10 Best Death Scenes In Recent Horror TV Shows

Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities was the deliciously macabre treat many were hoping it would be. When it comes to picking a favourite episode, most people will likely differ, but one undisputed highlight has to be The Autopsy.

This episode saw Dr Carl Winters (played by F. Murray Abraham) perform an autopsy - big shock there - on a strange body. He pieced together the mystery of the corpse and learned that an alien parasite had been using it as a physical host. Bet you didn't see that coming!

Towards the climax of the episode, Dr Winters found himself on the cutting room floor with the alien creature attempting to make his body its new host. However, in a moment of pure badass sacrifice, he used his knowledge of the creature (that it can't see or hear without a host) to trap it.

As the alien infested his body, he stabbed out his eyes and ears, then slit his own throat, trapping the monster inside him with no way to get out. He also wrote a message in blood encouraging the incoming Sherriff to burn his body, taking himself and the creature out together.

It was a sublime moment that allowed the character's final moments to be an act of pure heroism!