8 Movie Characters Who Foreshadowed Their Own Deaths

by Danny Meegan

1. Kane (Alien)

Alien 1979 Kane And Ash
20th Century Fox

The death of John Hurt's Kane is one of the most shocking scenes in cinema history, even when you know it's coming.

Killed by a chestburster after being impregnated by an alien facehugger, Kane was the first character to die in Ridley Scott's original Alien movie, and his demise was signposted right at the beginning of the movie.

Shortly after the crew of the Nostromo wakes from stasis, they sit round a table to eat and drink, recovering from the long period of sleep they've had to endure.

Obviously, they're all feeling a little funny and a little low on energy - as a result of the hypersleep - which prompts Kane to say "I feel dead".

This was clearly a joke, but little did he know that soon, he would be dead. Poor guy.

Can you think of any other characters who foreshadowed their own deaths? Let us know in the comments section!

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Danny has been with WhatCulture for over ten years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. In 2022, he took charge of WhoCulture and has grown it into the biggest Doctor Who channel on YouTube, and one of the biggest Doctor Who communities on the web full-stop. He has been writing and video editing since his early teens, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers, off the back of a burning obsession with the Matt Smith era of the show. Like many his age, he first got into Doctor Who with the 2005 revival, but has since gone back and fallen in love with the classic years too. If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order, or to give you a random factoid about the making of Gridlock, Danny is the person to ask!