10 More Devastating Horror Movie Deaths You Couldn't Look Away From

2016's Train to Busan is yet another notable smash hit from South Korean cinema, taking place on the titular locomotive as a zombie apocalypse breaks out across the country.

The film's protagonist Seok-Woo is traveling with his daughter Su-An to Busan as this disastrous turn of events unfolds, precipitated by an infected passenger making their way aboard. The undead sh*t storm that breaks out in short order is one of the most enthralling zombie films ever conceived, the cinematic equivalent of a bullet train. The action is so fast paced and visceral that audiences literally feel exhausted after watching it - in the best way possible.

Tragically, a key element at the heart of the film's lasting success is the melancholic final sacrifice of its central protagonist. Seok-Woo is bitten attempting to put Yon-Suk out of his misery, sealing his woeful fate. The resolute father struggles on, putting his daughter and remaining survivor Seong-kyeong in the engine room and showing them how to operate the train. A resigned, yet entirely devastated Seok-Woo says a heartbreaking goodbye to his daughter, locking the door behind him as he leaves.

The anguished Su-An weeping and pounding on the door, interspersed with her father's flashbacks to her birth set against a tender piano score, make this a genuine tear-jerker of a scene. As Seok-Woo begins to turn and throws himself off the train to his death, one would have to be made of stone to feel unmoved.