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Diamond_Dog

(38,940 posts) Tue Oct 28, 2025, 07:17 PM Tuesday

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

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. [View all] Diamond_Dog Tuesday OP

As the killer approaches the Male and female either make out or have sex. mercuryblues Tuesday #1

Yep! And you know she will let out a blood curdling scream. Diamond_Dog Tuesday #3

Yep, and the girl who DOESN'T have sex is always a survivor. Jeebo Yesterday #45

You think the monster is finally dead but then....NOPE! Marie Marie Tuesday #2

Oh, for sure! Diamond_Dog Tuesday #4

One of the GEICO ads is about making bad decisions when being chased in a horror movie. House of Roberts Tuesday #5

I guess it would be a very short movie if they made a *good* decision! Diamond_Dog Tuesday #7

Why did they do that really stupid thing? mwmisses4289 Yesterday #25

"We can cover more gound if we split up." johnp3907 Tuesday #6

Not the best strategy! Diamond_Dog Tuesday #8

Thank you! johnp3907 Tuesday #9

the victim is running Skittles Tuesday #10

And the victim has to trip and fall! Diamond_Dog Tuesday #11

sometimes while wearing REALLY HIGH HEELS Skittles Tuesday #12

Character walks into bathroom shot from behind. darkstar Tuesday #13

There's a refrigerator door variation nuxvomica Wednesday #15

The old mirror reflection scene! Yep. Diamond_Dog Wednesday #18

Cell phone MorbidButterflyTat Wednesday #14

We mommies get blamed for everything! Diamond_Dog Wednesday #19

A character always rushes in leaving the front door ajar nuxvomica Wednesday #16

I know! Why doesn't anyone close the door behind them? Diamond_Dog Wednesday #20

Or worse, the basement. marble falls Yesterday #29

The heroine running away from the monster/killer trips and twists her ankle. catbyte Wednesday #17

You can count on it! Diamond_Dog Wednesday #21

You could have just stopped at... skypilot Wednesday #22

Lol! mwmisses4289 Yesterday #26

Haha so true! Diamond_Dog Yesterday #33

"You go on ahead... I'll be fine." Harker Wednesday #23

Another tired old line! Diamond_Dog Yesterday #34

The family pet is always the first to go MorbidButterflyTat Yesterday #24

Oh I know. I hate that, too. Diamond_Dog Yesterday #35

Formulaic, aren't they? mwmisses4289 Yesterday #27

They sure are. Diamond_Dog Yesterday #36

"Bucket" of stale popcorn out of a fifty gallon garbage bag with a squirt of coconut artery clogging "butter" for $10... marble falls Yesterday #28

Haha so true! Diamond_Dog Yesterday #37

Radio announcer: "A homicidal maniac has escaped from the State Hospital for the Criminally Insane." NBachers Yesterday #30

Yep - always have to have a female victim. Diamond_Dog Yesterday #38

Kevin bacon goes for a peaceful canoe ride BOSSHOG Yesterday #31

Hahaha! You know it! Diamond_Dog Yesterday #39

Kinda put me off of Slasher type movies BOSSHOG Yesterday #42

Stupid witness tells murderer: MorbidButterflyTat Yesterday #32

Yeah, sure you will! Diamond_Dog Yesterday #40

A person or a group stand their ground in awe as a horror approaches ... Auggie Yesterday #41

Yeah ... I think I'd be running away so fast I'd be a blur Diamond_Dog Yesterday #43

I know ... Auggie Yesterday #44

What all of y'all's contributions to this thread amount to is ... Jeebo Yesterday #46

One of the cast calls an expert to reveal they know something Marthe48 4 hrs ago #47

That's a good one, Marthe48! Diamond_Dog 4 hrs ago #48