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Diamond_Dog

(39,234 posts)
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 06:17 PM Oct 28

Horror movie tropes we've seen way too many times.

The group of teenagers decide to explore the old abandoned building they were warned not to enter.

There’s a thunderstorm in the background..

Someone escapes being chased, finds a car, jumps in, and the engine won’t start …..

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Horror movie tropes we've seen way too many times. (Original Post) Diamond_Dog Oct 28 OP
As the killer approaches the Male and female either make out or have sex. mercuryblues Oct 28 #1
Yep! And you know she will let out a blood curdling scream. Diamond_Dog Oct 28 #3
Yep, and the girl who DOESN'T have sex is always a survivor. Jeebo Oct 30 #45
You think the monster is finally dead but then....NOPE! Marie Marie Oct 28 #2
Oh, for sure! Diamond_Dog Oct 28 #4
One of the GEICO ads is about making bad decisions when being chased in a horror movie. House of Roberts Oct 28 #5
I guess it would be a very short movie if they made a *good* decision! Diamond_Dog Oct 28 #7
Why did they do that really stupid thing? mwmisses4289 Oct 30 #25
"We can cover more gound if we split up." johnp3907 Oct 28 #6
Not the best strategy! Diamond_Dog Oct 28 #8
Thank you! johnp3907 Oct 28 #9
the victim is running Skittles Oct 28 #10
And the victim has to trip and fall! Diamond_Dog Oct 28 #11
sometimes while wearing REALLY HIGH HEELS Skittles Oct 28 #12
Character walks into bathroom shot from behind. darkstar Oct 28 #13
There's a refrigerator door variation nuxvomica Oct 29 #15
The old mirror reflection scene! Yep. Diamond_Dog Oct 29 #18
Cell phone MorbidButterflyTat Oct 28 #14
We mommies get blamed for everything! Diamond_Dog Oct 29 #19
A character always rushes in leaving the front door ajar nuxvomica Oct 29 #16
I know! Why doesn't anyone close the door behind them? Diamond_Dog Oct 29 #20
Or worse, the basement. marble falls Oct 30 #29
The heroine running away from the monster/killer trips and twists her ankle. catbyte Oct 29 #17
You can count on it! Diamond_Dog Oct 29 #21
You could have just stopped at... skypilot Oct 29 #22
Lol! mwmisses4289 Oct 30 #26
Haha so true! Diamond_Dog Oct 30 #33
"You go on ahead... I'll be fine." Harker Oct 29 #23
Another tired old line! Diamond_Dog Oct 30 #34
The family pet is always the first to go MorbidButterflyTat Oct 29 #24
Oh I know. I hate that, too. Diamond_Dog Oct 30 #35
Formulaic, aren't they? mwmisses4289 Oct 30 #27
They sure are. Diamond_Dog Oct 30 #36
"Bucket" of stale popcorn out of a fifty gallon garbage bag with a squirt of coconut artery clogging "butter" for $10... marble falls Oct 30 #28
Haha so true! Diamond_Dog Oct 30 #37
Radio announcer: "A homicidal maniac has escaped from the State Hospital for the Criminally Insane." NBachers Oct 30 #30
Yep - always have to have a female victim. Diamond_Dog Oct 30 #38
Kevin bacon goes for a peaceful canoe ride BOSSHOG Oct 30 #31
Hahaha! You know it! Diamond_Dog Oct 30 #39
Kinda put me off of Slasher type movies BOSSHOG Oct 30 #42
Stupid witness tells murderer: MorbidButterflyTat Oct 30 #32
Yeah, sure you will! Diamond_Dog Oct 30 #40
A person or a group stand their ground in awe as a horror approaches ... Auggie Oct 30 #41
Yeah ... I think I'd be running away so fast I'd be a blur Diamond_Dog Oct 30 #43
I know ... Auggie Oct 30 #44
What all of y'all's contributions to this thread amount to is ... Jeebo Oct 30 #46
One of the cast calls an expert to reveal they know something Marthe48 Oct 31 #47
That's a good one, Marthe48! Diamond_Dog Oct 31 #48

Jeebo

(2,540 posts)
45. Yep, and the girl who DOESN'T have sex is always a survivor.
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 09:38 PM
Oct 30

And the girl(s) who DO have sex are always among the victims of the mad slasher.

