10 More Movie Villains Killed By Characters Nobody Expected
8. Max - The Lost Boys
The Lost Boys' surprise third-act reveal is that the head vampire is none other than the unassuming video store owner Max (Edward Herrmann), but the movie has one final twist in store for how Max is finally dealt with.
Most everyone watching likely assumed that Max would be killed by one of the Emerson or Frog brothers, but just as Max prepares to turn Lucy (Dianne Wiest), Grandpa Emerson (Barnard Hughes) crashes through the house in his truck.
With fence posts resting on the top of the truck, one of them launches through the air and quickly impales Max, with a minor assist from his grandson Michael (Jason Patric), who shoves Max into said fence post.
The sheer unexpected awesomeness of Grandpa saving the day is further hammered home by his immortal departing line - "One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach - all the damn vampires."