In light of the upcoming slasher Sorority Row being released in theaters this Friday (September 11th), here are the top ten pranks that have gone wrong in horror movies. If you haven’t seen the trailer yet for Sorority Row (which you can see here in standard or in hi-def), then you’re missing out on why this top ten is relevant. In the trailer, six girls of Theta Pi play a prank on one of the girl’s cheating boyfriend. The prank goes horribly, horribly wrong beyond it’s already morbid show resulting in the death of one of the girls of Theta Pi. Walla! You now have relevance.

This is part II of the top ten and where I give you the last five, one (1) through five (5), and if you missed part I, you can always go back and check out which films brought the caboose in this list. Click here to read part I!

Warning: If you continue to read, there will be SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!

Number 5: Toxic Avenger (1984)

Everybody knows this fun-lovin’, mop-wielding toxic avenger! But, sadly, he is a product of a prank gone wrong. Being tricked to dress in a ballerina pink tutu and blindly kisses a sheep at a health spa/gym when lured by a hottie. As he runs away trying to save face, he jumps out the second story window and falls head first into a drum of toxic waste that just happens to be on a truck parked down below. Poor, poor Melvin. And if that isn’t bad enough, he ignites into a fiery flame and runs off screaming like a little, whiny girl.

The Toxic Avenger is the ultimate Troma classic. The plot tells the tragic to heroic story of Melvin, the Tromaville Health Club mop boy, who inadvertently and naively trusts the hedonistic, contemptuous and vain health club members, to the point of accidentally ending up in a vat of toxic waste. The devastating results then have a transmogrification effect, his alter ego is released, and the Toxic Avenger is born, to deadly and comical results. The local mop boy is now the local Superhero, the saviour of corruption, thuggish bullies and indifference. Troma classic with good make-up effects and stunts, a pleasant surprise indeed.

The Toxic Avenger is directed by Michael Herz and crazy man Lloyd Kaufman. It stars Mitch Cohen as the toxic avenger and Mark Torgl as the puny Melvin.

Number 4: Urban Legend (1998)

Urban Legend is a unique entry into this top ten selection because we don’t know of the prank until the near end of the film. It is the reason why the killer kills! The prank that goes wrong in question is the the flashing car lights prank. Does anybody remember this? Here is how the prank goes: you turn off your lights while driving and when the first person to flash their lights at you to warn you yours are off, you make a sharp u-turn and ride their tail, constantly flashing your lights at them. Well, this prank turned fatal for the two prominent female characters and also results in the birth of a serial killer who uses urban legends as a death vehicle.

Directed by Jamie Blanks and written by Silvio Horta, Urban Legend’s plot involves a college campus killer on the loose who’s making urban legends, like the one about eating pop rocks and soda at the same time will make your stomach explode and the one about a psycho with an axe stepping into the backseat of your car at the gas station when not looking, into reality!

The film stars future rock star Jared Leto, future coke head and Eric Dane humper Rebecca Gayheart and the lovely red-head Alicia Witt! Lets not forget Dawson Creek’s Johsua Jackson and Freddy Krueger himself Robert Englund…what a fun cast.

Number 3: The Burning (1981)

Remember kids, you should never play with fire – you just might hurt someone named Crosby. That is what happened here in the case of The Burning (hint the name). When camp goes sneak into the caretakers Crosby’s cabin to pull the burning skull prank in order to scare him straight of being nasty. It works; he wakes up in fright only to drop the burning skull onto a gas tank, racing flames upon Crosby. He yells, he screams, he doesn’t even have time to make peace with God and as he runs from his cabin, he is still engulfed in fire – never to be heard of again or never to be sane again either.

The Burning is about a caretaker at a summer camp who is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the caretaker making his way back to his old stomping ground to confront one of the youths that accidentally burned him.

Directed and co-written by Tony Maylam and co-wrote by none other than Harvery Weinstein who would later become a giant in the production company business – you know – the guy and his brother who create much of what Dimension spews out today. Lets not forget the special gore effects by Tom Savini. Overall, this project as gold at the very beginning.

Number 2: The House on Sorority Row (1983)

One might have thought this would be number one since the remake is coming out tomorrow. Sorry, kids, but at least it came in second. The prank is fairly simple. To be frank, I’m not a big fan of this prank but since the remake is coming out and all the women are hot, I figure it should be way up on the list. All the girls hate Ms. Slater; She is mean, rude and very strict. The prank they pull on her involves Ms. Slate on getting accidentally shot and they decide to hide the body and pretend nothing ever happened.

Directed and written Mark Rosman which is his first movie, the plot of The House on Sorority Row involves a group of girls staying at a sorority house clash with the house’s owner, who wants them out. They decide to play a prank on her, but it goes awry and she winds up dead. Panicking, the girls try to hide the body, but someone (or something) witnessed the crime and begins to stalk them.

The film stars Kate McNeil and Lois Kelso Hunt as Ms. Slater.

Number 1: Carrie (1976)

The reason why Carrie made number 1 on our top ten pranks gone wrong list may be unclear. The prank may not be as cruel as some of the others but the results of the prank are immediate. You don’t want to drench a teenage hormonal girl with telekinetic powers in blood and then all stand and laugh at her – she just might start a fire and start killing everyone while simultaneously locking the gym doors at every exit. It just isn’t wise, so please, try to refrain from picking on weird, nerdy girls who might have powers to start a blaze of fright.

Carrie is written by Scarface director Brian De Palma and is based off a novel by Stephen King with Lawrence D. Cohen adapting it to screenplay form. The story of Carrie White, a girl brought up, almost in isolation, by her psychotically religious mother Margaret. After an embarrassing incident in the showers causes her fellow pupils to tease Carrie ruthlessly, her teacher Miss Desjardin disciplines them severely. Determined to have revenge, the other students hatch a plot against Carrie, which turns horribly wrong when Carrie’s strange mental powers are unleashed during the school prom.

The flick stars soon to be a classy star Sissy Spacek and Saturday Night Fever himself John Travolta.