5. Kevin Bacon – Friday the 13th
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We’ve become so used to the Friday series as a source of parody and such that it’s easy become obvious to forget how terrifying the first film remains. The direction, the music, the strikes by the murderous killer (who was not Jason in that movie), it’s truly gripping and still makes an impact. Among the young actors was a then-unknown by the name of Kevin Bacon who plays the somewhat jerk Jack who brushes aside any talk of the deaths and just wants to have fun. He’s thus subjected to one of the best deaths of the series: While lying in bed, a hand from under it grabs him and then a knife thrusts right up through his throat before slicing around. It’s a brutal ending but it pays off to help the movie become a landmark success and one of Bacon’s first major on-screen roles.
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