Top 10 Serious Movie Electrocution Scenes
High voltage shocks aren't always fun and games. Join http://www.WatchMojo.com as we count down our picks for the Top 10 Serious Movie Electrocution Scenes. For this list, we're looking at films that remind us that electricity is not something to be trifled with. These scenes show us the devastating effects that an electric shock can have not only on the body, but also on the mind.
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Top 10 Serious Movie Electrocution Scenes
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High voltage shocks aren’t always fun and games. Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we’re counting down our picks for the Top 10 Serious Movie Electrocution Scenes. For this list, we’re looking at films that remind us that electricity is not something to be trifled with. These scenes show us the devastating effects that an electric shock can have not only on the body, but also on the mind. It may all seem like fun and games at first – that is, until you’re hooked up to a car battery in a leaking basement somewhere. If you didn't see an electrocution scene you thought should be on the list, be sure to check out our video of the Top 10 Funny Movie Electrocution Scenes too. Also, SPOILER ALERT.
#10: Electrically Shocking Interrogation “Three Kings” (1999)
This war-comedy starring George Clooney, Ice Cube, and Mark Wahlberg follows a group of American soldiers as they search for gold in the Iraqi desert. The troops have been dispatched to the location at the tail end of the Gulf War and are tying up loose ends when they happen upon a map to some hidden gold bullion. They decide to forgo their formal mission and track down the gold. However, hostile Iraqi forces put a kink in their plans and kidnap Mark Wahlberg’s character, Troy Barlow. During this time, he’s subjected to a number of abuses, including torture by electric shock, and it’s an interrogation scene that’s very hard to forget.
#9: Soviet Torture in the Vietnamese Jungles “Rambo: First Blood Part II” (1985)
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Sylvester Stallone reprises his role as John Rambo in this sequel to the first “Rambo” feature. The action flick follows Rambo as he is commissioned from prison on a high stakes mission yet again. He’s ordered by the U.S. government to travel to Vietnam to determine if there are any POW camps. He discovers the Soviets have been training and aiding the Vietcong, but is then captured by them. He is subjected to some creative torture techniques, including being descended into a pit of leeches. But the worst is being strapped to electrified bed coils that pack a really gruesome punch.
#8: The Thing Becomes The Ash “The Thing from Another World” (1951)
This ‘50s classic sci-fi horror follows a group of researchers trapped in the Arctic with an extraterrestrial being that needs blood to survive. After the creature crash lands on Earth, scientists recover its frozen body and inadvertently release it unto their research center. The titular thing goes on to kill a number of the crew before the humans decide to put up a last stand for survival. This includes corralling it into a makeshift “fly trap” and electrifying a section of floor in their generator room. When they finally force the creature into the trap, it’s lights out.
#7: Buzzed to Death “Batman” (1989)
When you’re trying to establish yourself as a criminal mastermind, sometimes it’s necessary to make a name for yourself. This Tim Burton classic has Jack Nicholson as the Joker, a violent thug with aspirations to greatness. He decides to hold a meeting of Gotham’s grimiest to let them know there’s a new criminal element in town, but everyone’s not on board. When a dissenter steps up to let the Joker know he’ll pass on the whole deal, the Joker shakes his hand and ends his life with an electrified hand buzzer.
#6: Marko in the Electric Chair “Taken” (2008)
In this smash-bang action thriller, Liam Neeson plays a dad with a particular set of skills who discovers that his daughter has been kidnapped while she is on a trip to Europe. He packs up his penchant for skillful violence and heads out in search of his child. His journey takes him to the kidnapper’s lair, where he comes face to face with one of the goons who challenged him on an earlier phone call. So what does he do? He takes this as an opportunity to extract information regarding his daughter’s whereabouts in as painful and shocking a way as possible.
#5: Shocking Sponge “Lethal Weapon” (1987)
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Mel Gibson and Danny Glover star as a couple of detectives who are reluctantly paired up to solve a case. During their investigation into the death of a friend’s daughter, they uncover evidence leading to the existence of a larger criminal organization. The trail of breadcrumbs leads them to Mr. Joshua, played to maniacal glory by Gary Busey. In one scene, Joshua’s captured Martin Riggs, and has him strung up underneath a steady shower of water. As he inefficiently interrogates Riggs for info, he also has his henchman strike Riggs with an electrified sponge. It looks like a loofah, but with a thousand percent more pain.
#4: Mac’s Electroshock Therapy “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975)
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Jack Nicholson’s turn as an unstable patient at a mental institution may have garnered him critical acclaim, but it also gave audiences some insight into some questionable clinical practices of the past. As Mac, a new patient having trouble adjusting to his surroundings, he finds himself bumping heads with the overbearing Nurse Ratched. After he and another patient get into a scuffle with a couple of orderlies, they are sent for electroconvulsive therapy, or shock treatment. As a result, he’s strapped down to a gurney and electricity is administered to correct his behavior.
#3: Force Lightning “Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi” (1983)
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This finale in the epic battle between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance finds Luke Skywalker face to face with the evil Emperor Palpatine. Luke allows himself to be captured so that he can try to convince his dad, Darth Vader, to become a Jedi again. Darth declines, and instead brings him before Palpatine so that Luke can be converted to the dark side. That doesn’t work out either, and Luke ends up being tortured by Palpatine with a series of lightning strikes before his old man intervenes.
#2: Timmy and the Electric Fence “Jurassic Park” (1993)
What should have been the most amazing summer vacation with grandpa quickly turned into a case study on child endangerment. In this ‘90s blockbuster, a wealthy CEO has cloned a new wave of dinosaurs to populate his island amusement park and he invites his grandchildren for a tour before the opening. Unfortunately, almost anything that can go wrong does, and the dinosaurs end up free to roam and, worst of all, hunt. The kids, and paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant, are attempting to scale a downed electrical fence, but the fence is reactivated just as Timmy reaches the other side, which gives him quite the shock. Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions. - Oddjob Gets an Electric Job “Goldfinger” (1964) - Marv’s Death Sentence “Sin City” (2005) - Electric Eels “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” (2014) - Ursula’s Watery Demise “The Little Mermaid” (1989) - Electric Kiss of Death “Batman Returns” (1992)
#1: John Coffey “The Green Mile” (1999)
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In one of Michael Clarke Duncan’s most notable roles, he plays John Coffey, a man facing execution for a crime he did not commit. In actuality, Coffey possesses otherworldly powers – powers that allow him to see the good and evil in people, as well as heal the sick. In spite of his immeasurable gifts and obvious innocence, he is still sentenced to death. It’s a gut-wrenching moment as the guards at the jail know he’s not guilty, but concede to Coffey’s wishes to be put to death anyway. As he’s strapped to the electric chair and the order is given, electricity surges through his body in a dramatic and depressing death scene. Though Del’s electrocution earlier in the film was grotesque, Coffey’s execution is demoralizing in its sadness and completely unforgettable in its tragedy. Do you agree with our list? What do you think is the most notable serious electrocution scene in film? For more entertaining Top 10s published every day, be sure to subscribe to WatchMojo.com.
