Pop Culture Cannabis in music and media celebrity stories as well as holiday ideas and other culture cues. Pop Culture Infographic: Heres How Many Stoners Have Died in Horror Movies Rebecca Kelley If decades of horror movies have taught us one thing its that certain demographics dont typically make it to the end credits alive. But while were all aware that promiscuous teenagers popular jocks and practically any minority are often met with a grisly fate the stoner also often finds him or herself at the pointy end of a machete. How frequently does a cannabis enthusiast get got? To find out I dug throughfour and a half decades worth of horror movies and found 25 examples where enjoying a joint toke or bong rip resulted in an abruptly shortened life span proving that while in the real world we have yet to come across a marijuana-induced death in the horror movie universe cannabis really does kill. Click on the infographic for an enlarged version. Disclaimer: Im both a movie buff and a horror movie enthusiast but even I admit that my knowledge of stoner deaths in horror movies was somewhat limited to a couple of examples.To come up with this data I combed through a list of horror movies that have been released from 1970 through 2016 and searched for plot references to cannabis marijuana pot weed joint stoner and stoned. I primarilyfocused on mainstream movies so Im sure youll chime in with an obscure title that didnt make the cut. Also I disregarded any stoners who managed to survive throughout the entire movie (looking at you Idle Hands) as well as any obvious spoofs (e.g. the Scary Movie franchise Tommy Chongs absurd Evil Bong film series). Is the resulting data 100 comprehensive? No of course not (I did miss this gem of a scene from Freddy vs. Jason alas). Should you enjoy it anyway? Yes absolutely. Analysis Movies Featuring Stoner Deaths by Decade: 1970s: 1 1980s: 10 1990s: 1 2000s: 10 2010s: 3 The 1970s had a lone entry in stoner death canon but its a classic: Halloween. Not only does it feature a stoner demise but the stoner chick who does survive to the very end is Ms. Ultimate Final Girl herself the main character Laurie (played of course by the iconic Jamie Lee Curtis). In the beginning of the film she shares a joint with her friend Annie and while Annie later gets her throat slit by Michael Myers Laurie lives to puff another day. Unsurprisingly the 80s were a popular decade for horror movie stoner deaths coinciding with the rise in slasher genre popularity (the Friday the 13th franchise Slumber Party Massacre Sleepaway Camp II etc.). Friday the 13th Part III (1982) If you were a stoner in the 90s however your chances of survival were far greater. The 90s were a collage of subgenres with teen slashers dwindling in favor of tonally serious adult films (Misery Jacobs Ladder) ghost stories (The Sixth Sense Stir of Echoes) and the beginning of the Asian horror movie boom (Ringu Audition). When teen-oriented slashers did emerge (Scream I Know What You Did Last Summer Urban Legend) they were shockingly absent of onscreen cannabis use. (I guess the D.A.R.E. program was successful after all!) The sole death fromthe 1990s goes to Jack Black who cameos in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer as a dreadlocked Rasta poolboy that gets impaled with a pair of garden shears (but not before he enjoys some top shelf bud one last time). Thankfully the 2000s marked a return to glorious stoner deaths. Genre-wise this decade wasfar more diverse than the 1980s. Genre Breakdown of Movies Featuring Stoner Deaths in the 1980s: Slasher: 9 Zombie: 1 Genre Breakdown of Movies Featuring Stoner Deaths in the 2000s: Monster: 3 Slasher: 2 Exploitation (Revenge): 2 Supernatural: 1 Zombie: 1 Virus: 1 Cabin Fever (2002) While slasher films were represented in the new millennium we were also treated to a few monster movies (werewolf leprechaun and vampire respectively) throwback exploitation films (Death Proof The Last House on the Left) and the beginnings of the supernatural genre that would become more prevalent in the 2010s (along with the current resurgence of found footage movies). So far the 2010s have three entries in the Movies That Kill Off Stoners Hall of Fame: Paranormal Activity 3 The Cabin in the Woods (a favorite among many cannabis enthusiasts) and V/H/S. If our current decade is to outpace the glorious output of the 80s and 00s movie studios need to start picking up the pace over the next 3 years. After all if we can get legalization happening in this decade why not some more stoner representation in horror films? Better yet hows about some more Stoner Final Girls (and Guys) la Halloween? Its time to buck the stereotype that cannabis enthusiasts are too baked to make it to the end. We can be survivors too! The Cabin in the Woods (2012) Lionsgate/giphy.com Stoner Death Awards Biggest Death Toll: Slaughter High the 1986 slasher film that racked up an impressive nine deaths. (While Im not entirely sure the whole group of killed characters smoked cannabis as I havent seen the entire movie enough members of the group did to warrant inclusion on the list.) An important caveat is that the end of the movie discloses that the killer merely dreamed all of the deaths so technically they didnt actually happen but he vows revenge on everyone anyway so Im assuming thesedemises are a foregone conclusion. Best Stoner Death Quip: Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers in which the killer who witnessestwo sisters smoking cannabis sets the young women on fire while declaring Let this be a lesson to you: say no to drugs. Best Stoner Death: Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood in which one cannabis enthusiast gets impaled by his own bong. Most Heroic Stoner Death: Resident Evil: Extinction in which a characterdrives a truck full of dynamite through a zombie horde sacrificing himself as the truck explodes and takes out hundreds of undead creaturesbut not before lighting up one last joint. Most Friday the 13th Stoner Death: The iconic slasher film franchise has four entries on our list (probably more if you consider how many characters from the films are implied stoners) with the 2009 remake going self-referential in its opening sequence that features a group of young people seeking out a fabled hidden cannabis grow nestled deep in the woods. One character manages to stumble across it much to his delight. Unfortunately for him (and for the rest of his friends) Jason Voorhees takes his job of guarding illegal cannabis farms very seriously. Whats your favorite horror movie and how did (or would) a stoner character meet his or her demise in it? datainfographicmovies Rebecca Kelley Rebecca is a senior editor at Leafly specializing in Cannabis 101 and lifestyle stories. More from Pop Culture Music Video and Strain Pairing of the Week: Come to Daddy and Gods Gift Dude in a Cannabis Leaf Costume Prances Through Philly Pair These Washington Edibles with Your Weekend Skyrim Binge Bask in Pac-Man Nostalgia with These 5 Themed Strains and Products Pop Culture 13 Cannabis Strains and Their Scary Movie Pairings Strains amp; Products Pair These Strains with 5 Stephen King Novels Strains amp; Products These 5 Truly Horrific Strains are Just What You Need to Celebrate Halloween The post Infographic: Heres How Many Stoners Have Died in Horror Movies appeared first on Leafly. by Rebecca Kelley at Leafly