10 Movie Characters Who Were Only There To Die
6. Chrissie Watkins - Jaws
Every great horror movie should start with someone getting picked off by the big bad. This could have been a list populated with just those characters, but we've decided to limit our choices to just two.
The first of said unlucky first victims is Chrissie Watkins, played by Susan Backlinie. Chrissie is an attractive young woman who does what all attractive young women in horror movies about water do - she decides to go drunkenly skinny dipping in the middle of the night.
Because that always works out so well...
Naturally, Chrissie's dip turns out to be her last. Through the famous shark-eye view shots, we see the girl being stalked by the sharp-toothed terror, before she is eventually dragged underwater to her gruesome demise.
Backlinie perfectly gets the phrase "maximise your minutes" in this scene. She knows she's not in the movie for very long, but she puts her whole self into her performance and, in doing so, creates one of the most iconic movie openings of all time.
Let this be a warning - if you're sexy and young, don't ever go swimming at night time!
Old, ugly people should be fine though.