EVERY Halloween Death RANKED By Stupidity

Harry Grimbridge - Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Halloween III: Season of the Witch Harry Grimbridge
Universal

Harry had no chance, the poor fella.

Chased by a bunch of androids, one of which he manages to destroy, he's pleading with anyone and everyone to believe him that Conal Cochran is up to no good. And when he collapses in the shop of Walter Jones, he's taken to the hospital, where he again proceeds to warn Dr. Dan Challis and Co. that "they're going to kill us, all of us."

Still, everyone presumes Harry is just a smidge unstable.

That is, until the sleeping Harry is visited by one of those androids, who then puts his fingers through Harry's eyes, his hand through Harry's skull, and just generally makes a mess of the guy, killing him in brutal, brutal fashion. Oh, and then the android - who we don't actually know is an android yet - calmly sits in his car, pours gasoline over himself, and sets himself on fire.

So, Harry deserves to be right at the bottom of this list. He tried to warn everyone of what was really happening at Silver Shamrock, and he was then helpless to prevent his own death, as he was asleep when it happened. Well, he was asleep until he was awakened by his eyes being squashed.

Buddy Kupfer Jr. - Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Halloween III: Season of the Witch Buddy Kupfer Jr.
Universal

It sure was bold of Halloween III to kill off a kid, but that's exactly what it did with Buddy Kupfer Jr., with him the guinea pig of sorts for the Silver Shamrock masks.

Buddy's dad was one of Silver Shamrock's best salespeople, and so the family got a nice little tour of the factory, complete with being the first people to witness the final Silver Shamrock Halloween commercial. As a test subject, young Buddy Jr. gave audiences a first glimpse of what those masks could really do, with his head turned to mush when the ad plays. Not just mush, but all kinds of bugs, snakes, and various other creepy-crawlies burst out of Buddy's mask.

On the stupidity scale, this was simply an eager kiddo excited about Halloween, totally unaware of what was around the corner.

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