8 Horror Characters We Were Happy To See Killed

Ultimately, the death of Joey Burns was a plot point used to allow the Friday the 13th franchise to serve up a Jason Voorhees copycat. That copycat, of course, would end up being Roy Burns - the vengeance-seeking father of Joey.

It may sound harsh, but was anyone actually sad when Joey was killed off during the opening act of Friday the 13th: A New Beginning? No, no they weren't.

Just seeing Joey putting his chocolate-covered fingers all over a nice, crisp, clean white bedsheet would be enough to warrant his demise in the books of many, and the writing was only further on the wall for Joey when he annoyed anyone and everyone he met during the opening scene.

Whether he intended to draw his ire or not, Joey's fatal mistake was barking back at fellow halfway house resident Vic Faden. The fact that this argument occurred while the amped-up, ramped-up Vic was frantically, furiously chopping wood wasn't Joey's wisest decision - and it's a decision that sees Vic snap and launch his sturdy axe into the back of Joey.

Let's face it, the painful few minutes that Joey was on screen were more than enough to warrant him being killed off.