- "Shondell, why you got a knife in your throat?!"
- ―Denise Hemphill
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Throat injury | |
Classification: | Injury |
Associated genres: | Horror; Slasher |
Associated franchises: | Friday the 13th Halloween Texas Chainsaw Massacre |
Related articles: | Eye injuries; Head injury; Slit throat |
A throat injury is the result of physical trauma to the throat. This can come in many forms. In slasher fiction, a killer often commits murder by slicing open someone's throat, which causes them to bleed to death. This effect can also be achieved through a process of stabbing or other forms of a penetration with a bladed weapon, such as getting shot with a bow and arrow. There are several supernatural creatures that will cause throat injuries as well, particularly vampires and werewolves. Vampires use fangs to pierce a person's jugular in order to drink their blood. If they are a kind-hearted sort of undead, they might even leave their victim intact with only two small puncture wounds. Other vampires are not so discerning and will make a right bloody mess of things. Werewolves are even less picky. They'll go for the throat and tear ya into a pile of shredded pork.
In film[]
- Book of Blood: Wyburd slits Simon McNeal's throat with a knife as a form of a merciful death before skinning him. The slow death option would have been to skin him alive.
- Little Dead Rotting Hood: Numerous werewolf victims getting their throats ripped out.
- Us: Adelaide strangles Red with the chain from her handcuffs and breaks her neck.
Appearances[]
Films[]
- Book of Blood
- Friday the 13th
- From Dusk Till Dawn
- Hills Have Eyes Part II, The
- Little Dead Rotting Hood
- Mother's Day
- Us
- Zone of the Dead
Television[]
- Scream Queens: Hell Week - Red Devil stabs Shondell Washington in the throat.
Comics[]
- Ghost Rider & Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance 1 - Lilith punches her fingers through some poor bastard's throat.
- Vampirella Vol 4 2 - Vampirella slits the throat of her own counterpart in hallucination.
Film shorts[]
Notes[]
- Throat injuries redirects to this page.
See also[]
- Appearances of throat injuries
- Characters who have their throats slit
- Characters who have their throats ripped out
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