— Ron

House of Roberts

(6,324 posts)
5. One of the GEICO ads is about making bad decisions when being chased in a horror movie.
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 06:59 PM
Oct 28

'It's what you do' is the tagline.

darkstar

(5,737 posts)
13. Character walks into bathroom shot from behind.
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 10:52 PM
Oct 28

We see their reflection in cabinet mirror over sink.

They open cabinet for pills.

They close mirror, and we see baddie in reflection behind them now.

nuxvomica

(13,796 posts)
15. There's a refrigerator door variation
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 01:47 AM
Oct 29

Side view of character opening the refrigerator door but when they close it, murderer is standing there.

MorbidButterflyTat

(3,957 posts)
14. Cell phone
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 11:50 PM
Oct 28

is out of range at crucial desperate moment(s).

Turns out male killer has mommy issues.

Killer explains motivation for killing in lengthy monologue to final victim, who ends up vanquishing killer, escaping and surviving.


nuxvomica

(13,796 posts)
16. A character always rushes in leaving the front door ajar
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 01:51 AM
Oct 29

Allowing the murderer to enter quietly. Once the character realizes the murderer is in the house, they head upstairs so that they have no escape route.

Diamond_Dog

(39,234 posts)
20. I know! Why doesn't anyone close the door behind them?
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 07:31 AM
Oct 29

Running upstairs ….. makes no sense either.

catbyte

(38,351 posts)
17. The heroine running away from the monster/killer trips and twists her ankle.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 05:43 AM
Oct 29

Moral of the story? Never run in heels. Or just don't wear them, full stop.

Diamond_Dog

(39,234 posts)
21. You can count on it!
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 07:33 AM
Oct 29

Sometimes she needs her boyfriend to pick her up and carry her! And then in the next scene she is walking just fine!

MorbidButterflyTat

(3,957 posts)
24. The family pet is always the first to go
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 11:13 PM
Oct 29

Usually mutilated. I hate that!

Except in "Bad Moon," Thor the German Shepherd is the hero.

marble falls

(69,572 posts)
28. "Bucket" of stale popcorn out of a fifty gallon garbage bag with a squirt of coconut artery clogging "butter" for $10...
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 07:54 AM
Oct 30

... while the box o'popcorn is only a handful of corn less and half the price.

I'm tired of seeing the concession stand.

NBachers

(19,063 posts)
30. Radio announcer: "A homicidal maniac has escaped from the State Hospital for the Criminally Insane."
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 08:35 AM
Oct 30

The lights go out. "Must be a fuse. I'll go down into the basement and check it out."

While running away, someone gets injured. The woman tears her skirt off up to upper-thigh level to wrap the injury, thereby exposing her tawny shapely legs.

The phone rings. Nothing but heavy breathing comes across the line.

Skeptical authorities refuse to believe it's really happening - until it's really happening to them!

The monster shuffles away carrying the fainted woman, her high heels visible as her legs dangle.

Diamond_Dog

(39,234 posts)
38. Yep - always have to have a female victim.
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 05:14 PM
Oct 30

Ever notice when there’s a group of teens, the boys are wearing blue jeans and jackets while the girls are wearing short shorts and tight tank tops?

Auggie

(32,736 posts)
41. A person or a group stand their ground in awe as a horror approaches ...
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 05:19 PM
Oct 30

or, stand in wonderment as another person or or a group comes running by, screaming "RUN!"

Diamond_Dog

(39,234 posts)
43. Yeah ... I think I'd be running away so fast I'd be a blur
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 07:11 PM
Oct 30

But those idiots stand and stare or scream their heads off.

Jeebo

(2,540 posts)
46. What all of y'all's contributions to this thread amount to is ...
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 09:45 PM
Oct 30

... a script for a generic mad slasher movie! Which is a hint for screenwriters: When writing scripts for mad slasher movies, BE MORE ORIGINAL!

— Ron

Marthe48

(22,416 posts)
47. One of the cast calls an expert to reveal they know something
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 05:31 PM
Oct 31

and they'll meet in person. But they die before the meeting. If you're on the phone, tell them!

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