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** TheBrute working for Thanos loses an arm to a PortalCut in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''. Groot does this voluntarily when he cuts off his left arm to form the handle of [[AnAxeToGrind Stormbreaker]], Thor's new weapon.

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** TheBrute working for Thanos loses an arm to a PortalCut in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''. Groot does this voluntarily when he cuts off his left arm to form the handle of [[AnAxeToGrind Stormbreaker]], Stormbreaker, Thor's new weapon.



* In ''Film/TheTripper'', Joey loses his hand to [[AnAxetoGrind Ronnie's axe]] very shortly before he loses his life.

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* In ''Film/TheTripper'', Joey loses his hand to [[AnAxetoGrind Ronnie's axe]] axe very shortly before he loses his life.
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* ''Film/CappsCrossing'': Before the main group comes into the picture, a man named Jeremy Johnson is in Capps Crossing geocaching. When he finds his geocache, he discovers a severed hand in it, much to his horror.
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** In the climax, when [[spoiler:Sis is trying to kill Cherry for getting too close to Tommy, Cherry shove's sis's hand into the meat grinder.]]

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** In the climax, when [[spoiler:Sis is trying to kill Cherry for getting too close to Tommy, Cherry shove's sis's hand into the meat grinder.]]grinder]].
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** In the climax, when [[spoiler:Sis is trying to kill Cherry for getting too close to Tommy, Cherry shove's sis's hand into the meat grinder.]]
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* ''Film/MainStreetMeats'': Naturally, when the siblings are cutting up the bodies to make them into meat, they sever the limbs.
** The mechanic who drives the tow truck to Cherry's car is seen to be missing one of his legs.
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* ''Film/BewareTheWoods'': The [[EvilOldFolks old lady]] saws off [[spoiler:one of Josh's arms]] before [[he's able to get in the getaway car]].

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* ''Film/BewareTheWoods'': The [[EvilOldFolks old lady]] saws off [[spoiler:one of Josh's arms]] before [[he's [[spoiler:he's able to get in the getaway car]].
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* ''Film/BewareTheWoods'': The [[EvilOldFolks old lady]] saws off [[spoiler:one of Josh's arms]] before [[he's able to get in the getaway car]].

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Oddly enough, he is seen again ... on the slab. So, yes, he did die of blood loss.


* The famous defibrillator scene in John Carpenter's ''Film/TheThing1982'', in which a character has his arms bitten off by the titular Thing. Oddly enough, the bitten character is never seen again, so he presumably died of blood loss while the rest of the men were distracted dealing with the monster.
** Suffers from a bit of SpecialEffectsFailure in that the arms separate well above the bite, but it's so startling and horrifying that it's easy to overlook.

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* The famous defibrillator scene in John Carpenter's ''Film/TheThing1982'', in which a character has his arms bitten off by the titular Thing. Oddly enough, the bitten character is never seen again, so he presumably died of blood loss while the rest of the men were distracted dealing with the monster.
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* ''Film/TheBloodyMan'': When The Bloody Man chases Michael into his room, Michael tries to shut the door while The Bloody Man is trying to reach through it to grab him. Michael manages to shut the door, severing The Bloody Man's arm.
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It was Klaue's whole arm that got torn off not just his hand


** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': Ultron removes Klaue's hand early on, hinting at the mechanical hand he has in the comics to make an appearance in a later film.

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** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': Ultron removes chops off Klaue's hand left arm early on, hinting at the mechanical hand ArmCannon he has in the comics to make an appearance in a later film.
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* In ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy'', one of Frank Vitchard's arms is chopped off during the 'rumble', and the other is torn away by a bear.
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* In ''Film/InvitationToAGunfighter'', Crane Adams lost an arm during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar and is very bitter about it.
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* ''Film/AngerOfTheDead'': While interrogating Ben, Rooker has his number two chop Ben's leg off while interrogating him.

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* ''Film/AngerOfTheDead'': While interrogating Ben, Rooker has his number two chop Ben's leg off while interrogating him.off.


