10. John Ottway Leaves The Best Possible Survival Spot The Grey
The slasher formula is simple namely, we see a threat (in The Grey's case a pack of wolves) whittle down a large cast until only the biggest name is left. Yet what marks this film out among the slashers is Liam Neeson's character he's got more solid motivations for saving folk than your average slasher protagonist, so it's all the more baffling when you realise his tactics were spectacularly stupid, and he could've saved himself a whole load of heartache if he'd just kept the folk he's desperate to save in the plane. Basically, that wrecked plane was as close to a wilderness Shangri-La as they were ever going to get. It had shelter, a small food supply, materials that could be fashioned into weapons and if push came to horrific shove, enough food for cannibalism. It would've been much easier to fend off the wolves from that location by Macgyvering weaponry and fire-fuel out of the wreckage all while eating the hounds they could kill and wait for the air authorities to trace the plane's black box. Hell, if they eventually had to make a break for the trees and civilisation, it probably would've been prudent to thin out the wolf horde first, and where could be better than a place where you, as a biped with opposable thumbs, would have the advantage? Instead, Neeson takes them on a magical mystery tour on their home turf, and everyone gets avoidably killed. Good going, Liam.