Impalement

Impalement is the process by which a person is stabbed with a long, cylindrical or sharpened item, which penetrates the other side of the body. In most cases, such a thing tends to be fatal. Impalement is also the most effective means of destroying and/or incapacitating a vampire. Classically, this is done by hammering a wooden stake into their heart.

In film

 * Dracula (1992): Dracula, aka Vlad the Impaler. He was forever taking his enemies and impaling their bodies on spikes that decorated the land surrounding his castle.


 * Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers: Psychopath Michael Myers actually impales the character of Kelly Meeker with a shotgun.


 * Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A: The character of Donald Thompson is pushed backward and impaled on the fin of an old Cadillac at a junkyard.