20 Horror Movies That Were Way Too Cruel

Newt and Hicks - enough said!

1992's Alien 3 eventually kills off everyone who survived 1986's Aliens, and it's just depressing to watch. Newt (Carrie Henn) and Hicks (Michael Biehn) are killed off when their escape pod crashes, and Ripley later sacrifices herself to destroy the Alien that is growing inside her. 

The deaths of Newt and Hicks were immeasurably awful, as they were great characters, and Newt was the heart of the previous film, so them both dying off-screen like that was beyond insulting. Furthermore, even if Ripley's death was a heroic one, after how much she'd suffered throughout Alien 3 and the previous two movies, she deserved a happier ending than this. 

A clone of her appears in the next film, but this is the final end for the original version of Ellen Ripley, one of the greatest female characters in the history of the silver screen. If a sequel ever gives her a new ending, that could end up being one of those rare retcons that audiences actually like. 

It's arguable that Alien 3 is actually an alright threequel in many ways, and yet, having said this, it's easy to see why so many fans still struggle with this one. It really is far too bleak for its own good, and it's a harder film to revisit as a result.