20 Awesome Horror Movie Deaths NOBODY Talks About
12. Child Mauled By Dog - When Evil Lurks
When Evil Lurks is one of the most refreshingly, unapologetically mean horror films of recent years, following two brothers who witness a demonic possession spreading across their rural town.
It never ceases to be shocking when a horror film kills a child in a supremely brutal way, but there's something particularly unnerving about the totally matter-of-fact manner in which young Vicky (Lucrecia Nirón Talazac) is taken out here.
While sat next to her unknowingly possessed dog, Vicky is violently mauled and dragged across the floor - an act watched by her stepbrother Santino (Marcelo Michinaux).
Director Demián Rugna mercifully lingers on Santino's horrified reaction rather than the act itself, or so it seems, until he cuts back to the dog shaking a lifeless Vicky like a chew toy and then dragging her body outside.
There's enormous potential for a scene like this to come off goofy, but the excellent prop work and sheer unexpected shock value contribute to one of the most queasily upsetting death scenes from any recent horror movie.