10 More Movie Villains Killed By Characters Nobody Expected
2. Frau Brückner - Phenomena
Nothing we could possibly write about will ever top the abject lunacy of Dario Argento's classic 1985 giallo horror Phenomena.
At the end of the film, protagonist Jennifer Corvino (Jennifer Connelly) ends up facing off against the psychotic murderess Frau Brückner (Daria Nicolodi), who is enraged that Jennifer has killed her deformed serial killer son Patau (Davide Marotta).
Just as it seems like Brückner is going to kill Jennifer, though, she's rescued by a most unexpected figure indeed - Inga, a chimpanzee who isn't at all pleased that Brückner killed her owner, Professor McGregor (Donald Pleasence), earlier in the movie.
In a scene that truly has to be seen to be believed, a razor-wielding Inga hacks away at Brückner's face until she dies.
Even for Argento's gonzo standards this was absolutely wild, and yet despite the scene's potential to be completely laughable, it's actually a genuinely great - if undeniably bats**t - way to close things out.