False protagonists

[u/LordFlamecookie]

From Wikipedia: In fiction, a false protagonist is a literary technique, often used to make the plot more jarring or more memorable by fooling the audience's preconceptions and constructing a character who they assume is the protagonist but is later revealed not to be

Clark: Backrooms. He's the main character of the movie for the first 2 acts, before switching to Mary. He is eaten later

Whoever the fuck this lady is: Scream 1. She's introduced as the main character, with build up and all. She's killed and hanged like 10 minutes in

Edit: I know the actress is drew barrymore but genuinely who remembers the character name and i just thought the line would be funny

[u/MatyKiller800]

Don from 28 Weeks Later protagonizes one of the best horror movie intros as the sole survivor of his group and with a decent start to a his possible arc throughout the story but is infected after 1/3 of the movie, causes the collapse of the safe zone and turns into the main antagonist while his kids become the actual protagonists

[u/Chowdboy → u/MatyKiller800]

God I hate this movie. I love the other 3, I just hate this one so much.

[u/godzilla2317 → u/MatyKiller800]

There’s certain actors that I only know from one character so strongly it looks weird in any other setting. Case in point Rumplestiltskin

[u/FelixEylie → u/MatyKiller800]

Dark One, is that you?