Tarantino movies are known to be bloody. That's the nature of the beast. There are always gruesome deaths and torture scenes, all liberally seasoned with the saltiest, filthiest curse words known to man.
And then, there's the women. Except, perhaps for Pam Grier as the exceptional Foxy Brown, women never fare well in Tarantino films.
Here are the worst things that happen to them by movie. Be forewarned, there are heavy spoilers.
Reservoir Dogs
Remember Reservoir Dogs? The first entry in the Tarantino oeuvre exploded across our consciousness like fireworks in the night.Reservoir Dogs - Nameless woman shot in the face
There's only one woman in the entire movie, and she doesn't even have a line before Mr. Orange shoots her as he attempts to carjack her. She manages to shoot him in the gut before she dies.Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction is one of Tarantino's most beloved and influential films and centers on a varied cast of characters, including two hitmen, a boxer, a gangster's wife, as well as a pair of diner bandits, all of whose stories intertwine in violent and criminal ways.Pulp Fiction - Mia Wallace overdoses
One of the most memorable characters in the film is Mia Wallace, wife of gangster Marsellus. Wallace is an assertive cocaine addict who snorts heroin mistaking it for cocaine and has to be revived with an adrenaline shot straight through the heart.Jackie Brown
One of Tarantino's more obscure pieces, the 1970's blaxploitation style Jackie Brown centers on airline hostess Jackie Brown, who smuggles drugs from Mexico to make ends meet.Jackie Brown - Melanie Ralston gets shot
Brown fares surprisingly well in the film, but one of her accomplices, Melanie Ralston, does not. Melania is killed by her own boyfriend after making fun of him for his age and shaky memory.Kill Bill
The Kill Bill duology is full of death, murder and mayhem. Focusing on the Bride, a dangerous assassin who goes on a murderous rampage after she gets left for dead by her own team, Kill Bill spans multiple continents and countries, and raises the bloodiness factor for Tarantino movies.Kill Bill - Every horrible thing you can think of happens to the Bride AKA Beatrix Kiddo
One of the first scenes we see is the pregnant Kiddo in her wedding dress being shot by her lover, the titular Bill. From there, the horrors continue.
Maybe, instead of asking what bad things happen to Beatrix Kiddo in Kill Bill it would be easier to ask the question – what bad things don't happen to Beatrix Kiddo in Kill Bill.
Kill Bill - Vernita Green gets what's hers
Green is one of the deadly assassins responsible for Beatrix Kiddo's death, so she's one of the first people Kiddo comes after. Green is a cool and collected killer who has enough wherewithal to hide her knife when her daughter comes home from school. That doesn't stop Kiddo from killing her, though.Kill Bill - Gogo gets nails in her head
One of the standout characters to come from the Kill Bill series, Gogo is crime boss Oren-ishii's quiet and acerbic henchmen, who has talent for both the sword and meteor hammer.Kill Bill - Sofie Fatale loses an arm
Another henchmen of Ishii's is Sofie Fatale, who gets her arm sliced off when she attempts to help her mistress.Kill Bill - O-ren Ishii loses her head
Poor O-ren Ishii. Her parents were brutally murdered, and when she became an assassin, she had go up against a pedophile to avenge their deaths – and she was still only a child at the time.
As if all that's not bad enough, she gets confronted by a revenge-bent Beatrix Kiddo who not only massacres all her men, and her favored henchmen, but slices off her head with a Hattori Hanzō sword.
Brutal.
Kill Bill - Elle Driver loses both eyes
It's very difficult to feel sorry for Elle Driver. She's a ruthless assassin who has no problem poisoning someone with lethal injection or black mamba.
So when her left eye is snatched out by Kiddo – the right already having been plucked by her kung fu master (who she then poisoned) – there's a sense of poetic justice.
Death Proof
One of the most obscure Tarantino movies, Death Proof is an homage to grindhouse films, and follows a maniacal stuntman who murders young women using his "deathproof" stunt car.Death Proof – Pam gets the ride of her life
When charming and affable "Stuntman" Mike offers her a ride in his car, little does Pam suspect that he's a psychopathic killer intent on ending her life.
By this time, of course, Mike has told her that his car is death proof – but only if you're in the driver's seat.