10 Worst Friends In Horror Movies
They won't be there for you, when the rain of blood starts to fall.
Friends. Who needs 'em, eh?
Quite a few folk, as it turns out, and especially so when it comes to horror film characters. Whether they are co-conspirators in a bloody revenge scheme, brains to help you solve a deadly escape room, or simply cannon fodder for this year's big slasher, friends can help you make it to the end of the movie. Or that's the idea anyway.
But we should never underestimate a character's capacity for self-interest, self-preservation and downright selfishness. They may be strong support on the football pitch, but a jellied eel when face to face with the bogeyman, for it is in times of greatest strife we discover who our real friends are. And sometimes horror movie friends just don't cut the mustard, leaving our heroes to a grim and grisly fate, or even helping make it happen!
So, let's take a look at ten of the worst chums ever to slouch their way onto the silver screen, from the boozed-up bozos of House Of Wax to the secret psychos of Scream. When you're faced with all the horrors of Hell and Earth, the last thing you want is this lot at your back.
But be warned: major spoilers for some killer horror hits lie ahead, including 2009's Triangle and 2017's Happy Death Day.
10. Dalton Just Can't Stop Peeling Wade's Face – House Of Wax (2005)
2005's maligned slasher remake House Of Wax charts the exploits of a group of college buds, including Nick (Chad Michael Murray), Dalton (Jon Abrahams) and Wade (Supernatural's own Jared Padalecki) as they attempt to go camping and have a big ol' sexy party with their girlfriends. But one thing leads to another, the gang end up in a ghost town, and they are soon fighting for their lives around the local wax museum, which is run by a pair of creepy twin brothers.
The waxworks are not what they seem, or perhaps too much of what they seem: people. Yep, the dummies are all real people who have been brutalised and encased in wax – many while they are still living!
Wade is the first of the gang to be immortalised in wax and placed as an exhibit in the museum. Unfortunately for him, he is found by Dalton, who, upon discovering his buddy, begins to peel the wax off, taking Wade's face with it!
Now, most of us would use this moment to pause and take stock of the situation, perhaps wait for a trained medical professional to intervene. But, no. Top guy that Dalton is, he just keeps on peeling, until Wade has no flesh from his temple to his chin.
What are good friends for?