Hello, HYSTOphiles! Ever since we started this journey, we keep accidentally choosing movies that just happen to include the death of an animal during their storyline.
A LOT of them.
Most of the animal victims are, for some reason, dogs, and it started to happen so often that we started keeping track, hence The Dead Dog Report.
Our good friend, sometimes guest, and forever good luck charm Kellie Arnold will not watch a movie where this happens, and we understand! So, she suggested we post this report online so she knows what movies we’ve covered that we recommend she not watch, and we were happy to oblige!
Kellie, this is for you!
(To be updated as needed…)
The HYSTO? “Dead Dog Report”
- Deep Red – 1975
- Friday the 13th – 1980
- Audition – 1999
- Grindhouse/Planet Terror – 2007
- Trick ‘r Treat – 2007
- The Greasy Strangler – 2016
- The Hidden – 1987
- American Psycho – 2000
- Halloween – 1978
- Halloween Kills – 2021
- The WNUF Halloween Special – 2013
- Funny Games – 2007
- Moonrise Kingdom – 2012
- Humanoids from the Deep (aka MONSTER!) at least three dogs – 1980
- Friday the 13th Part 2 – maybe… (did Muffin really die? Something did…) – 1981
- Cabaret – 1972
- The Thing From Another World – 1951
- The Thing – 1982
- Needful Things – 1993
- To Kill A Mockingbird – 1962
- Thinner (several, but all offscreen) – 1996
- Dial Code Santa Claus aka Deadly Games – 1989
Dead Cat Report
- Satan’s Little Helper – 2004
- Gummo – 1997
- The WNUF Halloween Special – 2013
- The Bird With The Crystal Plumage – 1970
- The Fly (1958) (cat disappears)
Dead Bug report
- A Bay Of Blood – 1971 – beetle
- Vampire’s Kiss – 1988 – roach
Dead Random Animal Report
- Deep Red – 1975 – crow
- Deep Red – 1975 – lizard
- Rare Exports – 2010 – pig
- Rare Exports – 2010 – 433 reindeer
- Pink Flamingos – 1972 – chicken(s)
- Apocalypto – 2006 – tapir
- Apocalypto – 2006 – jaguar
- Apocalypto – 2006 – some black-furred creature
- Willard – 1971 – rats
- Ben – 1972 – rats
- Wanted – 2008 – rats…lots of rats
- The Fly – 1986 – baboon
- Vampire’s Kiss – 1988 – pigeon
Dead Mythical Creature Report
- Legend – 1985 – unicorn