10 Most Unlucky Horror Movie Characters
4. Sarah - The Descent
Sarah (Shauna MacDonald) has not had an easy life. Her husband and child killed in a car accident, Sarah recovers, only to find herself lost and trapped in a cave-in while on a potholing expedition with friends. There, it is revealed that there are also mutant cannibals, set on having her and her friends for dinner. Then she finds out that her husband was cheating on her with one of her best friends.
To add insult to injury, Sarah survives (depending on which ending you go for) only to have to go through it all over again in a bad sequel. The woman eating mutants in the caves are almost incidental to poor Sarah's problems; the dead husband and child; the cave-in; the claustrophobia; the betrayal.
When they arrive, the situation gets worse, but a lot of the tension is lifted - the film's action beats at least giving Sarah a little catharsis as she fights for survival, and into the disappointing sequel - where she is (presumably) killed in an act of noble sacrifice.