Movies That Horrifyingly Killed People In Real Life

It's not always apparent which film was flickering away when a viewer met their maker. Or at least the authorities declined to say in the two instances we're highlighting here as a sort of honorable mention.

In 2009, Houston police reported that Damian Scott tragically died while watching DVDs in his garage. The 26-year-old landscaper and father of four was known to regularly watch movies in his car, though this time he did it in the garage with the door closed. This also led to his entire family getting carbon monoxide poisoning, which thankfully, did not result in any other deaths.

In 2012, 66-year-old theater patron George DeGrazio was found dead in a locked family restroom at a Cinemark theater in Fort Collins, CO. According to KMGH-TV, DeGrazio had been reported missing five days prior, and police had even searched for him in the area surrounding the theater, having discovered his car in the parking lot. DeGrazio's death was determined to have been caused by a heart attack, but his son, Dylan, still had questions.

"If I had the police department saying somebody disappeared in this area and we're trying to locate him, I would be searching every nook and cranny of my establishment," Dylan said, wondering how it was possible for Cinemark employees to overlook the fact that his father's body had been left to decompose for days. In a statement reported by KCBY, Cinemark said it had "placed five employees on administrative leave and was evaluating ... opening and closing procedures to ensure a similar incident doesn't happen again."