou Phillips' Whitney, and Heather's Lorna.

Unfortunately for Paxton, not only would he be slaughtered by those Elite rascals, but said slaughtering comes in the sequel's opening moments. Struggling with PTSD from the events of the first film, Paxton lives out in the middle of nowhere, where his paranoia causes problems with his girlfriend as we're shown a clearly strained relationship.

While Paxton's partner may dismiss his fears as being unfounded, she's proven wrong in the most clinical of fashion, awakening one morning to find the headless corpse of her other half. With that, Paxton's head is whisked via motorcycle to Elite boss Sasha, and an extremely likeable character from the first Hostel is well and truly dumped out of the picture.