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Diamond_Dog

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38. Yep - always have to have a female victim.

Reply to NBachers (Reply #30)

Thu Oct 30, 2025, 05:14 PM

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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?

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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 Thursday #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 Thursday #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 Wednesday #15

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

Cell phone MorbidButterflyTat Oct 28 #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 Thursday #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 Thursday #26

Haha so true! Diamond_Dog Thursday #33

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

Another tired old line! Diamond_Dog Thursday #34

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

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

Formulaic, aren't they? mwmisses4289 Thursday #27

They sure are. Diamond_Dog Thursday #36

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

Haha so true! Diamond_Dog Thursday #37

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

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

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

Hahaha! You know it! Diamond_Dog Thursday #39

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

Stupid witness tells murderer: MorbidButterflyTat Thursday #32

Yeah, sure you will! Diamond_Dog Thursday #40

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

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

I know ... Auggie Thursday #44

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

One of the cast calls an expert to reveal they know something Marthe48 Friday #47

That's a good one, Marthe48! Diamond_Dog Friday #48