why non-monster kills

[feinting goats]

Have you ever noticed that in every monster movie there are "wasted" kills not done by the monster?  Usually its due to panic like catching on fire, getting hit by a car, accidental gunshots, etc.

It always seems to happen.  I wonder why?  a cheap way to pad the body count?  to cleanse the palate in between monster kills?  Is it a movie rating thing?  Why?  Whyyyyy?

[Bob]

I'm guessing just trying to throw a change up to the audience.

[Darth Geek]

I'm guessing just trying to throw a change up to the audience.

Yeah. Plus, time with the monster is expensive due to effects costs. That's why the monster isn't in the movie as much as we'd like (depending on the movie tone, I suppose). And often in monster movies, particularly zombie movies, there is a subtext of people being as much or moreso a danger than the creature. There is also the factor of people making mistakes and accidents happening due to panic.

[goflyblind]

there aren't enough railing kills nowadays.

[Doctor Who?]

there aren't enough railing kills nowadays.

Yeah the director of Space Mutiny should direct every movie!

[Darth Geek]

OSHA no longer requires the Whisper Quiet Spinning Spike railing.

[Johnny Unusual]

Have you ever noticed that in every monster movie there are "wasted" kills not done by the monster?  Usually its due to panic like catching on fire, getting hit by a car, accidental gunshots, etc.

It always seems to happen.  I wonder why?  a cheap way to pad the body count?  to cleanse the palate in between monster kills?  Is it a movie rating thing?  Why?  Whyyyyy?

So all ills in the universe of the film have to be the responsibility of monsters?  Geez.

Really, it depends on the movie where there may or may not be good movies, but the only 2 examples I can think of are Planet Terror and the Thing.  In Planet Terror it's a mix of dark comedy and the fact that what caused the death was a monumentally bad idea.  In the Thing, the film is all about paranoia, so it would make sense that people would be forced to kill eachother in the hunt for the monster.  It sounds like the ones you are referring too relates to the ugliness or flaws of humans.  After all, in zombie movies, the zombies are often a plot device to explore the human monster (OR DID I JUST BLOW YOUR MIND!).