10 Movie Characters Who Were Killed Off Way Too Soon
2. Alice Hardy - Friday The 13th Part 2
There is no shortage of horror movie franchises that have gone downhill since an iconic debut. The likes of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre all fit into this category, but has any gotten so bad so quickly as Friday the 13th?
The first film in the series, back in 1980, is beloved even to this day and is an all-time slasher great. The subsequent sequels are not, as things took a turn for the worse, almost immediately.
After being the sole survivor of the events at Crystal Lake two months prior, Alice Hardy (Adrienne King) was brought back for the sequel. Though still battling with the trauma of Pamela Voorhees' (Betsy Palmer) attacks, Alice was starting to get her life back together when she was stalked and attacked by the returning Jason. With an ice pick through the skull, Alice was killed before the title card even showed.
The unfortunate real-world circumstance behind the decision to kill Alice off so quickly was reportedly due to safety concerns amid King being stalked after the success of the first movie. Of course, the actor's safety was paramount and of the highest priority, but it is a damn shame audiences were robbed of more from one of the best final girls ever.