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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.

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Horror movie tropes we've seen way too many times. [View all] 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