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* ''Film/CamelSpiders'': When the camel spiders manage to corner the group in the facility, they pin one of them down and then rip off his arms.
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* ''Film/GreenRoon'': [[spoiler:Pat gets his arm royally messed up by the skinheads]]. [[NothingIsScarier We don't see it happen]], but we do see the aftermath and it ain't pretty.

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* ''Film/GreenRoon'': ''Film/GreenRoom'': [[spoiler:Pat gets his arm royally messed up by the skinheads]]. [[NothingIsScarier We don't see it happen]], but we do see the aftermath and it ain't pretty.
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* ''Film/GreenRoon'': [[spoiler:Pat gets his arm royally messed up by the skinheads]]. [[NothingIsScarier We don't see it happen]], but we do see the aftermath and it ain't pretty.
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* ''Film/{{Sorceress}}'': Multiple characters lose arms or hands. One as punishment for theft, most in sword fights.
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** In the second movie, Woody's right arm gets ripped off.

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** In the second movie, ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'', Woody's right arm gets ripped off.
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* ''Film/Youth2017'': [[spoiler:Liu Feng loses his right arm during the war, after it's injured and he refuses to leave the field.]]
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* In ''Film/{{Deranged}}'', it's heavily implied via Ezra's comment about Mary being [[BlackComedy "all over the place"]] that he dismembered her corpse in the process of killing and skinning her.
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* In ''Film/TheTripper'', Joey loses his hand to [[AnAxetoGrind Ronnie's axe]] very shortly before he loses his life.
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* ''Film/GhostsOfWar'': Butchie lost both of his arms '''at least''' when he [[HeroicSacrifice smothered the explosion from a grenade thrown by a Nazi]]. [[spoiler:Actually, everyone in the platoon lost a limb or two from the suicide bomber in the real world. One of them even lost his whole jaw.]]
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* ''Film/TheMajestic'': Bob Laffert, a World War II veteran, had lost his hand due to a combat wound.
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* In ''Film/SilentNight'', Mrs. Roach's dismembered remains are found in the Watson house, and Maria has a leg chopped off with an ax.

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* In ''Film/SilentNight'', ''Film/SilentNight2012'', Mrs. Roach's dismembered remains are found in the Watson house, and Maria has a leg chopped off with an ax.
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* ''Film/TheZombieApocalypseInApartmenr14F'': The first shot of the zombies the drone gets is of a zombie ripping a man's arm off and eating it while other zombies dog-pile on the hapless victim.

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* ''Film/TheZombieApocalypseInApartmenr14F'': ''Film/TheZombieApocalypseInApartment14F'': The first shot of the zombies the drone gets is of a zombie ripping a man's arm off and eating it while other zombies dog-pile on the hapless victim.
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* ''Film/StrippersVsWerewolves'': Limbs are lost aplenty in the movie. At the start, some werewolves are showing off a severed foot to their [[spoiler:would-be]] victim.
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* In ''Film/MagicInTheWater'', two dock workers are both missing an arm - one left, the other right - which they claim is because of an attack by Orky.
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* In ''Film/{{Pistolera}}'', Indio cuts of Rodrigo's hand with a machete so they can [[FingerInTheMail send it to his father]] as proof they have him.
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** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': Gamora cuts Groot's arm off during their initial fight. It grows back.

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** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'': Gamora cuts Groot's arm off during their initial fight. It grows back.



** Stephen was searching for a way to restore full use of his hands after a car accident rather than train in the mystic arts, until he meets an OldMaster who can do all that while missing a whole hand, in ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''.

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** Stephen was searching for a way to restore full use of his hands after a car accident rather than train in the mystic arts, until he meets an OldMaster who can do all that while missing a whole hand, in ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''.''Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}}''.



** Klaue appears with his robot arm, only to have it confiscated in ''Film/BlackPanther2018.'' [[spoiler:He doesn't live to get it back.]]

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** Klaue appears with his robot arm, only to have it confiscated in ''Film/BlackPanther2018.'' ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}''. [[spoiler:He doesn't live to get it back.]]back]].

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