10 Times You Totally Thought Horror Movie Characters Were Dead (But They Weren't)
3. John Parse - Possessor
Brandon Cronenberg's Possessor is an absolutely ruthless sci-fi horror film in which assassin Tasya Vos (Andrea Riseborough) controls the bodies of other people in order to carry out her hits.
Tasya's latest job is to kill wealthy CEO John Parse (Sean Bean) and his daughter Ava (Tuppence Middleton), which she achieves by - while possessing the body of Ava's fiancee Colin (Christopher Abbott) - shooting Ava repeatedly and then viciously attacking John with a fire poker.
Tasya beats John's face with the poker before shoving it into his mouth, ripping out his teeth, and then tearing out one of his eyeballs for good measure. Though we don't see John expire on screen, the injuries appear traumatic enough to ensure his death.
But alas, it's subsequently revealed that Parse in fact survived the brutal attack, and is indeed still alive when the end credits roll.
Given Sean Bean's penchant for cinematic death, it's pretty hilarious that his character managed to make it through such a nauseating assault with his life in tact.