Most Disturbing Suicide Scene In A Movie...

[Ash]

Whenever I see a character in a film commit suicide, I am usually totally shocked!  (it's what the director wanted all along)
    These scenes more than others tend to adhere themselves into my mind.
One memorable scene I can remember is from "Full Metal Jacket" when "Private Pyle", after wasting his drill sergeant and is clearly a "Section 8",  puts the barrell of his M-14 into his mouth while sitting on the john and proceeds to blow his brains out all over the porcelain wall behind him.
   
Another is from "Boogie Nights" when William H. Macy's character "Little Bill" puts a .38 into his mouth after shooting his promiscuous wife and her f**k buddy at that crowded 1980 New Year's Eve party.  (If you pay close attention at the end of the movie there is a painted portrait of "Little Bill" in the exact spot where his brains splattered against the wall.)
   
Are there any other grim suicide scenes that any of you can recall from a movie?

[frannie]

The Virgin Suicides has plenty of them.

[Ash]

I watched "The Virgin Suicides" last year while in Australia.  
I only remember that I was a little disappointed in it.
    I can't remember any specifics from it.

[AndyC]

One that I always thought was effectively done was in The Dead Zone, when Christopher Walken foresees Martin Sheen blowing his brains out at the end. You don't see much, just hear the bang as some blood spatters on a magazine cover documenting the shameful moment that ended his political career. Very effective.

Still, if a president can get a blowjob from an intern and manage to come out of it all right, I suppose using a child as a human shield might not be the career killer it once was.

A movie suicide that was not very good was James Cromwell going out with a bang in Eraser. It was a surprise, and well filmed, but it seemed rather sudden and pointless, as if to give the audience a cheap shock and get Cromwell out of the movie after one scene. I mean, he's caught on tape, making a vague statement that might incriminate him and immediately sticks a gun in his mouth. He's still not 100% sure what's going on. The realization of his predicament can't even have begun to sink in yet, and there are still plenty of possibilities. Everybody else in the scandal came close to getting away with it.

[Chadzilla]

The Castle Rock Killer's suicide in The Dead Zone (with SCISSORS in the MOUTH!!!) gives me the willies everytime.

James Karen's character cremating himself in Return of the Living Dead is a chilling little moment that is both touching, revolting, and funny at the same time.  Goosebumps for sure.

The airlock scene in Event Horizon is a jolt, too.

[wheresthecarrot]

PI.....the guy puts a drill through his head at the end.

[ahab]

The scene that gets me every time is from The Thing when Doc and MacReady find the frozen corpse at the ice station. That always creeps me out, I think it is the frozen blood that does it.


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[Steven Millan]

               "The Rules Of Attraction" has a very horrifying suicide scene,from what I"ve heard.
                It's a movie(from Roger Avary,no less)that we all have to check out.

[Evan3]

First, from what I hear, Rules of Attraction was a terrible movie indeed so dont see it.

There are a few suicides that I liked.
In the movie O (based on Othello with Josh Hartnett and Julia Stiles..... Of course) there are two just shocking suicides.

In the Omen, the first nanny conveys a message to Damien before hanging herself and it sends shivers down my sides every times.

Luke Wilson's attempted suicide gave real meaning and plot to the Royal Tannenbaums

Finally, I love Arnold's suicide in Terminator 2, it is so touching and so sweet, I think it is a "nice" suicide if there are nice suicides.

The only ridiculous suicide that I have seen and that made me laugh was Heath Ledger's in Monster's Ball, it was so sudden and out of place, that you just cant help laughing, mucch like the REST OF mONSTER's Ball

[Brock]

Rules of Attraction was a very good movie, but a very shocking one and definitely not for homophobes or very religous people.  I can't say I 'enjoyed' it, but I appreciated it and feel that it is worth seeing.

As for the suicide scene, I wouldn't dream of giving it away, but it is fairly graphic and extremely sad.  Really added a lot to the movie and was the most obvious instance of a reoccuring theme throughout.

[Andre Toulon]

"Rules of Attraction was a very good movie, but a very shocking one and definitely not for homophobes or very religous people. I can't say I 'enjoyed' it, but I appreciated it and feel that it is worth seeing."

Brock,

How can a movie be good if you can't say you enjoyed it?  Just because it makes a positive statement or makes a person think doesn't make it a good movie.  I think most people go to the movies to be entertained, and if you don't enjoy it, it's not good.

Just my $.02 but I think your statement contradicts itself.

[wheresthecarrot]

I disagree....not so much movies, but I think "Lord of the Flies" is an excellent book, but I didn't enjoy reading it at all....same goes for a lot of music I can't stand but can at least recognise the talent that goes into it.

[Evan3]

My girlfriend watched the excellent Edward Norton Movie American History X and said it was great, she liked it and never wanted to see it again. Sometimes a movie can be a little too good, but I cant believe Rules Of Attraction is one of them

[Brock]

I'm saying it was depressing as all hell and frequently disturbing, so it wasn't necessarily "enjoyable".  But it was still a great movie.

[Doktor Herz]

I would have liked AH-X if it were an accurate movie about nazi skinheads.