Saltburn Deaths Explained: How Did Everyone Die?

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ended on a dark note with multiple character deaths. Dive into our breakdown of every death and learn whether Oliver was involved in all of them or not.

Through the course of the film, Felix finds out that Oliver had lied about his family and everything else to get closer to him. So to hide his secrets and put his real plan in motion, Oliver spiked Felix’s drink and killed him, even though he loved him.

The film revealed that after initially wanting Felix’s attention, Oliver became obsessed with the Saltburn lifestyle. So, his plan to take over the Catton Family assets started by killing Felix.

Knowing Venetia’s struggles with her mental health, Oliver pushes her to the point that she kills herself out of guilt. She was aware that Oliver had a hand in taking Felix’s life but couldn’t do anything about it.

Considering she was traumatized and drunk, Oliver left a couple of razor blades on the edge of her bathtub. The next morning, Venetia was found dead having died by suicide. Even though it seems self-inflicted, Oliver was directly responsible for it.

Over a decade after Oliver was sent away by Sir James Catton, he read about the latter’s death in the newspaper. Since Sir James was old by this time, he could have died of natural causes, which turned out to be a happy coincidence for Oliver to restart his plan.

But because Oliver was responsible for the deaths of other Catton family members, he could have played the long game and planned for Sir James’ death off-screen. That way, he orchestrated his meeting with Elspeth to find his way back into Saltburn.

After making his way back into Saltburn, Oliver took good care of Elspeth and seemingly got the Catton family assets transferred to his name. While it wasn’t revealed