Hollywood Body Count

I came across an interesting site recently called Body Counters. As it’s name implies, a group of dedicated movie buffs keep track of the killings so we don’t have to. We can just sit back and enjoy the death and mayhem.

Some films are kinda obvious in the shear volume of loss. Such as ‘Independence Day’ with 1,702,461 humans and 11,000,017 aliens. This may not be a surprise since the movie was about global annihilation. Still, it’s not #1. It’s actually #7.

There are the more amusing stats such as ‘Time Bandits’ with 37, plus 1 minotaur, 1 rat, 1 Evil Genius and everyone that died on the Titanic.

And it’s not all about death (only mostly). While ‘Black Snake Moan’ had no deaths, it is honored for Samuel L. Jackson gracing us with 5 motherfuckers and 1 motherfucking.

It’s not as easy as it sounds. There are rules all body counters must follow:

• Every body counts. This includes cats, dogs, flies, aliens, cows, and even engagements.
• Fresh bodies only. Pre-existing bodies (deaths that did not happen during the course of the movie) do NOT count.
• Dream sequences do NOT count, but flashbacks DO.
• People that get turned into zombies and then die only count once. After all, it’s the same body.
• Clones count individually. After all, it’s a different body.
• There must be strong evidence supporting the death in the event there is no actual body. A verbal statement that someone is dead does not count, unless it comes from a reliable and credible witness.
• Fiction within fiction does not count.
• Alive until proven dead. If you have a reasonable doubt that they might have survived, you can’t count it. It’s like court and shit.
• Never count bodies alone.
• Sobriety is expressly forbidden. This one is more like a guideline, really.

They’ve been counting bodies since 2006 their still going. Check it out for some fun midday (or all day) time wasting. Plus I think you’ll be surprised at some of the results.

The Evil Dead … 4.

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