Lin Shaye in Insidious
Lin Shaye (1943 - )
Film Deaths[]
- Contagion (2002) [Laura Crowley]: Falls to her death when Megan Gallagher knocks her off of a hospital rooftop while Lin is trying to kill Matteo Crismani.
- Dead End (2003) [Laura Harrington]: Hits her head on the road when she steps out of a moving car; she dies shortly afterwards when she reaches up to feel her injury and rubs her exposed brain, while her husband (Ray Wise) and daughter (Alexandra Holden) look on in horror. It’s later revealed that most of the movie has taken place in a world between life and death, and everyone except Alexandra was actually killed in a car crash when Ray fell asleep at the wheel.
- The Hillside Strangler (2004) [Jenny Buono]: Dies (off-screen) of cancer; her body is shown afterwards lying in her coffin at her funeral.
- 2001 Maniacs (2005) [Granny Boone]: Killed (off-screen) by Union soldiers, along with the rest of the townspeople, during the civil war. She and the other townspeople appear as ghosts throughout the movie. (She reprised her role as the ghost in the 2010 sequel 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams.)
- Snakes on a Plane (2006) [Grace]: Bitten by one of the venomous snakes while rescuing a baby. She dies (off-screen) some time later; her body is shown afterwards when Julianna Margulies comes over after hearing Sunny Mabrey crying.
- Insidious (2010) [Elise Rainier]: Strangled by the possessed Patrick Wilson; her body is shown afterwards when Rose Byrne discovers her.
- Chillerama (2011) [Baglady (Segment "Wadzilla")]: Mauled to death by a giant mutated sperm.
- The Midnight Man (2016) [Anna Luster]: After being wounded in the shoulder as she was killing Robert Englund, she is shot in the forehead by Gabrielle Haugh.
- Dreamkatcher (2020) [Ruth]: Strangled with a dreamcatcher by Finlay Wojtak-Hissong who is possessed by Joseph Bishara while Radha Mitchell looks on.
- The Grudge (2020) [Faith Matheson]: Falls from the hospital stairwell's top floor, cracking her head on a beam and hitting the bottom floor below while possessed by the vengeful Tara Westwood.
Video Game Deaths[]
- The Quarry (2022) [Constance Hackett]: Depending on the player's choices, Lin can die in the following manners: Accidentally shot in the face with a shotgun by Siobhan Williams while the two are fighting over the gun; Throat slashed when her son (David Arquette) attacks her while he is in his werewolf form.
Gallery[]
Lin Shaye's video game death in The Quarry
Notable Connections[]
- Sister of Robert Shaye (Founder of New Line Cinema)
- Ex-Mrs. Clayton Landey