10 Smartest Decisions In Horror Movies

5. Chainsaw Arm - Evil Dead 2

The Shining Danny Jack
Rosebud Releasing

So Ash has gone out to a cabin in the woods for a remote vacation that all goes horribly wrong. Playing a tape recorder from an archeological dig releases an ancient evil, possessing his girlfriend Linda and turning her into a deadite - meaning he has to off her with a shovel and bury her near said cabin. Things aren't looking good, but they get worse when the decapitated head comes back, bites him, and leads to him having a serious case of possessed hand syndrome. Bit of a medical mystery that one, the only cure being to cut the thing off with a nearby chainsaw.

Connect the dots here. There's a man missing his extremities, a perfectly usable chainsaw, and some modifications that are simple enough to make it attachable at the stump. Cue Ash running around with a choppy arm that he then uses to fend off the impending zombie invasion with both style and ease, the ultimate combo.

You can't tell me this isn't the smartest choice any horror movie protagonist has ever made. He's literally got a chainsaw arm. How useful is that?

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