Slit throat

Slit throat is what happens when someone slices your throat open, causing you to bleed out. Such an injury is almost always fatal. This sort of gruesome method of death is common in the horror genre, as well as many dramas, particularly ones of the mobster subgenre. Many suspense thrillers will also feature a murderer that kills his victims by slitting their throat.

In gangster films, a popular weapon used to slice open someone's throat, or to strangle them, is a garrote. Such practices can be found in movies like the Godfather film series.

In film

 * Bram Stoker's Dracula: Quincey Morris slices Dracula's throat open at the end of the film. It is actually Mina Murray who finishes the vampire off however.
 * Bride of Chucky: Tiffany kills officer Robert Bailey by slitting his throat.
 * Freddy vs. Jason: In a dream sequence, Jason Voorhees slices open the throat of a negligent camp counselro.
 * Friday the 13th: Pamela Voorhees kills several people in this fashion between two different time periods including Annie Phillips, Bill, Claudette and Ned Rubinstein.
 * Friday the 13th Part 2: Jason Voorhees uses a garrote to kill Crazy Ralph.
 * Halloween: Michael Myers kills Annie Brackett by slitting her throat in the driver's seat of a car.
 * Halloween: In the remake of Halloween, Michael Myers kills Mason Strode on the front porch of his home slicing his throat open with a butcher knife.
 * Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later: Michael Myers kills Marion Chambers by slicing her throat open with a knife.

In television

 * 'American Horror Story: Coven: Witch Fiona Goode got into an argument with an upstart neophyte witch named Madison Montgomery. As they quarreled, Fiona lashed out in anger, slitting her throat. Madison died, but was resurrected shortly thereafter.